Abstract:
Objective:To evaluate the clinical effect of laparoscopic RouxenY gastric bypass (LRYGB) for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with low body mass indexes (BMI).
Methods:The clinical data of 70 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who underwent LRYGB at Daping Hospital of Third Military Medical University from April 2010 to February 2015 were retrospectively analyzed. Thirty patients with BMI>30 kg/m
2 were allocated to the high BMI group, and 40 patients with BMI<30 kg/m
2 were allocated to the low BMI group.The postoperative prognosis of diabetes mellitus in patients was evaluated according to “Guidelines for surgical treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus in China (2014)”. The patients were followed up by inpatient, outpatient examination and telephone interview till February 2015. Body weight, abdominal perimeter, fasting blood glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbAlc), blood pressure, total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLC) and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLC) were regularly detected at postoperative month 1, 3, 6, 12, 24. Measurement data with normal distribution were presented as

±s and were analyzed by the t test. Repeated measures data were analyzed by the repeated measures ANOVA. The comparison of rate was analyzed using the chisquare test.
Results:All the 70 patients underwent successfully LRYGB without death, hemorrhage or intestinal obstruction in the perioperative period and received followup with a median time of 6 months (range, 1-24 months). Five patients had postoperative complications, including 1 case of stomal leakage, 1 of gastricjejunal stoma stenosis, 2 of stomal ulcer and 1 of anemia, and had remission of symptoms after symptomatic treatment. The BMI, abdominal perimeter, HbAlc, blood pressure, TC, TG, HDLC, LDLC before and after operation between the high BMI and low BMI group were (35.4±4.5)kg/m
2-(24.9±1.5)kg/m
2 and (26.8±2.3)kg/m
2-(21.9±2.0)kg/m
2, (110±15)cm-(81±8)cm and (92± 8)cm-(79±8)cm, 6.4%±1.4%-6.0%±0.5% and 6.3%±2.1%-6.2%±0.8%, (133±15)mmHg-(132±10)mmHg/(75±9)mmHg-(73±4)mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa) and (133±11)mmHg-(132±14)mmHg/(74±8)mmHg-(72±7)mmHg, (6.0±2.3)mmol/L-(5.0±1.8)mmol/L and (4.9±1.2)mmol/L-(4.0± 0.5)mmol/L, (3.2±1.7)mmol/L-(1.0±0.2)mmol/L and (3.6±2.6)mmol/L-(1.0±0.4)mmol/L, (1.0±0.2)mmol/L-(1.6±0.3)mmol/L and (1.2±0.8)mmol/L-(1.3±0.2)mmol/L, (3.0±0.7)mmol/L- (2.9±1.2)mmol/L and (2.5±0.7)mmol/L-(2.5±0.9)mmol/L, respectively, with no significant differences in the changing trends (F=1.65, 1.72, 0.75, 1.04, 0.98, 1.53, 1.70, 1.05, 0.84, P>0.05). The fasting blood glucose before and after operation in the high BMI group and low BMI group were (8.6±3.5)mmol/L- (5.6±0.9)mmol/L and (8.6±3.3)mmol/L-(6.5±1.7)mmol/L, respectively, with a significant difference in the changing trends (F=2.21, P<0.05). The fasting blood glucose in the high BMI group at postoperative 3, 6, 12, 24 month were lower than those in the low BMI group (t=2.87, 3.88, 3.10, 2.80, P<0.05). Twentysix patients had complete remission and 4 patients had partial remission in the high BMI group, among 40 patients in the low BMI group, 28 patients had complete remission, 8 patients had partial remission, 3 patients had significant improvement and 1 patient had nonremission, with a significant difference (χ
2=4.69, P<0.05).
Conclusion LRYGB is safe and feasible for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus with a good comprehensive therapeutic effect, although complete remission rate of patients with BMI<30 kg/m
2 is lower than patients with BMI>30 kg/m
2.