49th Annual Meeting May 17–21, 2008 San Diego, California Program and Abstracts | Posters

SSAT POSTER SESSIONS

The SSAT Poster Sessions will be held in the Sails Pavilion of the San Diego Convention Center, from 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Authors will be at their posters to answer questions from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM.

Posters of Distinction will be available for further viewing in the SSAT scientific session rooms on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 20 – 21, 2008.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2008
	Basic: Colon-Rectal
		Fluorophore-Conjugated Anti-CEA Antibody for Intraoperative Imaging of Pancreatic and Colorectal Cancer Michele McElroy, UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, CA
		Murine Colitis Is Inhibited in MMP-9 Knockout Mice: The Addition of IGFBP-3 Overexpression Does Not Further Decrease Disease Severity Raymond Baxter, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
		Everolimus Impairs the Healing of Intestinal Anastomoses Markus Kueper, University of Tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany
		Polyphenon E, an EGCG Containing Green Tea Extract That Inhibits Tumor Growth, Has No Impact on Wound Collagen Content or Clinical Rate of Wound Infection or Dehiscence Yet Has a Mild Inhibitory Effect on Healing as Judged by Tensometry Aviad Hoffman, Columbia University, New York, NY
	Basic: Esophageal
		Polymorphism Arg290Arg in Esophageal Cancer Related Gene 1 (ECRG1) Is a Prognostic Factor for Survival in Esophageal Cancer Kai Bachmann, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
		Barrett’s Intestinal Metaplasia mRNA Expression Profile in Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Endoscopic Biopsy Specimens Reginald V. Lord, UNSW, St. Vincents' Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
		KI-67 Antigen Is Overexpressed in Barrett's Carcinogenesis Richard Gurski, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
	Basic: Hepatic
		Enteral Immunonutrition with Long Chain Triglycerides Significantly Reduces the Recruitment of Immune Cells Into the Liver During Experimental Sepsis Maximilian Feilitzsch, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
		Association of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) and Inflammatory Mediators from Adipose Tissue Atul Madan, University of Miami, Miami, FL
	Basic: Pancreas
		Reduction of Local Inflammatory Response on Acute Pancreatitis in Rats: Effects of a Hypertonic Saline Solution Ana Maria Coelho, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
		Effects of Late Administration of Pentoxifylline in Experimental Severe Acute Pancreatitis José Jukemura, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
		Development of Monoclonal Antibodies to Aid in the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer Karin Hardiman, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
		Combination Therapy with Suberoyl Bis-Hydroxamic Acid (SBHA) and Lithium Chloride for Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumors Joel Adler, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
		Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition in Pancreatic Cancer: Expression and Role of the Transcription Factors Snail, Slug, and Twist Hubert Hotz, Charite Medical School, Berlin, Germany
		A Model for Defining Molecular Aspects of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Patients for Targeted Adjuvant Therapy Shayna Showalter, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
	Basic: Small Bowel
		Small Bowel Engineering Using Small Intestinal Submucosa (SIS) Syde Taheri, University at Buffalo, Williamsville, NY
		Diurnal Regulation of Drug Transporters in the Small Bowel Adam Stearns, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Mediacl School, Oxford University, Boston, MA
		Electrosurgical and Ultrasonic Devices: An Evaluation of Thermal Spread and Other Device Characteristics Charles Dolce, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
	Basic: Stomach
		Epithelial Cell Turnover Is Increased in the Excluded Stomach Mucosa After Vertical Banded Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity Adriana Safatle-Ribeiro, University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
	Clinical: Biliary
		Management of Preoperatively Suspected Choledocholithiasis: A Decision Analysis Bilal Kharbutli, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
		A Novel Hepatico-Jejunostomy Technique Featuring a Purse-String Anastomosis and a Biodegradable Stent: A Preclinical Study in Minipigs Johanna Laukkarinen, Tampere University Hospital, Boston, MA
		Primary Gallbladder Cancer: A 22 Year Experience in a Tertiary Care Center Rubayat Rahman, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
		Only Pain from Acute Inflammation Is Relieved One Year Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Dyspeptic Patients with Cholelithiasis Samaad Malik, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
		Surgery for Symptomatic Portal Biliopathy Puneet Dhar, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin, Kerala, India
		Study of a Reverse Phase Polymer in Cholecystectomy: Prevention of Stone Migration and Enhancment of Dissection Marvin Ryou, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
	Clinical: Colon-Rectal
		Laparoscopic and Open Anterior Resection and Low Colorectal Anastomosis for Adult Megacolon: Surgical Outcomes Sergio Araujo, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
		To Control Intraoperative Bacterial Contamination and SSI During Anterior Resection or Hartmann's - Mile's Operation: What Can We Do? Katsunori Nishikawa, Machida Municipal Hospital, Machida-shi, Japan
		Preoperative Versus Postoperative Radiotherapy for Rectal Cancer: Decision Analysis and Outcome Prediction Using a Modified Markov Model Andreas Kaiser, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
		Effect of Metastatic to Examined Lymph Nodes Ratio on Colon Cancer Survival Sukhyung Lee, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX
		A Prospective Single Center Experience of "Fast-Track" in Colorectal Surgery: Toward Zero Anastomotic Complications Pierluigi Di Sebastiano, IRCCS casa Sollievo Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
		Laparoscopic Versus Conventional Colostomy Closure of Hartmann’S Procedure: A Case-Matched Study Jung Kang, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
		A New Method to Analyze the Quality and Progression of Colonoscopy Lars Enochsson, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
		Image-Guided Sentinel Lymph Node Navigation in Colon Cancer: A Pilot Study Julio Mayol, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
		Low Preoperative Serum Albumin Levels Do Not Affect Early Outcomes After Ileoanal Pouch Surgery but May Be Associated with Long-Term Mortality Kweku Appau, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
		TGF-Beta1 and IGF-1 and Anastomotic Recurrence of Crohn’s Disease After Ileo-Colonic Resection Imerio Angriman, Clinica Chirurgica 1^, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
		Pre- Versus Postoperative Pelvic Radiotherapy in Patients Undergoing Abdominoperineal Resections for Rectal Cancer: Does Timing Make a Difference on Long-Term Patient Quality of Life? Michael Kasparek, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
		Sacral Neuromodulation for the Treatment of Fecal Incontinence and Voiding Dysfunction in Female Patients: A Longterm Follow Up Galal El-Gazzaz, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
		Long Term Out Come and Quality of Life After Restorative Proctocolectomy in a Cohort of 955 Canadian Patients Marco Scarpa, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
		Colorectal Surgical Specimen Lymph Node Harvest: Improvement of Lymph Node Yield with a Physicians Assistant Robert Moesinger, McKay-Dee Hospital Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Ogden, UT
		Relevance of Comorbidity for Postoperative Lethality and Morbidity After Surgery for Perforated Diverticulitis of the Sigmoid Colon Mario Mueller, Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
		Management and Treatment of Iliopsoas Abscess Parissa Tabrizian, The Mount Sinai Medical Center NY, New York, NY
		Comparison of GFAP Expression and Mucosal Mast Cell Numbers in Pediatric Intestinal Diseases Eumenia Castro, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
	Clinical: Esophageal
		Outcomes of Laparoscopic Assisted Transhiatal Esophagectomy for Adenocarcinoma of Esophagus Martin Montenovo, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
		The Challenge of Diagnostic Assesment of a Failed Fundoplication: Benefits of High-Resolution Manometry of the GE-Junction Attila Dubecz, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
		Looking Beyond Age and Comorbidities as Predictors of Outcomes in Paraesophageal Hernia Repair Anirban Gupta, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
		No Additional Value of Bronchoscopy After EUS in the Preoperative Assessment of Patients with Esophageal Cancer at or Above the Carina Mark van Heijl, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
		Analysis of First-Time Antireflux Redo-Surgery Versus Multiple Redo-Surgery Karl Fuchs, Markus-Krankenhaus, Frankfurt, Germany
		A Meta-Analysis of Trials Comparing the Effectiveness of Use of Mesh in Laparoscopic Repair of Paraesophageal Hernias Anne Lidor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
		Prediction of Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy in Esophageal Carcinoma by PET-CT Kirsten Thurau, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
		Endolumenal Fundoplication with EsophyX™: The Initial North American Experience Simon Bergman, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH
		Analysis of Utilization and Outcome of Laparoscopic and Open Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernia Repair Marcelo Hinojosa, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA
		High Prevalence of Lymph Node Metastases in pT1 Esophageal Cancer: Is Local Therapy Justified? Ines Gockel, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
		The Use of Alveolus Stents in the Treatment of Esophageal Leaks, Perforation or Fistulae Irfan Qureshi, University of Pittsburgh Medical center, Pittsburgh, PA
	Clinical: Hepatic
		Treatment Strategy for Synchronous Metastases of Colorectal Cancer: Is Hepatic Resection After an Observation Interval Appropriate? Yasuhiro Shimizu, Aichi Cacer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
		Non-Operative Management of High Grade Liver Injuries Beat Schnüriger, Bern University Hospital, Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland
		Yttrium-90 Microsphere Induced Gastrointestinal Tract Ulceration Christopher South, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH
		Hepatic Neuroendocrine Metastases: Bland or Chemoembolization? Susan Pitt, University of Wisconsin, Indiana University, Madison, WI
		Laparoscopic Treatment of Nonparasitic Hepatic Cysts Orlando Torres, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luis, Maranhão, Brazil
	Clinical: Pancreas
		Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase (hTERT) Expression in Carcinogenesis of Serous Cystic Neoplasm of the Pancreas Akira Nakashima, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
		Pulmonary Dysfunction Associated with Severe Acute Pancreatitis Hidehiro Sawa, Kobe University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nishi-Kobe Medical center, Kobe, Japan
		Incidence and Management of Chylous Leaks Following Pancreatic Resection: A High Volume Single-Center Institutional Experience Timothy Pawlik, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
		Clinical Significance and Natural History of Microinvasive Pancreatic Adenocarcinomas Associated with Resected Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasmss: A Multi-Institutional Experience Eugeen Kennedy, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
		Surgical Management of Failed Endoscopic Treatment of Pancreatic Disease Kimberly Evans, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
		Is Distal Pancreatectomy (DP) Useful for Treatment of Cancer of the Body or Tail of the Pancreas? Jane Wey, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, CA
		In-Hospital Mortality for Distal Pancreatectomy: A National Study Melissa Murphy, UMass Memorial, Worcester, MA
		Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma with Isolated Local Venous Invasion: Does Surgical Resection Confer a Survival Benefit? Michael Abramson, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA
		Gemcitabine-Based Adjuvant Chemotherapy Following R1 Resection Still Improves Survival for Patients with Locally-Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Keita Wada, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
		Intra-Operative Application of the Hand-Held Confocal Microscope: A Pilot Study Nam Nguyen, Bankstown Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia
		Complications Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy Are Common but Do Not Impact Long-Term Survival Mary Dillhoff, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
		A National Survey Regarding the Management of Acute Pancreatitis in Brazil Tercio De Campos, University of Sao Paulo, Santa Casa School of Medical Sciences, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
		The Striking Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalized Patients with Necrotizing Pancreatitis James Lopes, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
		Feasibility of Laparoscopic Partial Pancreatic Head Resection with Lateral Pancreaticojejunostomy (Frey Procedure) for Chronic Pancreatitis Jayleen Grams, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
		Surgeon's Contribution to Long Term Survival of Pancreatic Cancer Calogero Iacono, University of Verona Medical School, Verona, Italy
	Clinical: Small Bowel
		Enteral Stenting: Management of Complications and Malfunctions in a Single Center Series of 46 Patients Melissa Phillips, University of Virginia, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
		Primary Ileostomy Adenocarcinoma: Rare Condition After Proctocolectomy Rachel Forbes, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
		Surgical Management of Acute Appendicitis: 50 Years of Progress William Scott Melvin, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
	Clinical: Stomach
		Distal Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for the Treatment of Morbid Obesity Jean-Marc Heinicke, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
		Utilization of Pre-Operative Patient Factors to Predict Post-Operative Vitamin D Deficiency for Patients Undergoing Gastric Bypass Judy Jin, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
		Primary Stenting for Malignant Gastric Outlet Obstruction with Self-Expanding Metal Stents (SEMS) in Cape Town, South Africa John Shaw, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
		The Molecular and Clinical Significance of CD44 Proteolytic Cleavage in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Kai-Hsi Hsu, Tainan Hospital, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, ROC, Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Tainan, Taiwan
		Laparoscopic Ajustable Gastric Banding: 4-Year Follow Up Philipp Busch, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
		Gastrojejunal (GJ) Leak After Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (LRYGB) Carries Minimal Risk with an Aggressive Detection / Management Approach, Whereas Greater Morbidity / Mortality Occurs with Leak at the Jejunojejunostomy (JJ) Alexander Perez, Duke University Medical Center, Durham , NC
		Quantitative Analysis of Free Ubiquitin and Multi-Ubiquitin Chain in Precancerous and Cancerous Gastric Tissues Yoshio Ishibashi, Jikei University Shool of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
		Surgical Outcomes of Patient with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors in the Era of Selective Drug Therapy Mehrdad Nikfarjam, Penn State, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
	Combined Science
		Single Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Using Flexible Endoscopy: Saline Infiltration Gallbladder Fossa Dissection Technique John Afthinos, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY
		The Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Mankanwal Sachdev, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN
		Impact of Gastric Irrigation on NOTES Mesh Placement Lauren Buck, UTHSCSA, San Antonio, TX