Course Agenda
Thursday, December 2, 2010
| 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | |
| Live Surgery Attendance Several live Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomies from USA hospitals and abroad will be broadcast. We hope to present different ways to do the operation, and from various clinical scenarios. Second stage operations and revisions for complications will also be shown. Audience members will be able to interact with Dr. Gagner and other leading experts. |
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Friday, December 3, 2010
| 7:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. | Welcome Address |
| 8:15 a.m. | Rationale/Indications/Contraindications Understanding the mechanisms, how does it work? (New hormonal and Physiological pressure/volume studies). |
| 9:30 a.m. | Break and Exhibits |
| 10:00 a.m. | Cohorts with 5 year results Meta-analysis Comparative studies (Sleeve vs. Banding, Sleeve vs. Bypass) |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch and Exhibits |
| 1:00 p.m. | Early Complications (Leaks, Bleeding, Obstruction) |
| 2:45 p.m. | Break and Exhibits |
| 3:00 p.m. | Late Complications (Fistulas, Hiatal hernias/Reflux, Strictures) |
Saturday, December 4, 2010
| 7:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. | Conversions (Re-Sleeve, Sleeve to Bypass, Sleeve to DS, Sleeve to Band) |
| 9:45 a.m. | Break and Exhibits |
| 10:00 a.m. | Sleeve as a Revisional Surgery (Band to Sleeve, VBG to Sleeve, Bypass to Sleeve) |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch and Exhibits |
| 1:00 p.m. | Accepted abstracts and debates |
| 4:00 p.m. | Adjourn |