Bariatric surgery after failed conservative management in a morbidly obese patient with endometrial cancer

Lauren Montemorano; Stacy A Smrz; Anahita D Jalilvand; Sabrena F Noria; Ritu Salani

doi:10.1016/j.gore.2019.01.002

Bariatric surgery after failed conservative management in a morbidly obese patient with endometrial cancer

Gynecol Oncol Rep. 2019 Jan 16:27:69-71. doi: 10.1016/j.gore.2019.01.002. eCollection 2019 Feb.

Authors

Lauren Montemorano¹, Stacy A Smrz¹, Anahita D Jalilvand², Sabrena F Noria², Ritu Salani¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH 43210, United States.
² Department of Surgery, Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, United States.

Abstract

•Extreme obesity may preclude patients from primary surgical management of endometrial cancer.•Bariatric surgery is a safe and effective method of rapid weight loss in patients with extreme obesity.•Delayed hysterectomy, after weight loss from bariatric surgery, is an option in select patients with endometrial cancer.

Keywords: Bariatric surgery; Endometrial cancer; Obesity.

Publication types

Case Reports

Grants and funding

T32 AI106704/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States