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Pregnancy after gastric sleeve not without risk
Up to 12000 gastric bypasses are carried out in the Netherlands every year. Some 80% of the patients are female, and of this group, one-quarter cite the desire to have a family as the reason for the operation. However, the new challenges that emerge during pregnancy following the bypass have, to date, been underexposed.