51st Annual Meeting
SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT
MAY 1 – 5, 2010
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
during Digestive Disease Week^®

Final Program

All rooms at the Morial Convention Center unless otherwise indicated.

Program and Abstracts | Posters

SSAT POSTER SESSIONS

The SSAT Poster Sessions will be held in Hall F of the Morial 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.

Designated presenting authors listed. View a complete author string with abstract by clicking on the poster title.

indicates a Poster of Distinction.

	TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2010
Basic: Colon-Rectal
	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
Basic: Esophageal
	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
Basic: Pancreas
	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
Basic: Small Bowel
	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
Clinical: Biliary
	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
Clinical: Colon-Rectal
	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
Clinical: Esophageal
	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
Clinical: Hepatic
	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
Clinical: Pancreas
	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
Clinical: Small Bowel
	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
Clinical: Stomach
	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
Other/Combined Science: None
	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