Weight Loss Surgery Could Lead To Male Infertility - New Study

Experts have asserted that weight-loss surgery could make men infertile. According to the findings of a study published in the journal ‘Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care,’ Semen abnormalities occur in 57.1 per cent of men after having bariatric surgery. Similarly, the researchers said that only four per cent of the study’s 79 participants fathered children after having the procedure, compared to 13 per cent before.

Weight loss is achieved by reducing the size of the stomach with a gastric band or through removal of a portion of the stomach (sleeve gastrectomy or biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch) or by resetting and re-routing the small intestine to a small stomach pouch (gastric bypass surgery).

Weight loss surgery is a procedure that is now common especially among the rich and wealthy as well as personalities in the entertainment industry, most of whom can afford to pay for it.

Dr. Edward Lin, editor-in- chief of the journal ‘Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care’, said: “This study is one important piece in solving the puzzle of male infertility. “The challenge is to see if correcting hormonal and micronutrient aberrations are enough to reverse male infertility.”

Infertility is the inability to conceive after one year of unprotected intercourse, or the inability to carry a pregnancy to term. Infertility affects an estimated 15 per cent of couples globally, amounting to 48.5 million couples. Males are found to be solely responsible for 20-30 per cent of infertility cases and contribute to 50 per cent of cases overall.

However, this number does not accurately represent all regions of the world. nonetheless, the prevalence of infertility in Nigeria is estimated to be between 20 and 25 per cent among married couples.
Similarly, 40 to 45 per cent of all consultations in gynaecological clinics in the country are infertility-related.

Researchers from the Hospital das Clinicas in São Paulo analysed men who were attempting to conceive with their partner.
Of the study’s participants, 23 were followed for at least five years after having bariatric surgery; 23 for two years after having the operation; 18 were obese but did not have the procedure; and 15 were of a healthy weight.
 All of the participants completed a questionnaire asking them about their sexual quality of life. They were also assessed for their blood glucose, testosterone, Vitamin D, Zinc and semen levels.


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