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2008 PROGRAM SCHEDULE
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SUNDAY,
MAY 4, 2008
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| 1:00 pm |
OPENING REMARKS
Kamal MF Itani, MD, Roxbury, MA
AVAS President |
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GREETINGS AND WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
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SCIENTIFIC
SESSION I
(1:30 pm—4:45 pm)
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| 1:30 pm |
#1 |
NITRIC OXIDE IS INEFFECTIVE
AT INHIBITING NEOINTIMAL HYPERPLASIA IN TYPE I DIABETES
*Varu VN, Ahanchi SS, Martinez J, Keefer LK, Kibbe MR
Northwestern University, Division of Vascular Surgery; The University of
Illinois Medical Center, Dept of Surgery; and the National Cancer Institute
at Federick, Chicago, IL |
| 1:45 pm |
#2 |
SEX AND HORMONES -
NOVEL FACTORS FOUND TO INFLUENCE NITRIC OXIDE AND VASCULAR
SMOOTH MUSCLE PROLIFERATION
*Hogg ME, Jiang Q, Kibbe MR
Northwestern University, Division of Vascular Surgery, Chicago, IL |
| 2:00 pm |
#3 |
CIRCULATING INFLAMMATORY
CELLS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH VEIN GRAFT STENOSIS
Sobel M, Murray-Wijelath J, Yagi M, Kohler T,
Hatsukami T, O’Keefe G, Clowes A, Pedersen K
VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle WA |
| 2:15 pm |
#4 |
UTILITY AND ACCURACY
OF DUPLEX ULTRASOUND IN ASSESSING IN-STENT RESTENOSIS AFTER
CAROTID STENTING
*Cumbie T, Rosero EB, Modrall JG, Valentine RJ, Clagett GP, Timaran
CH
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/Dallas Veterans Affairs
Medical Center, Dallas, TX |
| 2:30 pm |
#5 |
THE EXTENT OF LOWER
EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE DISEASE PREDICTS SHORT AND LONG TERM
PATENCY FOLLOWING ENDOVASCULAR INFRAINGUINAL ARTERIAL INTERVENTION
*Hasanadka R, Brown KR, Rilling WS, Rossi PJ, Hieb RA, Hohenwalter
EJ, Seabrook GR, Lewis BD, Towne JB
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
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BREAK/VISIT EXHIBITS |
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#6 |
SUBINTIMAL ANGIOPLASTY
IN THE TREATMENT OF LONG SEGMENT OCCLUSION OF THE SUPERFICIAL
FEMORAL ARTERY, SAFETY AND EARLY RESULTS
Kougias P, Rawat A, El Sayed HF, Huynh TT, Lin
PH
Baylor College of Medicine, MEDVAMC, Houston, TX |
| 3:30 pm |
#7 |
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
STAGED LOWER EXTREMITY ARTERIAL HYBRID PROCEDURES
Ebaugh JL, Gagnon D, Owens CD, Conte MS, Raffetto
JD
Boston VA Healthcare System, West Roxbury, MA |
| 3:45 pm |
#8
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CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT
OF LOWER EXTREMITY WOUNDS IN PATIENTS WITH PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL
DISEASE: AN INTEGRATED LIMB PRESERVATION TEAM EXPERIENCE
Teruya TH, Bianchi V, Michelotti M, Mills B,
Bishop V, Potter S, Robles A
Loma Linda VA Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA |
| 4:00 pm |
#9 |
HOW OPTIMAL IS THE
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WHO UNDERGO MAJOR RECONSTRUCTIVE
VASCULAR SURGERY? THE RESULTS OF A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
*Marshal C, El Sayed HF, Huynh TT, Lin PH, Kougias P
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
| 4:15 pm |
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PORT-A-CATH PLACEMENT
WITHOUT FLUOROSCOPY IN 790 PATIENTS
*Monohan D, Spector SA, LoMenzo E, DeGennaro V, Iglesias A
Miami VA Healthcare System and the University of Miami, FL |
| 4:30 pm |
#11 |
EMERGENT EMBOLIZATION
OF THE GASTRODUODENAL ARTERY IN THE TREATMENT OF UPPER
GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING. THE EXPERIENCE FROM A SURGEON-INITIATED
INTERVENTIONAL PROGRAM
*Burris J, El Sayed HF, Huynh TT, Lin PH, Kougias P
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
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RAPID
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS I
(4:45 PM – 5:45 PM)
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| Moderators: Robert Rege, MD and Mary
Hawn, MD, MPH |
| R1 |
ARE SURGICAL
NO SHOWS THE SAME AS NO SHOWS IN OTHER CLINICS?
McLean TR, Haller CC, McLean AB; Arevalo, J
Hoins S
VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System –Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical
Center, Leavenworth Kansas; and Third Millennium Consultants LLC, Shawnee,
KS |
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SURGERY
CLINIC: TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS
McLean TR, Haller CC, Burton L, McLean AB, Arevalo
J
VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System–Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical
Center, Leavenworth Kansas; and Third Millennium Consultants LLC, Shawnee,
KS |
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COMPARISON
OF OUTCOMES OF AV FISTULAS AND GRAFTS AT A SINGLE VA MEDICAL
CENTER
Snyder D, Stringer A, Clericuzio C, May W
G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VAMC and the University of Mississippi School of
Medicine |
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HOW DOES PATIENT
SAFETY CULTURE COMPARE IN THE OPERATING ROOM AND POST
ANESTHESIA CARE UNIT TO THE REST OF THE HOSPITAL?
*Kaafarani HMA, Itani KMF, Rosen AK, Hartmann CW, Zhao S, Gaba
DM
Boston VA Healthcare System, Boston, MA
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INCREASED
COSTS OF USING EXTENDED CRITERIA CADAVERIC DONORS
Reese JC, Nelson PW, *Hsu J, Schmidt RC
Kansas City VAMC, Midwest Transplant Network, St. Lukes Hospital |
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PREDICTORS
OF LENGTH OF STAY FOLLOWING COLONIC RESECTION IN A VA POPULATION
*Leung AM, Gibbons RL, Vu HN
Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia, Stuart McGuire
VA Hospital, Richmond, VA |
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OVER
150 CONSECUTIVE OPEN UMBILICAL HERNIA REPAIRS IN A MAJOR
VA MEDICAL CENTER
Farrow B, Awad S, Berger D, Bellows C
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Houston, TX |
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DOES
THE DURATION OF SURGERY AFFECT OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING
CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING?
Chu D, Bakaeen FG, Wang XL, LeMaire SA, Coselli
JS, Huh J
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Texas Heart Institute
at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston,
TX |
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OUTCOMES
OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS IN THE ELDERLY
Subramanian A, Elhabash SI, van Doorn EC, Awad
SS
Michael E. DeBakey VAMC, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX |
| R10 |
A RETROSPECTIVE
REVIEW OF MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY AFTER CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY
CONSIDERING ANESTHESIA MODALITY
*Matthews TC, Patterson MA, Taylor SM, Passman MA, Lin HY, Gleysteen
JJ, Jordan WD
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL |
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THE KOLB
LEARNING CYCLE IN ABSITE REMEDIATION: THE ACES COURSE
Kosir MA, Fuller L, Tyburski J, Berant L
Wayne State University, VAMC, Detroit, MI |
| R12 |
BATCH
PROCESSING INCREASES OPERATING ROOM EFFICIENCY
Green DM
Micheal E DeBakey VAMC, Houston, TX |
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WELCOME
RECEPTION
UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER - T.
BOONE PICKENS BIOMEDICAL BUILDING
6:30
pm Bus Pickup (Lobby)
6:45—9:30 pm Reception
Sponsored
by the Department of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center
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MONDAY,
MAY 5, 2008
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SCIENTIFIC
SESSION II
(8:00 am—9:30 am)
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| Moderators: Naji N. Abumrad, MD and
Marc Basson, MD, PhD |
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| 8:00 am |
#12 |
ALTERATION OF ALPHA-SPECTRIN
UBIQUITINATION FOLLOWING HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
*Caprio K*+, Condon MR*+, Xu D+, Feketeova E*, Deitch EA+, Machiedo
GW*+
*Surgical Services VA New Jersey Healthcare System, E. Orange, NJ and +Department
of Surgery, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ |
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#13 |
LOW TRYPTOPHAN LEVELS
ARE RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF POST-OPERATIVE DELIRIUM
IN THE ELDERLY
Robinson T, Raeburn C, Angles E, Tran Z, Moss
M
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO |
| 8:30 am |
#14 |
BILE-PANCREATIC DUCT
LIGATION IN MICE IS ASSOCIATED WITH STRESS KINASE ACTIVATION
AND ACUTE INFLAMMATORY CHANGES IN BOTH THE PANCREAS AND
LUNG
Meyerholz DK, Williard DE, Grittmann AM, Samuel I
University of Iowa and Iowa City VAMC, Iowa City, IA |
| 8:45 am |
#15 |
SUPRAPHYSIOLOGIC EXTRACELLULAR
PRESSURE INHIBITS INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL WOUND HEALING INDEPENDENTLY
OF LUMINAL NUTRIENT FLOW
*Flanigan TL, Owen CR, Gayer C, Basson MD
John D. Dingell VAMC and Wayne State University, Detroit, MI |
| 9:00 am |
#16 |
INCREASED INVASION
THROUGH BASEMENT MEMBRANE BY CXCL7-TRANSFECTED BREAST CELLS
Tang Z, Yu M, Miller F, Berk RS, Tromp G, Kosir
MA
VAMC, Wayne State University, and Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI |
| 9:15 am |
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EFFECTS OF DIESEL
EXHAUST CHEMICALS ON WOUND HEALING IN A DIABETIC MOUSE
MODEL
*McCray V1, Tyner TR12, Kane S1, 2, Vu K2, Toribio A2, Yamaguchi
K3, Ishimoto M4, Sian K1,2, Yamaguchi KT1, 2
1UC San Francisco – Fresno, VA Central California HCS, 2California
State Univ Fresno, 3Univ Southern Ca, 4UC Berkeley, CA |
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BREAK/VISIT EXHIBITS
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SCIENTIFIC
SESSION III
(10:00 am—12:00 pm)
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*Denotes resident
presenter
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| 10:00 am |
#18 |
MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS
WITH CONCOMITANT LUNG CANCER AND ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM
*Blochle R, Lall P, Cherr GS, Harris LM, Dryjski ML, Hsu HK, Dosluoglu
HH
VA Western NY Healthcare System, Buffalo, NY |
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THORACIC ENDOGRAFTS
FOR CHRONIC TYPE B AORTIC DISSECTIONS
Kasirajan K, Salam A
Atlanta VAMC, Atlanta, GA |
| 10:30 am |
#20 |
MINIMALLY INVASIVE
MITRAL VALVE SURGERY WITHOUT AORTIC CROSS CLAMP: THE NASHVILLE
VETERANS AFFAIRS EXPERIENCE
*Carey CD, Absi TS, Balaguer JM, Leacche M, Rottman JN, Salloum
JG, Ahmad RM, Ball SK, Hoff SJ, Kim BS, Greelish JP, Tarpley JL, Nylander
WA, Byrne JG, Petracek MR
Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville Campus (Vanderbilt), TN |
| 10:45 am |
#21 |
INITIAL EXPERIENCE
WITH STERNAL PLATING IN CARDIAC SURGERY PATIENTS
*Snyder CW, Byers RE, Holman WL
Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL |
| 11:00 am |
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FEASIBLE AND PRACTICAL
THORACOSCOPIC LOBECTOMY IN THE VA HOSPITAL
*Tang D, Pickens A
VA Ann Arbor Health Care Systems, Ann Arbor, MI |
| 11:15 am |
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ELECTIVE
SURGICAL CASE CANCELLATION IN THE VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
SYSTEM: RATES AND REASONS
*Argo JL1, Vick CC1, Itani KM2, Bishop MJ3, Hawn, MT1
1Birmingham VA Medical Center, 2Boston VA Health Care System, 3Seattle
VA Medical Center |
| 11:30 am |
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TROPONIN I AFTER CARDIAC
SURGERY IMPACTS COST
*Rousou LJ, Crittenden M, Taylor KB, Healey NA, Gibson S, Thatte
HS, Haime M, Khuri SF
VA Boston Healthcare System, Beth Israel Deconess Medical Center, Brigham
and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
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| 12:00 pm |
 LUNCH
WITH DISTINGUISHED GUEST SPEAKER
"EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS: LESSONS FROM KATRINA"
Bernard M. Jaffe, MD
Professor of Surgery
Tulane University School of Medicine
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SCIENTIFIC
SESSION IV
(2:00 pm—3:00 pm)
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| Moderators: Fiemu Nwariaku, MD and
William Cheadle, MD |
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#25 |
GLIBENCLAMIDE REDUCES HEMORRHAGE AND LESION VOLUME
IN A RAT MODEL OF CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY EVALUATED BY
MRI
*Caridi J1, Tsymbalyuk O1, Gullapalli R2, Kilbourne MJ6, Bochicchio
G3, Pierson RN3, Gerzanich V1, Simard JM1,4,5
Departments of 1Neurosurgery, 2Radiology, 3Surgery, 4Physiology and 5Pathology,
University of Maryland, Baltimore MD, and Department of 6Surgery, Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington DC |
| 2:15 pm |
#26 |
INOSITAL HEXAPHOSPHATE (IP6): A NOVEL TREATMENT FOR
BLADDER CANCER
Zaslau S, Riggs DR, Jackson B, Kandzari SJ
Section of Urology/Dept of Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown,
WV |
| 2:30 pm |
#27 |
PROPOFOL INHIBITS PRESSURE-STIMULATED MACROPHAGE
PHAGOCYTOSIS VIA THE GABA-A RECEPTOR AND DYSREGULATION OF
P130CAS PHOSPHORYLATION
Shiratsuchi H, Kouatli Y, Marsh HM, Basson MD
John D. Dingell VA Medical Center and Wayne State University, Detroit,
MI |
| 2:45 pm |
#28 |
WHAT IS THE BEST SUTURE
MATERIAL FOR THE ABDOMINAL WOUND CLOSURE—POLYGLYCONATE
OR POLYPROPYLENE?
Hirai D
Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA |
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BREAK/VISIT EXHIBITS |
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SCIENTIFIC
SESSION V
(3:30 pm—5:15 pm)
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| Moderator: Walter Longo, MD |
| 3:30 pm |
#29 |
IMPLEMENTATION OF
A DEDICATED COLORECTAL CANCER CENTER IN A VETERANS’ AFFAIRS
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
*Wilks JA, Liebig C, Haderxhanaj K, Saad M, Berger D, Lee L, Farrow
B, Awad S, Albo D
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX |
| 3:45 pm |
#30 |
THE SUBTLE PRESENTATION OF POST COLECTOMY ANASTOMOTIC
LEAKS
Bellows CF, Webber LS, Albo DA, Awad S, Lee
TH, Berger DH
MEDVAMC, Tulane University School of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine |
| 4:00 pm |
#31 |
ASSESSING RISK FACTORS FOR RECURRENT AND COMPLICATED
DIVERTICULITIS REQUIRING COLECTOMY
Yoo PS, Salamone L, Garg R, Floch M, Rosenthal
R, Longo WE
Department of Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
| 4:15 pm |
#32 |
PREDICTORS OF PERINEAL WOUND BREAKDOWN FOLLOWING
ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION
Rivera P, Lopez J, Al-Saadi S, Rasheid S, Marcet J
Department of Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL |
| 4:30 pm |
#33 |
MORBIDITY OF DELAYED RECTAL CANCER SURGERY FOLLOWING
NEOADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY
Lillard SR, Wu PC, Tatum RP, Lynge DC, Langdale
LA
VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA |
| 4:45 pm |
#34 |
THE IMPACT OF PATIENT BMI ON LYMPH NODE RETRIEVAL
IN COLON CANCER
*Carey CD, Zaydfudim V, Pelton DJ, Tarpley JL, Pearson AS
Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville Campus (Vanderbilt), TN |
| 5:00 pm |
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STOPPING
THE CLOT: PREVENTION OF THROMBOEMBOLIC EVENTS IN SURGICAL
PATIENTS THROUGH THE CREATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN
ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD-BASED RISK ASSESSMENT PROGRAM
*Novis SJ, Ostrowski D, Levin B, Blum-Eisa L, Prystowsky JB, Kibbe
MR
Northwestern University and the Jesse Brown VAMC, Chicago, IL |
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Presidential
Banquet
6:30
pm Reception
7:30 pm Annual Banquet
9:30 pm Presidential Reception
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RAPID
SCIENTIFIC SESSION II
(8:00 am—9:00 am) |
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Moderator:
David H. Berger, MD
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| R13 |
THE ROLE OF BIOLOGIC MESHES IN THE
REPAIR OF COMPLEX CLEAN-CONTAMINATED INCISIONAL HERNIAS
Lo Menzo E, Spector SA, Martinez JM, *Cappellani
A, Iglesias A, DeGennaro V
Department of Veterans Affairs, University of Miami, Miami, FL *University
of Catania, Italy
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A COMBINED PROSTHETIC AND BIOLOGIC MESH
REPAIR FOR VENTRAL HERNIAS WITH LOSS OF DOMAIN
Lo Menzo E, Spector SA, Iglesias A, Martinez
JM, *Cappellani A
Department of Veterans Affairs, University of Miami, Miami, FL, *University
of Catania, Italy |
| R15 |
USE OF BIOLOGIC MESH FOR A COMPLICATED
LAPAROSCOPIC PARACOLOSTOMY HERNIA REPAIR
Lo Menzo E, Martinez JM, Spector SA, Iglesias
A, DeGennaro V, Cappellani A*
Department of Veterans Affairs, University of Miami, Miami, FL, *University
of Catania, Italy |
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PROPHYLAXIS WITH PRECAUTION: DEVELOPMENT
OF HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA FOLLOWING GREAT SAPHENOUS
VEIN RADIOABLATION
Heller JA, Freischlag J
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD |
| R17 |
TRANSARTERIAL CHEMOEMBOLIZATION (TACE)
AS NEOADJUVANT THERAPY FOR PRIMARY HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA.
SAFETY, TECHNICAL ASPECTS, AND PITFALLS
*Cheng C, El Sayed HF, Huynh TT, Lin PH, Albo D, Berger DH, Kougias
P
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
| R18 |
UTILITY OF SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY
IN HIGH-RISK CUTANEOUS SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA
*Avin ID, Wu PC
VA Puget Sound Health Care System/University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
| R19 |
TRANSIENT LIVER INJURY IN A MURINE MODEL
OF CHRONIC KLEBSIELLA PERITONITIS
*Lenz AM, Peyton JC, Gardner SA, Cheadle WG
VAMC Louisville and University of Louisville, Department of Surgery, KY |
| R20 |
REPAIR OF AN ACUTELY EXPANDING INFECTED
SUBCLAVIAN PSEUDOANEURYSM WITH A COVERED STENT
Cash MP, Fleser P, Dattilo JB
Tennessee Valley VA Medical Center, Nashville, TN |
| R21 |
SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY ANEURYSM - A CASE REPORT
Broome JT, Dattilo JB
Tennessee Valley VA Medical Center, Nashville, TN |
| R22 |
INFRARENAL AND ILIAC ARTERY ANEURYSMORRHAPHY
IN THE SETTING OF AN ECTOPIC KIDNEY
Borkon MJ, Dattilo JB
Tennessee Valley VA Medical Center, Nashville, TN |
| R23 |
ASSESSMENT OF THE ADEQUACY OF SURGICAL
RESECTION FOR RECTAL CANCER
Gibbs VC, Saund MS, Wu PC
San Francisco VAMC, Boston VAMC and Seattle VAMC |
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SCIENTIFIC
SESSION VI
(9:00 am—10:30 am)
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#36 |
THE
JULY EFFECT AND CARDIAC SURGERY: EFFECT OF THE BEGINNING
OF THE ACADEMIC CYCLE ON OUTCOMES
Bakaeen FG, Chu Danny, Dhaliwal A, Bozkurt
B, Deswal A, Wang XL, LeMaire SA, Coselli JS, Huh
J
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX |
| 9:15
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#37 |
DOES THE USE OF BILATERAL INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY
IMPACT SURVIVAL OF VETERANS UNDERGOING CORONARY ARTERY
BYPASS SURGERY?
Bakaeen FG, Chu Danny, Dhaliwal A, Wang
XL, Bozkurt B, LeMaire SA, Coselli JS, Huh J
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX
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#38 |
ADVERSE
OUTCOMES IN SURGERY: REDEFINITION OF POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS
Fry DE, Pine M, Jones BL, Meimban RJ
Michael Pine and Associates; Department of Surgery, University of New Mexico;
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Chicago,
IL |
| 9:45
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#39 |
RENAL
TRANSPLANTATION IN ETHNIC MINORITIES
Asolati M, Arenas J, Lu C, Vasquez M, Rajora
N, Hartono J, Desai D, Anthony T
UT Southwestern MC, Dallas TX, Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX |
| 10:00
am |
#40 |
ASSOCIATION
OF VA SURGEONS ANNUAL RESIDENT PAPER AWARD WINNERS: CAREER
PATHS FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
Longo WE, Itani K, Tarpley J, Kozol RA
Yale University, Boston University, Vanderbilt University, University of
Connecticut |
| 10:15
am |
#41 |
AGGRESSIVE
SQUAMOUS CELL CANCER OF THE SKIN: CLINICAL, PATHOLOGIC,
AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL PREDICTORS OF SURVIVAL
Smith A1, Prasad A1,2, Jensen V1, Wendel CS2,
Kapali M2, Raju M1, 2, Schmelz M1, 2, Leyva W1,2,
Krouse RS1, 2
1University of Arizona College of Medicine, 2Southern Arizona Veterans
Affairs Health Care System |
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| 10:30
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BREAK/VISIT
EXHIBITS |
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| 11:00
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BUSINESS
MEETING (MEMBERS ONLY) |
| 12:00
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ADJOURN |
| 12:00
pm |
EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE LUNCH |
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