HOW TO USE SENDAI/AGA/EUROPEAN GUIDELINES FOR PANCREATIC CYST SURVEILLANCE
Taylor S. Riall, Tucson, AZ
Jennifer F. Tseng, Boston, MA

Moderators:

Michael F. McGee, Chicago, IL Hiroyuki Konno, Hamamatsu, Japan

INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR
Garth R. Jacobsen, San Diego, CA

PARAESOPHAGEAL HERNIA REPAIR
Ezra Teitelbaum, Chicago IL

VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR: OPEN
Eric M. Pauli, Hershey, PA

VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR: LAPAROSCOPIC & ROBOTIC
Matthew I. Goldblatt, Milwaukee, WI

PARASTROMAL HERNIA REPAIR
Arielle J. Perez, Chapel Hill, NC

Moderators:

Marcel C. C. Machado, Sao Paulo James O. Park, Seattle, WA

10-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion

COMPLICATIONS OF PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE IN STEP-UP APPROACH FOR MANAGEMENT OF PANCREATIC NECROSIS: EXPERIENCE OF TEN YEARS FROM A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE
Rajesh Gupta^*1, Aditya Kulkarni¹, Raghavendra Y. Babu², Sunil D. Shenvi³, Rahul Gupta⁴, Rohit K. Nimje¹, Gopal Sharma¹, Prateek Vaswani¹, SRIRAM R. DEIVASIGAMANI¹, Mandeep Kang⁵, Surinder S. Rana^6
1Surgical Gastroenterology Division, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India; ²Liver transplantation, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India; ³Multiorgan Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune, Maharashtra, India; ⁴Gastrointestinal Surgery, Synergy Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun, Uttrakhand, India; ⁵Radiodiagnosis, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India; ⁶Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India

DISCUSSANT: William Lancaster, MD

NEOPLASTIC AND STROMAL CELL CROSS-TALK PROMOTES A COLLAGEN SIGNALING COMPLEX IN PANCREATIC CANCER
Annie Li^*, Thomas P. Hank, Kim C. Honselmann, David Birnbaum, Sebastian Begg, Keith D. Lillemoe, Andrew L. Warshaw, Carlos Fernández-del Castillo, Andrew S. Liss
General Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Cambridge, MA

DISCUSSANT: Jose Trevino, MD

THE EFFICACY OF CDK 4/6 INHIBITOR, ABEMACICLIB, IN PANCREATIC CANCER CELLS
Teena Dhir^*1, Christopher Schultz¹, Aditi Jain¹, Charles J. Yeo¹, Talia Golan², Jonathan R. Brody^1
1Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; ²Oncology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel

DISCUSSANT: O. Joe Hines, MD

THE EFFECTS OF HIGH DOSE PANCREATIC ENZYME REPLACEMENT THERAPY ON BODY WEIGHT, NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY
Hongbeom Kim^*, Wooil Kwon, Mirang Lee, Sun-Whe Kim, Jin-Young Jang
Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Goyang-si, Korea (the Republic of)

DISCUSSANT: Gareth Morris-Stiff, MD

THERAPEUTIC USE OF ADIPOSE-DERIVED STROMAL CELLS IN A MURINE MODEL OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS
Alexandra M. Roch^*1, Thomas K. Maatman¹, Todd G. Cook², Howard Wu³, Keith L. March⁴, Nicholas J. Zyromski^1
1Surgery, Indiana School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; ²Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; ³Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; ⁴University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

DISCUSSANT: Steven J. Hughes, MD

LONG-TERM COMPLICATIONS AFTER PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY: INCIDENCE, OUTCOMES AND RISK FACTORS
James A. Brown^*1, Mazen Zenati¹, Amr Al Abbas¹, Asmita Chopra¹, Katelyn Smith¹, Melissa E. Hogg², Herbert J. Zeh³, Amer H. Zureikat^1
1Surgical Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; ²Northshore University Health System, Evanston, IL; ³University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

DISCUSSANT: Flavio Rocha, MD

Moderators:

Wolfgang B. Gaertner, Minneapolis, MN David W. Larson, Rochester, MN

3-minute presentation, 3-minute discussion

DECLINE IN UNNECESSARY SURGERY FOR LOCALLY ADVANCED RECTAL CANCER DUE TO ADEQUATE MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE EVALUATION FOLLOWING CHEMO-RADIOTHERAPY
Jelle F. Huisman^*1, Ivonne Schoenaker¹, Richard Brohet², Onne Reerink³, Hedwig van der Sluis¹, Freek Moll⁴, Erwin de Boer⁵, Jacques de Graaf⁶, Wouter de Vos tot Nederveen Cappel¹, Erik van Westreenen^7
1Gastroenterology, Isala, Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands; ²Epidemiology and statistics, Isala, Zwolle, Netherlands; ³Radiotherapy, Isala, Zwolle, Netherlands; ⁴Pathology, Isala, Zwolle, Netherlands; ⁵Radiology, Isala, Zwolle, Netherlands; ⁶Oncology, Isala, Zwolle, Netherlands; ⁷Surgery, Isala, Zwolle, Netherlands

LAPAROSCOPIC PARTIAL COLECTOMY IS THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE SURGICAL APPROACH TO PATIENTS WITH COLON CANCER
Emanuel Eguia^*1, Patrick Sweigert¹, Joshua Eberhardt¹, Marc Singer¹, Majid Afshar¹, PAUL KUO², Marshall S. Baker^1
1Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL; ²Surgery, University of Southern Florida, Tampa, IL

ARE ALL MINIMALLY INVASIVE APPROACHES CREATED EQUAL? A COMPARISON OF LAPAROSCOPIC AND ROBOTICS FOR POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS AND QUALITY OUTCOMES IN ELECTIVE COLORECTAL SURGERY
Thais Reif de Paula^*1, Samantha K. Nemeth², James M. Kiely¹, Ravi P. Kiran¹, Deborah S. Keller^1
1Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; ²Center for Innovation and Outcomes Rerach, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCTECTOMY: THE ROBOTIC APPROACH IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER AGGREGATE COSTS OF CARE
Emanuel Eguia^*1, Patrick Sweigert¹, Majid Afshar¹, Joshua Eberhardt¹, Marc Singer¹, PAUL KUO², Marshall S. Baker^1
1Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL; ²Surgery, University of Southern Florida, Tampa, FL

A NATIONAL DATABASE STUDY ON COLECTOMY AND COLORECTAL CANCER IN ULCERATIVE COLITIS: WHAT IS THE ROLE OF APPENDECTOMY?
Merel E. Stellingwerf^*2, Willem A. Bemelman², Geert R. D'Haens¹, Cyriel Ponsioen¹, Christianne J. Buskens^2
1Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands; ²Department of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands

MICROBIOTA AND IMMUNE MICROENVIRONMENT IN POUCHITIS (MEP1): INTERIM ANALYSIS OF A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL ON ORAL ADMINISTRATION OF LACTOBACILLUS CASEI DG FOR8 WEEKS AFTER ILEOSTOMY CLOSURE
Imerio Angriman¹, Melania Scarpa^*2, Renata D'Inca³, Matteo Martinato³, Andromachi Kotsafti², Antonino Caruso³, Edoardo V. Savarino³, Romeo Bardini¹, Ignazio Castagliuolo⁴, Marco Scarpa^1
1General Surgery Unit, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy; ²Laboratory of Advanced Traslational research, Veneto Institute of Oncology, Padova, 35128, Italy; ³Gastroenterology Unit, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy; ⁴University of Padova, Padova, Italy

DELAYED DIAGNOSIS IN ANAL CANCER: DOES IT MATTER?
Katherine Bingmer^*, Asya Ofshteyn, Ronald Charles, David Dietz, Sharon L. Stein, Emily Steinhagen
Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

ROBOTIC COLECTOMY OUTCOMES HAVE IMPROVED OVER TIME: AN AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS NSQIP DATABASE ANALYSIS
John D. Vossler^*, Michael K. Rao, Chad Cryer, Dean Mikami, Kenric Murayama
Department of Surgery, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

DOES SURGICAL INTERVENTION REDUCE MORTALITY IN CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE RELATED TOXIC MEGACOLON?
Abhinav Goyal^*1, Kshitij Chatterjee², Surbhi Abrol³, Janani Rangaswami⁴, Shailender Singh^5
1Department of Digestive Diseases and Transplantation, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA; ²Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; ³Smile Kraft, Dharamshala, India; ⁴Internal Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA; ⁵Division of Gastroenterology, Deptt. of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

EFFECT OF PROBIOTICS ON BOWEL FUNCTION RESTORATION AFTER ILEOSTOMY REVERSAL IN PATIENTS WITH RECTAL CANCER: A DOUBLE-BLIND RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Jung Rae Cho^*, Byung jun Yoon, Heung-Kwon Oh
Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea (the Republic of)

VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS AND CD34 EXPRESSION CAN IMPLEMENT NICE (NBI INTERNATIONAL COLORECTAL ENDOSCOPIC) CLASSIFICATION IN COLORECTAL POLYPOID LESIONS DIAGNOSIS?
Cesare Ruffolo^*1, Francesco Ferrara², Elisabetta Trevellin³, Ivana Cataldo⁴, Andromachi Kotsafti⁵, Caterina Fornasier¹, Anna Pozza¹, Marta Campo Dell'Orto⁴, Imerio Angriman⁵, Angelo Paolo Dei Tos⁴, Romeo Bardini⁵, Marco Massani¹, Marco Scarpa^5
1Department of Surgery, Azienda ULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Treviso, Italy; ²Gastroenterology unit, Azienda ULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy; ³Department of Medicine, Endocrine-Metabolic Laboratory, University of Padova, Padova, Italy; ⁴Pathology unit, Azienda ULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy; ⁵General Surgery unit, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy

THE IMPACT OF KRAS MUTATION ON THE PRESENTATION AND PROGNOSIS OF NON-METASTATIC COLON CANCER: AN ANALYSIS FROM THE NATIONAL CANCER DATABASE.
Paolo Goffredo^*1, Xiang Gao¹, Timothy Ginader², Jennifer Hrabe¹, Irena Gribovskaja-Rupp¹, Muneera Kapadia¹, Ronald J. Weigel¹, Imran Hassan^1
1Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; ²Biostatistics, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

SHIFTS IN USE OF COLECTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH CROHN’S DISEASE THROUGHOUT THE PAST DECADE
Paul T. Kroner^*, Alex M. Kesler, Peter Abader, Mohammad Afsh, Victor Ciofoaia, John R. Cangemi
Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL

VADIS - PROSPECTIVE STUDY FOR VALIDATION OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF DIVERTICULAR DISEASE
Johannes Lauscher^*1, Johan Lock², Andrea Stroux³, Christoph-Thomas Germer², Martin E. Kreis^1
1General, Visceral and Vascular Surgery, Charitè University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; ²University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; ³Institute for Biometry, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany

THE EFFECTS OF PROBIOTICS ON SYMPTOM AND SURGICAL OUTCOME AFTER ANTERIOR RESECTION OF COLON CANCER; MULTICENTER, DOUBLE-BLIND, RANDOMIZED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL (POSTCARE STUDY)
In Kyu Lee^*1, Bong-Hyeon Kye¹, Ju-Hoon LEE², In Ja Park³, Heung-Kwon Oh⁶, YONG BEOM Cho⁴, You-Tae Kim², Joo Yun Kim⁵, Jung-Lyoul Lee⁵, Jae-Hun Sim^5
1Sugery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of); ²Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Youngin, 17104, Korea (the Republic of); ³Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of); ⁴Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of); ⁵R&BD Center, Korea Yakult Co. Ltd, Youngin, Korea (the Republic of); ⁶Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Bundang, Korea (the Republic of)

Moderators:

Sergio J. Bardaro, Lansing, MI Mario Costantini, Padova, Italy

10-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion

LYMPHADENECTOMY AND SURVIVAL AFTER NEOADJUVANT CHEMORADIATION FOR ESOPHAGEAL CANCER: IS MORE BETTER?
Susanna W. de Geus^*1, sameer hirji², Kei Suzuki¹, Teviah Sachs¹, Sing Chau Ng¹, Scott Swanson², Virginia Litle¹, Jennifer F. Tseng^1
1Boston Medical Center, Bostom, MA; ²Brigham and Women's, Bostom, MA

DISCUSSANT: Daniela Molena, MD

THE IMMUNE MICROENVIRONMENT IMPACTS SURVIVAL IN WESTERN PATIENTS WITH GASTRIC ADENOCARCINOMA
Abhineet Uppal*¹, Ahmed Dehal¹, Shu-Ching Chang², Danny Barak³, John R. Jalas¹, Anton J. Bilchik^1
1Surgical Oncology, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, CA; ²Providence Portland Medical Center, Portland, OR; ³Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC

DISCUSSANT: Ali Tavakkoli, Boston, MA

CONCURRENT LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR WITH BARIATRIC SURGERY: A PROPENSITY-MATCHED ANALYSIS OF THE METABOLIC AND BARIATRIC SURGERY ACCREDITATION AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (MBSAQIP) DATABASE
Jerry Dang^*1, Muhammad Moolla², Aryan Modasi¹, Simon Byrns¹, Noah Switzer¹, Daniel W. Birch¹, Shahzeer Karmali^1
1Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; ²Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

DISCUSSANT: Karen E. Gibbs, MD

REAL WORLD SCENARIO: CROSS REGIMEN AS PREOPERATIVE THERAPY FOR ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA
Ian Yu Hong Wong^*1,5, Ka On Lam^2,4, Wendy Chan², Claudia Wong¹, Tsz Him So², Kwan Kit Chan¹, Cheuk Wai Choi², Tsz Ting Law¹, Keith Chiu³, Siu Y. Chan^1,5, Dora Lai Wan Kwong^2,4, Simon Law^1,5
1Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; ²Clinical Oncology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; ³Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; ⁴Clinical Oncology, University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China; ⁵Surgery, University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China

DISCUSSANT: Fernando A. M. Herbella, MD

NEUTROPHIL-LYMPHOCYTE RATIO CORRELATES WITH PROGRESSION TO DYSPLASIA AND ADENOCARCINOMA IN PATIENTS WITH BARRETT’S ESOPHAGUS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
Vinicius J. Campos^*, Guilherme d. Mazzini, José Felipe Juchem, Richard R. Gurski
Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

DISCUSSANT: Miguel Burch, MD

POEM VERSUS LAPAROSCOPIC HELLER MYOTOMY IN THE TREATMENT OF ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY FROM TWO HIGH VOLUME CENTERS USING THE PROPENSITY SCORE.
Andrea Costantini^*2,1, Pietro Familiari², Mario Costantini¹, Renato Salvador¹, Michele Valmasoni¹, Giovanni Capovilla¹, Rosario Landi², Francesca Mangiola², Luca Provenzano¹, Stefano Merigliano¹, Guido Costamagna^2
1Dept. of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; ²Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Rome, Italy

DISCUSSANT: Anne Lidor, MD

Moderators:

Michael F. McGee, Chicago, IL Christopher R. Mantyh, Durham, NC

10-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion

PERIOPERATIVE MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY AMONG 8,193 PATIENTS WITH CIRRHOSIS UNDERGOING EMERGENT VERSUS NON-EMERGENT ABDOMINAL SURGERY IN A NATIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
Kira L. Newman^*1, Kay Johnson², Paul Cornia², Kristin Wyatt², Pamela Green², Peter Wu^2,3, George N. Ioannou^1,2
1Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; ²VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; ³Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

DISCUSSANT: Jordan Cloyd, MD

BURN-INDUCED IMPAIRMENT OF ILEUM MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX COMPONENTS
Claire Cummins^*1, Yanping Gu³, Xiaofu Wang¹, You-Min Lin², Xuan-Zheng P. Shi², Ravi Radhakrishnan^1
1Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; ²Gastroenterology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; ³Neuroscience, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

DISCUSSANT: Gregory Kennedy, MD

ROLE OF ENDOSCOPIC RESECTION VERSUS SURGICAL RESECTION IN MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT COLON POLYPS: A NATIONAL CANCER DATABASE ANALYSIS
Dhruv Lowe^*1, Shreya Sinha², Sheikh A Saleem¹, Gary Brooks³, Muhammad Arif^1
1Gastroenterology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; ²Hematology Oncology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; ³Public Health and Preventive Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY

DISCUSSANT: Prasad Poola, MD

DEVELOPMENT OF A PATIENT-CENTERED, POST-DISCHARGE VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM RISK CALCULATOR FOLLOWING RESECTION FOR COLORECTAL CANCER
Cary Jo Schlick^*1, Jessica Y. Liu^1,2, Anthony Yang¹, David J. Bentrem¹, Karl Bilimoria^1,2, Ryan P. Merkow^1,2
1Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center, Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; ²Division of Research and Optimal Patient Care, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL

DISCUSSANT: Kellie Mathis, MD

DECREASING COLECTOMY RATES IN ULCERATIVE COLITIS IN THE PAST DECADE: IMPROVED DISEASE CONTROL?
Paul T. Kroner^*, Alex M. Kesler, Peter Abader, Mohammad Afsh, Bhaumik Brahmbhatt, John R. Cangemi
Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL

DISCUSSANT: David W. Larson, MD

CLINICAL SCORES BETTER CORRELATE WITH COMPLICATION RATE IN CROHN'S DISEASE PATIENTS UNDERGOING GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY THAN NSQIP OR ENDOSCOPIC SCORES
Kenneth D. Allen^*1, Kevin R. McMahon², Anita Afzali³, Syed Husain^4
1Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; ²School of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; ³Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; ⁴Surgery/Colon and Rectal Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

DISCUSSANT: Y. Nancy You, MD

Moderators:

William Lancaster, Charleston, SC Cataldo Doria, Pennington, NJ

3-minute presentation, 3-minute discussion

INDEX-CHOLECYSTECTOMY FOR MODERATE TO SEVERE BILIARY ACUTE PANCREATITIS DECREASES RECURRENCE OF GALLSTONES-RELATED DISEASES.
C. Roberto Simons-Linares^*1, Miguel Salazar², James S. Ramey¹, Isaac Paintsil², Prabhleen Chahal^1
1Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; ²Internal Medicine, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL

TRANSDUODENAL AMPULLECTOMY FOR AMPULLARY NEOPLASMS: INITIAL RESULTS FROM A HIGH-VOLUME CENTER
Hana Fayazzadeh^*1, Andrew T. Strong^1,2, Amit Khithani¹, Robert Simon¹, R Matthew Walsh¹, Gareth Morris-Stiff¹, Toms Augustin¹, Kevin M. El-Hayek^1,2
1General Surgery-Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; ²Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

CLINICOPATHOLOGIC STUDY OF SURGICAL MARGIN FOR LIVER RESECTION USING NEAR-INFRARED FLUORESCENT IMAGING AND FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPE
Takahito Hirai^*, Takeshi Aoki, Tomotake Koizumi, Tomokazu Kusano, Akira Fujimori, Yoshihiko Tashiro, Koji Nogaki, Tomoki Hakozaki, Kodai Tomioka, tatsuya yamazaki, Yusuke Wada, Kazuhiro Matsuda, Hideki Shibata, Marie Uchida, Yuta Enami, Masahiko Murakami
Gastroenterological & General Surgery, Showa University, Shinagawa-ku, Japan

IS TYPE IV BISMUTH-CORLETTE PERIHILAR CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA A REAL CONTRAINDICATION FOR CURATIVE INTENT SURGICAL RESECTION? COMPARISON OF TYPE IV VS. TYPES I-II-III BISMUTH-CORLETTE PERIHILAR CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA IN A SINGLE TERTIARY REFERRAL CENTER
Tommaso Campagnaro^*, Andrea Ruzzenente, Fabio Bagante, Simone Conci, Giacomo Di Filippo, Serena Manfreda, Raffaele Ziello, Calogero Iacono, Alfredo Guglielmi
Department of Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

DEFINING THE OPTIMAL BILIRUBIN LEVEL BEFORE HEPATECTOMY FOR HILAR CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA
Wong-Hoi She^*, Tan To Cheung, Ka Wing Ma, Wing Chiu Dai, Albert Chan, Kenneth S. Chok, Chung Mau Lo
Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

IS MINIMALLY-INVASIVE SURGERY AN ADDED-VALUE FOR PATIENTS WITH HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA AND PORTAL VEIN HYPERTENSION UNDERGOING LIVER RESECTION? RESULTS OF AN INTERNATIONAL MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
Fabio Bagante^*1, Andrea Ruzzenente¹, Eliza W. W. Beal², Simone Conci¹, Katiuscha Merath², Tommaso Campagnaro¹, Guillaume Martel³, Sorin Alexandrescu⁴, Irinel Popescu⁴, Francesca Ratti⁵, Luca Aldrighetti⁵, Olivier Soubrane⁶, Hugo P. Marques⁷, Thomas J. Hugh⁸, George A. Poultsides⁹, Vincent Lam¹⁰, Calogero Iacono¹, Alfredo Guglielmi¹, Timothy M. Pawlik^2
1Department of Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy; ²Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; ³Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; ⁴Department of Surgery, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania; ⁵Department of Surgery, Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; ⁶Department of Surgery, AP-HP, Beaujon Hospital, Clichy, France; ⁷Department of Surgery, Curry Cabral Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal; ⁸Department of Surgery, The University of Sydney, School of Medicine, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; ⁹Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; ¹⁰Department of Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

INCREASING INCIDENCE OF LEFT SIDED COLORECTAL CANCER IN THE YOUNG: AGE IS NOT THE ONLY FACTOR
David Kearney^*, Christy E. Cauley, Alexandra Aiello, Matthew Kalady, James M. Church, Scott Steele, Michael Valente
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

LINEAR SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE LEARNING MODEL IS HIGHLY SPECIFIC FOR PREDICTING LOW-GRADE INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS NEOPLASM LESIONS
Yasmin G. Hernandez-Barco^*1, Dania Daye³, Jessica McGoldrick¹, Keith D. Lillemoe², Dushyant Sahani³, Brenna Casey¹, David P. Ryan⁴, Cristina R. Ferrone², Carlos Fernández-del Castillo², Motaz Qadan^2
1Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ²Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ³Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ⁴Hematology/Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

INSULIN ENHANCED K-RAS-DEPENDENT MIGRATION AND INVASION VIA SSTR2/AKT AXIS
Zipeng Lu^*, Guangfu Wang, Lingdi Yin, Yunpeng Peng, Yong Gao, Hao Gao, Yi Miao
Pancreas Center, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

ROLE OF SURGICAL RESECTION IN THE ERA OF FOLFIRINOX FOR ADVANCED PANCREATIC CANCER
Yoonhyeong Byun^*, Youngmin Han, Mirang Lee, Hongbeom Kim, Wooil Kwon, Sun-Whe Kim, Jin-Young Jang
Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)

UPTAKE AND PATIENT OUTCOMES OF LAPAROSCOPIC LIVER RESECTION FOR COLON CANCER LIVER METASTASES. A POPULATION-BASED ANALYSIS.
Julian Wang^*2, Christopher Griffiths², Marko Simunovic¹, Sameer Parpia³, Leyo Ruo¹, Sean P. Cleary⁴, Pablo Serrano Aybar^1
1Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; ²Degroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, L8S4L8, ON, Canada; ³Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; ⁴Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

THE IMPACT OF PANCREATIC DUCTAL DISRUPTION ON THE OUTCOME OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS: RESULTS FROM A PROSPECTIVE STUDY
SRIRAM R. DEIVASIGAMANI^*1, Rajesh Gupta², Surinder S. Rana³, Mandeep Kang⁴, Harjeet Singh², Vishal Sharma^3
1GENERAL SURGERY, POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India; ²DIVISION OF SURGICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY, POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHANDIGARH, CHANDIGARH, India; ³MEDICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY, POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHANDIGARH, CHANDIGARH, India; ⁴RADIO DIAGNOSIS, POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHANDIGARH, CHANDIGARH, India

NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY FOR PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA IMPROVES SURVIVAL AND R0-RATE EVEN IN STAGE I
Onur C. Kutlu^*1, Eduardo A. Vega⁴, Sandeep Krishnan⁵, Jeffrey Wisch³, Frank Pomposelli², Dicken S. Ko², Danny Sleeman¹, Nestor de La Cruz¹, Claudius Conrad^2
1Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL; ²Surgery, St Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA; ³Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; ⁴Surgical Oncology, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Boston, MA; ⁵Internal Medicine, St Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA

AN EPIGENETIC CLASSIFICATION OF PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA
Victoria G. Aveson^*1,2, Rohit Chandwani^1
1General Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY; ²General Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES IN FOREGUT DISORDERS
Sponsored by: AGA, SSAT, ASGE

Moderators:

Gary W. Falk, Philadelphia, PA Christopher DuCoin, New Orleans, LA

EVALUATION AND MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS
John E. Pandolfino, Chicago, IL

SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS
Lee L. Swanstrom, Portland, OR

EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PPI REFRACTORY GERD
C. Prakash Gyawali, St. Louis, MO

SURGERY FOR GERD: WHAT OPERATION IN WHAT PATIENT?
Leena Khaitan, Cleveland, OH

Q&A
Gary W. Falk, Philadelphia, PA

Authors available at their posters to answer questions 12 PM - 2 PM; posters on display 9:30 AM - 4 PM.

THE APPLICATION OF ROBOTICS IN THE MIS ALGORITHM FOR GI SURGERY

Moderators:

Dmitry Oleynikov, Omaha, NE Michael G. House, Indianapolis, IN

ROBOTS: MARKETING OR ENABLING TECHNOLOGY
Sharona B. Ross, Tampa, FL

I CAN SUTURE WITH STRAIGHT STICKS WHY DO I NEED A ROBOT FOR MY FOREGUT CASES?
Mark Talamini, Stony Brook, NY

BESIDES PELVIC DISSECTION, WHAT ELSE CAN THE ROBOT DO FOR THE COLORECTAL SURGEON?
Alessio Pigazzi, Orange, CA

IS ROBOTIC SURGERY THE PREFERRED MINIMALLY INVASIVE APPROACH TO HEPATOBILIARY TUMORS?
Yuman Fong, Duarte, CA

PANEL AND AUDIENCE DISCUSSION

INNOVATION AND ETHICS IN ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY
Lee L. Swanstrom, Portland, OR

HOW TO TRAIN AND CREDENTIAL THE ROBOTIC SURGEON
Melissa Hogg, Chicago, IL

NEW NATURAL ORIFICE ROBOTICS ROBOTS
Daniel Popowich, New York, NY

PANEL AND AUDIENCE DISCUSSION

Moderators: Kerry Bolton, Washington, D.C.

COLONOSCOPY/EMR/ESD (SSAT)
Gregory D. Kennedy, Birmingham, AL

COLONOSCOPY/EMR/ESD (ASGE)
Louis M. Wong Kee Song, Rochester, MN

COLONOSCOPY/EMR/ESD (AGA)
Folasade (Fola) P. May, Culver City, CA

STATE OF THE ART SYMPOSIUM FOR METABOLIC AND BARIATRIC INTERVENTION
Sponsored by: SSAT, ASGE

Moderators:

Shelby A. Sullivan, Denver, CO Ali Tavakkoli, Boston, MA

SURGICAL INNOVATION - NEWLY EMERGING BARIATRIC SURGERIES,
Rachel L. Moore, Metairie, LA

SURGICALLY PLACED DEVICES - CURRENTLY APPROVED AND THOSE UP-AND-COMING
Oliver A. Varban, Ann Arbor, MI

UPDATE ON GASTRIC ENDOSCOPIC BARIATRIC THERAPIES
Shelby A. Sullivan, Denver, CO

SMALL BOWEL ENDOSCOPIC BARIATRIC THERAPIES - WHERE ARE WE NOW?
Christopher Thompson, Boston, MA

Q&A
Ali Tavakkoli, Boston, MA

Discussants from the SSAT, AASLD, AGA, and ASGE will review their societies' top presentations; attend this session to get an overview of the latest, best, and most thought-provoking research presented all week. Consult MyDDW for the schedule of expert critiques.