BARIATRIC ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY TRENDS (BEST) – 2008
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

07/31/08

07:30  Registration
08:00  Opening – B.E.S.T 5 Years of Success. Follow-up and Review of the first operated cases.
           Nilton Kawahara (SP).
08:20  Indications and Contra-Indications in Bariatric Surgery:  Have Anything  Changed?
          
William B. Inabnet (USA).
08:40  Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery – How I do It.
           - Adjustable Gastric Band – Bruno Zilberstein (USA)
           - RYGP – Alan Wittgrove (USA)
           - Sleeve Gastrectomy – Jacques Himpens (USA)
           - Bileopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch – Alfons Pomp (USA)
09:40  Update in Bariatric Surgery. Global Results.
          
Michel Gagner (USA)
10:00  Top Ten: Selection of 10 important papers published: Critical Analysis and Discussion with International Panel (Evidence-
           Based Medicine).

           Alfons Pomp (USA), Alan Wittgrove (USA), Camilo Boza (Chile), Carlos Felipe Chaux (Colômbia), Daniel Herron (USA), Guilherme Campos
           (USA), Jacques Himpens (Bélgica), Sayeed Ikramuddin (USA), William B. Inabnet (USA)

11:00  COFFEE BREAK

11:20  General Complications in Bariatric laparoscopic surgery – Guilherme Campos (USA)
11:40  Damage Control in Bariatric Surgery – Daniel Herron (USA)

12:00
  LUNCH

14:00  Postoperatory Weight Regain: When re-operate? Sayeed Ikramuddin (USA)
14:20  Reoperations Tips and Tricks  in Bariatric Surgery. Kelvin Higa (USA)
14:40  Follow-up in Bariatric Surgery: What does Really Matter? Luciana El Kadre (RJ)
15:00  Major Reference Center to Bariatric Surgery in Brazil. Elisabete Shiraga (SP)
15:20  Epidemiology,  History,  Current Treatment and Perspective of T2DM. Walmir Coutinho
15:40  Experimental Studies in T2DM Surgery: Critical Analysis. William B. Inabnet (USA)
16:00  Impact of Bariatric Surgery in T2DM: Action of the GI Hormones. Michel Gagner (USA)
16:20  Metabolic Surgery: Where are we and Where to go? Áureo de Paula (GO)

16:40 COFFEE BREAK

17:00  NOTES in Obesity: Endoscopic Reduction of GJ Anastomosis or Gastric Pouch after Gastric Bypass.
           Stents and Fistulae
           Access to the Remanent Stomach
           Trans-Oral Endoscopic Gastroplasty
           New Endoscopic Procedures to Treat Obesity
           Chris Thompson (USA), Dean Mikame (USA), Manuel Galvão

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08/01/08

08:00  Controversies in Bariatric Surgery
           Sleeve Gastrectomy – Michel Gagner (USA)
           Zilberstein’s Technique – Bruno Zilberstein (SP)
           Ileal Interposition – Aureo de Paula (GO)
           Santoro’s Surgery – Sérgio Santero (SP)
                       
08:40  Cross Fire:
           - Adjustable Gastric Banding x Sleeve Gastrectomy – Carlos Casalnuovo x Jacques Himpens (USA)
           - Sleeve Gastrectomy x RYGB – Michel Gagner (USA) x Kelvin Higa (USA)
           - RYGP with x without ring  - Alan Wittgrove (USA)  x Almino Ramos (SP)
           - RYGP x Duodenal Switch in Superobese - Sayeed Ikramuddin (USA) x Alfons Pomp (USA)
                         
09:40  What’s your Question? Debate among Guests.

10:40  COFFEE BREAK

11:00  Interactive Session
           Complex Cases: Giant Hiatal Hérnia, Cirrhosis, IBD, AIDS, Transplant Candidate, Previous Surgeries.
           Moderadors: Alan Wittgrove (USA), Alfons Pomp (USA), Alonso Alvarado (Panamá), Brian Dunkin (USA), Camilo Boza (Chile), Carlos Felipe
           Chaux (Colômbia), Chris Thompson (USA), Daniel Herron (USA), Dean Mikame (USA), Guilherme Campos (USA), Jacques Himpens (Bélgica),
           Kelvin Higa (USA), Michel Gagner (USA), Sayeed Ikramuddin (USA), Scott Shikora (USA), William Inabnet (USA).

12:00  LUNCH

14:00  Worldwide Trends and Evolution of Bariatric Surgery. Alan Wittgrove (USA)
14:20  Video Session:
           Conversion to RYGB from Vertical Gastroplasty
           Conversion to RYGP from Adjustable Gastric Banding
           Conversion to RYGP from Nissen
           Conversion to Duodenal Switch from RYGP
           Conversion to RYGP from Scopinaro
           Elongation Procedures in malabsorptive complications
           Surgical approach in Duodenal Switch’s fistulae
           Ileal Interposition
                       
15:00-19:00  LIVE SURGERIES: (DOUBLE TRANSMITION)
                    
RYGB: Gastric Bypass: Manual, Circular, Linear - Nilton Kawahara (SP), Augusto Tinoco (SP), Wlliam B. Inabnet (USA)
                     Metabolic RYGP
                     Duodenal Switch – Alfons Pomp (USA)

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08/02/08

08:00  Live Revisional Surgeries
           Moderator: Bruno Zilberstein (SP)
           From Lazzarotto to RYGB –
Alcides Branco Filho (PR).

           Revision in Bariatric Surgery:
           From Adjustable Gastric Banding to RYGB - Jacques Himpens (Belgium) / Kelvin Higa
           From Nissen to RYGB - Erivaldo Santos Alves (BA)
           From Scopinaro to RYGB – Almino Ramos (SP)
           Reoperation of a Gastro-Gástric Fistulae –  Kelvin Higa (USA)

NOTES: Stricturing of the GJ Anastomosis (Estomafix)
Dean Mikami (USA)
              TRANSVAGINAL CHOLECISTECTOMY – Almino Ramos (SP) / Alcides Branco Filho (PR)

19:00  Closing