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ob0001oc1.3 | (1) (1) | UKCO2019

Pregnancy after bariatric surgery: a case-control study of maternal risk factors for small for gestational age babies in the AURORA dataset

Akhter Zainab , Devlieger Roland , Rankin Judith , Ceulemans Dries , Heslehurst Nicola

Background: Small-for-gestational-age (SGA) is defined as a baby born <10th percentile for birth weight, age, and sex. Women with previous bariatric surgery have >2-fold risk of having a SGA baby, especially following malabsorptive surgery such as Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). Babies born SGA are at an increased risk for morbidity and mortality; however, adverse outcomes are significantly improved when SGA identification occurs antenatally. This study aimed to inves...