Endocrine Abstracts

With the rising worldwide incidence of obesity, particularly in the young, bariatric surgery offers an effective method of meaningful and sustained weight loss. So, pregnancy after bariatric surgery is now a common scenario. Most women have good pregnancy outcomes, with reduced rates of pre-eclampsia and gestational diabetes, however, rates of stillbirth and small-for-gestational-age babies are increased,In this talk some unresolved questions in the management of pregnancy after bariatric surgery as the modification of glucose homeostasis, the diagnosis of diabetes,the importance of a strict follow up during pregnancy, the assesment and correction of micronutrient and/or macronutrient deficiencies management of preexisting obesity related complications will be underlined.