Status Quo of Metabolic Surgery

Last July, the 5th AIS Live Streaming International Congress: The Truth about Metabolic Surgery took place at the Hospital Clínic in Barcelona. The aim of this meeting was to discuss the actual state of metabolic surgery. A group of experts (surgeons and endocrinologists) shared their opinions and reached stunning conclusions.

Go to the 5th AIS International Live Streaming Congress program to watch all the conferences These are the featured conferences of the 5th event:

“Sleeve Gastrectomy” By Michel Gagner

Go through topics like: “The effectiveness of Sleeve Gastrectomy for the treatment of Diabetes Mellitus compared with other surgical approaches”. Michel Gagner exposes the “pros and cons” of this operation.

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“Shall We Change the Surgical Technique Based on Mechanisms?” By Ricardo V. Cohen

What to do with a morbid obese patient and T2DM? Ricardo V. Cohen highlights the data that makes a surgeon choose between a procedure that reroute food Vs those that not.

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"Live Surgery: Sleeve Gastrectomy"

Here we have the opportunity to watch Antonio M. de Lacy, Salvadora Delgado and Dulce Momblan performing live surgery from Hospital Clinic in Barcelona. A panel of experts including Michel Gagner comment the key steps and controversies of sleeve gastrectomy.