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59th Annual Meeting
SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT
June 2 - 5, 2018
Walter E. Washington Convention Center - Washington, DC
during Digestive Disease Week®

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MONDAY, JUNE 4, 2018
6:30 AM - 7:45 AM	202B BREAKFAST WITH THE EXPERTS: WRITERS WORKSHOP PART II MANUSCRIPT SUBMITTING/REVISING Richard A. Hodin, Boston, MA
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	143 DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: SMALL BOWEL AND COLORECTAL EMERGENT PRESENTATION OF COLON AND RECTAL CANCERS
	Sponsored by: SSAT, ASGE, AGA Moderators: Michael F. McGee, Chicago, IL Michelle A. Anderson, Ann Arbor, MI TREATMENT STRATEGIES FOR ACUTELY BLEEDING COLORECTAL CANCERS: JUST HOLD PRESSURE N. Jewel Samadder, Rochester, MN IS THAT FREE AIR? MANAGEMENT OF PERFORATED COLORECTAL CANCERS Y. Nancy You, Houston, TX A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER: ENDOLUMINAL STENTING FOR COLORECTAL MALIGNANCIES Ashley L. Faulx, Shaker Heights, OH THE ROLE FOR PRIMARY SURGERY FOR OBSTRUCTING COLORECTAL MALIGNANCIES: A CHANCE TO CUT IS A CHANCE TO CURE Tracy Hull, Cleveland, OH CASE SCENARIOS Michelle A. Anderson, MD, Ann Arbor, MI Michael F. McGee, MD, Chicago, IL
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	202B PLENARY SESSION: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC I
	Moderators: Anne Lidor, Madison, WI Sushanth Reddy, Birmingham, AL 10-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion
545	SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE ESOPHAGEAL DYSMOTILITY: A PROSPECTIVELY COLLECTED CLINICAL DATA BASE REVIEW Priscila R. Armijo1, Akshay Chauhan2, Austin Wheeler1, Dmitry Oleynikov1 1. University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; 2. University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
546	DOES TREATMENT OF THE HIATUS INFLUENCE THE OUTCOMES OF MAGNETIC SPHINCTER AUGMENTATION FOR CHRONIC GERD? Matias Mihura1, Sandra Blitz3, Candice L. Wilshire1, Anee S. Jackson1, Alexander S. Farivar 1, Ralph W. Aye1, Christy M. Dunst2, Brian E. Louie1 1. Thoracic Surgery, Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA; 2. MIS Surgery, The Oregon Clinic, Portland, OR; 3. Sandra Blitz Statistics, Toronto, ON, Canada
547	LAPAROSCOPIC HELLER MYOTOMY VS PER ORAL ENDOSCOPIC MYOTOMY (POEM): EVOLVING CRITERIA FOR ACHALASIA TREATMENT SELECTION Ahmed M. Zihni1, Christy M. Dunst1, Thomas Knowles2, 1, Filippo Filicori1, Walaa Abdelmoaty1, Rosen Ilchev1, Kevin Reavis1, Lee L. Swanstrom1, Steven R. DeMeester1 1. Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery, The Oregon Clinic, Portland, OR; 2. Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR.
548	COMPARATIVE COMPLICATION RATES AFTER SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY AND GASTRIC BYPASS: AN ANALYSIS OF A NATIONAL EMPLOYER-SPONSORED INSURANCE DATABASE Ann Y. Chung1, Paula D. Strassle1, Francisco Schlottmann1, Meredith Duke1, Marco G. Patti1, Timothy Farrell1 1. Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
549	SELF-EXPANDING METAL STENTS VERSUS ENDOSCOPIC VACUUM THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF ANASTOMOTIC LEAKS AFTER ONCOLOGICAL GASTROESOPHAGEAL SURGERY: A SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE Patrick S. Plum1, Marc Bludau1, Till Herbold2, Felix Berlth1, Hakan Alakus1, Robert Kleinert1, Christiane Bruns1, Arnulf Hölscher3, Seung-Hun Chon1 1. Department of General, Visceral and Cancer Surgery, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, NRW, Germany; 2. Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany; 3. Center for Esophageal and Gastric Surgery, AGAPLESION Markus Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
550	CONCURRENT PPARα AND FXR ACTIVATION MEDIATES NASH IMPROVEMENT AFTER GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY: A GEO DATASETS ANALYSIS Guilherme D. Mazzini3, 2, Jad Khoraki3, Mikhail Dozmorov1, Matthew G. Browning1, Richard R. Gurski2, Luke Wolfe3, Guilherme M. Campos3 1. Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; 2. Surgery, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; 3. Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	202A SSAT/AHPBA SYMPOSIUM: HPB PUTTING THE "B" BACK INTO HPB: INSIGHTS INTO SURGICAL DISEASES OF THE BILIARY TRACT
	Moderators: Charles M. Vollmer, Jr., Philadelphia, PA Elijah Dixon, Calgary, AB, Canada GALLBLADER CANCER Shishir K. Maithel, Atlanta, GA HILAR CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA Michael I. D'Angelica, New York, NY INTRAHEPATIC CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA Timothy M. Pawlik, Columbus, OH THE SAFE CHOLECYSTECTOMY INITIATIVE Horacio J. Asbun, Jacksonville, FL PANEL AND AUDIENCE DISCUSSION
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	203 VIDEO SESSION: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL
	Moderators: Wolfgang B. Gaertner, Minneapolis, MN Mary F. Otterson, Milwaukee, WI 10-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion
551	EX VIVO BOVINE LARGE BOWEL: AN ESD TRAINING MODEL Carl Winkler1, Jaspreet Sandhu2, Xiaohong Yan1, Erica Pettke1, Chandana Herath Mudiyanselage1, Vesna Cekic1, Nipa D. Gandhi1, Richard L. Whelan1 1. Surgery, Mount Sinai West, New York , NY; 2. Surgery, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center , Brooklyn , NY
552	LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR OF TRAUMATIC DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA PRESENTING 4 YEARS AFTER PENETRATING INJURY Adel Alhaj Saleh1, Robert Polak1, Amir Aryaie1 1. Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX
553	INTERNAL HERNIA WITH MIDGUT VOLVULUS IN A PATIENT WITH PRIOR LAPAROSCOPIC ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS Monika A. Krezalek1, Mustafa Hussain1 1. General surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
554	MUZI'S TENSION FREE PRIMARY CLOSURE TECHNIQUE TO TREAT PILONIDAL SINUS DISEASE: A STEP-BY-STEP VIDEO DEMONSTRATION Marco Gallinella Muzi1, Agnese Cianfarani1, Pietro Mascagni1, Francesco Taliente1, Claudia Mosconi1 1. Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
555	ROBOTIC FISTULECTOMY WITH COLOTOMY AND OMENTAL FLAP FOR CHRONIC RECURRENT COLOCUTANEOUS FISTULA Neha Jain1, Steven Tsoraides1 1. Department of Surgery , University of Illinois College of Medicine , Peoria, IL
556	ROBOTIC RESECTION OF A MESENTERIC INFLAMMATORY PSEUDOTUMOR: A NOVEL APPROACH Sameer Kaiser1, Anthony Pozzessere1, Melanie Ongchin1, Anusak Yiengpruksawan1 1. Surgery, Valley Hospital, Englewood, NJ
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	202B CLINICAL WARD ROUNDS: HPB PANCREATIC NONFUNCTIONAL NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS: WHEN TO OBSERVE, RESECT, OR ABLATE
	Moderator: Michael G. House, Indianapolis, IN THE IMPORTANCE OF PATIENT SELECTION FOR RESECTION Christina R. Ferrone, Boston, MA APPLYING SIZE CRITERIA FOR OBSERVATION AND RESECTION Marshall S. Baker, Chicago, IL EUS GUIDED ABLATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR SMALL PNETS David Forcione, Boston, MA PANEL AND AUDIENCE DISCUSSION
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	203 CLINICAL WARD ROUNDS: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL TAMIS AND MIS FOR RECTAL NEOPLASIA
	Moderator: Michael F. McGee, Chicago, IL TRANSANAL ENDOSCOPIC MICROSURGERY Konstantin UmanskIy, Chicago, IL ROBOTIC TAMIS Jamie Cannon, Birmingham, AL TATME Justin A. Maykel, Worcester, MA LAP/ROBOT/OPEN TME Evie Carchman, Madison, WI PANEL AND AUDIENCE DISCUSSION
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	202A CONTROVERSIES IN GI SURGERY DEBATE: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC WRAP OR NO WRAP AFTER BARRETT'S ABLATION?
	Moderator: Daniela Molena, New York, NY FRAME THE DEBATE Daniela Molena, New York, NY IN FAVOR OF WRAP Lee L. Swanstrom, Portland, OR AGAINST WRAP Nicholas J. Shaheen, Chapel Hill, NC PANEL AND AUDIENCE DISCUSSION
10:00AM - 11:00AM	153 DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: HPB (AASLD-ACCREDITED) IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT OF LIVER MASSES
	Sponsored by: AASLD, SSAT Moderators: Reena Salgia, Detroit, MI Andreas Karachristos, Philadelphia, PA CURRENT DEBATES IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA Claude B. Sirlin, San Diego, CA Augusto Villanueva, New York, NY MANAGEMENT OF EARLY-STAGE HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA: SUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVIDENCE-BASED DECISIONS? WEIGHING THE PROS AND CONS OF ABLATION, RESECTION, AND TRANSPLANT Thomas A. Aloia, Houston, TX Jorge A. Marrero, Dallas, TX CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA: A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY MODERN DAY APPROACH TO CARE Julie Heimbach, Rochester, MN
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	202A MAJA AND FRANK G. MOODY STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC AND ENHANCE SURGERY Jo Buyske, Philadelphia, PA
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM	POSTER SESSION II (NON-CME)
	Authors available at their posters to answer questions 12 PM - 2 PM; posters on display 9:30 AM - 4 PM.
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM	203 MEET-THE-PROFESSOR LUNCHEON: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL EMERGENT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR RECTAL CANCER Gregory D. Kennedy, Birmingham, AL Y. Nancy You, Houston, TX CANCELLED
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	203 PUBLIC POLICY & ADVOCACY COMMITTEE PANEL THE UPS AND DOWNS OF HEALTH CARE REFORM: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
	Moderators: Guilherme M. Campos, Richmond, VA Amanda K. Arrington, Tucson, AZ NEXT STEPS IN HEALTHCARE REFORM FROM HHS Eugene Freund, Washington, D.C. HEALTHCARE REFORM'S IMPACT ON ACGME AND MEDICAL EDUCATION Jeffrey B. Matthews, Chicago, IL THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND THE HOUSE OF SURGERY Christian Shalgian, Washington, D.C. SURGEONS' ROLE IN LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS REGARDING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC Ross F. Goldberg, Phoenix, AZ PANEL AND AUDIENCE DISCUSSION
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	202A SSAT/ASCRS SYMPOSIUM: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL THE NATIONAL ACCREDITATION PROGRAM FOR RECTAL CANCER
	Moderators: Guy R. Orangio, New Orleans, LA Y. Nancy You, Houston, TX THE EVOLUTION AND CURRENT STATUS OF NATIONAL ACCREDIDATION PROGRAM FOR RECTAL CANCER Guy R. Orangio, New Orleans, LA SUMMARY FINDINGS FROM THE NATIONAL ACCREDIDATION PROGRAM FOR RECTAL CANCER (NAPRC) SURVEY Samuel C. Oommen, Walnut Creek, CA CRITICAL ROLE OF CLINICAL STAGING: ENDOSCOPY, EUS, MRI: HOW IT IMPACTS MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT Y. Nancy You, Houston, TX THE NATIONAL CANCER DATABASE AS A RESOURCE Fergal Fleming, Rochester, NY CASE EXAMPLE Neil Hyman, Chicago, IL
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	202B VIDEO SESSION: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC
	Moderators: Edward Lin, Atlanta, GA Shawn S. Groth, Houston, TX 10-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion
650	ENDOSCOPIC PYLOROMYOTOMY: AN INCISIONLESS PROCEDURE FOR DELAYED GASTRIC EMPTYING Herbert M. Hedberg1, Michael Ujiki2 1. Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; 2. Surgery, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Chicago, IL
651	ROBOTIC REPAIR OF A GIANT DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA AFTER IVOR LEWIS ESOPHAGECTOMY USING A KEYHOLE MESH TECHNIQUE Adham Elmously1, Rasa Zarnegar1 1. Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
652	ROBOTIC ASSISTED SPHINCTER AUGMENTATION DEVICE REMOVAL Charlotte Horne1, Robert Simon1, Kevin M. El-Hayek1 1. General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
653	LAPAROSCOPIC HELLER MYOTOMY AFTER GASTRIC BYPASS Alexandra Argiroff1, Ana T. Garcia1, Diego R. Camacho1 1. Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY
654	CHRONIC SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY LEAK CONVERTED TO ESOPHAGOJEJUNOSTOMY AFTER FAILED ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENTS Yalini Vigneswaran2, Christopher G. Chapman1, Mustafa Hussain2 1. Gastroenterology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; 2. Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
655	LAPAROSCOPIC MEDIAN ARCUATE LIGAMENT RELEASE Hillary B. Prince1, Anthony Vine1, Joseph Maklansky2 1. Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY; 2. Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	143 DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC (ASGE-ACCREDITED) BARIATRIC ENDOSCOPY: THE FUTURE IS NOW
	Sponsored by: ASGE, SSAT, AGA Moderators: Steven A. Edmundo, Aurora, CO John M. Morton, Stanford, CA BARIATRIC SURGERY 2017: WHAT DO WE OFFER AND WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES? Natan Zundel, Miami Beach, FL FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPY AS AN ADJUNCT TO BARIATRIC SURGERY Christopher Thompson, Boston, MA ENDOSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTROPLASTY: LESSONS LEARNED AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE Reem Z. Sharaiha, New York, NY APPROVED ENDOSCOPIC BARIATRIC THERAPIES: INCORPORATING THEM INTO PRACTICE Shelby A. Sullivan, Denver, CO
3:45PM - 5:00PM	146A PROS AND CONS: DIFFICULT DECISIONS IN GERD AND COLONIC POLYPS The Pros and Cons of PPI Escalation vs. Anti-reflux Surgery for Partilaly Responsive GERD Nathaniel J. Soper, Chicago, IL Francesca Dimou, Chicago, IL The Pros and Cons of Colonoscopic Resection vs. Lap Right Hemicolectomy for Large, Ascending Colon Polyps Robin S. McLeod, Toronto, ON, Canada Adina Feinberg, Toronto, ON, Canada Expert Commentary
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	202A QUICK SHOTS SESSION: HPB I
	Moderators: Purvi Y. Parikh, Sacremento, CA Stephen W. Behrman, Memphis, TN 3-minute presentation, 3-minute discussion
665	TRENDS IN MANAGEMENT AND OUTCOMES OF HILAR CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA ACROSS A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEALTHCARE NETWORK - A 15-YEAR EXPERIENCE Aditya Gutta1, Lara Dakhoul1, Mark A. Gromski1, Attila Nakeeb1, Michael G. House1, Evan L. Fogel1, James L. Watkins1, Glen A. Lehman1, Stuart Sherman1, Jeffrey J. Easler1 1. IU School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
666	PRE- AND POSTOPERATIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF ESTABLISHED AND NOVEL BIOMARKERS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING HEPATOBILIARY SURGERY Diego Vicente1, Miguel Patino1, Rebecca K. Marcus1, Heather Lillemoe1, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey1, Juan Cata1, Thomas Aloia1 1. Surgical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
667	COMPLIANCE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHEMOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH BILE DUCT CANCERS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE US NATIONAL CANCER DATABASE Fabio Bagante1, Eliza W. Beal1, Katiuscha Merath1, Griffin Olsen1, Ozgür Akgül1, Jay Idrees1, Qinyu Chen1, Mary Dillhoff1, Jordan Cloyd1, Carl Schmidt1, Timothy M. Pawlik1 1. Surgery, The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
668	A THREE-MODALITY COMPARISON OF PRE-OPERATIVE PREDICTION OF POST-HEPATECTOMY LIVER VOLUMES: BODY SURFACE AREA, CT VOLUMETRY, AND SOFTWARE-BASED THREE-DIMENSIONAL RENDERING Michael Kuncewitch1, Mary Garland1, Rafel Tappouni2, Perry Shen1 1. Surgical Oncology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC; 2. Radiology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
669	10 YEAR EXPERIENCE WITH GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA IN A HIGH VOLUME CENTER: PATHOLOGIC VARIABLES, SURVIVAL AND PATTERNS OF RECURRENCE Nathan M. Bolton1, Daniel Solomon1, Natasha Leigh2, Daniela Feingold1, Deepa Magge2, 1, Benjamin Golas2, 1, Daniel Labow2, 1, Umut Sarpel1 1. Surgery, Mount Sinai, New York, NY; 2. Surgery, Mount Sinai St. Luke's, NY, NY
670	PEAKBIL >7 MG/DL CLASSIFICATION OF POST-HEPATECTOMY LIVER FAILURE IS A PREDICTOR OF POOR ONCOLOGIC OUTCOME IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING HEPATECTOMY FOR COLORECTAL LIVER METASTASES Katharina Joechle1, Eduardo A. Vega1, Claire Goumard1, Masuyuki Okuno1, Yun Shin Chun1, Ching-Wei Tzeng1, Jeffrey E. Lee1, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey1, Claudius Conrad1 1. Surgical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
671	THE APPROACH TO BILIARY DRAINAGE IMPACTS POST-PROCEDURE INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS FOR PATIENTS WITH PERI-HILAR AND INTRAHEPATIC CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA: A SEER-MEDICARE DATA ANALYSIS Christine M. Kariya1, Winifred M. Lo1, Madeline B. Torres1, Jessica L. Petrick2, Timothy S. McNeel3, Sean Martin1, Samantha Ruff1, Laurence Diggs1, Kaitlin C. McLoughlin1, Justin Drake1, Michael Wach1, Zachary Brown1, Reed Ayabe1, Jeremy L. Davis1, Katherine A. McGlynn2, Jonathan M. Hernandez1 1. Thoracic and GI Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; 2. National Cancer Institutue, Rockville, MD; 3. Information Management Services, Rockville, MD
672	LAPAROSCOPIC VERSUS OPEN RESECTION FOR HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED CIRRHOSIS: A PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING ANALYSIS OF 1799 PATIENTS. Onur Kutlu2, Eduardo A. Vega1, Masuyuki Okuno1, Katharina Joechle1, Nestor de La Cruz2, Kanwal Raghav3, Ahmed Kaseb3, Yun Shin Chun1, Ching-Wei Tzeng1, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey1, Claudius Conrad1 1. Surgical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; 2. Surgery, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; 3. Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
673	ABLATION VERSUS HEPATECTOMY FOR EARLY-STAGE HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA: A MATCHED NATIONWIDE REVIEW Susanna W. de Geus2, Gyulnara Kasumova2, Tara S. Kent1, Sing Chau Ng2, David McAneny2, Teviah Sachs2, Jennifer Tseng2 1. Surgical Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; 2. Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
674	PERCUTANEOUS CHOLECYSTOSTOMY USE IN THE PALLIATIVE CARE SETTING: A NATIONWIDE ANALYSIS Paul T. Kroner2, Christopher C. Thompson1 1. Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; 2. Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	202B QUICK SHOTS SESSION: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC II
	Moderators: Collin E. Brathwaite, Mineola, NY William S. Richardson, New Orleans, LA 3-minute presentation, 3-minute discussion
656	INITIAL EXPERIENCE WITH ANTI-REFULX MUCOSECTOMY Herbert M. Hedberg1, Michael Ujiki2 1. Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; 2. Surgery, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL
657	RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION AND DYSPHAGIA Shaimaa Elnahas1, Takahiro Masuda1, Balazs Kovacs1, Sumeet Mittal1 1. Norton Thoracic Institute, St Joesph's Hospital and Medical Center, Dignity Health, Phoenix, AZ
658	MANAGEMENT OF EROSION OF HIATAL MESH INTO THE GASTROESOPHAGEAL LUMEN Aida Elisa Pérez Jiménez1, Maria Elia Pérez Aguirre1, Adriana Ruano Campos1, Pablo Talavera Eguizabal1, Antonio J. Torres1, Inmaculada Domínguez Serrano1, Andrés Sánchez-Pernaute1 1. General Surgery, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
659	MINOR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AND OBJECTIVE DIAGNOSIS OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASES Rafael Laurino Neto1, Fernando A. M. Herbella1, Vic Velanovich2, Beth Montera2, Francisco Schlottmann3, Marco G. Patti3 1. Department of Surgery, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo - SP, Sao Paulo, Brazil; 2. Department of Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; 3. Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
660	HELLER MYOTOMY: DOES ROBOTIC-ASSISTED PROVIDE BENEFIT OVER LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH? A PROSPECTIVELY CLINICAL DATA BASE REVIEW. Laura Flores1, Priscila R. Armijo1, Gurteshwar Rana1, Jake Bianco1, Dmitry Oleynikov1 1. University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
661	A FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL TUNNELING TECHNIQUE FOR ZENKER'S DIVERTICULUM IS FEASIBLE, SAFE AND RESULTS IN EXCELLENT OUTCOMES Stephanie M. Novak1, Kristine Kuchta1, Herbert M. Hedberg1, Tyler Hall1, Michael Ujiki1 1. General Surgery, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL
662	ENDOSCOPIC CLOSURE OF GASTRO-GASTRIC FISTULA AFTER GASTRIC BYPASS: A TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE PROCEDURE BUT ASSOCIATED WITH LOW SUCCESS-RATE Catherine Tsai1, Ulf Kessler1, Rudolf Steffen1, Hans Merki1, Joerg Zehetner1 1. Visceral Surgery, Clinic Beau Site, Bern, Bern, Switzerland
663	BARIATRIC SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH COMPENSATED CIRRHOSIS HAS EXCELLENT SAFETY AND EFFICACY Marshall E. McCabe1, Eduardo Vilar-Gomez1, Marwan S. Ghabril1, Ambar Banerjee2, Dimitrios Stefanidis2, Don J. Selzer2, Naga P. Chalasani1 1. Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; 2. Bariatric Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
664	SYSTEMATIC TREATMENT OF SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY STENOSIS WITH HYDROSTATIC AND PNEUMATIC BALLOON DILATION IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE Pichamol Jirapinyo1, Wasif M. Abidi2, Christopher C. Thompson1 1. Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; 2. Gastroenterology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	203 QUICK SHOTS SESSION: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL I
	Moderators: John Migaly, Durham, NC Simon S. Ng, Hong Kong, China 3-minute presentation, 3-minute discussion
675	THERAPY REFRACTORY ULCERATIVE COLITIS PATIENTS MAY BENEFIT FROM APPENDECTOMY; LONG-TERM CLINICAL RESULTS FROM A MULTICENTER PROSPECTIVE COHORT SERIES Merel E. Stellingwerf1, Saloomeh Sahami1, Desmond C. Winter2, Hugh E. Mulcahy2, Glen A. Doherty2, Garret Cullen2, Sean Martin2, Geert R. D'Haens3, Willem Bemelman1, Christianne J. Buskens1 1. Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; 2. Centre for Colorectal Disease, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; 3. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
676	SURGERY DURING HOSPITALIZATION FOR A CHRONIC ULCERATIVE COLITIS FLARE: SHOULD POUCH FORMATION BE CONSIDERED? Nicholas P. McKenna1, Katherine Bews1, Amy L. Lightner2, Kellie L. Mathis2, Elizabeth B. Habermann1 1. Surgery, Mayo Clinic , Rochester, MN; 2. Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
677	NATIONAL TRENDS OF POUCH CREATION AND EXCISION OVER A DECADE: A STUDY FROM NSQIP DATABASE H. Hande Aydinli1, Ozgen Isik2, Michael Grieco1, Hasan T. Kirat1, Feza H. Remzi1 1. Department of Surgery, New York University, New York, NY; 2. Department of Surgery, Uludag University Faculty of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey
678	INNATE IMMUNITY AND CROHN'S DISEASE RECURRENCE AFTER SURGERY Imerio Angriman2, Luca Maria Saadeh2, Andromachi Kotsafti1, Claudia Mescoli3, Melania Scarpa1, Francesco Cavallin1, Massimo Rugge3, Romeo Bardini2, Ignazio Castagliuolo4, Marco Scarpa1 1. Surgical Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology, Padova, Italy; 2. Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy; 3. Azienda Ospedaliera - Università di Padova, Padova, Italy; 4. Department of molecular medicine, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
679	READMISSION AFTER ABDOMINAL SURGERY FOR CROHN'S DISEASE: IDENTIFICATION OF HIGH-RISK PATIENTS Diane Mege1, Fabrizio Michelassi1 1. Colorectal Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Marseille, France
680	DEVELOPMENT OF AN OBJECTIVE PREDICTION MODEL FOR PROLONGED POSTOPERATIVE LENGTH OF STAY IN CROHN'S DISEASE PATIENTS UNDERGOING MAJOR ABDOMINAL SURGERY Fares Ayoub1, Amir Kamel2, Naueen A. Chaudhry1, Atif Iqbal3, Ellen M. Zimmermann4, Sarah C. Glover4, Sanda Tan3 1. Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; 2. Department of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; 3. Department of Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; 4. Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
681	RACIAL DISPARITIES IN PATIENT EXPERIENCE UNDER AN ENHANCED RECOVERY AFTER SURGERY (ERAS) PATHWAY: A ROLE FOR HEALTH LITERACY? Robert H. Hollis1, Ivan Herbey1, Lauren Goss1, Jamie A. Cannon1, Gregory D. Kennedy1, Melanie Morris1, Sara J. Knight1, Daniel I. Chu1 1. Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
682	THE 5HT-4 RECEPTOR AGONIST PRUCALOPRIDE STIMULATES ILEAL MUCOSAL GROWTH IN THE MOUSE Christine Park1, Sarah Armenia1, Lucy Zhang1, Robert A. Cowles1 1. Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT
683	USE OF THE STRATE SCORE AND GLASGOW BLATCHFORD SCORE(GBS) FOR RISK STRATIFICATION OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE LOWER INTESTINAL BLEEDING- A RETROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY. Richard P. Maguire2, Anthony DeNardo1, Arrhchanah Balachandran2, Sneha John1 1. Gastroenterology, Gold Coast University Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; 2. Surgery, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, QLD, Australia
684	THE INFLUENCE OF HOSPITAL VOLUME AND PAYOR STATUS ON 5-YEAR OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING LAPAROSCOPIC VS OPEN BILATERAL INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR Hien Nguyen1, Ambar Mehta1, Joseph K. Canner1, Gina Adrales1, Thomas Magnuson1, Michael Schweitzer1, Alisa Coker1, Alex Blair1 1. Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	202A ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING (NON-CME, members only)

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