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Cardiovascular diseases, such as heart attacks and strokes, are more prevalent in individuals with obesity due to factors like high blood pressure and abnormal cholesterol levels. This systematic review and meta-analysis sought to establish the effectiveness of bariatric surgery in treating infertility in women. Methods: This systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines. A broad electronic search was conducted through PubMed, Web Science, and Medline databases for studies published between April 2017 and October 2023. The search strategy used the following terms: bariatric surgery, metabolic surgery, bariatric surgical procedures, stomach stapling, infertility, and fertility issues. The data were analyzed using the Revman version 5.1.2 software. Results: The results of the study show that despite the heterogeneity found in the studies, irregular menstrual cycles were found to reduce significantly in patients who underwent bariatric surgery (p = 0.01), with an RR of 0.22, at a 95% CI (0.06, 0.74). With regards to infertility, the results indicate that bariatric surgery reduced the level of infertility among the patients significantly (p = 0.00001), with an RR of 0.55, at a 95% CI (0.45, 0.68). Further, the results show bariatric surgery reduced rate of miscarriages among patients (p = 0.01), with an RR of 0.51, at a 95% CI (0.30, 0.86). Moreover, bariatric surgery reduced the level of congenital malfunction, but the effect was not statistically significant (p = 0.16), with an RR of 0.39, at a 95% CI (0.10, 1.45). However, the overall effect of bariatric surgery on treating infertility was found to be significantly effective (p = 0.0001), with an RR of 0.54, at a 95% CI (0.43, 0.68). This implies that bariatric surgery helps in weight loss, which improves ovulatory dysfunction and irregular menstruation while boosting spontaneous conception. Conclusions: This study found that bariatric surgery helps infertile women of a reproductive age to lose weight, which improves ovulatory dysfunction and irregular menstruation while boosting spontaneous conception. On the other hand, the study noted that after bariatric surgery, spontaneous conception can occur because of a decreased rate of miscarriage, increased fertility, reduced levels of congenital malfunction, and the restoration of regular menstrual cycles. Therefore, this study highlights the need to offer adequate preconception care and counselling to women who are about to be pregnant, both before and after bariatric surgery. Further, based on the fact that this study focused on general bariatric surgery, future research should focus on specific types of bariatric surgery to establish the most effective type of bariatric surgery in treating infertility in women.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm13185569","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,19]],"date-time":"2024-09-19T11:51:46Z","timestamp":1726746706000},"page":"5569","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["The Effectiveness of Bariatric Surgery on Treating Infertility in Women\u2014A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Hadeel","family":"Almutairi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah 52571, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohammad Sulaiman","family":"Aldhalea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Buraidah Central Hospital, Qassim Cluster, Ministry of Health, Buraydah 52367, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Muhammad Abdulghani","family":"Almaaz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Buraidah Central Hospital, Qassim Cluster, Ministry of Health, Buraydah 52367, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sama Abdalaziz","family":"Aljuhani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah 52571, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rena Ibrahim","family":"Aloraini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah 52571, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Abdulrahman Abdullah","family":"Alamoudi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Medicine and Surgery, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wajd Fahad","family":"Alkhalifah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah 52571, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Leen Ahmed","family":"Alrushaid","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah 52571, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Haneen Wadi","family":"Alanzy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Medicine and Surgery, Northern Border University, Arar 73213, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Meshal","family":"Alzuwayyid","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah 52571, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Flora Abdulaziz","family":"Alrumaih","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah 52571, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Moneerah Madeallah","family":"Al-harbi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah 52571, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alaa Ahmad","family":"AL-Aboudi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah 52571, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Faisal Salem","family":"Alqadi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha 62521, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Reem Salem","family":"Alshammari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Medicine, Northern Border University, Arar 73213, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"World Health Organization (2024, June 14). 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