IRCAD Webinar : Laparoscopic and Endoluminal Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery - Gastric bypass : RYGB or SLGB?

In this key lecture, Professor Leon Katz outlines innovative technologies in robotic bariatric surgery.
Dr. Leon Katz, a bariatric robotic surgeon, talks about the former limitations of robotic platforms and how recent technological developments have led to the creation of a new kind of platforms which offer a quick and simple docking process, greater flexibility of movements on surgical tables, less invasive accesses, and a greater versatility of instruments. Finally, with reference clinical cases, he illustrates the usefulness of robotic platforms in complex and challenging situations, in which they not only allow greater precision of surgical gestures, but also provide additional advantages for educational purposes.

In this key lecture, Dr. Cardoso Ramos focuses on ways to prevent complications intraoperatively.
Dr. Cardoso Ramos, specialized in bariatric and metabolic surgery, exposes the most frequent causes of intraoperative and postoperative complications during bariatric surgery and highlights the importance of knowing not only the surgical technique but also the characteristics of the materials and the mechanism of action of the instruments used. He also describes the importance of adequate preoperative preparation, the maintenance of an adequate work space, along with strategies to deal with unexpected events.

In this original live educational 2-hour video, Dr. Kelvin Higa describes his personal technique of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass after removal of an adjustable gastric band, highlighting the importance of proper placement of working ports, careful dissection of the esophagogastric junction, objective measurement of the total length of the small bowel, and hand-sewing of the gastrojejunal anastomosis.

In this live educational video, Dr. Vieira d’Almeida demonstrates a stepwise robotic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in a 51-year old female patient with a BMI of 51. After splitting of the greater omentum and stapled creation of the gastric pouch, a sutured (antecolic/antegastric) gastrojejunostomy and a jejunojejunostomy are performed. Both mesentery hernia ports are closed.

In this live educational video, Dr. Michel Vix demonstrates a stepwise laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure in a 39-year-old female patient with a BMI of 38. After stapled creation of the gastric pouch and splitting of the greater omentum, a stapled (antecolic/antegastric) gastrojejunostomy and a jejunojejunostomy are performed. Both mesentery hernia ports are closed.