Pregnancy and fertility following bariatric surgery: A systematic review

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 2286-2296

  Maggard, Melinda A ^a,b   Yermilov, Irina ^b,c   Li, Zhaoping ^b,c   Maglione, Margaret ^a,b   Newberry, Sydne ^a   Suttorp, Marika ^a   Hilton, Lara ^a   Santry, Heena P ^d   Morton, John M ^e   Livingston, Edward H ^f   Shekelle, Paul G ^a,b,c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTRACEPTION; FERTILITY; GASTRIC BANDING; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 56849119898     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2008.641     Document Type: Review

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