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Patients increasingly travel overseas for bariatric procedures and return to primary care for follow-up.
This webinar equips clinicians to provide safe, non-judgmental, evidence-based care when operative details and documentation may be limited.
Nick will examine global trends in bariatric surgical tourism and weigh realistic risks and benefits for patients. He will walk through the clinical challenges of post-operative management in primary practice - recognising red flags, managing nutritional surveillance and supplementation, medication adjustments, pregnancy planning, mental health, and coordination with local surgical services.
He'll also cover the legal and ethical landscape, including duty of care, documentation when records are incomplete, data-sharing and consent, equity considerations, and practical pathways for escalation.
Resources:
- Bariatric weight trajectory prediction tool - The Lancet (digital health)
- Individualised metabolic surgery score calculator - riskcalc.org
Presenter
Nick Evennett
Nick is an Upper GI and Bariatric surgeon who works in both private and public practice at Auckland Hospital. He completed a thesis in paediatric surgery in the Netherlands and London before completing ANZGOSA (Australia and New Zealand Gastro Oesophageal Surgery Association) and OSSANZ (Obesity Surgery Society of Australia and New Zealand) accredited post fellowship training programmes in Upper GI and bariatric surgery.
He offers a wide range of bariatric procedures (including Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, one anastomosis gastric bypass, and sleeve gastrectomy), anti-reflux surgery, gallbladder surgery, and hernia surgery. He has a particular clinical interest in minimally invasive surgery for oesophageal and gastric cancer, and has successfully implemented a minimally invasive oesophagectomy programme at Auckland Hospital.
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