Diabetes Surgery: The Revolutionary Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
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Diabetes Surgery Benefits
Glycemic control maintenance
Reduction of medication
Effective body weight loss
Diabetes: A Silent Global Epidemic
537 million people suffering from diabetes worldwide
Cardiovascular Disease
People living with diabetes are up to three times more likely to develop cardiovascular disease. It can lead to heart attack and stroke.
Eye Complications
1 in 3 people with diabetes will develop some form of vision loss during their lifetime. It can lead to vision loss and blindness.
Kidney Disease
Kidney failure is 10 times more common in people with diabetes. It can lead to inefficient kidney function or failure.
Diabetic foot
A lower limb is lost to diabetes somewhere in the world every 30 seconds. Blood vessels and nerve damage.
More than 4 million adults died of diabetes and its complications in 2019. About half of these deaths occurred in those younger than 60 years.
Diabetes surgery: the most effective therapy for type 2 diabetes
Diabetes surgery performed today is among the best studied therapies in modern medicine.
Extremely superior to medical therapy
Diabetes surgery is significantly superior to current best medical management for the treatment and remission of diabetes type 2.
Cardiovascular risk factors
Metabolic/Diabetes surgery is associated with a reduction of cardiovascular risk factors and future cardiovascular events and deaths.
Long-term survival
Metabolic/diabetes surgery is associated with a reduction in all-cause mortality and increased long-term survival.
Risk of cancer
Metabolic/diabetes surgery is associated with a reduction in the risk of certain cancers and improved cancer outcomes.
If you have type 2 diabetes and a body mass index of ≥30kg/m2, you may qualify for diabetes surgery!
Diabetes surgery is now included in the treatment algorithm for type 2 diabetes
Meet Our Team
Athena N. Kapralou, MD, PhD
Diabetes Surgery Surgeon
I have dedicated the last 15 years of my life to researching the mechanisms that could cure type 2 diabetes
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General Surgeon
Collaborator with:
- 1st Propaedeutic Surgery Clinic, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Athens Euroclinic Therapeutic Center, Greece
- The Endocrine Unit of the University of Athens, Greece
George P. Chrousos MD, MACP, MACE, FRCP
Endocrinologist, Neurobiologist, Pediatrician
I'm investing in the 'diabetes surgery' project because I believe in it!
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- Member, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Professor of Endocrinology and Pediatrics Emeritus, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece
- Holder, UNESCO Chair on Adolescent Health Care
- Director, University Research Institute on Maternal and Child Health and Precision Medicine
- President, Hellenic Pasteur Institute
Everything we do, we do it for you!
Our motivation is empathy and compassion for the patient
We feel the emotional burden that comes with living with type 2 diabetes mellitus: the frustration with the demands of its management, the disappointment of the poor sugar control and the fear of complications can sometimes be overwhelming.
We join our forces in the fight against type 2 diabetes mellitus by offering a dedicate anti-diabetes surgery.
Expertise & collaborations
Our theory
The publication of our theory on “diabetes surgery” in one of the top specialty journals “Metabolism” in 2022: “Metabolic effects of truncal vagotomy when combined with bariatric-metabolic surgery” Written by Athena N. Kapralou and George P. Chrousos.
Master of Science in bariatric surgey
Postgraduate studies of our surgeon in the Master of Science (MSc) programme of the Medical School of the University of Athens, Greece 2023-2025: “Advanced Laparoendoscopic and Robotic Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgery”.
Training in gastric bypass
Program for exclusive training of our surgeon in gastric bypass and truncal vagotomy in pigs by Professor of Surgery Dimitrios Theodorou, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece. Held at the Biochemical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens-Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic diseases.
Amputations prevention
Restoring Mobility, Preventing Amputation. We have successfully prevented over 100 lower limb amputations due to diabetic ulcers. Euroclinic Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Clinical trial 'Vagus Sx'
Clinical trial “Vagus Sx”: “Type 2 diabetes mellitus complete remission after Gastric bypass + truncal vagotomy vs. gastric bypass”.
Licensing of the clinical trial by Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Registration of the Clinical Trial on ClinicalTrials.gov/National Institutes of Health.In collaboration with:
- 1st Propaedeutic Surgery Clinic, University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece
- The Endocrine Unit of the University of Athens, Greece
- University Research Institute of Maternal And Child Health & Precision Medicine, Athens, Greece
Let's take the three steps to diabetes surgery
Pre-operative period
- ‘Diabetes Surgery Assessment’ by your Diabetes Care Provider
- ‘Diabetes Surgery Assessment’ by our Diabetes Surgery Surgeon
- Paraclinical examinations
- The self-report questionnaires
Peri-operative period
- Pre-surgery evaluation
- Surgical procedure
- Postoperative monitoring
Post-operative 1-year follow up period
- ‘Diabetes Surgery Assessment’ of your Diabetes Care Provider
- ‘Diabetes Surgery Assessment’ of our Diabetes Surgery Surgeon
- Paraclinical examinations
- The self-report questionnaires
What our patients are saying about us
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about his mother's health
...and the surgeon looked her in the eye and said "I will try my best" and so far she has so...
Overall Google Rating: 4.9 / 5
Total Reviews: 106
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16/03/2026
She is a wonderful doctor. I have a diabetic foot and I am on dialysis I was at a point of despair in my life fearing that I would lose my foot and I went to the doctor and step...
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15/03/2026
In early October we left a public hospital with my sister's diabetic foot in very bad condition. After researching on the internet I found Ms. Kapralou with whom we made an appointment. After assessing the condition of the foot, she...
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19/01/2026
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