With this technique, control of diabetes is accompanied by weight loss, with no need for medications that may cause weight gain / hypoglycemia and may serve to replace or postpone surgery. In a recent paper by de Moura et al, Twenty-two subjects with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes and a body mass index between 40- 60 kg/m ² were implanted with the EndoBarrier and followed prospectively for 1 year.