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Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Basic: Small Bowel
Tu1820	High Protein Diet (HPD) Improves Post-Operative Weight Gain After Massive Small Bowel Resection Raphael C. Sun, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St Louis, MO
Clinical: Biliary
Tu1568	Predictors of Surgical Complexity in the Treatment of Choledocholithiasis: Number of ERCP Attempts and CBD Diameter Matte Holly Rochefort, Keck Medical Center of USC, Los Angeles, CA
Tu1569	Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery in Canada: Workforce and Wait Time Janet Edwards, Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
Tu1570	Predictors of Malignancy in Patients with Suspicious Gallbladder Lesions: Retrospective Analysis of 103 Patients Who Underwent Cholecystectomy at a Tertiary Hospital in South Indi Dhiraj John Sonbare, Department of HPB Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu India
Tu1572	Gallbladder Volvulus: A Single Institution's Experience over Two Year Zach deBoard, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA
Clinical: Colon-Rectal
Tu1573	Variation in Outcomes Between Elective and Non-Elective Colorectal Surgery: A Population-Based Cohort Study Ben E. Byrne, Centre for Patient Safety and Service Quality, Imperial College London, London United Kingdom
Tu1574	Preoperative Anemia and Outcomes in Elective Colorectal Surger Gabriela Vargas, General Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Tu1575	Conservative Treatment and Interval Appendectomy for Acute Appendiciti Toshiyuki Moriya, Surgery, Okitama Public General Hospital, Kawanishi-Machi Japan
Tu1577	The Use of Radiology in Bowel Screening Wales: 3 Years Dat Chris Brown, General Surgery, Gwent Institute for Minimal Access Surgery, Newport United Kingdom
Tu1578	Laparoscopic Versus Open Appendectomy: A Tri-State, 6-Year Analysis of Trends & Outcome Cheguevara Afaneh, Surgery, NY Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
Tu1579	Repeat Endoscopy and Angiography for Persistent Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Is There an Upper Limit Allan Mabardy, Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA
Tu1580	Determinants of Folate Metabolism in Colorectal Cancer Patients and Healthy Individual Roberto Spisni, Department of Surgery, Medical, Molecular, and Critical Area Pathology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, University of Pisa, Pisa Italy
Tu1581	Surgical Prognosis Factors for Recurrence After Resection of Ileocecal Crohn's Diseas Rocio Anula, Surgery, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid Spain
Tu1582	The Effect of Surgical Approach on the Use of Adjuvant Chemotherapy Following Low Anterior Resection for Rectal Cance Asvin M. Ganapathi, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Tu1584	Case-Matched Comparison of Laparoscopic Vs. Open Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis Assessing Small Bowel Obstruction and Incisional Hernia Rate Cigdem Benlice, Colorectal Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Tu1585	Influence of Body Mass Index (BMI) on Outcomes After Colorectal Surgery: Underweight More a Problem Than Obesity Iyare Esemuede, Colorectal surgery, New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Tu1586	Impact of Colorectal and General Surgery Resident Participation on the Rate of Cecal Intubation in Colonoscop Julia Zakhaleva,, Colon and Rectal Clinic of Orlando, Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, FL
Tu1587	Defunctioning Ileostomy Does Not Prevent Anastomotic Leaks After Restorative Proctocolectomy with Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis in Patients Treated with Anti-TNF and Steroid Saloomeh Sahami, Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam Netherlands
Tu1588	The Relationship Between a New Framework for Cancer Cachexia Based on the Glasgow Prognostic Score (GPS) and CT Body Composition Analysis in Patients with Colorectal Cance Euan Douglas, Department of Surgery, University of Glasgow, Glasgow United Kingdom
Tu1589	Early Versus Delayed Surgery in Patients with Medically Refractory Ulcerative Colitis Superimposed by Clostridium Difficile Infectio Emre Gorgun, Colorectal Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Clinical: Esophageal
Tu1591	Learning Curve for Combined Thoracoscopic and Laparoscopic Robotic-Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy Using a Four-Arm Platfor Inderpal S. Sarkaria, Thoracic Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Tu1592	Is Resection of an Esophageal Epiphrenic Diverticulum Always Necessary in the Setting of Achalasia Marco E. Allaix, Department of Surgery, Center for Esophageal Diseases, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Tu1593	Time Trends and Relation of Stage and Tumor Size at Diagnosis in Gastrointestinal Cancer: A SEER Database Analysis with 496,051 Patient Attila Dubecz, Surgery, Klinikum Nürnberg, Nuremberg Germany
Tu1594	Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Identified in Consecutive Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypas Halle Beitollahi Ellison, General Surgery, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Tu1595	Transoral Treatment of Achalasia: Combining Submucosal Myothomy with Transoral Funduplicatio Bozzi Rosamaria, UOC Chirurgia ed endoscopia digestiva AORN V.Monaldi, Napoli Italy
Tu1596	Increasing Tumor Length Is Associated with Increased Regional Lymph Node Metastases and Decreased Survival in Esophageal Cance Nicholas R. Kunio, General Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Tu1597	Outcomes of Salvage Curative Intent Therapy for Recurrences of Esophago-Gastric Adenocarcinom Monisha Sudarshan, Thoracic Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC
Tu1598	Esophageal Ulcers at an Urban Emergency Hospital: A Twenty Year Experienc Terra R. Pearson, Surgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Tu1599	Surgery for Early Esophageal Cancer: Operative Outcome and Long-Term Surviva Vyacheslav Bard, surgery, Beilinson Hospital, Petach-Tiqw Israel
Tu1600	Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Esophagus and Esophagogastric Junction: An Analysis of Clinical Manifestations and Surgical Outcome Yung-Han Sun, Department of Surgery, Graduate Institute of Business and Management, Taipei-Veterans General Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei Taiwan
Tu1601	Ten-Year Outcome of Treatment in Achalasia : Prospective Study of Surgical Myotomy and Pneumatic Dilatation, Single Institute in Thailan Pakkavuth Chanswangphuvana, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Thailand
Tu1602	Esophageal Cancer Management: Preoperative CA19.9 and CEA Serum Levels May Identifiy Occult Advanced Cance Giulia Noaro, Oncological Surgery Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology (IOV-IRCCS), Padova Italy
Tu1603	Prophylactic Effect of Rikkunshito on Body Weight Loss and Malnutrition Accompanied with Anorexia in Esophageal Cancer Patients After Esophagectom Masaki Nakamura, Second Department of Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, School of Medicine, Wakayama Japan
Tu1604	Esophageal Shortening Ratio Provides a Simple Calculation to Predict Clinically Significant Esophageal Shortening in Patients with Giant Paraesophageal Hernia Stephen J. Kaplan, Department of General, Thoracic and Vascular surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Tu1605	Learning Curve for Minimally Invasive Trans-Thoracic Esophagectomy: A Single Center Experienc Kush Raj Lohani, Surgery, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE
Tu1606	Hypopharyngeal Multichannel Intraluminal Impedance Improves the Outcome of Antireflux Surgery on Patients with Laryngeal Symptom Yoshihiro Komatsu, Institute for the Treatment of Esophageal and Thoracic Disease, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
Tu1607	Impact of Venous Thromboembolism on Outcomes After Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cance Abhishek Sundaram, Surgery, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
Clinical: Hepatic
Tu1608	Risk Factors for 30-Day Readmissions After Hepatectomy: Analysis of 2,444 Patients from the ACS-NSQIP Databas Sooyeon Kim, Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Tu1609	Sorafenib Use After Prior Surgical Resection or Transplant in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Us Regional Analysis of GIDEO Robert CG Martin, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Tu1610	Laparoscopic Microwave Ablation (MWA) Is an Efficacious, Novel Modality in the Treatment of Hepatic Adenoma Ramanathan Seshadri, HPB surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
Tu1613	The Validity of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Diagnosis in Veterans Affairs Administrative Database Srinevas K. Reddy, Surgery, Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Clinical: Pancreas
Tu1614	Braun Enteroenterostomy Affects Delayed Gastric Emptying After Pylorus-Preserving Pancreatoduodenectomy: A Retrospective Revie Yusuke Watanabe, Department of Surgery and Oncology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka Japan
Tu1615	Prognostic Value of Additional Pancreatic Resection for Cancer Positive Cut Margins During Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Head Cance Satoshi Nara, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo Japan
Tu1616	MRI Liver in Pancreatic Cancer: A Game Change Cindy Chew, Radiology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow United Kingdom
Tu1618	Roux-en-Y Drainage of the Pancreatic Stump by Nonstented Duct-to-Mucosa Anastomosis Reduced the Amylase Level in the Drainage Fluid After Distal Pancreatectomy with En-Bloc Celiac Axis Resectio Ken-ichi Okada, Second Department of Surgery, Wakayama Medical University Hospital, Wakayama Japan
Tu1619	Socioeconomic Status and Access to Care: Do They Influence Outcomes in Pancreaticoduodenectomy Gregory C. Wilson, Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Tu1620	Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation for Chronic Pancreatitis: The Price Patients Pay for Improvements in Quality of Lif Katherine Ann Morgan, Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Tu1621	Prognostic Significance of ZEB1 Expression in Cancer Cells and Cancer Associated Fibroblasts in Pancreatic Head Cance Peter Bronsert, Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center, Freiburg Germany
Tu1622	Portal Venous Resection in Cancer of the Pancreatic Head: What Are the Relevant Predictors of Survival Hryhoriy Lapshyn, Clinic for general and visceral surgery, University of Freiburg Medical Center, Freiburg im Breisgau Germany
Tu1623	Impact of Pancreatic Fistula on Recurrence and Long-Term Prognosis of Periampullary Adenocarcinomas After Pancreaticoduodenectom Dowan Kim, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Tu1624	Postoperative Fat Absorptive Function and Glucose Metabolism: Does Age Affect Outcomes Following Pancreatoduodenectomy Masahiko Morifuji,, Sanmu Medical Center, Applied Life Sciences Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Nagareyama Japan
Tu1625	Increased Bacterial Translocation in Aging Animals Is Not Related to Decreased Intestinal Antimicrobial Peptide Expression in Acute Pancreatiti Marcel C Machado, Emergency, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP Brazil
Tu1626	Minimally Invasive Surgical Cystgastrostomy and Necrosectomy for the Management of Walled Off Pancreatic Necrosis: Comparison with Endoscopic Approach at a High Volume Pancreatic Cente Mohammad Khreiss, Department of Surgery, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Tu1627	Maturation of Robot-Assisted Pancreaticoduodenectomy Program Within an Established Pancreatic Surgery Unit Noaman Ali, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Tu1629	Negative Impact of Elevated Pre-Treatment Albumin/Globulin Ratio on Survival in Pancreatic Cancer Patients with Normal Serum Albumi Basem Azab, Surgery, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY
Tu1630	High Volume Hospitals with High- and Low-Volume Surgeons: Is There a 'Field Effect' for Pancreaticoduodenectomy Thomas W. Wood, Southeastern Center for Digestive Disorders and Pancreatic Cancer, Florida Hospital Tampa, Tampa, FL
Tu1631	Should All Branch-Duct IPMN's Be Resected Jennifer K. Plichta, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
Clinical: Small Bowel
Tu1632	High Visceral Fat Area Is Association with Postoperative Complications in Patients with Crohn's Disease Following Primary Surger Zhao Ding, Colorectal Surgery, Digestive Disease Institution, Cleveland, OH
Tu1633	Adult Intussusception: A Contemporary Analysis of Etiology and Managemen Stephanie Polites, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Tu1634	Effect of Admission Service on Clinical Outcomes and Cost in Patients with Small Bowel Obstructio Laura A. Allen, Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Tu1635	Factors That Predict Failure of Non-Operative Management of Small Bowel Obstruction John Kubasiak, General Surgery, Rush University, Chicago, IL
Tu1636	Time to OR Does Not Effect Outcomes in Acute Uncomplicated Appendiciti Jill Smolevitz, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Clinical: Stomach
Tu1637	Can the Risk of Non-Home Discharge After Resection of Gastric Adenocarcinoma Be Predicted Alexandra W. Acher, Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI
Tu1638	Laparoscopic Surgery for Gastric Malignancy: Outcomes of a Minimally Invasive Oncologic Resectio Monica Young, Surgery, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA
Tu1642	A Three State Analysis of Bariatric Procedures: Trends and Outcome Cheguevara Afaneh, Surgery, NY Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
Tu1643	Combined Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Intra-Gastric Tumor Removal: A Procedure for Sub-Epithelial Tumor Located Close to the Esophagogastric Junctio Ajjana Techagumpuch, surgery, Thammasat University hospital, Bangkok Thailand
Tu1644	Comparing Laparoscopic to Endoscopic Resections of Gastric Tumors in a High Volume North American Cente Sara Najmeh, Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC
Tu1645	Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Surgery for Metastatic GIS Mihir M. Shah, General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland Heights, OH
Translational: Esophageal
Tu2021	Interferon Expressing Oncolytic Adenovirus for Esophageal Cance Christopher J. LaRocca, Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Translational: Other
Tu2022	Optimizing Outcomes of Complex Ventral Hernia Repairs Using a Sandwich Reconstruction Technique with Novel Hybrid-VAC Closur Pablo Antonio Baltodano, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Tu2023	A Current Assessment of Diversity in the Surgical Workforc Judith French, General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Translational: Pancreas
Tu2024	Identification of the Genes Associated with the Invasion Process and Prognosis for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Coexpression of MUC16 and Mesotheli Seiko Hirono, Second of Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama Japan
Tu2025	Pancreatic Penetration of Meropenem and Dosage Considerations Based on Site-Specific Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Analysi Naru Kondo, Surgery, Hiroshima Univ, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Japan
Translational: Small Bowel
Tu2026	Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures: Emerging Realities with Decreasing Length of Stay and Payments: Impact on Translational Researc Pushwaz Virk, Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH