Description:
Learning Objectives:
- To understand the role that adjustable gastric band plays in weight control
- To understand strategies available to optimize outcomes of weight loss and health improvement after gastric banding
- To appreciate an algorithmic approach in evaluating when the gastric band should be maintained, when adjuvant therapy is beneficial or when a surgical conversion is required.
| 3:45pm |
Overview of Adjustable Gastric Band and the Issues at hand |
| 3:55pm |
Behavioral Strategies to Optimize Weight Loss |
| 4:10pm |
Management of the Lost-to-Follow up Patient |
| 4:20pm |
Salvage vs Harvest |
| 4:35pm |
Surgical Conversion: When and To What |
| 4:50pm |
Adjunct Medical Therapy: Work with not Against |
| 5:05pm |
Question and Answer |
| 5:15pm | Adjourn |