Female Fertility Outcome Following Bariatric Surgery: Five Years Follow up

Tanta University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Female Fertility and Bariatric Surgery

Treatments: Procedure: Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04392661

Fertility & bariatric surgery

Details and patient eligibility

About

Maternal morbid obesity is an important risk factor in modern obstetrics, it has been associated with higher infertility rates and obstetrics complications. Bariatric surgery proven to achieve long term weight loss with improvement in all obesity related morbidities. This study was to compare the 5 years outcomes of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) in terms of fertility outcomes, breast feeding, weight loss, safety, and resolution of obesity related co-morbidity.

Full description

This study included 197 adult morbidly obese females, 111 underwent LSG (group I) and 86 LRYGB (group II). After 5 years follow up, the following were looked at: percentage excess weight loss (%EWL), comorbidity improvement or resolution, postoperative complications or mortality, fertility outcomes and breast feeding.

Enrollment: 197 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with primary goal of conceiving and complaining from infertility either primary or secondary as well as those who were seeking weight loss in preparation for marriage

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

197 participants in 2 patient groups

Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy (group I)

Description:

111 morbid obese females underwent LSG (group I). After 5 years follow up, the following were looked at: percentage excess weight loss (%EWL), comorbidity improvement or resolution, postoperative complications or mortality, fertility outcomes and breast feeding.

Treatment:

Procedure: Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (group II)

Description:

86 morbid obese females underwent LRYGB (group II). After 5 years follow up, the following were looked at: percentage excess weight loss (%EWL), comorbidity improvement or resolution, postoperative complications or mortality, fertility outcomes and breast feeding.

Treatment:

Procedure: Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy