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To the Editor: Antiobesity operations, particularly the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, are increasingly common. In the United States, 103,000 such operations were performed in 2003.¹ We report a complication of a gastric bypass procedure that resulted in the death of a pregnant woman and of her fetus.

At 31 weeks' gestation, a 41-year-old woman (gravida 1) presented at her community hospital with midepigastric pain, nausea, and vomiting that had begun 30 minutes after she had ingested a fatty meal. She had undergone Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery 18 months previously but still weighed 199.6 kg (440 lb). Initial evaluation revealed a tender . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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