The Gastro Obeso Center has a important participation among international meetings in terms of advanced lap surgery, therapeutic endoscopy and of course Bariatric surgery.

Here follows a recent list of scientific  papers presented at international congress linked with the abstracts and official societies sites were the affiliation can be confirmed:


ASBS – American Society of Bariatric Surgery
http://www.asbs.org/html/about/searchexpand.html  - Dr. Almino Cardoso Ramos and Manoel Passos Galvão Neto – Type Brazil on the country space and click go


2005 ASBS CONGRESS – San Diego, California - USA
Published in S.O.R.D. on Congress edition as abstract

1. SIMPLIFIED LAP VERTICAL BANDED GASTRIC BYPASS APPROACH WITH A NEW MODEL OF SILICONE BAND

2. 2 YEAR COMPARATIVE RESULTS IN 100 CONSECUTIVE CASES OF 3 TYPES OF ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDS IMPLANTED AFTER THE LEARNING CURVE IN A SINGLE CENTER

IFSO – International Federation of Surgery for Obesity
http://www.sbcb.org.br/#pula – Dr. Almino Cardoso Ramos and Manoela de Santana Galvao - Members of SBCB (Brazilian Society of Bariatric Surgery) are eligible member of IFSO – Pass the mouse over Brazil’s map until will find Sao Paulo state and click on it. On the next page select Sao Paulo than fin the names


2003 IFSO CONGRESS – Salamanca – Spain
Published in Obesity Surgery on Congress edition as abstract 

1. AMBULATORY ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING SURGERY

2. LAPAROSCOPIC GASTRIC FOBI-CAPELLA BYPASS – PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE FIRST 295 CASES WITH NO GASTROSTOMY AND NO DRAINAGE

3. GASTRIC BANDING – FIRST 617 CASES IN A 3 YEAR PERIOD

2004 IFSO CONGRESS – Tokyo – Japan
Published in Obesity Surgery on Congress edition as abstract 

1. ENDOSCOPIC ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BAND REMOVAL MODIFYING THE TREATMENT OF BAND INTRAGASTRIC MIGRATION – WINNER OF BEST VIDEO PRESENTATION PRIZE

2. ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BAND – FIRST 1000 CASES. HOW TO OBTAIN GOOD RESULTS AND AVOID COMPLICATIONS

3. SIMPLIFIED GASTRIC BYPASS APPROACH TO MORBID OBESITY – 1000 INITIAL CASES

4. LAPAROSCOPIC BARIATRIC SURGERY – A 2548 PATIENT SERIES

5. ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BAND CONVERTION TO LAP BYPASS

6. SIMPLIFIED LAP GASTRIC BYPASS APPROACH

2005 IFSO CONGRESS – Maastricht – Netherland
Published in Obesity Surgery on Congress edition as abstract 

1. LAP BYPASS REVISIONAL SURGERY

2. LAP BYPASS INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS

3. STAPERLESS LAP GASTRIC BYPASS

4. SIMPLIFIED LAP VERTICAL BANDED GASTRIC BYPASS APPROACH WITH A NEW MODEL OF SILICONE BAND

5. SIMPLIFIED LAP GASTRIC BYPASS ALLOWING TESTING THE TWO ANASTOMOSES

6. LAPAROSCOPY CONVERSION OF AN SCOPINARO PROCEDURE IN TO A VERTICAL BANDED GASTROPLASTY BYPASS

7. INTERFACE OF ENDOSCOPY X ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BAND (AGB). 356 ENDOSCOPIES IN 1111 BANDS

8. ENDOSCOPIC  GASTRIC BAND REMOVAL (AGB) WITH THE GASTRIC BAND CUTTER (GBC). MULTICENTRIC EXPERIENCE IN 44 CASES

9. PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF A NEW MODEL OF SILICONE BAND IN GASTROPLASTY

10. LAP BARIATRIC SURGERY- A TAILORED APPROACH IN A 3314 SINGLE CENTER PATIENT SERIES

11. GASTRIC BAND CONVERTION TO SIMPLIFIED LAP BYPASS. A 42 CASES SERIES

12. BANDING THE GASTROPLASTY. 22 LAP REVISIONAL SURGERY FOR UNSACTISFATORY WEIGHT LOSS

13. GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY STENOSIS. ENDOSCOPIC DILATATION WITH TTS BALLOONS IN 107 PATIENTS

SAGES - Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
http://www.sages.org/findmember.php  - Dr. Manoel Passos Galvão Neto – Type Brazil than click on search

2004 SAGES CONGRESS – Denver, Colorado - USA
Published in Surgical Endoscopy on Congress edition as abstract

1. COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TWO DIFFERENT LINEAR STAPLERS IN 800 CONSECUTIVE CASES OF LAPAROSCOPIC GASTRIC BYPASS. – WINNER OF ONE THE POSTER OF DISTINCTION AWARDS

2. LAPAROSCOPIC SURGICAL TRAINING IN LABORATORY ANIMALS

2005 SAGES CONGRESS – Fort Lauderdale, Florida – USA
Published in Surgical Endoscopy on Congress edition as abstract

1. NEW SWEDISH ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC (SAGB) BAND .THE QUICK-CLOSE SYSTEM. REAL IMAGES MIXING WITH 3-D ANIMATION – SELECTED TO BE PRESENTED AT LEARNING CENTER

2. LAP BARIATRIC SURGERY- A TAILORED APPROACH IN A 2843 SINGLE CENTER PATIENT SERIES

3. SIMPLIFIED GASTRIC BYPASS APPROACH TO MORBID OBESITY – 1000 INITIAL CASES

4. INTERFACE OF ENDOSCOPY X ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BAND (AGB). 356 ENDOSCOPIES IN 1111 BANDS

5. LAP NISSEM OVER AN ENDOSCOPIC  PLICATION. NOT THAT EASY

6. ENDOSCOPIC ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BAND REMOVAL MODIFYING THE TREATMENT OF BAND INTRAGASTRIC MIGRATION

2006 SAGES CONGRESS – San Francisco, California - USA
Accepted for presentation 

1. GASTRIC BAND CONVERTION TO SIMPLIFIED LAP BYPASS. A 42 CASES SERIES

2. GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY STENOSIS. ENDOSCOPIC DILATATION WITH TTS BALLOONS IN 107 PATIENTS

3. PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF A NEW MODEL OF SILICONE BAND IN GASTROPLASTY

4. ENDOSCOPIC  GASTRIC BAND REMOVAL (AGB) WITH THE GASTRIC BAND CUTTER (GBC). MULTICENTRIC EXPERIENCE IN 44 CASES