Mammography before and after bariatric surgery.

CONCLUSION: Morbidly obese women can undergo quality mammograms before and after bariatric surgery; however, weight loss after bariatric surgery leads to only slightly denser mammograms. Furthermore, weight loss reduces mammographic radiation doses. PMID: 27986574 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27986574?dopt=Abstract

Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery - October 30, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Mokhtari TE, Rosas US, Downey JR, Miyake KK, Ikeda DM, Morton JM Tags: Surg Obes Relat Dis Source Type: research