Saturday, June 9, 2012

Plenary Session - CURRENT OUTCOMES AND MANAGEMENT
Choice of Surgical Approach

Co-Chairs: Drs. Kenneth Reed, Teodor Grantcharov

Laparoscopic Adjustable Band: Is it a good long-term solution for all?

There is abundant clinical literature supporting the use of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. However, the vast majority of published studies are short term clinical series. Long-term studies tend to show worse outcomes, including poorer weight loss and increased risk of complications. The unexpectedly high rates of band removals that occur in clinical practice are not attested in the clinical literature.

Learning objectives:

  • To describe the short term outcomes of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding
  • To present long-term results of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding

Speaker

David R. Urbach, MD MSc FRCSC FACS

Covidien Chair in Minimally Invasive Surgery
Professor of Surgery and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
Scientist, Cancer Care Ontario and the Division of Clinical Decision Making and Health Care,
Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
Adjunct Scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
200 Elizabeth Street, Room 10-E-214
Toronto, ON M5G 2C4
Tel (416) 340 4284 Fax (416) 340 4211
email: david.urbach@uhn.on.ca

David Urbach MD MSc FACS FRCSC is a Professor of Surgery and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at The University of Toronto. He graduated from the University of Toronto Medical School in 1993, and completed postgraduate training in general surgery and clinical epidemiology at The University of Toronto in 1999. After a clinical fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery at Legacy Health System in Portland, Oregon in 1999, he joined the Division of General Surgery at The University Health Network in 2001. His clinical practice is devoted to gastrointestinal and endocrine surgical oncology, bariatric surgery, and minimally invasive surgery. His research focus is surgery-related health services research.