Pregnancy and Fertility Following Bariatric Surgery

][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Rates of surgical weight loss procedures have grown steeply and women account for many of these patients. 15arge numbers of women in their childbearing years may undergo bariatric surgery, which may change fertility following weight loss, alter nutritional requirements during pregnancy, or impact contraception to prevent pregnancy.Our specific goals were to estimate the incidence of bariatric surgery in women aged 18 to 45 years and perform a systematic review to assess associations of bariatric surgery on pregnancy outcomes, including maternal and neonatal outcomes, nutritional adverse events, fertility, contraception, optimal time to delay pregnancy, and surgical complications during pregnancies.