International society of surgery (iss/sic) Basel, Switzerland, 13 17 August 2017

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CONGRESS
Alternate Session
212
CONGRESS
END OF CONGRESS
END OF CONGRESS
07:15
08:30
14:00
12:15
10:30
16:00
08:15
13:45
12:00
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PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
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THURSDAY, 17 AUGUST 2017
Floor/Level 2/3
Ground Level
San Francisco
Montreal 
Singapore 
Osaka/Samarkand
Sydney 
Boston 1–3 
Shanghai 2–3 
Delhi
Kairo 2 
Kairo 1 
07:00 – 08:15
Writers‘ Workshop
(Foyer 2nd Floor)
163
ISS/SIC / Springer
164
165
166
167
07:00-08:20
Wake-up Case & 
Free Papers
168
IATSIC
169
Program Committee 
Meeting
World Congress of 
Surgery WCS 2019
170
ISS/SIC
171
172
Main Session
HPB benign
173
ISDS
Lloyd M. Nyhus 
Prize Session
Best ISS/SIC Abstracts
174
ISS/SIC
Free Papers
Endocrine surgery
175
IAES
Free Papers
General
176
ISS/SIC
Main Session
Global perspective 
of breast cancer 
treatment
177
BSI
Prize Session
Trauma surgery
178
AAST / IATSIC
Main Session
Controversies in 
exsanguinating pelvic 
ring injuries
179
SGC / SGACT
Main Session
The role of APIMSF 
for the process of 
the military surgery 
training
180
APIMSF
Alternate Session
181
CONGRESS
Alternate Session
182
CONGRESS
COFFEE BREAK
COFFEE BREAK
10:30 – 11:15
Grey Turner Lecture
Surgical innovation: 
our professional 
legacy and  
responsibility
11:15 – 12:45
General Assembly
Members only
183
ISS/SIC
PROTECTED TIME SLOT !
PROTECTED TIME SLOT !
184
13:00 – 13:30
Rapid Poster Podium 
Presentations
Endocrine surgery
185
IAES
186
187
188
189
190
General Assembly
III Ibero-Afro-Ameri-
can Meeting of Trau-
ma and Emergency 
Surgery 
191
RIAATCE / IAAMTES
192
Main Session
HPB malignant
193
ISDS
Main Session
Surgical ethics  
in contemporary 
surgical practice
194
ISS/SIC
14:00 – 15:15
Main Session
The role of the IAES:...
15:15 – 15:30
Closing remarks
195
IAES
Free Papers
Transplantation
196
ISS/SIC
Debates
All patients undergoing 
mastectomy should be 
offered breast reconstruction 
/ DCIS should not be called 
cancer / Patients with high 
risk disease should be screened 
for metastasis
197
BSI
Main Session
Better technology: 
only a good thing?
198
IATSIC
Main Session
The global surgery 
agenda and progress 
towards implementing 
national surgical plans
199
ASAP
Free Papers
Military surgery
200
APIMSF
Alternate Session
201
CONGRESS
Alternate Session
202
CONGRESS
COFFEE BREAK
COFFEE BREAK
Main Session
Bariatric surgery
203
ISDS
Free Papers
General: NOTTS
204
ISS/SIC
Alternate Session
205
CONGRESS
Alternate Session
206
CONGRESS
Alternate Session
207
CONGRESS
Main Session
Unresolved issues...
seriously!
208
IATSIC
Posters / Videos
ASAP abstract pre-
sentations
209
ASAP
Alternate Session
210
CONGRESS
Alternate Session
211
CONGRESS
Alternate Session
212
CONGRESS
END OF CONGRESS
END OF CONGRESS
07:15
08:30
12:15
14:00
10:30
16:00
08:15
13:45
12:00
10:00
15:30
17:30

SUNDAY, 13 AUGUST 2017
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Time 
Session No.  Organizing Society / Title / Speaker 
Room
10:00 – 11:00
 
  IATSIC DSTC COMMITTEE MEETING 
Boston 3
11:00 – 12:00 
  IATSIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
13:00 – 16:30 
  IATSIC DSTC/DATC WORKSHOP
08:00 – 11:30
 
  IAES EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING 
Nairobi
Council Members only
08:30 – 15:30
 
   BSI  WORKSHOP 
Kairo 2
 
ONCOPLASTICS WORKSHOP
E. Elder, Australia; O. Youssef, Egypt; T. Jahkola, Finland; S.W.W. Chan, Hong Kong SAR
Details on Pages: 28 – 29
08:30 – 16:30
 
  ISS/SIC / AAS / ISDS / WJS COURSE 
Osaka/Samarland
 
 
  CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOR ACADEMIC SURGEONS
Organizers:  M.R. Kibbe, USA; J.G. Hunter, USA; M.G. Patti, USA
Details on Pages: 30 – 32
08:30 – 15:30
 
  BSI COURSE 
Kairo 1
 
 
  GENETICS OF BREAST CANCER: A PRACTICAL UPDATE
C.H. Yip, Malaysia; O. Ung, Australia; S.H. Meterissian, Canada; R. Morant, Switzerland
Details on Pages: 33 – 34
12:00 – 15:00
 
  IAES INTERESTING CASE PRESENTATION 
Singapore
Moderator:  J.L. Pasieka, Canada
Details on Page: 34

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Time  
Session No.  Organizing Society / Title / Speaker 
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08:00 – 08:30
 
1
  PRESENTATION OF TRAVEL SCHOLARS 
San Francisco
Travel Scholars of ISS-Foundation, Collective Member Societies, National Chapters
followed by
08:30 – 09:20 
   
ISS/SIC PRESIDENT‘S ADDRESS 
MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE
Introducer: 
K.D. Boffard, South Africa 
President: 
M.G. Patti, USA
followed by
09:20 – 10:00
 
2
   ISS/SIC MARTIN ALLGÖWER LECTURE 
SPACE EXPLORATION, THE BENEFIT AND THE RISK
Introducer: 
N. Demartines, Switzerland 
Lecturer: 
C. Nicollier, Switzerland
10:30 – 12:00
 
3
   ISDS / IASMEN MAIN SESSION  
San Francisco
 
ENHANCED RECOVERY AFTER SURGERY (ERAS) 
Moderators:   T.  Young-Fadok,  USA 
O. Ljungqvist, Sweden 
M. Kitajima, Japan
10:30  
INTRODUCTION BY THE MODERATORS
10:33  
INTRAVENOUS FLUID THERAPY IN ERAS
D. Lobo, UK
10:51  
EXPERIENCES FROM GLOBAL IMPLEMENTATION OF ERAS
O. Ljungqvist, Sweden
11:09  
HAS ERAS BECOME TOO COMPLICATED? 
A.G. Hill, New Zealand 
11:27  
ANAESTHESIA IN ERAS
C. Blanc, Switzerland
11:45  
DISCUSSION

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10:30 – 12:00 
4
   ISS/SIC FREE PAPERS 
Montreal 
GENERAL
Moderators:   A. Tuchmann, Austria 
M.J. Hollands, Australia 
M. Inomata, Japan
10:30
 
4.01 
 RANDOMIZED STUDY TO COMPARE EFFICACY OF STRETCH  
BANDAGE SYSTEMS WITH LOCALLY USED COTTON CREPE  
BANDAGES IN THE TREATMENT OF LOWER LIMB LYMPHOEDEMA
Anita Dhar 
1
,*, Anurag Srivastava 
1
, Mahesh Chand Misra 
1
, Renu Rekha Gogia 
1
 
1
Department of Surgical Disciplines, All India Institute of Medical Sciences,  
New Delhi, India
10:39
 
4.02
   A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LICHTENSTEIN OPEN TENSION-FREE  
VERSUS LAPROSCOPIC TOTALLY EXTRAPERTIONEAL TECHNIQUE  
FOR INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR
Vineet Sharma 
1
,*, lakshman Agarwal 
1
 
1
General Surgery, SMS Medical College & Attached group of Hospitals, Jaipur, India
10:48 4.03
   ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIAS: INTRAPERITONEAL ONLAYMESH  
REPAIR AND FOLLOW-UP IN TERMS OF QUALITY OF LIFE 
Folco Solimene 
1
,*, Sotirios Ntaoulas 
1
, Peter Nussbaumer 
1
 
1
Spital Lachen, Lachen, Switzerland
10:59
 
4.04
   MEAN PLATELET VOLUME (MPV) AS A PREDICTOR OF VENOUS 
THROMBOEMBOLISM (VTE) IN COLORECTAL CANCER
Chumpon Wilasrusmee 
1
,*, Boogying Siribumrungwong 
2
, Napaphat Poprom 
1
 
1
Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok,
 2
Surgery,  
Faculty of Medicine Thammasat University Hospital, Pathumthani, Thailand
11:08 4.05 
PROCESS MAPPING IN SURGERY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Kristin Marie Degirolamo 
1
,*, Karan D‘souza 
2
, Morad Hameed 
3
 
1
Surgery, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine,  
3
Acute Care Surgery, Faculty of Surgery, Vancouver, Canada
11:17 4.06
   TROCAR SITE HERNIA AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY: IS IT NECESSARY  
TO CLOSE THE FASCIA AT THE TROCAR SITE, AFTER SURGERY?
Mohammad Kermansaravi 
1
,*, Sattar Darabi 
1
, Foolad Eghbali 
1
,  
Abdolreza Paoki 
1
, Mohammadreza Abdolhosseini 
1
, Peyman Alibeigi 
1
 
1
Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, 
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

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11:26 4.07
   NOVEL USE OF BOTULINUM TOXIN A (BTA) INJECTION IN THE  
SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF GIANT INGUINOSCROTAL HERNIAS
Cheryl Chien Li Lau 
1
, Abu Rauff 
1
,
2
, Wy Keat Tay 
1
,*, Wei Keat Cheah 
1
 
1
General Surgery, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, 
2
General Surgery,  
National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
11:35 4.08
   AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY TOWARDS DEFINING TIME CONSTRAINTS  
FOR TEMPORAL ARTERY BIOPSY
M.R. Sait 
1
,*, Mario Lepore 
1
, J. Allington 
1
, R.M. Kwasnicki 
1
, F. Tsang 
1
,  
S. Lisa 
1
, R. Vashisht 
1
, M.M. Barkeji 
1
 
1
West Middlesex University Hospital, London, United Kingdom
10:30 – 11:00
 
5
  IAES WELCOME OPENING REMARKS 
Singapore
Secretary/ 
Treasurer: 
J.L. Pasieka, Canada  
President: 
D.A. Linos, Greece 
followed by
11:00 – 12:00
 
   IAES FREE PAPERS 
ENDOCRINE SURGERY
Moderators:   B. Miller, USA  
F. Palazzo, UK
11:00 5.01
   SURGERY FOR PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM WITH NORMAL  
NON-SUPPRESSED PARATHYROID HORMONE CAN BE BOTH  
CHALLENGING AND SUCCESSFUL
Lauren E. Orr 
1
,*, Travis J. McKenzie 
1
, Geoffrey B. Thompson 
1
, David R. Farley 
1
,  
Melanie L. Richards 
1
 
1
Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States
11:15 5.02
   PARATHYROIDECTOMY VERSUS MEDICAL MANAGEMENT FOR  
SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM IN END-STAGE RENAL  
DISEASE: A PROPENSITY MATCHED ANALYSIS
Ezra Y. Koh 
1
, Willemijn Y. van der Plas 
2
, Roderick R. Dulfer 
3
, Schelto Kruijff 
2
,  
Liffert Vogt 
1
, Tessa van Ginhoven 
3
, Els J.M. Nieveen van Dijkum 
1
, 
Anton F. Engelsman 
1
,* and The Dutch Hyperparathyroidism Study Group 
1
Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, 
2
University Medical Center Groningen,  
Groningen, 
3
Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

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11:30 5.03 
THE ROLE OF HYPOXIA IN THYROID CANCER PROGRESSION
Kamilla Mahkamova 
1
,*, Nani Latar 
1
, Sebastian Aspinall 
2
, Annette Meeson 
1
 
1
Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle, 
2
Northumbria NHS 
Foundation Trust, Endocrine Surgery, North Shields, United Kingdom
11:45 5.04 
 RECOMBINANT PARATHYROID HORMONE VERSUS USUAL CARE:  
DO THE OUTCOMES JUSTIFY THE COST?
Kathryn H Chomsky-Higgins 
1
,
2
, Holly Rochefort 
1
, Carolyn D. Seib 
1
,  
Jessica Gosnell 
1
, Wen T. Shen 
1
, Quan-Yang Duh 
1
,*, Insoo Suh 
1
 
1
Endocrine Surgery, University of California, San Francisco,  
2
General Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, East Bay General Surgery, 
Oakland, United States
10:30-12:00
 
6
   ISDS FREE PAPERS 
Osaka/Samarkand 
ISDS ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS
Moderators:   L. Ferri, USA  
T. Tajiri, Japan
10:30 6.01 
 DOES LOCATION AFFECT PROGNOSIS OF SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA  
OF THE DISTAL ALIMENTARY TRACT? 
Paolo Goffredo 
1
,*, Timothy Robinson 
2
, Aaron Scott 
1
, Sajida Ahad 
1
, Imran Hassan 
1
 
1
Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 
2
Radiation Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, 
Tampa, FL, United States
10:39 6.02 
 AMBULATORY MANAGEMENT OF HEMORROIDS GRADE III/IV  
WITH ENDOLUMINAL LASER ABLATION GUIDED WITH US-DOPPLER
Carlos Emparan 
1
,*, Alicia Martinez Magaña 
1
, Sara Mazo 
1
 
1
Laser and Laparoscopic Surgery, InnovaSurgery, Hospital Los Manzanos,  
Lardero, Spain
10:48 6.03
   EFFECT OF METRONIDAZOLE ON POST-OPERATIVE PAIN FOLLOWING  
HAEMORRHOIDECTOMY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
Weisi Xia 
1
,*, James P.R. Manning 
1
, Ahmed Waleed Habib Barazanchi 
1
, Andrew 
Graham Hill 
1
 
1
Department of Surgery, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
10:57 
6.04  
CONVERSION FROM SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY TO RESECTIONAL  
GASTRIC BYPASS DUE TO SEVERE EROSIVE ESOPHAGITIS
Italo Braghetto 
1
,*, Owen Korn 
1
, Héctor Valladares 
1
 
1
Surgery, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

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11:06 6.05
   THE IMPACT OF PREOPERATIVE INVESTIGATIONS ON THE MANAGEMENT  
OF BARIATRIC PATIENTS; RESULTS OF A COHORT OF MORE THAN 1100 CASES
Romano Schneider 
1
, Ioannis Lazaridis 
1
,*, Marko Kraljevic 
1
, Christoph Beglinger 
2
, 
Bettina Wölnerhanssen 
2
, Ralph Peterli 
1
 
1
Department of Surgery, 
2
Clinical Trial Unit, St. Claraspital AG, Basel, Switzerland
11:15 6.06
  PREDICTIVE FACTORS FOR EARLY READMISSION IN BARIATRIC SURGERY
F. Borja DeLacy 
1
,*, Ricard Corcelles 
1
, Sofía Espinoza 
1
, Berta Esteve 
1
,  
Antonio M. Lacy 
1
 
1
Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
11:24 6.07
   SUCTION CALIBRATION SYSTEM USE IN SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY:  
FEASIBILITY, SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES, AND COST ANALYSIS
Matthew Dong 
1
, Daniela Guevara 
1
, Subhash Kini
 1
, Eric Edwards 
1
, Daniel Herron 
1
, 
Gustavo Fernandez-Ranvier 
1
,* 
1
General Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
11:33 6.08 
 LAPAROSCOPIC ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS IS ASSOCIATED WITH  
FAVOURABLE LONG-TERM METABOLIC OUTCOMES WHEN COMPARED  
TO SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY IN MORBIDLY OBESE PATIENTS – A SYSTEMATIC 
REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS
Christelle Hayoz 
1
,*, Thierry Hermann 
1
, Alain Brönnimann 
2
, Carel  W. le Roux 
3
,  
Ralph Peterli 
4
, Markus Zuber 
1
, Marco Bueter 
5 
1
Department of Surgery, 
2
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Cantonal 
Hospital Olten, Olten, Switzerland, 
3
Diabetes Complications Research Center, Conway 
Institute, University College, Dublin, Ireland, 
4
Department of Surgery, St. Claraspital, 
Basel, 
5
Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, 
Zurich, Switzerland
11:42 6.09
   COLUMNAR METAPLASIA AND DYSPLASIA ARISING IN GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL 
REFLUX SURGICAL MODELS IN C57BL/6 MOUSE 
Sachiyo Nomura 
1
,*, Fabio Terabe 
1
, Susumu Aikou 
1
, Junko Aida 
2
,  
Michio Kaminishi 
3
, Kaiyo Takubo 
2
, Yasuyuki Seto 
1
 
1
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The University of Tokyo, 
2
Research Team  
for Geriatric Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, 
3
Surgery,  
Showa General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

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11:51 6.10
   HYPOXIA DRIVEN HIF 2A COORDINATES MOUSE LIVER REGENERATION BY 
COUPLING PARENCHYMAL GROWTH TO VASCULAR EXPANSION 
Philipp Kron 
1
,*, M. Linecker 
1
, P. Limani 
1
, A. Schlegel 
1
, P. Kambakamba 
1
,  
J.-M. Lehn 
2
, C. Nicolau 
3
, R. Graf 
1
, B. Humar 
1
, Pierre-Alain Clavien 
1
 
1
Department of Surgery and Transplantation, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich,  
Switzerland, 
2
Institut de Science et d’Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS),  
Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, 
3
Friedman School of Nutrition Science 
and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, United States
10:30 – 12:00
 
7
   BSI MAIN SESSION 
Sydney
 
EARLY BREAST CANCER
Moderator:  K. Sandelin, Sweden
10:30
 
  INTRODUCTION BY THE MODERATOR
10:33
 
  DOES THE SIZE OF THE MARGIN MATTER?
M. Morrow, USA
10:57
 
  STANDARDIZATION OF ONCOPLASTIC BREAST CONSERVING SURGERY
W. Weber, Switzerland
11:21
 
  SCREENDETECTED DCIS: TO TREAT OR NOT TO TREAT?
M. Hartman, Singapore
11:45
 
 DISCUSSION
10:30-12:00
 
8
   IATSIC MAIN SESSION 
Boston 1–3
 
WHEN TIME MATTERS.... AND YOU DEPEND ON  
YOUR TEAM
Moderators:   M. Joshipura, India 
C. Heim, Switzerland 
M. Jakob, Switzerland
10:30
 
  INTRODUCTION BY THE MODERATORS
10:33
 
  COMPETING PRIORITIES: HOW TO DEAL WITH MULTI CAVITY INJURIES
M.S. Moeng, South Africa 
10:48
 
  DAMAGE CONTROL IN THE NON-TRAUMA PATIENT
R. Coimbra, USA 

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11:03
 
   THE DIFFICULT AIRWAY BECOMING IMPOSSIBLE:  
CALL FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
P. Schoettker, Switzerland 
11:18
 
   THE EXSANGUINATING PATIENT WITH PELVIC INJURY:  
ANYTHING NEW?
Z. Balogh, Australia 
11:33
 
  DELIVERING EXCELLENCE IN EMERGENCY SURGERY WILL SAVE LIVES
J. Tilsed, UK 
11:48
 
 DISCUSSION
10:30 – 12:00
 
9
   ASAP MAIN SESSION 
Shanghai 2–3
 
 THE CENTRAL ROLE OF SURGICAL CARE  
IN ADDRESSING NCDS
Moderators:   S.W. Bickler, USA 
R. Kauffmann, USA
10:30
 
  INTRODUCTION BY THE MODERATORS
10:33
 
  THE EVOLVING EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NCDS
S.W. Bickler, USA
10:45
 
  GLOBAL CANCER SURGERY: KNOWN GAPS, NEEDED ACTIONS
A. IIbawi, USA 
10:57
 
  VASCULAR INTERVENTIONS FOR DIABETIC FOOT SALVAGE
K. Rai, India
11:09
 
  NEUROSURGERY AND THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF STROKE
W. Johnson, Switzerland 
11:21
 
  TRAUMA: PREVENTION, PREPARATION AND COORDINATION
K. Kaups, USA
11:33