Abstract
Objective: To search the scientific literature what are the risk factors associated with pregnancy after bariatric surgery, benefits and recommendations Methods: A bibliographic review was carried out in the PUBMED, Science Direct, NCBI and Scielo databases, using as inclusion criteria available original articles published in the period from 2015 to 2019, in the English and Portugueses, as exclusion criteria duplicate articles and those unrelated to theme. Searches were performed using as descriptors “Pregnancy after bariatric surgery”, “Bariatric surgery and gestation” “Bariatric surgery and pregnancy” and “Complications in pregnancy bariatric surgery”. Results: This research consists of 12 articles in which it was found that pregnancy after bariatric surgery should be conceived within 12 to 24 months after the procedure, in order to avoid maternal and fetal complications as well as shorter duration of gestation, deliveries spontaneous premature infants, miscarriages, congenital malformations. Final Considerations: Women who become pregnant after bariatric surgery have a lower risk of gestational diabetes, gestational hypertension, fetal macrosomia and a higher risk of maternal nutritional deficiencies as well as low birth weight newborns, intrauterine growth restriction, premature births and intrauterine and neonatal mortality.