Poster Program

ALL posters will be on display during the Conference program on Thursday 26th – Friday 27th March.

However GUIDED TOURS of the posters will occur on each day as per the schedule below:

Guided Poster Tour – Thursday 26th March 2009
Imran Khalid, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital
Laparoscopic Revision of Gastric Band Surgery
Garett Smith, Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney
Improved glycaemic control in diabetic patients undergoing laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding
Anthony Brancatisano, Institute of Weight Control
Comparable excess weigh loss(EWL) using the new generation Swedish adjustable gastric band-SAGB VC
Anthony Clough, Australian Institute of Weight Control, John Flynn Private Hospital
Subfascial Port Placement in Gastric Banding Surgery
Shrihari Dhorepatil, Jehangir Apollo Hospital, Pune, India
Gastric Band Erosion ( Rare Presentation)
Chih-Kun Huang, International Endoscopic Obesity Center, E-Da Hospital, Taiwan
Single incision transumbilical laparoscopic bariatric surgery (SIT-LBS)
Tony Kierath, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital
Atypical mycobacterial band associated peritonitis. Difficult diagnosis.
Bhavik Patel, V. Tran and George Hopkins, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital
Do demographics affect the outcome of LAGB Surgery? A RBWH experience
Bhavik Patel, Blair Bowden,
Lap Band “Is it a durable bariatric procedure”? The Wesley Brisbane experience
Andrew H Ramsay, Coffs Harbour Surgical Group
Thoracic oesophageal perforation complicating laparoscopic gastric banding – case report and literature review
Garret Smith, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney
Quality of Life (QOL) outcomes in diabetic patients undergoing Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band (LAGB) Surgery

Guided Poster Tour – Friday 27th March 2009
Stephanie Bardsley, Andrew Renaut and George Hopkins, Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital and Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital
Patients undergoing laparoscopic gastric banding perceive video as an essential part of the information and consent process.
Stephanie Bardsley & George Hopkins, Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital and Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital
Revisional pancraticobiliary Surgery: Indications, options and outcomes
Merill Bohn & Patrick Moore, North Eastern Weight Loss Surgery
Development of a standardized post operative assessment tool for use in a multidisciplinary bariatric practice.
Amanda Clark, Great Ideas in Nutrition
General weight loss visual eating guide specific for gastric bands and sleeves.
Abduh El Banna, Alazhr University Cairo EGYPT
RY, GJIBP a safe double channel malabsorptive procedure
Vincent Frering, CD2F, Espace medico chirurgical de la Sauvegarde France
Vertical Banding gastroplasty: Management of failure
Sanjeeva Kariyawasam, Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital
Diagnosis and management of gastric leaks after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for morbid obesity
Shashank Shah, Laparo-Obeso Center, Pune, India
Metabolic behavior of patients after sleeve gastrectomy-Indian study of 88 patients at 30 mths
Nikki Talacek, Dietitian Surgical Weight Solutions
Does Pre-Operative Weight Loss Influence Post Operative Success after Gastric Bypass Surgery?
Andy Spalding, Active Balance
Band Camp
Jayashree Todkar, Laparo-Obeso Center, Pune, India
Nutritional consequences after Gastric bypass: An Indian Study of 120 patients at one year.