Scientific Programme

 

The Scientific Programme will offer wide range of topics. In addition to State of the Art and Plenary Sessions, topics will cover all possible aspects including COVID-19 related presentations. As in previous years, parallel sessions will consist of diverse and stimulating symposia, oral and video abstract presentations and Young IFSO/New investigators lectures. An e-poster session will provide attendees with the opportunity to view and discuss latest results.

 

• Sleeve gastrectomy
• Gastric bypass
• Modifications of standard procedures
• OAGB/MGB
• Innovations and new approaches
• e-health and social media
• Endoluminal & Percutaneous approaches/ procedures
• Basic/pre-clinical research
• Long-term results/complications
• Psychological issues and bariatric surgery
• Nutrition and integrated health
• Pharmacotherapy in obesity care
• Predictors of outcomes after bariatric/metabolic surgery
• Liver and bariatric/metabolic surgery
• Type 2 diabetes and metabolic surgery
• Interdisciplinary management of the bariatric patient
• Robotic bariatric surgery
• Fertility, pregnancy and bariatric surgery
• Weight regain
• Surgery and strategies for low BMI
• New technologies and bariatric surgery
• Impact of COVID-19 on metabolic surgery