The Third Annual Gastric Band Summit will tackle controversial issues in gastric banding by setting some of the worlds leaders in bariatric surgery in a point-counterpoint format. Additionally it will cover, in a comprehensive fashion, the fundamentals of surgical technique and patient management as well as expose the attendees to the latest thoughts in full techniques and strategies, revisional surgery, and emerging technologies.
Some of the highlights will include:
- Summary of clinical trials evaluating the effiancy of gastric bands, and review of the current state of affairs regarding gastric bands around the world
- The importance of the lower esophageal contractile segment and the mechanism of bolus clearance in band patients
- Patient selection criteria and outcomes including low BMI patients, diabetics, and sweet cravers
- Review of the data and development of strategies to optimize patient outcomes including lifestyle, phramacotherapy, and future potential
- Debate regarding the necessity for routine gastric plication and routine hiatal exploration
- Discuss of new band adjustment concepts and the different strategies in band adjustments
- Discussion of new band adjustment concepts and the different strategies in band adjustments
- Discussion of band slips and erosions and management strategies including endoscopic management of complex band complications
- Criteria to declare a band as a failed procedure
- Debate regarding the optimal revisional procedure for a failed band
- Evaluation of the gastric band as a salvage procedure for a failed gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy
- Discussion of pediatric banding, FDA U.S. trial data, challenges and essential elements of a pediatric band program, and contrary views to a pediatric band program
- Review of emerging technologies in minimal access, endoluminal procedures, and robotic single incision platform
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