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Fertility outcomes following bariatric surgery
Wassan Nori, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad 10052, Saydyia, Iraq
Wisam Akram, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mustansiriyah, Baghdad 10052, Al Yarmouk, Iraq
Eham Amer Ali, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mustansiriyah, Baghdad 10052, Iraq
Author contributions: Nori W and Akram W designed the research and analyzed the data; Nori W wrote the letter; Akram W and Ali EA revised the letter; all authors have read and agreed on the final version of the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors declare that they have no conflict of interest to disclose.
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Corresponding author: Wassan Nori, PhD, Academic Editor, Academic Research, Senior Researcher, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mustansiriyah University, Al -amin, Baghdad 10052, Saydyia, Iraq. dr.wassan76@uomustansiriyah.edu.iq
Received: November 2, 2022
Peer-review started: November 2, 2022
First decision: December 19, 2022
Revised: December 19, 2022
Accepted: January 10, 2023
Article in press: January 10, 2023
Published online: January 31, 2023
Peer-review started: November 2, 2022
First decision: December 19, 2022
Revised: December 19, 2022
Accepted: January 10, 2023
Article in press: January 10, 2023
Published online: January 31, 2023
Core Tip
Core Tip: One of the main strengths of bariatric surgery (BS) is achieving long-term weight reduction; many of the medical and dietary interventions have transient and sometimes ineffective results. Infertility is linked with obesity in many ways, including reducing the quality of produced gametes, disturbing the hormonal profile, and increasing oxidative stress, which in turn inversely affects many steps of human reproduction. BS can improve the fertility odds for both genders with assisted repro