Surgery and Diabetes

Abstract

As incidence of diabetes is increasing it become a routine to encounter diabetics in every surgical field Whether it is cataract surgery laparoscopic cholecystectomy hysterectomy or cancer surgeries screening for diabetes is a norm Diabetes affects pathogenesis of many conditions requiring surgeries like diabetic foot pyelonephritis and renal abscess coronary bypass surgeries Raised blood glucose also affects the course of operation and post-operative course It affects the healing infection and other complications So it is desirable to well maintain the glucose level so that neither person get ill effect like ketoacidosis or hyperosmolar coma renal failure infections nor he get hypoglycemia which adversely affects the life style of the recovering patients 2 3