Fatherhood in Men Who Underwent Bariatric Surgery in Campina Grande - Paraíba, Brazil

Camilla Ribeiro Lima de Farias1 Kalyanne Mayara Luna Alves2 and Carlos Teixeira Brandt3*

1 Department of Surgery, Paraíba State University, Brazil 2 Department of Nursing, Paraíba State University, Brazil 3 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Paraíba State University, Brazil

^*Correspondance to: Carlos Teixeira Brandt 

 PDF  Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.3116

Abstract

Sexual functioning is an important, yet often overlooked, aspect of life quality for many individuals with obesity, especially regarding to man. Fertility and sperm quality are even less explored in the scientific literature. To the best of our knowledge, there is no report of man being a father after bariatric surgery. Here, we report a four men recruited from a prospective cohort of individuals, from both gender, who underwent bariatric surgery in the past three years. The total sample was 192 (146 women: 76.0% and 46 men: 24.0%). From the 46 men, 4 (8.7%) became father of six normal offspring. The ages of the men were respectively: 34; 38; 41; and 43 years of age. These patients were married. The post-bariatric surgery pregnancies, from the same spouses before surgical procedures, were without any abnormalities and the newborns presented no congenital anomalies. These individuals referred increased sexual desire after surgery and improvement of erectile function. This case series reported highlights the contribution of bariatric surgery in the sexuality, fertility and fatherhood of obese man.

Keywords

Obesity; Sexual dysfunction; Fertility; Bariatric surgery; Man

Cite the article

Lima de Farias CR, Luna Alves KM, Brandt CT. Fatherhood in Men Who Underwent Bariatric Surgery in Campina Grande – Paraíba, Brazil. Clin Surg. 2021; 6: 3116..