8th Nordic-Baltic Bariatric Meeting
Scientific Program
TIME
17.30 – 18.00
Registration and exhibition
18.00 – 18.05
Welcome to Oslo
Jon A. Kristinsson, Oslo, Norway
18.05 – 19.00
Nordic MBS status: organizing countries (7 x 4+3 min)
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Baltic countries, the Netherlands, Finland
19.00 – 20.00
Young researcher: organizing countries (7 x 7+3 min)
20.00 – 21.30
Tapas and networking
TIME
08.00 – 08.30
Registration and exhibition
08.45 – 08.50
Opening of the congress
Jon A. Kristinsson and Torgeir T. Søvik, Oslo
08. 50 – 10.30
Session I: Defining clinical obesity and treatment targets
Chairs: Jon A. Kristinsson, Norway and Andrea K. Floyd, Denmark
08.50 – 09.20
Speaker presentation by Jon A. Kristinsson
Key Note lecture: Lancet commission: Defining clinical obesity and treatment goals (25+5 min)
Alexander Miras, UK
09.20 – 09.40
Treatment goals after metabolic bariatric surgery (MBS) (15+5 min)
Paulina Salminen, Finland
09.40 – 10.10
The current role of obesity management medications (OMMs) in Europe (25+5)
Jøran Hjelmesæth, Norway
10.10 – 10.30
Panel and audience discussion: Miras, Jøran Hjelmesæth, Paulina Salminen
10.30 – 11.00
Coffee and exhibition
11.00 – 12.15
Session II: Experimental and newly endorsed MBS
Chairs: Paulina Salminen, Finland and Almantas Maleckas, Baltic countries
11.00 – 11.20
Established vs. experimental MBS. Ethical aspects of patient information (15+5)
Torsten Olbers, Sweden
11.20 – 11.40
What do we know about SASI? (15+5)
Helene M. Haug, Norway
11.40 – 12.00
SADI, the Dutch perspective (15+5)
Eric J. Hazebroek, the Netherlands
12.00 – 12.20
The role of endoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and TORe (15+5)
Christine Stier, Germany
12.20 – 13.30
Lunch and exhibition
13.30 – 14.45
Session III: What does the future bring in the treatment of obesity?
Chairs: Torgeir T. Søvik, Norway and Magnus Sundbom, Sweden
13.30 – 13.50
Tailoring limb lengths gastric bypass – results of the SLIM trial (20)
Ralph Peterli, Switzerland
13.50 – 14.00
Distalization of the gastric bypass procedure (10)
Hjörtur Gislason, Iceland
14.00 – 14.10
Discussion (10)
Peterli, Switzerland and Gislason, Iceland
14.10 – 14.25
What robotics brings to the surgical table (10+5)
S Julie-Ann Lloyd, USA
14.25 – 14.45
What all surgeons need to know about OMMs (15+5)
Carl Magnus Broden, Sweden
14.45 – 15.00
Are OMMs worth the cost? (10+5)
S Julie-Ann Lloyd, USA
15.00 – 15.15
Panel and audience discussion: Jøran Hjelmesæth, Carl Magnus Broden, S Julie-Ann Lloyd
15.15 – 15.45
Coffee and exhibition
15.45 – 16.45
Session IV: Preoperative workup and postoperative follow-up
Chairs: Hjörtur Gislason, Iceland and S Julie-Ann Lloyd, USA
15.45 – 16.05
Preoperative work up – what is actually needed? (15+5)
Simon Nienhujs, the Netherlands
16.05 – 16.25
Do Nordic follow-up guidelines after surgery work in real life? (15+5)
Magnus Sundbom, Sweden
16.25 – 16.45
Follow-up after hypoabsorptive procedures (15+5)
Carl Magnus Broden, Sweden
16.45 – 17.00
Exhibition
17.00 – 18.15
Nordic-Baltic MBS video session
Complications and revisions: organizing countries (7 x 7+3 min)
Moderators: Simon Nienhuijs, the Netherlands and Torgeir T. Søvik, Norway
19.30 – 00.00
Dinner
TIME
08.30 – 9.45
Session V: Nordic-Baltic research in MBS
Chairs: Almantas Maleckas, Baltic countries and Paulina Salminen, Finland
08.30 – 08.50
The BEST trial – 2 year results (15+5)
Torsten Olbers, Sweden
08.50 – 09.10
5-year SOReg and Dutch registry data (DATO) (15+5)
Simon or colleague
09.10 – 09.40
Ongoing trials:
The Lightbar trial (10+5)
Kirstine Nyvold Bøjsen-Møller, Denmark
The SASSY trial (10+5)
Helene M. Haug, Norway
09.40 – 09.45
Remembering Villy Våge
09.45 – 10.15
Coffee and exhibition
10.15 – 12.15
Session VI: Long-term results after MBS
Chairs: Jon A. Kristinsson, Norway and Andrea K. Floyd, Denmark
10.15 – 10.30
Long-term gastric bypass outcome (10+5)
Sandvik
10.30 – 10.45
Long-term results after long-limb versus standard gastric bypass (10+5)
Gislason
10.45 – 11.00
Long-term results after sleeve gastrectomy versus Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (10+5)
Ralph Peterli, Switzerland
11.00 – 11.15
Long-term results after duodenal switch (10+5)
Odd Bjørn Salte, Norway
11.15 – 11.30
Long-term results after SASI (10+5)
Carl Fredrik Schou, Norway
11.30 – 12.00
Discussion
12.00 – 12.15
Feedback and closing remarks
Jon A. Kristinsson, Oslo, Norway
12.15 – 13.30
End of day 3: lunch
