New Hope for Women with Morbid Obesity Trying to Get Pregnant
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 01:00
in Health & Medicine
Obesity has been linked to infertility and now a new study shows bariatric surgery may treat its most common cause, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal imbalance that affects up to 10 percent of women of child-bearing age -- 33 to 50 percent of whom are overweight or obese. The findings* were presented here at the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). Not many patients come to a bariatric surgeon to treat infertility problems, but this study suggests that women with morbid obesity, who are infertile secondary to PCOS, may have a new surgical option.