Thursday, 31st October AANZGOSA-SUGSS ASM 2024

Abdominal Wall Closure and Prevention of Incisional Hernia

Speaker: Dr Rodney Jacobs (BSC, MBBS, FRACS), General Surgeon, Epworth General Surgery Clinical Institute, Western Private Hospital

• Current management of OGJ cancer - Simon Law
• The preop chemo (FLOT) hasn’t worked! Is it time to switch things up?   - David Liu
• The role of PIPAC/HIPEC in advanced gastric cancer - Markus Trochsler
• Biology of oesophago- gastric cancer and its impact on survival - Reg Lord
• Malignant gastric outlet obstruction – a difficult problem to manage - Adam Frankel

Followed by a panel discussion

• Safety and Early Outcomes Following Repair of Very Large Hiatus Hernia in Octogenarians - Is Age Just a Number? - Mathew Amprayil
• Increased Risk of Alcohol Misuse in Regional Australians After Bariatric Surgery - Matthew L Basa

• Comparison of intraoperative complications in obese vs non-obese in oesophagogastric cancer surgery - Raelene Yi Mei Tan
• Robotic extramucosal excision of GOJ leiomyoma - Jason Cui

• Is there an epidemic of gastroparesis?! - Sarah Thompson
• What can the dietician offer for patients with gastroparesis? - Irene Deftereos
• G-POEM… indication, technique and results! - Sanjeeva Kariyawasam
• Surgical options for gastroparesis - Michael Talbot
• Weight Loss prior to gastric resection: is there a safe approach? - Louise Mudge

Followed by a panel discussion

• Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy With Omission Of Staple Line Reinforcement & Omentopexy. Short term results - Nazim Bhimani
• Pre-clinical evaluation of tumour-targeting fluorescent probes in Oesophagogastric cancer - Mike Bozin
• An evaluation of thoracic epidural analgesia in open oesophagectomy  - William Rumble
• Management of incidentally detected gastrointestinal stromal tumours during laparoscopic fundoplication; a single-centre retrospective review - Jayani Jayasekara

• A year of public Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy - Kheira Gabsi
• Day case laparoscopic cholecystectomy (DCLC): barriers to successful discharge - A single centre retrospective study - Iman Hameed
• Non-absorbable mesh erosion following hiatal repair: A case series - Catherine Jenn Yi Cheang

• Peritoneal tumor DNA as a prognostic biomarker in locally advanced gastroesophageal cancer: A pilot prospective cohort study - Zexi Allan
• “Weight loss outcomes following conversion gastric bypass: Roux-en-Y versus One-anastomosis – dose the type of bypass matter?” - Chiara Chadwick
• “I had your number on speed dial”. A qualitative study of patient experiences of dietetics care and managing nutrition during curative treatment of upper gastrointestinal cancer - Irene Deftereos
• Risk Stratification of Oesophageal Perforations in Pneumomediastinum: A Non-Invasive Diagnostic Approach - Justin Hsieh
• An australian single institution study of the prevalence and site of origin of the posterior gastric artery as identified on abdominal ct angiogram - Christopher Klonis
• Gravity mediated emptying as a key mediator of gastric conduit emptying following oesophageal reconstruction: Analysis using high fidelity nuclear scintigraphy and dynamic magnetic resonance imaging - Kaleb Lourensz
• Regional outcome differences following oesophagectomy and the impact of Centralisation across Australia and New Zealand. - Josipa Petric
• Developing sarcopenic visceral obesity during neoadjuvant treatment worsens postoperative outcomes following oesophagectomy - Emma J Putrus and Claire O Nixon
• Medium-Term Outcomes from a Series of 1000 One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass in Australia - David Tovmassian
• Changes in gastric electrophysiology and effect on quality of life following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy - Tim Hsu-Han Wang
• Misinformation on social media platforms relating to hiatus hernia management - John Yeh
• Alterations in Local Oesophageal Microbiota and Outcomes after Oesophagectomy for Oesophago-gastric Cancer: A Pilot Study - Zirong Yu

• Spontaneous atraumatic lesser sac haemoperitoneum after inhalation of recreational nitric oxide – the start of a new growing pandemic? - Neeraj Khatri
• Establishing a safe acute cholecystectomy service - Yicong Liang

• Quality performance indicators for oesophageal and gastric cancer: ANZ expert Delphi consensus - Suheelan sk Kulasegaran
• Development of novel immunotherapy-based therapies in oesophageal adenocarcinoma: are tumour neoantigens the answer? - James Lonie

• Minimally invasive gastrectomy: laparoscopy or robotics, when to go open? - Sungsoo Park
• What to do with a GIST at the GOJ? - David Watson
• What to do with a GIST at the incisura? - Iain Thomson
• Difficult junctional cancer  - David Martin
• Pushing the limits of gastric endoscopic resection for GIST - Michael Bourke

Followed by a 15 minute panel discussion

Location: 12- Micron, 100 Barangaroo Avenue, Barangaroo New South Wales 2000