Bariatric surgery and its impact on fertility, pregnancy and its outcome: a narrative review

• Main Authors: Dg Marshita Pg Baharuddin, Alvin Oliver Payus, Ehab Helmy Abdel Malek Fahmy, Waidah Sawatan, Win Win Than, Abdel Mohsen Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Hafez, Nang Kham Oo Leik, D. Maryama Ag Daud, Mohd Nazri Mohd Daud, Zulkhairul Naim Sidek Ahmad
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2021
• Subjects: HQ503-1064 The family. Marriage. Home; RD520-599.5 Surgery by region, system, or organ; RG1-991 Gynecology and obstetrics
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31981/1/Bariatric%20surgery%20and%20its%20impact%20on%20fertility%2C%20pregnancy%20and%20its%20outcome_%20a%20narrative%20review_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31981/2/Bariatric%20surgery%20and%20its%20impact%20on%20fertility%2C%20pregnancy%20and%20its%20outcome_%20a%20narrative%20review.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31981/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2049080121009882?via%3Dihub; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2021.103038

Bariatric procedures are on the rise as a surgical treatment for morbid obesity. In reproductive age of women, bariatric surgeries will improve factors related to anovulation and lead to spontaneous fertility. Spontaneous pregnancy can happen within a year after bariatric surgery due to higher level...