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:


10:15am A011 Robotic Vs Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery: Which Is More Ergonomic Based On Surface Electromyography And The Nasa-Tax Load Index?
Authors: Kyle J Duckett, DO; Matthew Fourman, MD
Presenter: Kyle J Duckett, DO
Discussant: Colleen I Kennedy, FASMBS MBA MD
10:30am A012 Differential Outcome Among Adolescents At 10-Years Following Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Or Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass
Authors: Justin Ryder, PhD; Anita Courcoulas, MD MPH; Carroll M Harmon, MD; Michael A Helmrath, MD; Thomas Inge, MD PhD; Todd M Jenkins, PhD; Marc Michalsky, MD MBA; Stephanie Sisley, MD; Changchun Xie, PhD
Presenter: Justin Ryder, PhD
Discussant: Janey SA Pratt, MD
10:45am A013 Risk Stratification Using Mri-Derived, Personalized Visceral-, Subcutaneous-, And Liver Fat Z-Scores In Persons With Obesity
Authors: Jennifer Linge, MSc; Olof Dahlqvist Leinhard, PhD; Alexander Kugelberg, MD; Torsten Olbers, Professor of Metabolic Surgery; Per Widholm, MD
Presenter: Jennifer Linge, MSc
Discussant: Salvatore Docimo, Jr., DO MS FASMBS
11:00am A014 Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Remission After Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass: A Multi-Centered Experience With Long Term Follow Up
Authors: Karl Hage, MD; Barham Abu Dayyeh, MD; Omar Ghanem, MD; Wissam Ghusn, MD; Kelvin Higa, MD; Kayla Ikemiya, BS; Kurt A Kennel, MD; Edmund Lee, MD; Travis McKenzie, MD; Pearl Ma, MD FACS FASMBS ABOM; Konstantinos Spaniolas, MD
Presenter: Karl Hage, MD
Discussant: Ali Aminian, MD
11:15am A015 Fifteen Year Multicenter Comparative Analysis Of Sleeve Gastrectomy, Gastric Bypass And Duodenal Switch In Patients With Bmi ≥ 70Kg/M2
Authors: Kamal Abi Mosleh, MD; Barham Abu Dayyeh, MD; Muhammad Ghanem, MD; Omar Ghanem, MD; Karl Hage, MD; Michael Kendrick, MD; Romulo Lind, MD; Marita Salame, MD; Andre Teixeira, MD
Presenter: Kamal Abi Mosleh, MD
Discussant: Folahan K Ayoola, MD FACS FASMBS
11:30am Discussion
12:00pm Adjourn