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Weight Reduction Surgery and Ovarian Function

NCT00292773 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2011-07-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will investigate the role of weight reduction surgery on the reproductive performance of obese women with ovulation problems. It is hypothesized that surgery offered when other methods of weight reduction have failed, may help restore ovulation.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

weight reduction minimal access surgery

Patients will be offered laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery by Mr Roger Ackroyd, in line with the current recommendation for gastric surgery according to NICE guidelines i.e. patients with a BMI over 40 or a BMI over 35 with at least one co-morbidity. Patients will be reviewed monthly for six months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Professor TC Li, FRCOG,MD · STH

  • Professor William Ledger, FRCOG,D Phil · Sheffield University

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-02-28
Completion
2008-02-29

Countries

  • United Kingdom

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