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D1.
A 3D-Printed Portable Sterilizer to Be Used During Surgical Procedures in Spaceflight
Erika Kovalski, BS1, Linda Salazar, MD2, Dana Levin, MD3,4, Tovy Haber Kamine, MD2
1Baystate Medical Center Department of Anesthesia, Springfield, MA, 2Baystate Medical Center Department of Surgery, Springfield, MA, 3Baylor University Department of Emergency Medicine, DAllas, TX, 4Weill Cornell Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine, New York, NY
D2.
Bronchoscopic Localization of Tracheo-Esophageal Fistula in Newborns with Esophageal Atresia: Intubate Above or Below the Fistula?
Donna C. Koo, MD, P. Nina Scalise, MD, Shawn Izadi, MD, Megan Z. Chiu, MD, Ali Kamran, MD, Somala Mohammed, MD, Benjamin Zendejas, MD, Farokh R. Demehri, MD
Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
D3.
Optimizing Efficacy of Vacuum Bell Therapy for Pectus Excavatum: Compliance is Key
Donna C. Koo, MD, P. Nina Scalise, MD, Erik Banda, BS, Gheed Murtadi, MPA, Megan Z. Chiu MD, Steven J. Staffa MS, Kelly Barkus MSN, John Gironda PA, Samantha Pillen BSN, Konstantinos A. Papadakis MD, Craig W. Lillehei MD, David P. Mooney, MD, MPH, Farokh R. Demehri, MD
Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
D4.
Analyzing Material Language Congruence and Bariatric Surgery Outcomes
Avery Pullman, Darya Herscovici, Richard Perugini
University Of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
D5.
Predictors of mortality in very low birth weight neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Emily Nes, MD1, Priyanka V. Chugh, MD, MS1, Gregory Keefe, MD1, Katherine Culbreath, MD1, Kate A. Morrow, MS2, Danielle E. Y. Ehret, MD, MPH2,3, Roger F. Soll, MD2,3, Jeffrey D. Horbar, MD2,3, Matthew T. Harting, MD, MS4, Kevin P. Lally, MD, MS4, Biren P. Modi, MD, MPH1, Tom Jaksic, MD, PhD1, Erika M. Edwards, PhD, MPH2,5
1Boston Children's Hospital, Department of Surgery, Boston, MA, 2Vermont Oxford Network, Burlington, VT, 3University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine and University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, 4McGovern Medical School at UTHealth and Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital Houston, TX, 5Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Study Group 5University of Vermont, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Burlington, VT
D6.
Continuous Biomarker Measurements Aid in the Detection of Acute Peripheral Compartment Syndrome in a Porcine Model
Daniah ALNafisee, Hiroshi Fujimaki, Jenna Lambert, Jaeyoung Lee, Katharine P. Playter, Mitchell Kennedy, Aviv Liani, Giorgio Giatsidis
University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA
D7.
An Orange A Day Keeps the Rehab Away: Severe Vitamin C Deficiency in Bowel Perforation Patients
Justine Cheng, MD1, Margaret Siu, MD1, Nikita Ramanathan, MD, MM1, Edward Kelly, MD, FACS2, Reginald Alouidor, MD, FACS2, Yamuna Carey, MD2, Kristina Z. Kramer, MD2, Tovy H. Kamine, MD, FACS2,3
1Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School -Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, 2Division of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School - Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, 3Department of Healthcare Policy and Population Science, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
D8.
Expert Laparoscopist Performance on Virtual Reality Simulation Tasks with and without Haptic Features
Margaret Siu, MD, Kaitlin Debbink, MD, Amanda Duda, BS, George Orthopoulos, MD, John Romanelli, MD, Jacqueline Wu, MD, and Neal E. Seymour MD
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School-Baystate, Department of Surgery Baystate Health, Springfield, MA
D9.
Patient Satisfaction and Attendance with Virtual Care in a Multidisciplinary Bariatric Program
Lindsay Miamen1 , Vasundhara Mathur2, Meg Ariagno1, Amanda Lavasseur1, Catherine Page1, Ema Barbosa Brown1, Yali Lu1, Paul Davidson1, Scott Shikora1, Eric Sheu1,2
1Bariatric Program, General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Laboratory of Surgical and Metabolic Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
D10.
An extended Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (eFAST) examination curriculum utilizing abnormal pathology ultrasound simulator and normal anatomy human model
Deanna Plewa, DO, Caroline Ricard, MD, Charlotte LeBlang, MD, Tasneem Zaihra Rizvi, PhD, Zhibang Lin, MS, Dmitry Nepomnayshy, MD, MSc, Eric Mahoney, MD
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA
D11.
Alternating Hands versus Alternating Loops: Is one method better for laparoscopic knot security?
Deanna Plewa, DO, Caroline Ricard, DO, Zhibang Lin, MS, Tasneem Zaihra Rizvi, PhD, Dmitry Nepomnayshy, MD, MSc
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington MA
D12.
Outcomes after percutaneous cholecystectomy tube placement
Racquel Gaetani, MD, Justin Greco, MD, Alexander Xu, MD, MS, Susan Jacob, MD, Chaitan Narsule, MD, Eric Benoit, MD, Bedabrata Sarkar, MD
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington MA
D13.
The Impact of Race and Ethnicity in Outpatient Breast Reconstruction Decision-Making and Post-Operative Outcomes: A Propensity Score-Matched NSQIP Analysis
Maria J. Escobar-Domingo, MD, Valeria P. Bustos, MD, MSc, Erin Kim, BA, Jose Foppiani, MD, Dominick Falcon, BS, Samuel J. Lin, MD, MBA, Bernard T. Lee, MD, MBA, MPH
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
D14.
Solid Pseudopapillary Tumor of the Pancreas: Is enucleation ever safe?
Oscar Salirrosas, MD1, Eduardo A. Vega, MD1, Elena Panettieri, MD1,2, Hamed Harandi, MD1, Olga Kozyreva, MD1, Shree Ganta, MD4, Richard Freeman MD1, Claudius Conrad MD, PhD1
1Department of Surgery, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 2Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, 3Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 4Department of Medicine, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
D15.
The Impact of Metabolic Syndrome in Breast Reconstruction Decision-Making and Post-Operative Outcomes: A Nationwide Analysis
Maria J. Escobar-Domingo, MD, Valeria P. Bustos, MD, MSc, MPH, Erin Kim, BA, Jose Foppiani, MD, James E. Fanning, BS, Samuel J. Lin, MD, MBA, Bernard T. Lee, MD, MBA, MPH
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
D16.
National Disparities in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Hepatic Tumors
Oscar Salirrosas, MD1, Eduardo A. Vega, MD1, Emeka P. Agudile, MD2,3, Elena Panettieri, MD1,4, Hamed Harandi, MD1, Olga Kozyreva, MD5, Shree Ganta, MD6, Claudius Conrad, MD, PhD1
1Department of Surgery, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 2Department of Medicine, Steward Carney Hospital, Dorchester, MA, 3Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 4Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, 5Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 6Department of Medicine, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
D17.
Longitudinal Trends in Specialization of Care at Ambulatory Surgical Centers
Sarah A. Brownlee, MD, MS1, Ava F. Bryan, MD2, Thomas C. Tsai, MD, MPH2,3
1Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Center for Surgery and Public Health, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 3Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
D18.
Moving towards point of care surgery in Ukraine: testing an ultra-portable operating room in a large animal injury model in an active war zone
Emanuele Lagazzi, MD1,2, Debbie L. Teodorescu, MD, MA Meng3,4, Dias Argandykov, MD1, Michael A. Samotowka, MD5, David R. King, MD, FACS1
1Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery & Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Department of Surgery, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, MI, Italy, 3SurgiBox Inc., Cambridge, MA, 4Department of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, 5Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery, Novant Hospital, Charlotte, NC, USA
D19.
"? Abdominal Compartment Syndrome": Review of Consults to General Surgery for Suspected Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
Alex Richard, BS, Adam Skura, BS, Richard Perugini, MD, FACS, James Carroll, Jr., MD, FACS
Department of Surgery, UMass Chan Medical School, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester MA
D20.
Measuring the Impact of Vacuum Bell Therapy on Pectus Excavatum using White Light Scanning
P. Nina Scalise, Donna C. Koo, Kelly Bartkus, John Gironda, David P. Moone1, Craig W. Lillehai, Farokh R. Demehri
Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
D21.
Assessing the Implementation of HealUA Mobile Application for Peer-to-Peer Physician Consultations in Ukraine during wartime
Ali Dzhemiliev1,2, Alexis G. Antunez1,2, Darya Kizub3, Kateryna Potapova4, Olena Tytarenko5, Anastasiia Prystaia6, Svitlana Bielichenko7, Inesa Huivaniuk8, Jennifer S. Davids9, Nelya Melnitchouk1,2
1Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2Center for Surgery and Public Health, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 3Division of Cancer Medicine, Department of Breast Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 4Bogomolets National Medical University, Neurology department, Kyiv, Ukraine, 5Vinnytsia National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, 6Feofaniia Clinical Hospital, Department of general surgery and oncology, Kyiv, Ukraine, 7Division of Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 8National Cancer Institute, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Department, Kyiv, Ukraine, 9Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
D22.
Sustained Success of a Caprini Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Protocol Over One Decade
Anna J. Kobzeva-Herzog, MD1, Akshay Ravandur, BA1, Jeffrey J. Siracuse, MD, MBA2, Michael Cassidy, MD1, Spencer Wilson, MD1, Stephanie Talutis, MD3, Ryan Macht, MD4, Pamela Rosenkranz RN, BSN Med1, David McAneny, MD1
1Department of Surgery, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, 3Division of Vascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, 4Department of Surgery, Dignity Health Medical Foundation-Sequoia Hospital, Belmont, CA.
D23.
The Variability of MCID and PASS Thresholds in Studies Assessing Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Following Periacetabular Osteotomy: A Systematic Review
Alexander J. Ment1, Rahul Bhale2, Alexander Lee3, Robert L. Parisien4
1University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, 2University of California Davis Department of Orthopaedics, Sacramento, CA, 3The Ohio State University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbus, OH, 4Mount Sinai Health System Department of Orthopaedics, New York, NY
D24.
Outcomes and Management of Re-establishing Bariatric Patients
Pourya Medhati, Omnia Saleh, Eric Sheu, Ali Tavakkoli
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States