Innovations in Surgery
Laparoscopic Gastric Plication for the
Treatment of Severe Obesity
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Release Date: March 31, 2011
Expiration Date: March 31, 2013
Estimated Time of Completion: 45 minutes
Description
Innovations in Surgery is a monthly, case-based videoconference and CME webcast educational series providing demonstrations and discussions of new and innovative minimally invasive procedures, devices, and techniques. The overall goal of this series is to enhance participants’ knowledge, competence, and skills to perform surgical procedures and improve outcomes.
Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant will be able to do the following:
- Describe the current role of gastric plication for weight loss.
- Identify the different techniques described to complete gastric plication.
- Recognize the investigational nature of this new procedure and the limitations of the available data.
Target Audience
Practicing surgeons and fellows who want to improve their current practice or review recent trends in all aspects of laparoscopic gastric plication.
Accreditation
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association Council on Continuing Medical Education for Category 2 credit.
Executive Director
Philip R. Schauer, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Director, Advanced Laparoscopic & Bariatric Surgery
Director, Bariatric & Metabolic Institute
Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
CoDirectors
| Adrian E. Park, MD, FACS Campbell and Jeanette Plugge Professor of Surgery Chief of General Surgery University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, Maryland |
Steven Wexner, MD, FACS Chief Academic Officer Cleveland Clinic Florida Professor & Chair , Department of Colorectal Surgery Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Florida Atlantic University College of Medicine Affiliate Dean for Clinical Education Florida International University College of Medicine Weston, Florida |
Faculty
| Stacy A. Brethauer, MD Bariatric and Metabolic Institute Endocrinology and Metabolic Institute Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio |
Disclosures
In accordance with the Standards for Commercial Support issued by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education requires resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest to ensure CME activities are free of commercial bias.
The following faculty have indicated that they may have a relationship which, in the context of their presentations, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:
| Stacy A. Brethauer, MD | ||
| Consulting, Teaching and Speaking, Membership on Advisory Committee or Review Panels: |
Ethicon Endo-Surgery | |
| Teaching and Speaking: | Covidien | |
| Adrian E. Park, MD, FACS | ||
| Consulting: | Stryker Endoscopy | |
| Consulting, Fellowship Support: | Covidien | |
| Steven D. Wexner, MD, FACS | ||
| Consulting: | Century Medical (Japan), CR Bard, CRH Medical, Ethicon, Inc., EZ Surgical, Incontinence Devices, Inc., Intuitive Surgical, LifeCell, Medtronic Inc., Neatstitch, Niti, Signalomics GmbH | |
| Consulting, Inventor: | Covidien, Karl Storz Endoscopy America, Inc., Power Medical Interventions | |
| Teaching and Speaking: | Adolar / GSK | |
The following faculty has indicated that he has no relationship which, in the context of his presentation, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:
Philip R. Schauer, MD, FACS
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education
acknowledges educational grants for partial support of this activity from:
Allergan Medical; Baxter Healthcare Corporation; Covidien; Ethicon Endo-Surgery;
Olympus Corporation of the Americas; Stryker Endoscopy; W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
This CME activity was produced by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education
and the Cleveland Clinic Center for Surgical Innovation, Technology, & Education
