Pregnancy following bariatric surgery

Expert Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-67

  Merhi, Zaher O ^a   Jindal, Sangita ^a   Pollack, Staci E ^a   Lieman, Harry J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bariatric surgery; contraception; fertility; gestational diabetes; macrosomia; neural tube defect; obesity; preeclampsia; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTRACEPTION; DELIVERY; FEMALE FERTILITY; FETUS OUTCOME; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROPLASTY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MORBID OBESITY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 78650492212     PISSN: 17474108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eog.10.74     Document Type: Review

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