What are the advantages of vertical sleeve surgery during pregnancy?
Is vertical sleeve surgery having negative impacts at the time of pregnancy?
Do women have healthy pregnancy after vertical sleeve surgery?
Vertical sleeve gastrectomy is also known as sleeve gastrectomy or vertical gastroplasty. It is a type of bariatric surgery that helps the persons in getting weight loss. Sleeve gastrectomy surgery is basically performed on obese persons that have a body BMI (Body Mass Index) of more than 40. The vertical sleeve surgery is mainly performed in two phases. In the first phase, a vertical sleeve gastrectomy is performed and the second stage include duodenal switch. In general case, after a first phase only, patients lose an enormous weight and the second phase is not required. But in case, if weight loss is not sufficient then the second stage that is duodenal switch is conducted. Vertical Sleeve surgery is beneficial in several ways but many women are interested to know about vertical sleeve and pregnancy impacts and their complications.
Most women in their child-bearing age go for sleeve gastrectomy surgery in order to lose weight but after that they have many questions in mind regarding infertility and pregnancy. But researches have shown that weight loss surgery does not have any negative impacts on pregnancy. Also, women who want to become pregnant after bariatric surgery are free from any kind of pregnancy related issues such as diabetes and high-blood pressure as compared to obese women who doesn’t go for such surgery.
Moreover, women who have undergone through weight-loss surgery have least risk of premature delivery, under birth weight or perinatal mortality. Several Researches conducted on women who had gone through weight loss surgery found that:
- There is rare chance of having nutritional deficiencies at the time of pregnancy especially after gastrectomy surgery.
- After weight loss surgery, it is found that there is improved fertility rate.
- There is rare chance to have complications related to surgery such as internal hernia during pregnancy.
- Reduced risk of neo-natal and maternal complications during pregnancy
Certain points to know about Vertical Sleeve and Pregnancy:
- Women must wait for 18 months for getting pregnant after vertical sleeve surgery.
- The rapid weight loss occurs during the first 18 months of sleeve surgery that might increase the nutritional deficiency.
- After certain period when the weight loss is stabilized the mother can go for healthy pregnancy.
All over, it is found that there is a positive impact of vertical sleeve gastrectomy and pregnancy. Research shows that, there is an extensive increase on the rate of bariatric surgery from 1998 to 2005. It is noted that in 2003 and 2005, 49% of bariatric surgery patients are women aged 18 to 45. So, finally it is concluded that you could have a healthier pregnancy after vertical sleeve surgery.
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