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AAS and SUS Abstracts for the Seventh Annual Academic Surgical Congress

14 February 2012 - 16 February 2012

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Increased Intracellular Creatine is not Harmful to the Mouse Heart

A. Hernandez, M. Pinilla, M.D. Darrabie, J.J. Nienaber, L. Santacruz, D.O. Jacobs et al. 187
Creatine Supplementation Ameliorates Doxorubicin Cardiac Cytotoxicity

M.D. Darrabie, J. Mantilla Arango, R. Mishra, D.O. Jacobs, L. Santacruz et al. 187
Calcineurin Inhibition During Zebrafish Heart Development Blocks Ventricular Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy and Leads to a Spectrum of Heart Defects

N.D. Andersen, N.C. Lent, M.R. Hutson, M.L. Kirby 187
Baseline Macro and Microhemodynamics in Anesthetized Landrace Large White Swine: Reference Values for Cardiovascular Surgical Research Studies

N. Tsirikos Karapanos, A.P. Kalogeropoulos, S.H. Suddendorf, D. Bramos, Z. Li, M. Huebner, V.V. Georgiopoulou, E. Skaltsiotis, G. Saatsakis, G. Kottis, S.D. Cassivi, C. Deschamps, L.D. Joyce, R.C. Daly, S. Toumanidis, S.J. Park et al. 187
Circumferential Coronary Artery Dissection on the Beating Heart for Perivascular Flow Probe Placement Using Ball Burnisher: A New Use for an Old Instrument and Refined Surgical Technique

N. Tsirikos Karapanos, D. Bramos, E. Skaltsiotis, G. Saatsakis, K. Tsiftsi, G. Kottis, S. Toumanidis et al. 187
Sex Disparities in the Myocardial Response Following LAD Ligation

M. Wang, H. Gu, C. Huang, M. Wang 187
Mechanism for Reduced Pericardial Adhesion Formation in High-cholesterol Fed Pigs Supplemented With Vodka

A.D. Lassaletta, L.M. Chu, N.Y. Elmadhun, Z.G. Hoffman, D.J. Kim, F.W. Sellke et al. 187
Ablation of Toll-like Receptor 4 Enhances Murine Mesenchymal Stem Cell Survival After Hypoxic Injury Via Increased AKT Salvage Signal

J.D. Rouch, B.D. Brewster, M. Wang, D.R. Meldrum 187
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Therapies Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment After Surgery Can Prevent Cancer Relapses

J.D. Predina, B. Judy, V. Kapoor, G. Chen, S. Singhal et al. 187
The Natural History of Moderate Aortic Stenosis in a Veteran Population

P. Yechoor, A.S. Blaustein, F.G. Bakaeen, L.D. Cornwell, J.S. Coselli, S.A. LeMaire, D. Chu et al. 187
Is Aortic Valve Replacement in Elderly Patients Justified?

C.M. Bhamidipati, R.R. Gopaldas, J.G. Markley, C.J. Lutz 187
Contemporary Results of Acute Type a Dissection Repair at a High Volume Aortic Center

N.D. Andersen, J.B. Williams, J.G. Gaca, G.C. Hughes 188
A Population-Based Analysis of Isolated Single Versus Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery Revascularization

R.R. Gopaldas, C.M. Bhamidipati, C.J. Lutz 188
The Impact of Glycoprotein IIB/IIIA Antiplatelet Infusion on the Choice of Revascularization Conduits in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

J.C. Hardaway, C.M. Bhamidipati, J.D. Markley, R.R. Gopaldas 188
Significant Predictors of Complications Post Sternal Wound Reconstruction: A 21-Year Experience

H.R. Zahiri, K. Lumpkins, S. Kelishadi, Y. Zhu, D. Medina, J.A. Stromberg, R.P. Silverman, L. Holton, D.P. Singh et al. 188
Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Management of Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax

G.S. Schwartz, S.S. Razi, H. Guend, D. Lee, C.P. Connery, F.Y. Bhora et al. 188
Perioperative Outcomes of Patients With Less Than Clinical N2 NSCLC Receiving Neoadjuvant Vs. Adjuvant Therapy

A. Jahan, T.L. Demmy, M. Hennon, E. Dexter, C.E. Nwogu, A. Farooq, G. Dy, S. Yendamuri et al. 188
Stage I Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Treated by Lobectomy: Does Tumor Anatomic Location Matter?

B.A. Whitson, S.S. Groth, R.S. Andrade, E.B. Habermann, M.A. Maddaus, J. D'Cunha et al. 188
Spontaneous Closure of the Ventricular Septal Defect in Fetuses and Neonates With Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defects (AVSD)

D. Adebo, S. Sivanandam, J. St. Louis 188
Routine Chest X-ray Prior to Thyroid Surgery? Is it Always Necessary?

H. Mazeh, B.W. Hong, H. Chen, R.S. Sippel 188
Optimizing Ambulatory Thyroidectomy: Predicting Success in the Outpatient Population

J. Hill, O.D. Guillamondegui, J.M. Ehrenfeld, K.W. Sharp 188
Operate Another Day? Increasing Utilization of Cholecystostomy Tube Drainage for Acute Cholecystitis Nationwide

E.R. Witkowski, E. Ragulin-Coyne, Z. Chau, S. Ng, H. Santry, S.A. Shah, J.F. Tseng et al. 188
Prophylactic Mastectomy in High Risk Patients: Is There a Role for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy?

V. Murthy, R.S. Chamberlain 188
Association Between Patient Age, Volume of Tissue Excised During Breast Conserving Surgery, and Local Recurrence

H. Mazeh, I. Sagiv, D. Katz, H.R. Freund, T. Peretz, T.M. Allweis et al. 188
Reliability of Fine Needle Aspiration for Thyroid Nodules Greater Than or Equal to 4 Cm

M.B. Albuja-Cruz, M. Goldfarb, S. Gondek, J.I. Lew 188
Automated Detection of Wound Margins Using a Multilayer Feed-Forward Artificial Neural Network in a Stented Excisional Model of Murine Wound Healing

M. Januszyk, G.C. Gurtner 188
The Incidence of Thyroid Cancer by FNA Varies by Age and Gender

L.J. Bessey, N.K. Lai, N.E. Coorough, H. Chen, R.S. Sippel et al. 188
Outcome of Surgery for Toxic Goitres in Maiduguri: A Single Teaching Hospital's Perspective

N.-. Ali, M.A. Gamace, D.-. Dilli, A.A. Gadzama, M.B. Gali et al. 188
Influence of Operative Approach and Conduit Type on Short-Term Outcomes After Esophagectomy

R.P. Merkow, K.Y. Bilimoria, M.D. McCarter, C.Y. Ko, D.J. Bentrem et al. 188
Surgical Therapy for Epidermoid Carcinoma of the Anal Canal: A NSQIP Assessment of Short-term Outcomes

M.W. Causey, S.R. Steele, J. Maykel, M.J. Martin, B. Champagne, E. Johnson et al. 189
Outcomes for Interval Appendectomy After Non-Operative Management of Perforated Appendicitis: What Are the Operative Risks and Luminal Patency Rates?

E.M. Knott, C.W. Iqbal, V.E. Mortellaro, K.M. Fitzgerald, S.W. Sharp, S.D. St. Peter et al. 189
The Impact of Resident Involvement on Patient Outcomes During Elective Inguinal Hernia Repair and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: An Analysis of Over 50,000 Cases from the ACS-NSQIP

C. Gonczy, V. Advani, S. Ahad, S. Markwell, I. Hassan et al. 189
Complications, Mortality and Failure to Rescue After Abdominal Gunshot Wounds: A Nationwide Study

B.L. Zarzaur, M.A. Croce, T.C. Fabian 189
Comparison of Pediatric Appendectomy Outcomes Between Pediatric Surgeons and General Surgery Residents

H. Mazeh, I. Mizrahi, L. Yair, M. Ghanem, Y. Armon, A. Vromen, A. Eid, R. Udassin et al. 189
PROMIS for Laparoscopy: A Pilot Study

J. Bingener-Casey, P. Novotny, A. McConico, J.M. Swain, D.R. Farley, J. Sloan et al. 189
Goal-Directed Fluid Therapy in Major Elective Rectal Surgery: A Prospective Study

S. Srinivasa, P.P. Singh, D.P. Lemanu, M.H. Taylor, A.G. Hill et al. 189
Increasing BMI Portends Abbreviated Survival Following Pancreatoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

A. Mathur, K. Luberice, H. Paul, F. Co, J. Hernandez, A.S. Rosemurgy et al. 189
Budget Impact Analysis of Evidence Based Thyroidectomy

A. Sanabria, X. Gomez, C. Osorio, V. Vega, L.C. Dominguez et al. 189
Exposing Inefficiencies in the Operating Room Case Flow

R. Phillips, T. Yonce, C. Sievers, V. Tsirline, P. Montero, D. Stefanidis et al. 189
Do Racial Disparities Exist for Gastric Bypass Surgery?

N. Lodhia, A. Eltorai, L. Almario, J. Kattan, H. Rivas, J. Morton et al. 189
State by State Variations in Emergent Versus Elective Colon Resections: Room for Improvement

A.C. Obirieze, T.A. Oyetunji, E.B. Schneider, D.J. Gaskin, E.R. Haut, D.T. Efron, E.E. Cornwell, A.H. Haider et al. 189
Are Surgeons with More Years in Practice Able to Adapt to Pay-for-performance (P4P)?

D.Y. Lee, M.J. Latif, R.E. Ross, J. Fisch, C. Jimenez, S.J. Belsley, F.Y. Bhora et al. 189
Medical Malpractice and Hernia Repairs: An Analysis of Case Law

A.L. Walters, K.T. Dacey, A.Y. Zemlyak, A.E. Lincourt, B.T. Heniford et al. 189
What Does It Cost to Treat A Recurrent Rectal Cancer?

S.S. Patel, S. Mahanti, J. Choi, G. Ault, A. Kaiser, A.J. Senagore et al. 189
Patient Deconditioning and Failure to Rescue from Surgical Complications

A.A. Ghaferi, C.J. Sonnenday, J.D. Birkmeyer, J.B. Dimick 189
Measuring Quality of Decision-Making for Advance Care Planning and Surgery

C.K. Ankuda, S.D. Block, Z. Cooper, D.J. Correll, D.L. Hepner, M. Lasic, A.A. Gawande, A.M. Bader et al. 189
Defining HIV Risk in the Surgical Population

A. Adewole, A.B. Chagpar 189
Risk Factors for Interhospital Transfer After Emergency Abdominal Surgery

D.N. Holena, C.E. Reinke, B.G. Carr, A.M. Mills, R.R. Kelz et al. 190
Epidemiology of Clostridium Difficile Colitis in Hospitalized Patients in the United States

C.V. Mehta, S. Vaid, A. Adedeji, D. Vibhakar, T. Bell, R. Grim, V. Ahuja et al. 190
Maximizing the Utility of the Morbidity and Mortality Conference for Quality Improvement and Safety Initiatives

H.L. Chang, R. Thielke, L.D. Cassidy, M.J. Arca 190
The Cost-effectiveness of Elective Ventral Hernia Repair

A. Stey, M. Danzig, S. Yin, C. Divino 190
Day of Surgery not Associated with Length of Hospital Stay in Patients Undergoing Esophagectomy

C. Merkhofer, A. Kothari, S. Kolonko, T. Bretl, T.L. Weigel et al. 190
Repair of Femoral Hernias Improves Quality of Life (QOL)

I. Belyansky, V.B. Tsirline, A. Walters, A.E. Lincourt, B. Heniford et al. 190
The Use of a Research Registry Improves Patient Recruitment in Surgical Research

R.C. Wright, C.M. Mueller 190
Variability of NSQIP Assessed Surgical Quality Based on Age and Disease Process

R.F. Goldberg, A. Rosales-Velderrain, T. Clarke, M.A. Buchanan, J.A. Stauffer, S.A. McLaughlin, H.J. Asbun, C. Smith, S.P. Bowers et al. 190
Teaching Single Incision Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Pediatric Patients to Mid Level Surgical Residents: An Early Experience

H.S. Nerkar, S.C. Burjonrappa 190
Competency Documentation in Residency Training: A Challenging Pathway

E. Desrosiers, M. Lacasse, F. Douville, M. Rousseau, L. Ct, F. Legare et al. 190
Validity and Reliability of a Sensor Enabled Intubation Trainer

N. Issa, L. Salud, K. Woods, C. Pugh 190
Get on Your Boots: Preparing Fourth Year Medical Students for a Career in Surgery, Using a Competency-Based Curriculum to Teach Professionalism

C.S. Hultman, A. Connolly, E.G. Halvorson, P. Rowland, M.O. Meyers, G.F. Sheldon, A.F. Drake, A.A. Meyer et al. 190

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