Bariatric surgery aims to lift medical burden from diabetic teens’ shoulders

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Bariatric surgery aims to lift medical burden from diabetic teens’ shoulders

Brandon Orr- Walker
Endocrinologist Brandon Orr- Walker says bariatric surgery on young people is getting good results in the US, and he wants it trialled at Middlemore Hospital
“The numbers are huge,” endo­crinologist Brandon Orr-Walker says of the stranglehold diabe­tes has on Counties Manukau DHB. Bariatric surgery is