[Pregnancy and labor after adjustable gastric banding for therapy of morbid obesity]

Surgical placement of an adjustable gastric band has become a widely used method for treatment of morbid obesity. As a consequence, a higher number of pregnancies after weight loss is observed. Information is limited on pregnancy outcome after gastric banding, whereas metabolic and nutritional complications are reported after gastric bypass procedures. We report on two cases of pregnancy after laparoscopic gastric banding. Both patients had uncomplicated full-term pregnancies. In both cases, neither during nor after the pregnancy fluid removal from the gastric band was necessary. There seems to be a low probability for gestational and metabolic complications in pregnancy due to gastric banding. However, more specific information about pregnancies and fetal outcomes after gastric banding in a larger patient population would be desirable.