Yesterday, on September 29, 2023, the 2 ndCongress of the Kazakhstan Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgeons took place: "Metabolic surgery of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the clinical practice of a surgeon and endocrinologist". The founder of the world metabolic surgery, Honorary Professor of the University of Minnesota USA, Honorary Professor of Astana Medical University Henry Buchwald addressed the participants of the Congress with a welcoming speech. As part of the Congress program, on September 27-28, 2023, a master class in bariatrics was organized on the basis of the department of multidisciplinary surgery of the Green Clinic.
The 2nd Kazakhstan KaSBariMeT Congress was initiated by two republican public associations: "Kazakhstan Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgeons" and "Association of Endocrinologists of Kazakhstan" with the organizational support of Astana Medical University.
The Congress was attended by leading experts in the field of bariatric and metabolic surgery and endocrinology from Turkey, Lithuania, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Russia. Within the framework of master classes and reports of the participants, new methods in metabolic surgery and the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus were presented to reduce the level of complications and mortality from this disease.
There is an annual increase in the number of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and prediabetes in the world, in Kazakhstan their number is already more than one million people. Developing renal insufficiency and other complications are the cause of high mortality among these patients – more than 10 thousand people with type 2 diabetes die every year. Thousands remain visually impaired and due to limb amputations.
The Congress contributed to raising professional awareness and establishing interaction between endocrinologists and metabolic surgeons regarding indications and views on metabolic surgery of type 2 diabetes mellitus and prediabetes. Discussion of these issues with the participation of leading international and national experts and an interdisciplinary approach allow us to develop recommendations and suggestions for improving the results of treatment of this socially significant pathology.
