Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass as a treatment of severe obesity has increased dramatically in the
past decade, and most of the patients have been women [
1
,
2
]. The health risks experienced by obese women during pregnancy can be reduced by the
weight loss induced by bariatric surgery [
3
,
4
,
5
], but these patients are at risk of bariatric surgical complications during their
pregnancies. Women who have undergone Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for morbid obesity are at risk of internal hernias, intussusception,
and small bowel obstruction during pregnancy, which can lead to maternal and/or fetal
death [
[6]
]. We report the cases of 4 patients with a history of gastric bypass who presented
with internal hernias during their pregnancy.Keywords
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Published online: June 22, 2009
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