Internal hernia following laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass during pregnancy: A case report

Antiobesity operations, particulary the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass are increasing throughout the world. In the United States more than 200,000 operations were performed in 2012 with up to 50% involving women of reproductive age. As a result, pregnancy after gastric bypass is becoming much more common. At 34 weeks of gestation, a 27-year-old-woman (GIII/PII) presented at the university hospital with severe abdominal pain in the right flank and hypochondrium. She had undergone Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery 2,5 years before for a body mass index of 45 kg/m2 and lost about 50 kg. When she presented in our hospital…