Description:

Define, discuss, and solve specific challenges in the treatment of people with obesity, obesity-related and metabolic diseases, and conditions. Describe the development and use of new techniques to achieve weight loss by surgery in obese patients. Discuss strategies to help patients with failed weight loss or weight regain. Identify creative options for patient follow up and monitoring.

Learning Objectives:


3:45pm A043 Side-To-Side Magnetic Duodeno-Ileostomy In Adults With Severe Obesity With Or Without Type-2 Diabetes
Authors: Michel Gagner, MD FRCSC FACS FASMBS; David Abuladze, MD; Lamees Almutlaq, MD FRCSC; Guy-Bernard Cadiere, MD; Andres Sanchez-Pernaute, MD; Antonio J Torres, MD FACS
Presenter: Michel Gagner, MD FRCSC FACS FASMBS
3:52pm A044 Performance Of A Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy In A Patient With Prior Pylorus Sparing Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Authors: Ellen Pekar, MD; Molly E Russo, MD; James P Ryan, MD DABS-FPMBS; Claire Wilson, MD
Presenter: Ellen Pekar, MD
4:02pm A045 Weight Loss Among Severely Obese Individuals Using Nutritional Plans Generated By A Digital, Fully Automated, Web-Based Software Application Or By A Physician. A Proof-Of-Concept And First Of Its Kind Study.
Authors: Yannis Raftopoulos, MD Ph.D. FACS FASMBS; Manos Economakis, BSSci software enginnering
Presenter: Yannis Raftopoulos, MD Ph.D. FACS FASMBS
4:09pm A046 Sleeve Gastrectomy In The Difficult Abdomen: A Recipe For Disaster?
Authors: Kamal Abi Mosleh, MD; Barham Abu Dayyeh, MD; Omar Ghanem, MD; Karl Hage, MD; Travis McKenzie, MD; Marita Salame, MD; Andrew Storm, MD
Presenter: Kamal Abi Mosleh, MD
4:19pm A047 Impact Of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists In The ‘Neoadjuvant’ And ‘Adjuvant’ Setting Of Bariatric Surgery.
Authors: Jason M Samuels, MD; Matthew Spann, MD MMHC; Gitanjali Srivastava, MD
Presenter: Jason M Samuels, MD
4:26pm A048 Managing Post-Fundoplication Dysphagia: Role Of Intraoperative Les Pressure Measurements With Endoflip
Authors: Bethany Briggs, DO; Kuldeep Singh, MD FACS MBA FASMBS; Kanika Trehan, MD
Presenter: Bethany Briggs, DO
4:36pm A049 Prevention And Management Of Nausea And Vomiting After Swallowable Intragastric Balloon Placement
Authors: Luciano Poggi, MD; Grazia Bernui Vigo, MD; Andrea Davila Luna, MD; Arianna S Portmann-Baracco, MD
Presenter: Luciano Poggi, MD
4:43pm A050 Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band Erosion Presenting As A Port Site Abscess
Authors: Eric A Stevens, MD; Megan Bernier, Medical Student; Carlos Delgado, MD; Elizabeth Dovec, MD; Daniel Farinas Lugo, MD
Presenter: Eric A Stevens, MD
4:53pm A051 Procedureless Gastric Balloon Experience: A Focused Comparative Analysis On Bmi < Vs. ≥ 40 Subgroups
Authors: Shruthi Rajkumar, MD; Yannis Raftopoulos, MD Ph.D. FACS FASMBS
Presenter: Shruthi Rajkumar, MD
5:00pm Question and Answer/ Closing
5:15pm Adjourn