Research Article

Early Postoperative Outcomes and Medication Cost Savings after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in Morbidly Obese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 1

Patient demographic data.

Preoperative morbidly obese diabetic patients

N22
% male/female79/21
Mean age55.3 years
Mean initial BMI46 kg/m2
Mean initial HbA1c7.4%
Taking >1 diabetes med77%
Using injectable insulin55%
Avg. number of obesity co-morbidities (other than diabetes)2.9