P67 Accelerated Biological Ageing in Colorectal Cancer: Association Between Telomere Length, Fetuin a and Inflammatory Status
Eimear Monaghan, Department of Surgery, Division of Cancer Sciences and Molecular Pathology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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P68 Length and Pressure of the Reconstructed Lower Esophageal Sphincter by Nissen Fundoplication Is Determined by Both Crural Closure and Fundal Wrap
Maurice Blitz, Thoracic Surgery, St. Joseph's Health Center, Toronto, ON, Canada

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P69 Further Insights on the Mechanisms of the Beneficial Effect of Hypertonic Saline Solution in Acute Pancreatitis
Ana Maria M. Coelho, Gastroenterology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

P70 Lactate Sensitizes to Pancreatitis Responses in Rats
Jorunn Atladottir, Department of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale University, Veterans Administration Connecticut Healthcare, New Haven , CT

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P71 N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) Reduces Intraabdominal Adhesion Formation Through the Upregulation of Peritoneal Fibrinolytic Activity and Antioxidant Defenses
Daniel I-Hsin Chu, Department of Surgery, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA

P72 Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Represses Intestinal Epithelial Cell Apoptosis Through Inducing Stress Granule Formation
Ruiyun Li, , Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore VAMC, Baltimore, MD

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P73 Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Is the Preferred Approach in Cirrhosis : A Nationwide, Population-Based Study
Ellen J. Hagopian, Surgery, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, New York, NY

P74 Is Pain Provocation with Cholecystokinin Administration on Cholescintigraphy Predictive of Relief of Symptoms for Biliary Dyskinesia Following Cholecystectomy?
Angela L. Gucwa, Surgery, Section of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA

P75 Early Phase Systemic Cytokine Profile of Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES™) Cholecystectomy: Comparison with Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Byron F. Santos, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

P76 Tissue Compression Analysis for Magnetically Anchored Cautery Dissector During Single Site Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Lauren Brandon Mashaud, UT Southwestern Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

P77 Microlaparoscopic Cholecystectomy: An Alternative to Single Port Surgery
Keith A. Zuccala, Surgery, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT

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P78 Cost Considerations of Laparoscopic Restorative Proctocolectomy: Do the Recovery Benefits of a Minimally Invasive Approach Even Out the Balance Sheet?
Kelly A. Garrett, Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

P79 The Validity of Ki-67 as a Prognostic Indicator in Patients with Appendiceal Carcinoid Tumor
Eric Liu, Surgery, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

P80 The Prognostic Factors in Predicting Recurrence of Acute Appendicitis After Conservative Therapy
HIroo Naito, south Miyagi Medical Center, Ohgawara, Japan

P81 Readmission Due to Infection After Colectomy for Cancer Is Strongly Associated with One-Year Mortality
David Yu Greenblatt, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

P82 Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS) Versus Hand Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery (HALS): A Case-Matched Series
Dhruvil P. Gandhi, Minimally Invasisve Colon & Rectal Surgery, UT Houston Medical School, Houston, TX

P83 Ethnicity Influences Lymph Node Resection in Colon Cancer
Molly M. Cone, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR

P84 The Role of Glyceryl Trinitrate Ointment After Hemorrhoidectomy: Preliminary Results of a Prospective Randomized Study
Pierpaolo Sileri, Surgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

P85 Expression of the Cancer Testis Antigen IGF2BP3 (IMP3) in Colorectal Cancers; IMP3 Holds Promise as a Specific Immunotherapy Target
C. M. Shantha Kumara H, Colon and Rectal Surgery,Department of Surgery, St Luke Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY

P86 Perioperative Management of Oral Anticoagulation for Elective Colon and Rectal Abdominal Procedures
Corey W. Iqbal, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

P87 Predicting Post-Operative Mortality for Clostridium Difficile-Associated Colitis
Karim Alavi, Surgery, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA

P88 Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis of Intestinal Adenocarcinoma in Crohn's Disease
Cesare Ruffolo, IV Unit of Surgery, Regional Hospital Cà Foncello, Treviso, Treviso, Italy

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P89 A Randomized Controlled Trial of Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication (LNF) Versus Proton Pump Inhibitors for Treatment of Patients with Chronic Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Who Complained of Cough
Mehran Anvari, Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

P90 Long-Term Outcome of Patients with Spontaneous Esophageal Rupture (Boerhaave's Syndrome) Undergoing Esophagectomy as the Definitive Treatment Strategy
Daniel Vallbohmer, Surgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

P91 The Influence of Incidental Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors on the Treatment of Patients Undergoing Resection of Upper Gastrointestinal Malignancies
Carlos H.F. Chan, Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

P92 Complex Laparoscopic Procedures Can Be Safely Performed Early in Fellowship Training
Paul N. Montero, Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC

P93 Elevated Preoperative Neutrophil:Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictor of Post-Operative Disease Recurrence in Esophageal Cancer
Reem Z. Sharaiha, Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

P94 Diagnosis of Type-I Hiatal Hernia: A Comparison of High Resolution Manometry and Endoscopy
Yashodhan S. Khajanchee, Minimally Invasive Surgery Program, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Program, Legacy Health System, Providence Portland Medical Center, Portland, OR

P95 Comparison of Ventilation and Cardiovascular Parameters Between Prone Thoracoscopic and Ivor-Lewis Esophagectomy
Emmanuele Abate, Surgery, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy

P96 The Safety of Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery in the Lung Transplant Population: A Case-Control Study
P. Marco Fisichella, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL

P97 EUS Staging Accuracy in Oesophageal Cancer After CRT
Martina Ceolin, Department of Surgical & Gastroenterological Sciences (Clinica Chirurgica I), University of Padova - Italy, University of Padua, Padova, Italy

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P98 Safety and Efficacy of Curative Intent Surgery for Peri-Ampullary Liver Metastasis
Mechteld C. de Jong, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

P99 Differences Between Bipolar-Compression and Ultrasonic Devices for Parenchymal Transection During Laparoscopic Liver Resection
Russell E. Brown, Dept. of Surgical Oncology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

P100 Complicated Umbilical Hernias in Cirrhotic Patients with Refractory Ascites: Management and Outcome
Dana Alexa Telem, Surgery, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

P101 Results of Hepatectomy for Noncolorectal, Nonneuroendocrine Liver Metastasis
Oliver Drognitz, Dept. of Surgery, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

P102 Radiofrequency Ablation for Hepatocellular Adenoma: End of the Resection Era?
Mark G. van Vledder, Surgery, Surgery, Erasmus MC, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

P103 Microwave Ablation (MWA) of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
David Sindram, Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC

P104 Soft Tissue Navigation: An Ex-Vivo Porcine Liver Model for Multimodality Imaging of Deformations to Validate Techniques for Image-Guided Liver Surgery
Anne vom Berg, Dept. of Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Berne, Berne, Switzerland

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P105 Percutaneous Transhepatic Islet Cell Autotransplantation After Pancreatectomy for Chronic Pancreatitis: A Novel Approach
Katherine Ann Morgan, Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

P106 Subjective Evaluation of the Pancreatic Texture by the Surgeon Is Objective and the Most Important Predictor of Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula
Tobias Keck, Dept. for General and Visceral Surgery, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

P107 Clinical Outcome in Low Socioeconomic Patients with Severe Acute Pancreatitis Treated Either with Early Nasogastric Feeding or Total Parenteral Nutrition-A Comparative Study
Santosh Kumar, General Surgery, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi, India

P108 Pancreatoduodenectomy for Ductal Adenocarcinoma in the Very Elderly; Is It Safe and Justified?
Saboor Khan, Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

P109 Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy: Is There Benefit in Splenic Preservation?
Sandeep Suresh Vijan, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

P110 Surveillance and Recurrence After Resection of Non-Invasive Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms
Isadora C. Botwinick, Columbia University, New York, NY

P111 Preservation of Replaced or Accessory Right Hepatic Artery During Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Impact on Margin Status and Survival
Olivier Turrini, surgical oncology, institut paoli calmettes, Marseille, France

P112 Choledochoduodenostomy: Is It Really So Bad?
William McIver Leppard, Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

P113 Surgical Resection Is the Only Effective Therapy for Primary and Metastatic Pancreatic Islet Cell Carcinoma
Shaun McKenzie, General and Oncologic Surgery, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

P114 Endoscopic Transpapillary Drainage Alone to Treat Large Pancreatic Pseudocysts at Tail Region of Pancreas
Deepak K. Bhasin, Gastroenterology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

P115 Factors Associated with Failure of Conservative Management in Severe Acute Pancreatitis
Yalakanti Raghavendra Babu, General Surgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

P116 Hepato, Pancreatic and Biliary (HPB) Surgery Can Be Safely Performed in a Community Teaching Hospital
Andrei Cocieru, Surgery, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT

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P117 Laparoscopic Partial Duodenectomy: A Novel Approach to the Surgical Management of Duodenal Tumors
Eugene P. Ceppa, Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

P118 A Thin Walled Naso-Enteric Feeding-Decompression Catheter That Can Be Delivered Over a Nasal Gastroscope
Gerald Moss, Biomedical Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, White Plains, NY

P119 Occult Retroperitoneal Lymphadenopathy from Metastatic Bladder Carcinoma Resulting in Duodenal Obstruction: Report of Two Cases
Brian Ang, Department of Surgery, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ

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P120 Long Term Assessment of Endoscopic Management of Gastrojejunal Anastomotic Strictures After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Tarek Ammar, Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO

P121 Pre-Loaded Buttressed Versus Non-Buttressed Linear Staple Lines: A Randomized, Blinded In-Vivo Comparison
Lauren Brandon Mashaud, Dept. of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

P122 Technical Lessons Learned in High-Risk Complex Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy for Cancer
Sebastian G. de la Fuente, Duke University Medical University, Durham, NC

P123 Three Unusual Presentations of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST): Literature Review and Treatment Algorithm
Elizabeth Revesz, Surgery, St Joseph Hospital, Chiago, IL

P124 Helicobacter Pylori Has No Influence in Distal Gastric Cancer Survival
Fernando A.M. Herbella, Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

P125 Relation Between Helicobacter Pylori Infection and Gastric Cancer in a Single Institution
Eduardo E. Montalvo-Jave, Department of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hospital General de Mexico, Facultad de Medicina. UNAM, Mexico City, Tlalpan, Mexico

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P126 Transoperatorial Lavage with an Electrolyzed Solution by Ionic Selectivity Considerably Decreases the Bacterial Load and the Inflammatory Response in a Murine Model of Sepsis
Francisco Nachon Garcia, Instituto de Ciencias de La Salud, Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biomedicas, Cirugía General, Universidad Veracruzana, Centro de Especialidades Medicas del Estado de Veracruz, Xalapa Ver., Veracruz, Mexico

P127 Objective Measurement of Physical Recovery After Abdominal Surgery
Tung T. Tran, Surgery, Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, McGill University, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

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