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Materials and Methods: The medical records for all patients (n = 383) post-BMS at a large tertiary centre from January 2017 to December 2024 were reviewed, and those who received intravenous iron infusion (n = 32) for IDA were included. The criteria for iron infusion were ferritin &lt; 50 \u00b5g\/L or intolerance to oral iron. Demographic information including co-morbidities\u2014gynaecological and other\u2014age, pre-operative weight, body mass index (BMI), and ferritin levels were collected to investigate possible risk factors for IDA. Results: Thirty-two patients, all female, received one or more parenteral iron infusions. Eighteen had surgery locally; 14 had surgery elsewhere. Operations varied and included 14 Roux-en-Y gastric bypasses, 14 sleeve gastrectomy\u2019s, and 4 gastric bands or other procedures. Eleven patients had a history of gynaecological disorders. Pre-infusion ferritin levels in the cohort with gynaecological disorders versus the cohort without were lower (median 11.0 vs. 14.5 \u00b5g\/L), with a shorter time to presentation (median 6.9 vs. 10.2 years), and more patients requiring &gt;2 infusions for resolution of symptoms (36.4% vs. 9.5%). Conclusions: Locally, 95% of our patients did not require iron infusion post-BMS. Eighty percent of those who did require iron infusion responded to \u22642 infusions. Women with a history of gynaecological disorder who underwent BMS required a significantly higher number of iron infusions and presented with symptoms sooner post-operatively vs. those without gynaecological disorders, particularly following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. This is an important observation to consider both pre- and post-operatively for patients undergoing bariatric surgery, and additional well-designed studies that investigate this further are needed.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina61091647","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,11]],"date-time":"2025-09-11T10:50:04Z","timestamp":1757587804000},"page":"1647","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Intravenous Iron Infusion in the Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anaemia Following Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery and Correlation with Gynaecological Disorders: Retrospective Review of Experience from a Tertiary Centre"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"61","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7672-9696","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emma","family":"MacVicar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"General Surgery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill Health Campus, Aberdeen AB25 2ZN, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nivar","family":"Saleh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgical Unit, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Joy","family":"Tneoh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgical Unit, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"James","family":"Lucocq","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgical Unit, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Georgios","family":"Geropoulos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgical Unit, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Beverley","family":"Wallace","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgical Unit, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anne","family":"Ewing","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgical Unit, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Peter J.","family":"Lamb","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgical Unit, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gillian","family":"Drummond","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgical Unit, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Brian","family":"Joyce","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgical Unit, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andrew G.","family":"Robertson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgical Unit, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1075","DOI":"10.1007\/s11695-024-07118-3","article-title":"IFSO Worldwide Survey 2020\u20132021: Current Trends for Bariatric and Metabolic Procedures","volume":"34","author":"Angrisani","year":"2024","journal-title":"Obes. 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