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2 OCTOBER, 15 TH 2014 REVISIONAL BARIATRIC SURGERY AND ENDOSCOPY SYMPOSIUM Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Auditorium. Madrid Live Procedures Endoscopic re-sizing of gastro-jejunal anastomosis for dumping after gastric bypass. Endoscopic re-sizing of sleeve gastrectomy for weight re-gain. Conversion of Nissen fundoplication to gastric bypass. Conversion of sleeve gastrectomy to gastric bypass. Gastro-jejunal sleeve for weight re-gain after gastric bypass. Single-anastomosis Duodeno-ileal bypass after sleeve gastrectomy (SADI). Banding of gastric bypass for weight re-gain. Conversion of gastric bypass into sleeve gastrectomy or normal anatomy. Proximalization of SADI-S for undernutrition. Sleeve plication for insufficient weight loss after SADI-S/DS. Surgeons & Endoscopists Manoel Galvao. José Miguel Esteban. Servando Fernández. Almino Ramos. Antonio Torres. Mitch S. Roslin. Bruno Dillemans. Michel Gagner. Jacques Himpens. Andrés Sánchez-Pernaute. Amador García Ruiz de Gordejuela. Jordi Pujol. 2

3 OCTOBER, 16 TH 2014 CONGRESS SESSIONS Fundación Mutua Madrileña, Auditorium. Madrid 09:00-10:00 Bariatric Surgery 21st Century - Where are we? 10 years or more results Adjustable band Paul Supper. Sleeve gastrectomy Aniceto Baltasar. Gastric bypass Ismael Díez del Val. Biliopancreatic diversion Douglas Hess. Comments Felipe de la Cruz. 10:00-11:30 Nerves, hormones & the gut 11:30-12:00 Coffee break Vagal blockade Scott Shikora. Gastric pacemaker TBA. The difference lies in ghrelin Felipe Casanueva. About germs and gut Francisco Tinahones. 12:00-12:05 Official opening 12:05-12:50 Conference Type 2 DM: Are we ready to consider surgery as a first therapeutical option? Josep Vidal 3

4 OCTOBER, 16 TH :50-14:00 The rise and fall of gastric bypass Gastric bypass: still the reference for obesity and metabolism Almino Ramos. Minigastric bypass, a better and easier option Jacques Himpens. Changes in gastro-intestinal hormonal secretion after gastric bypass TBA. Pregnancy after gastric bypass Irene Bretón. Failure after gastric bypass. Is it the end? Scott Shikora. 14:00-14:45 Technology & bariatrics 14:45-16:30 Cocktail lunch Cybermedicine in bariatric surgery Joan Pujol. Robotics Ramón Vilallonga Technology in the hands of surgeons Antonio Lacy 16:30-18:00 How I do it: My personal approach to sleeve gastrectomy Chairs: Aniceto Baltasar & Raquel Sánchez. International Consensus Summit results: how the sleeve is performed Michel Gagner. José Vicente Ferrer. Patrick Noel. Salvador Morales. Antonio Torres. 4

5 OCTOBER, 16 TH 2014 Antonio Lacy. My plication Amador García Ruiz de Gordejuela. How the sleeve is performed in Spain Raquel Sánchez. Closing remarks 18:00-19:45 Malabsorptive surgery 21st century: the less performed, the most effective Chairs: Douglas Hess & Aniceto Baltasar One loop: an easy way to get intestinal adaptation Andrés Sánchez-Pernaute. The power of the pylorus Mitchell S. Roslin. Gastric bypass vs SADI-S 250: 5 year results Emmy Árrue del Cid. Duodenal Switch: one or two loops Jordi Pujol. Minimizing undernutrition after a BPD Irene Bretón. 5

6 OCTOBER, 17 TH 2014 CONGRESS SESSIONS Fundación Mutua Madrileña, Auditorium. Madrid 09:00-09:30 Obesity in the adolescence Ramón Vilallonga. 09:30-10:45 Metabolic Surgery I 10:45-11:15 Coffee break Predicting remission of Diabetes Mellitus Ana Ramos-Leví. Results of the duodenal liner Nuria Vilarrasa. Sweet dreams Albert Lecube. Results of surgery on steatohepatitis María Dolores Ballesteros. 11:15-12:00 Alive procedure: Endobarrier Manoel Galvao. Amador García Ruiz de Gordejuela. 12:00-13:30 Metabolic Surgery II Obesity, are we moving in the right track? Bartolomé Burguera. The problem of surgery for T2DM and BMI < 30 Nicola Scopinaro. Sleeve vs Bypass vs Plication: Results on T2DM Jordi Pujol. Recurrence of DM after surgery Javier Salvador. Salvage surgery for DM recurrence: technical options & results Almino Ramos. 13:30-14:00 Closing conference Serendipity Michel Gagner. 6

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