Maternal and Fetal Outcomes of Asian Pregnancies After Bariatric Surgery

Obesity is a risk factor for pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH), Pre-Eclampsia (PE), Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) and Large Gestational Age (LGA) pregnancy. Bariatric surgery is widely accepted to treat obesity but associated with small for gestational age (SGA) fetuses.

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Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - January 22, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Sajid Malik, Jun Liang Teh, Davide Lomanto, Kim Guowei, Jimmy So, Asim Shabbir Tags: Original articles Source Type: research

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