Wu SC, Chen WT, Fang CW, Muo CH, Sung FC, Hsu CY. Association of vagus nerve severance and decreased risk of subsequent type 2 diabetes in peptic ulcer patients: An Asian population cohort study. Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Dec;95(49):e5489. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000005489. PMID: 27930533; PMCID: PMC5266005.

Authors mention- "Peptic ulcer patients have an elevated risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Moreover, there were associations of vagus nerve severance and decreased risk of subsequent type 2 diabetes in complicated peptic ulcer patients."

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In view of several gastrointestinal surgical procedures for the management of Diabetes Mellitus, the possibility of Vagotomy with gastro-jejunostomy to manage hyperglycemia, needs exploration.

Reference

Metabolic surgery: the role of the gastrointestinal tract in diabetes mellitus.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20098450

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