Maternal and neonatal outcomes after bariatric surgery; a systematic review and meta-analysis: do the benefits outweigh the risks?

W Kwong, G Tomlinson, DS Feig - American journal of obstetrics and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective Data Obesity during pregnancy is associated with a number of adverse obstetric
outcomes that include gestational diabetes mellitus, macrosomia, and preeclampsia.
Increasing evidence shows that bariatric surgery may decrease the risk of these outcomes.
Our aim was to evaluate the benefits and risks of bariatric surgery in obese women
according to obstetric outcomes. Study We performed a systematic literature search using
MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane, Web of Science, and PubMed from inception up to …