Complications of banded laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in a 33-week pregnant woman

Christel A L de Raaff; Wietse J Eshuis; Bart A van Wagensveld; Ruben N van Veen

doi:10.1093/jscr/rjw137

Complications of banded laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in a 33-week pregnant woman

J Surg Case Rep. 2016 Aug 25;2016(8):rjw137. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjw137.

Authors

Christel A L de Raaff¹, Wietse J Eshuis², Bart A van Wagensveld², Ruben N van Veen²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, OLVG West, Jan Tooropstraat 164, 1061 AE Amsterdam, the Netherlands c.deraaff@olvg.nl calderaaff@gmail.com.
² Department of Surgery, OLVG West, Jan Tooropstraat 164, 1061 AE Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Abstract

Women desiring pregnancy might fail to conceive due to their obesity. Bariatric surgery has shown to reduce this infertility up to 58% and is therefore considered a successful strategy for morbidly obese infertile women. Nevertheless, when pregnancy has succeeded, surgery-related complications might occur.Banded laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (B-LRYGB) is a relatively new technique in which a band is placed around the small gastric pouch. We report a case of a 30-year-old woman who succeeded to become pregnant after weight loss due to B-LRYGB, but presented with acute abdominal pain in Week 33 of her pregnancy.

Publication types

Case Reports