Pregnancy and foetal outcome after bariatric surgery: A review of recent studies

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1537-1543

  Dalfrà, Maria Grazia ^a   Busetto, Luca ^a   Chilelli, Nino Cristiano ^a   Lapolla, Annunziata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Foetal morbidity; Foetal outcome; Maternal outcome; Obesity; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; BODY COMPOSITION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIET THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS OUTCOME; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GESTATION PERIOD; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LONG TERM CARE; MATERNAL OBESITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORBID OBESITY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NEWBORN DEATH; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROGNOSIS; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WEIGHT GAIN;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY, MORBID; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84865461575     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2012.663829     Document Type: Review

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