ReviewBMC pregnancy and childbirth2018
Pregnancy after bariatric surgery: a narrative literature review and discussion of impact on pregnancy management and outcome.
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- Impact of maternal body mass index on pregnancy outcomes following frozen embryo transfer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- The effects of bariatric surgery on periconception maternal health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Human reproduction update · 2021Pooled it
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- The influence of gestational weight gain after bariatric procedures on selected pregnancy outcomes: a single center study.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- Measurement Properties and Quality of Maternal Breastfeeding Instruments: A Scoping Review.Journal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant Association · 2026Article
- Mental health during pregnancy and postpartum in women with a history of bariatric surgery: A scoping review.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Article
- Post-bariatric Hypoglycemia Management: A Gulf Cooperation Council Consensus Statement.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2026Article
- The Impact of Breastfeeding on Maintaining Body Weight After Bariatric Surgery-A Retrospective Analysis of Maternal Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery and Pregnancy Study (MOMBARIS) Multicenter Data.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- Do Gynecologists-Obstetricians Know How to Manage Pregnancies in Women After Bariatric Surgery?Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Impact of Overweight and Obesity on Pregnancy: A Narrative Review of Physiological Consequences, Risks and Challenges in Prenatal Care, and Early Intervention Strategies.Current diabetes reports · 2025Review
- Impact of Prior Bariatric Surgery on Labor and Delivery-Related Outcomes: A Nationwide Study.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- The Korean Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (KSMBS) Position Statement on Female Candidates of Reproductive Age for Metabolic Bariatric Surgery.Journal of metabolic and bariatric surgery · 2025Review
- The Challenges of Diagnosing Gestational Diabetes after Bariatric Surgery: Where Do We Stand?Obesity facts · 2025Review
- Recruitment and retention of participants with obesity into a longitudinal birth cohort: the Breastfeeding and Early Child Health (BEACH) study.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Article
- Conceiving during the first postoperative year after bariatric surgery: a retrospective study of pregnancy outcomes.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Maternal and neonatal risks and outcomes after bariatric surgery: a comparative population based study across BMI categories in Qatar.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- A Case of Intussusception in Pregnancy: An Unexpected Complication Years After Bariatric Surgery.Cureus · 2024Article
- Unraveling the Molecular Mechanisms of the Neurodevelopmental Consequences of Fetal Protein Deficiency: Insights From Rodent Models and Public Health Implications.Biological psychiatry global open science · 2024Review
- Pregnancy Outcomes After Bariatric Surgery: Importance of Maternal Ferritin on Birth Weight.Obesity surgery · 2024Observational
- Comparison of pregnancy outcomes after bariatric surgery by sleeve gastrectomy versus gastric bypass.European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology: X · 2024Article
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Abstract
Bariatric surgery (BS) is regarded to be the most effective treatment of obesity with long lasting beneficial effects including weight loss and improvement of metabolic disorders. A considerable number of women undergoing BS are at childbearing age.Although the surgery mediated weight loss has a positive effect on pregnancy outcome, the procedures might be associated with adverse outcomes as well, for example micronutrient deficiencies, iron or B12 deficiency anemia, dumping syndrome, surgical complications such as internal hernias, and small for gestational age (SGA) offspring, possibly due to maternal undernutrition. Also, there is no international consensus concerning the ideal time to conception after BS. Hence, the present narrative review intents to summarize the available literature concerning the most common challenges which arise before and during pregnancy after BS, such as fertility related considerations, vitamin and nutritional deficiencies and their adequate compensation through supplementation, altered glucose metabolism and its implications for gestational diabetes screening, the symptoms and treatment of dumping syndrome, surgical complications and the impact of BS on pregnancy outcome. The impact of different bariatric procedures on pregnancy and fetal outcome will also be discussed, as well as general considerations concerning the monitoring and management of pregnancies after BS.Whereas BS leads to the mitigation of many obesity-related pregnancy complications, such as gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), pregnancy induced hypertension and fetal macrosomia; those procedures pose new risks which might lead to adverse outcomes for mothers and offspring, for example nutritional deficiencies, anemia, altered maternal glucose metabolism and small for gestational age children.
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