title: [PCO syndrome--is it an indication for bariatric surgery?].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most frequent cause of female infertility with an estimated prevalence of 6-10% in premenopausal women. Due to its long-term metabolic and cardiovascular consequences, it poses a severe health problem. Visceral obesity and subsequent insulin resistance represent the core pathophysiology of PCOS, clearly suggesting that measures to reduce abdominal obesity should be pursued.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between February 1995 and October 2006, 204 patients underwent bariatric surgery in the SRH Hospital of Gera. 75% of the patients were female and three of them were suffering preoperatively from polycystic ovary syndrome and metabolic syndrome.
  
  
  RESULTS
  104 months after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, the excess body weight loss (EBWL) was 49, 67 and 41% in these three patients, respectively. Glucose levels normalised completely. One patient became pregnant after weight reduction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In PCOS with metabolic syndrome, bariatric surgery is an option to reduce weight and to treat associated metabolic disorders. Surgery should be performed based on the body mass index, the metabolic disorders, and the wish of the patient to become pregnant.
authors.affiliation: Departement für Allgemein- und Visceralchirurgie, SRH Wald-Klinikum Gera gGmbH, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Christine.Stroh@wkg.srh.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stroh
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hohmann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lehnert
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Manger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015391:Gastroplasty; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D007333:Insulin Resistance / Q000502:physiology; D010535:Laparoscopy; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio; D015431:Weight Loss; D055815:Young Adult