Maternal and neonatal outcomes in women undergoing bariatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
N Galazis, N Docheva, C Simillis… - European Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Obese women are at increased risk for many pregnancy complications, and
bariatric surgery (BS) before pregnancy has shown to improve some of these. Objectives To
review the current literature and quantitatively assess the obstetric and neonatal outcomes
in pregnant women who have undergone BS. Search strategy MEDLINE, EMBASE and
Cochrane databases were searched using relevant keywords to identify studies that
reported on pregnancy outcomes after BS. Selection criteria Pregnancy outcome in firstly …
bariatric surgery (BS) before pregnancy has shown to improve some of these. Objectives To
review the current literature and quantitatively assess the obstetric and neonatal outcomes
in pregnant women who have undergone BS. Search strategy MEDLINE, EMBASE and
Cochrane databases were searched using relevant keywords to identify studies that
reported on pregnancy outcomes after BS. Selection criteria Pregnancy outcome in firstly …
