Moderators: Ninh Nguyen, MD, FASMBS and Robin Blackstone, MD, FACS, FASMBS

7:50am
PL-101. OUTCOMES OF VERTICAL BANDED GASTROPLASTY TO ROUX-Y GASTRIC BYPASS CONVERSIONS 2003-2008*
– Phoebe Abraham, MD; Michelle Kosovec; Miro Uchal, MD, FASMBS
Discussants: Stephen Wohlgemuth, MD, FASMBS

8:10am
PL-102. LAPAROSCOPIC GASTRIC BYPASS VERSUS LAPAROSCOPIC VERTICAL GASTRECTOMY FOR MORBID OBESITY: 5 YEAR RESULTS IN A MILITARY INSTITUTION*
– David M. Lim, DO; Robert H. Riffenburgh, MD; Jack O’Leary; Deborah Romero; Janos Taller, MD; William Bertucci, MD; Gordon Wisbach, MD
Discussants: Alfons Pomp, MD, FASMBS

8:30am
PL-103. LAPAROSCOPIC ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING VERSUS ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS: 10-YEAR RESULTS OF A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED TRIAL
– Luigi Angrisani, MD; Pier Paolo Cutolo, MD; Gabriella Nosso, MD; Giuliana Vitolo, MD
Discussants: Emma Patterson, MD, FASMBS

8:50am
PL-104. NATIONAL COMPARISIONS OF BARIATRIC SURGERY SAFETY AND EFFICACY: FINDINGS FROM THE BOLD DATABASE 2007-2010
– John Morton, MD, MPH, FASMBS; Bintu Sherif; Deborah Winegar, PhD; Ninh Nguyen MD, FASMBS; Jaime Ponce, MD, FASMBS; Robin Blackstone, MD, FASMBS
Discussants: Matthew Hutter, MD, MPH

9:10am
PL-105. PERI-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS IN BARIATRIC SURGERY PATIENTS UNDERGOING PROPHYLACTIC INFERIOR VENA CAVA (IVC) FILTER INSERTION
– Nancy Birkmeyer, PhD; Jonathan F. Finks, MD; Wayne English, MD; Arthur M. Carlin, MD; Abdelkader A. Hawasli, MD, FASMBS; Jeffrey A. Genaw, MD; Michael H. Wood, MD; David A. Share, MD; John D. Birkmeyer, MD
Discussants: John Morton, MD, FASMBS

9:30am
V-101. COMPLICATION- CHRONIC SLEEVE LEAK AND RETAINED STENT
– Hubert D. Kim, MD; Brian Smith, MD; Ninh Nguyen, MD, FASMBS

*Indicates those presentations to be considered for the John Halverson Young Investigator Award