Poster Presentations

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Poster boards will be displayed throughout the conference in the Exhibit Hall. Take some time during the conference breaks to visit with the poster presenters.
Room: Convention Level Foyer

#1

SURGICAL TECHNIQUE FOR SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY: COMPARISON BETWEEN MEDIAL VERSUS LATERAL APPROACH – 3 YEAR OUTCOMES
Vanessa Boudreau, MD, FRCSC; Mehran Anvari, OONT, MB, BS, PhD, FRCSC, FACS; Karen Barlow, HonsBSc; Olivia Lovrics, MSc; Scott Gmora, MD, FRCSC; Dennis Hong, MD, FRCSC, Center for Minimal Access Surgery, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada

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#2

MAINTENANCE OF WEIGHT LOSS FOLLOWING REMOVAL OF INTRAGASTRIC BALLOON (IGB)
Lawrence B. Cohen, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto

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#3

REDUCING READMISSION FOLLOWING BARIATRIC SURGERY: IS THERE AN APP FOR THIS?
Jordan Heuser1, Azusa Maeda2, Caterina Masino2, Timothy Jackson1,2, Allan Okrainec1,2

1Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2Division of General Surgery, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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#4 THE IMPACT OF BARIATRIC SURGERY ON URINARY INCONTINENCE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
Yung Lee, BHSc1,2,3, James Yu, BHSc2,3, Michał Pędziwiatr, MD, PhD4,5, Piotr Major, MDm PhD4,5, Ishan Aditya, BHSc6, Aristithes G. Doumouras, MD, MPH2,3, Kari Tikkinen, MD, PhD7, Yonah Krakowsky, MD8, Scott Gmora, MD2,3, Mehran Anvari, MBBS, PhD2,3, Dennis Hong, MD, MSc2,3*

1Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
2Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
3Centre for Minimal Access Surgery (CMAS), St. Joseph’s Healthcare, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
42nd Department of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
5Centre for Research, Training and Innovation in Surgery (CERTAIN Surgery), Krakow, Poland.
6Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
7Departments of Urology and Public Health, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
8Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Women's College Hospital and Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada

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#5

TELEPHONE-BASED COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY FOR POST-OPERATIVE BARIATRIC SURGERY PATIENTS: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Samantha E. Leung1,4, Stephanie E. Cassin2,3,4, Raed Hawa1,3,4, Susan Wnuk1,4, Timothy Jackson1, Sanjeev Sockalingam1,3,5

1Toronto Western Hospital, Bariatric Surgery Program
2Department of Psychology, Ryerson University
3Centre for Mental Health, University Health Network
4Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
5Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto

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#6

LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE OF WEIGHT LOSS FOLLOWING REMOVAL OF INTRAGASTRIC BALLOON (IGB)
Sylvia Pytraczyk, MD1, Lawrence B. Cohen,MD1,2

1 Gastroenterology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2 University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

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#7

EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF TELEMEDICINE ON BARIATRIC SURGERY FOLLOW-UP: A MATCHED CASE CONTROL STUDY
Thiyake Rajaratnam, MSc., Benjamin Stall, BSc., Daniel Wang, MSc., Sanjeev Sockalingam, MD, MHPE

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#8

EXPLORING FACTORS AFFECTING BARIATRIC PATIENTS HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE (HRQOL) OUTCOMES AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY
Alaa Youssef1,2,3,4, Susan Wnuk3, Samantha Leung3, Sanjeev Sockalingam1,2,3,4,5

1Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
2 Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3Bariatric Surgery Program, Toronto Western Hospital - University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario
4 The Wilson Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
5Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario

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