[Pregnancy after adjustable gastric band for morbid obesity: specific features of follow-up].
OBJECTIVE
To give pregnant women treated with an adjustable gastric band specific information on pregnancy and fetal outcome.


METHODS
Case report and discussion of the main complications and specific features follow-up during pregnancy.


RESULTS
In our patient the gastric band was adjusted to prevent first trimester vomiting. Diet was not modified. Weight gain during pregnancy was limited to four kilograms (kg). A hypotrophic girl was delivered by cesarean section.


CONCLUSIONS
The main difficulties concern first trimester vomiting and dietary advice. Information regarding the effects of gastric band on pregnancies is limited and requires further investigations. A national file on outcome of pregnancy in women with gastric bands would be useful to establish appropriate recommendations.
Gaudry
P
P
Service de Chirurgie Viscérale et Vasculaire, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Begin, 60 avenue de Paris, 94160 Saint-Mandé, France.
Maurice
A
A
Montagliani
L
L
Dankoro
A
A
Aubert
P
P
Ponties
J-E
JE
D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D015391:Gastroplasty / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D014839:Vomiting; D015430:Weight Gain