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±P1.	Extraluminal Helicoidal Stretch (Helixtretch): A Novel Method of Intestinal Lengthening Beatrice Dionigi, MD, Joseph Brazzo III, BS, John Patrick Connors, BS, Azra Ahmed, BS, Jeremy Fisher, MD, David Zurakowski, PhD, Dario O Fauza, MD, PhD Boston Children's Hospital, Department of Surgery, Boston, MA
±P2.	Vascular Surgeons Have Better Outcomes than Non-Vascular Surgeons in Key Index Open Vascular Procedure Moreira, Carla¹; Rybin, Denis²; Doros, Gheorghe²; Kalish, Jeffrey¹; Eslami, Mohammad H¹; Farber, Alik¹ ¹Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA; ²Department of Biostatistics, Boston University, Boston, MA
±P3.	Improvement in Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in Obese Patients following Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Eric G. Sheu, MD¹, Richard Channick, MD², Denise W. Gee, MD² ¹Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
±P4.	The Effects of Cardiac Patch Material on Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Cardioprogenitor Cells Russell Witt, MD¹, Chani Hodonsky, MD², Lakshimi Mundada, MD², Shunyun Wang, MD², Gary Raff, MD³, Sunjay Kaushal, MD⁴, Ming-Sing Si, MD² ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of California at Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, ⁴University Maryland, Baltimore, MD
±P5.	Effect of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on 30-day Morbidity and Mortality Following Resection of Gastric Malignancy Kate Dinh, MD, Venu Bathini, MD, Bradley Switzer, MD, Mary Sullivan, MD, Giles Whalen, MD, Jennifer LaFemina, MD University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
±P6.	Pre-Versus Subpectoral Tissue Expander Placement in Immediate Latissimus Flap Breast Reconstruction A. Samandar Dowlatshahi, MD, Martha Luitje, MD, Robert Quinlan, MD, Mustafa Akyurek, M D Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
±P7.	Rhodiola Crenulata Inhibits the Wnt/?-catenin Signaling in the Treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme Maria Carmen Mora, MD^2,3, Kaitlyn Wong, MD, MPH^2,3, Michael Tirabassi, MD¹, Richard Arenas, MD^2,3,4, Sallie Schneider, PhD^3,4 ¹Baystate Children’s Hospital, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA, ²Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA, ³Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute, Springfield, MA, ⁴University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
±P8.	The Impact of Tumescent Technique on Outcomes of Autologous Breast Reconstruction Christina R Vargas, MD, Pieter G Koolen, MD, Joseph A Ricci, MD, Bernard T Lee, MD Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
±P9.	Perfusion Changes by Hyperspectral Imaging in a Burn Model Oksana Babchenko, BS, Michael Chin, MD, Jorge Lujan, MD, Janice Lalikos, MD University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
±P10.	Surgical Outcomes of Vertebral Resection for Advanced Intrathoracic Malignant Disease Carlos E. Bravo, MD, Gita N. Mody, MD, Katherine Armstrong, MD, Mauricio Perez Martinez, MD, Michael T. Jaklitsch, MD Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
P11.	Risk-stratified Thromboprophylaxis decreases High Incidence of VTE in patients with Long-Gap EA Sigrid Bairdain MD, MPH¹, Daniel P. Kelly MD², David Zurakowski, PhD^1,3, Brenda Dodson PharmD⁴, Kathy M.Harney RN C-PNP⁵, Russell W. Jennings MD¹, and Cameron C. Trenor III MD MMSc⁵ ¹Department of Pediatric Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Departments of Pediatric Surgery & Anesthesia, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Department of Pharmacy, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Division of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
P12.	Significant Weight Loss after Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication Hassan Aliakbarian MD, Eric Sheu Ph.D. MD, Ali Tavakkoli MD (PI)3 Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
P13.	Early Lymphoscintigraphy for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Melanoma Does Not Impact Surgical Outcome Ariana F. Harris¹, Kate Dinh¹, Jennifer LaFemina¹, Giles F. Whalen¹, Mary Sullivan¹, Robert Licho², Thomas Hill², Laura A. Lambert¹ ¹Division of Surgical Oncology, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA, ²Division of Nuclear Medicine, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA
P14.	National Trauma Data Bank Analysis of Pediatric Helmet Use in Ski and Snowboard Injuries Kaitlyn E. Wong, MD, MPH², M. Carmen Mora, MD², Kevin P Moriarty, MD¹, David B. Tashjian, MD¹, Lisa A. Patterson, MD², Ronald I. Gross, MD², Michael V. Tirabassi, MD¹ ¹Baystate Children’s Hospital, Springfield, MA, ²Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA
P15.	Outcome of Abdominal and Colorectal Surgery in Patients with Left Ventricular Assistant Devices Ammar Asban, MD, Maria X Traa, MD, Nelya Melnitchouk, MD Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
P16.	One Year Experience of Characterization of Genetic Risk in a High-Risk Pancreatic Clinic Kendra Flores, MD¹, Kate Dinh, MD², Erin Rouleau, MD¹, Wahid Wassef, MD³, Jennifer LaFemina, MD² ¹University of Massachusetts; Division of Genetics; Department of Pediatrics; Worcester, MA, ²University of Massachusetts; Division of Gastroenterology; Department of Medicine; Worcester, MA, ³University of Massachusetts; Division of Surgical Oncology; Department of Surgery; Worcester, MA
P17.	WITHDRAWN
P18.	Ketogenic Diet Prevents Hypoglycemia Due to Endotoxin Sepsis Prathima Nandivada, MD¹, Melissa I. Chang, MD¹, MEng, Sarah J. Carlson, MD, MSc¹, Amy H. Pan, BS¹, Pei-Ra Ling, MD², Bruce R Bistrian, MD, PhD², Mark Puder, MD, PhD¹ ¹Vascular Biology Program and Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
P19.	Limb Reconstruction with Grafts Derived from Decellularized Bone in a Growing Leporine Model Elliot C Pennington, MD, Beatrice Dionigi, MD, Fabienne L Gray, MD, Azra Ahmed, BS, Joseph Brazzo III, BS, Andrey Dolinko, BS, Nathan Calderon, BS,Thomas Darrah, PhD, David Zurakowski, PhD, Ara Nazarian, PhD, Brian Snyder, MD, PhD, Dario O Fauza, MD, PhD Department of Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts
P20.	Deficiency of the Immunostimulatory Cytokine IL-21 Promotes Intestinal Neoplasia Mia Shapiro, MD^1,2, Bisweswar Nandi, MD^1,2, Rao H. Prabhala, MD^1,2,4, Gabriel Gonzalez, MD¹, Qin Huang, MD^1,2,3, Natasha Y. Frank, MD^1,3, Nikhil C. Munshi, MD^1,2,3,4, Jason S. Gold, MD^1,2,3 1VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 2 Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 3Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 4 Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
P21.	Predictors of Intraoperative Adverse Events in General Surgery Michael N. Mavros, MD^1,2, Elie P. Ramly, MD¹, George C. Velmahos, MD, PhD¹, Andreas Larentzakis, MD^1,3, D. Dante Yeh, MD¹, Peter Fagenholz, MD¹, Marc DeMoya, MD¹, David R. King, MD¹, Jarone Lee, MD, MPH¹, Haytham M.A. Kaafarani, MD, MPH¹ ¹Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Department of Surgery, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, ³Department of Surgery, University of Manchester, UK
P22.	Adhesiolysis-related Morbidity in Abdominal Surgery Michael N. Mavros, MD^1,2, Elie Ramly, MD¹, George C. Velmahos, MD, PhD¹, Jarone Lee, MD, MPH¹, Haytham M.A. Kaafarani, MD, MPH¹ ¹Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Department of Surgery, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
P23.	Patient Preferences in Access to Post-Mastectomy Breast Reconstruction Christina R Vargas¹, Oren Ganor¹, Maria Semnack¹, Bernard T Lee¹ ¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
P24.	Variation in the management of splenic injuries among children's hospitals Chinwendu Onwubiko, MD, Michelle Osbourne, MPH, David Mooney, MD, MPH Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
P25.	Multivisceral Transplantation for Abdominal Malignancy: A Single Center Experience Eliza Lee, MD, Kristina Potanos, MD, Nora Fullington, MD, Ryan Cauley, MD, Nicole Hodgkinson, MD, Gulcin Demirci, MD, PhD Khashayar Vakili, MD, Heung Bae Kim, MD Surgery Pediatric Transplant Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
P26.	Neuropilin-1 (NRP1) and its role in effector and regulatory CD4 T cell populations E. J. Lee, MD¹, H. Nakayama, Ph.D.¹, D. M. Briscoe, MD², H. B. Kim, MD¹, G. Demirci, MD, PhD ¹Department of Surgery and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Nephrology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
P27.	Morphology of Displaced Blunt Rib Fractures Predicts Thoracic Co-Injuries Nikolay Bugaev, MD¹, Janis Breeze, MPH², Majid Alhazmi, MD³, Hassan Najm, MD⁴, Sandra Strack Arabian, CSTR⁵, Reuven Rabinovici, MD⁶ ¹Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Tufts University, Boston, MA, ³Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁴Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁵Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁶Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
P28.	Sorafenib Suppresses Translation in Desmoid Tumors via Inhibition of mTOR Signaling Laura M. Rosenberg, MD¹, Charles H. Yoon, MD, PhD², Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD², Nancy L. Cho, MD² ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
P29.	Effects of Bariatric Surgery on health and well-being of children of bariatric patients Amila Husic, MD¹, Ryan Lussenden², MD, Laura Doyon, MD³, David Brams, MD³, Dmitry Nepomanyshy, MD³ ¹Mayo Clinic, Phoenix AZ, ²Westside Regional Medical Center, Sunrise, FL, ³Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA
P30.	Eradication of Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas Biofilm from Prolene Mesh with Pulsed Electric Fields Saiqa Khan, MD¹, Daniela Vecchio, MD², Gaddi Blumrosen, MD³, Alexander Golberg, MD⁴, Harry Salinas, MD¹, Michael McCormack, MD¹, Martin Yarmush, MD⁴, Michael R. Hamblin, MD², William G. Austen, Jr., MD¹ ¹Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Center for Engineering in Medicine, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Shriners Burns Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Department of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁴Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
P31.	NOTES Transgastric Ventral Hernia Repair in a Porcine Survival Model Maria Carmen Mora MD¹, Rebecca Kowalski MD¹, David J. Desilets MD², John R Romanelli MD¹, David B. Earle MD¹ ¹Baystate Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA, ²Baystate Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA
P32.	Assessing Benefit of lung Cancer Screening CT Beyond NLST Criteria Carlos E. Bravo, MD, Katherine W. Armstrong, MD, Michael T. Jaklitsch, MD, Francine L. Jacobson, MD Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
P33.	Flap Coverage after Abdominoperineal Excision for Rectal Adenocarcinoma May Not Decrease Wound Dehis Alexander T. Hawkins MD, MPH, David L. Berger MD, Paul C. Shellito MD, Patrica Sylla MD, Matthew M. Hutter MD, MPH, Liliana Bordeianou MD, MPH Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Surgery, Boston, MA

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