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Scientific Program The 31th Biennial Conference of the Israel Surgical Association Wednesday 3.6.2015 10.00 - 12.00 Registration, Welcome Refreshments, Visit Exhibition 12:00 – 12:30 Greetings Prof. M. Gutman – Chairman, Israel Surgical Association Prof H. Kashtan – Conference chair 12:30 -14:00 Opening plenary Session Chair: Prof. R. Alfici Dr. G.Sabbag 12:30 – 13:00 Withholding and Withdrawing Support in Geriatric Trauma Patients Prof. William P. Schecter presented by M.Gutman Division of General Surgery, University of California, San Francisco. USA 13:00 – 13:30 The 5th Professor Nathan Rabinovici Memorial Lecture – presenting by R. Rabinovich Surgical oncology – is there an age limit ? Prof. Paul H. Sugarbaker presented by G. Sabbag Center for Gastrointestinal Malignancies, Chief, Program in Peritoneal Surface Oncology,MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C, USA 13:30 – 14:00 Geriatric Oncology Update 2015 Prof. Stuart M. Lichtman - presented by O.Zmora Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center , Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA 14:00 - 15:00 Lunch 15:30 – 17:00 Plenary Session Chair: Prof. D. Kopelman Prof. M. Shimonov 15:30 – 16:00 Chapters in the history of surgery in Israel. Prof. Eran Dolev, M.D Tel-hai college, upper galilee, Retired Surgeon General IDF 16:00 – 16:30 Surgery of the Elderly The Anesthesist Perspective Dr. Leonid Eidelman President, Israeli Medical Association 16:30 – 17:00 Hernia surgery in the elderly – practical considerations Prof. Doron Kopelman Head Dept of Surgery B' "HaEmek" medical center, Afula.

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Scientific Program The 31th Biennial Conference of the Israel Surgical Association

Wednesday 3.6.2015

10.00 - 12.00 Registration, Welcome Refreshments, Visit Exhibition

12:00 – 12:30 Greetings Prof. M. Gutman – Chairman, Israel Surgical Association

Prof H. Kashtan – Conference chair

12:30 -14:00 Opening plenary Session Chair: Prof. R. Alfici Dr. G.Sabbag

12:30 – 13:00 Withholding and Withdrawing Support in Geriatric Trauma Patients

Prof. William P. Schecter presented by M.Gutman Division of General Surgery, University of California, San Francisco. USA

13:00 – 13:30 The 5th Professor Nathan Rabinovici Memorial Lecture – presenting by R. Rabinovich Surgical oncology – is there an age limit ? Prof. Paul H. Sugarbaker presented by G. Sabbag Center for Gastrointestinal Malignancies, Chief, Program in Peritoneal Surface Oncology,MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C, USA

13:30 – 14:00 Geriatric Oncology Update 2015 Prof. Stuart M. Lichtman - presented by O.Zmora Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center , Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA

14:00 - 15:00 Lunch

15:30 – 17:00 Plenary Session Chair: Prof. D. Kopelman Prof. M. Shimonov

15:30 – 16:00 Chapters in the history of surgery in Israel.

Prof. Eran Dolev, M.D Tel-hai college, upper galilee, Retired Surgeon General IDF

16:00 – 16:30 Surgery of the Elderly – The Anesthesist Perspective Dr. Leonid Eidelman President, Israeli Medical Association

16:30 – 17:00 Hernia surgery in the elderly – practical considerations Prof. Doron Kopelman Head Dept of Surgery B' "HaEmek" medical center, Afula.

17:00 – 17:30 Break, Refreshments, Visit Exhibition 17:30 – 19:00 Dilemmas in Elective surgery

Moderator: Prof Hanoch Kashtan Case studies and multiplayer discussion - by electronic voting model

19:00-20:00 Dinner 20:00- 23:00 Chill out and music

Thursday 4.6.2015

07:00 – 08:00 Breakfast

08:30 -10:30 Plenary Session Chair: Prof. S. Mizrahi Dr. E. Mavor

08:30 – 09:00 Meditation on mortality: lessons from a life in surgery

Prof. William P. Schecter Division of General Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, USA

09:00 – 09:30 Clinical trials for older patients Prof. Stuart M. Lichtman Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center , Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA

09:30 – 10:00 Digestive oncologic surgery in the elderly. Where are the limits? Prof. Daniel Benchimol presented by H.Kashtan Head of Department of General Surgery and Digestive Oncology at the University Hospital of Nice, France

10:00 – 10:30 To Do or not To Do That Is The Question Dr Carmel Shalev Israel National Bioethics Council, Member

10:30 – 11:00 Break, Refreshments, Visit Exhibition 11:00 – 13:30 Parallel sessions

Session 1 : Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Chair: Prof. Yoram Kluger, Dr. Amram Hadari Session 2 : General Surgery Chair: Dr. Haim Paran , Dr. Nissim Geron Session 3 : Oncology Surgery & HPB Surgery Chair: Prof. Richard Nakash , Dr. Arie Arish Chair: Prof.. Haim Guttman

13:30 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 16:00 Plenary Session Chair: Prof. J. Klausner Prof. A. Bitterman

14:30 – 15:00 Tell the truth and Tell it Fast Prof. Avinoam Reches Chairman of the IMA Disciplinary Tribunal

15:00 – 15:30 Burnout and Personal Wellness of the Surgeon Prof. Charles M. Balch presented by J. Klausner Division of Surgical Oncology , University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA

15:30 – 16:00 Post-operative pain control algorithm for the geriatric patient Sponsored by Dexcel Dr. Itay Goor-Aryeh Head of pain medicine department, Tel Hshomer

16:00 – 16:30 Break, Refreshments, Visit Exhibition 16:30 – 18:00 Dilemmas in Acute Care surgery

Moderator: Dr Michael Stein Case studies and multiplayer discussion - by electronic voting model

19:00-20:00 Dinner 20:30 Danny Robas and Shlomo Gronich

Friday 5.6.2015

07:00 – 08:00 Breakfast

08:30 – 10:30 Parallel sessions

Session 1 : Endocrine Surgery & Breast Surgery Chair: Prof. Michael Krausz, Prof. Dan Hershko Session 2 : Colon And Rectal Surgery Chair: Dr. Nir Wasserberg , Prof. Alon Pikarsky Session 3 : Endoscopic Surgery & Bariatric Surgery & Hernia and Abdominal Walls Surgery Chair: Dr. Asnat Raziel, Dr. Gideon Sroka, Dr. Yigal Yampolsky

10:30 – 11:00 Break, Refreshments, Visit Exhibition

11:00 – 13:00 Plenary Session Chair: Prof. A. Nissan Dr. I. Matter

11:00 – 11:30 The challenges of the Israeli health system 2015 Prof. Arnon Afek Director General, Ministry of Health

11:30 – 12:00 Why should we treat the elderly cancer patient any different from younger patients? Prof. Charles M. Balch Division of Surgical Oncology , University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA

12:00 – 12:30 Paradigm shift in the management of peritoneal surface malignancy Prof. Paul H. Sugarbaker Center for Gastrointestinal Malignancies, Chief, Program in Peritoneal Surface Oncology,MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C, USA

12:30 – 13:00 Academic Global Surgery: A Moral Imperative Prof. William P. Schecter Division of General Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, USA

13:00 Lunch

Scientific program Parallel session - Trauma & Acute Care Surgery

Thursday, June 4th, 11:00-13:30

11:00-11:10 FOCUSED ABDOMINAL SONOGRAPHY FOR TRAUMA (FAST) IN THE CLINICAL EVALUATION OF CHILDREN WITH BLUNT ABDOMINAL TRAUMA Dr. Offir Ben-Ishay, Maika Daoud, Dr. Zvi Peled, Dr. Eran Brauner, Dr. Hany Bahouth, Prof. Yoram Kluger Department of General of Surgery, Division of Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa

11:10-11:20 IS EMERGENT ENDOSCOPY MANDATORY FOR THE EVALUATION OF PATIENTS ADMITTED FOR CAUSTIC INJURY? Elias Manassa1, Shahar Grunner1,2, Fadi Hayek M.S1, Amit Katz3 , Hany Bahous1,2, Yoram Kluger1 Department of General Surgery1, Division of Acute Care Surgery2, Division of Chest Surgery3, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa

11:20-11:30 KITE SURFING: EXTREME SPORT WITH LETHAL INJURIES. PRIMARY ISRAELI REVIEW Shahar Grunner1, Pavel Kotlarsky2, Yaron Berkovich2, Yaniv Keren2 1Department of general surgery, Rambam health care campus, Haifa 2Department of orthopedic surgery, Rambam health care campus, Haifa

11:30-11:40 PERCUTANEOUS CHOLECYSTOSTOMY AS A DEFINITIVE TREATMENT FOR A SELECTED GROUP OF HIGH-RISK PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS Dr Abed Salayme, Dr Mahmoud Abu Gazala, Dr Gidon Almogy, Dr Miklosh Bala Department of General Surgery and Trauma Unit, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem

11:40-11:50 CLINICAL VARIABLES AT TRAUMA ADMISSION PREDICT LONG TERM SURVIVAL IN THE OLDER SEVERELY INJURED PATIENT Dr Asaf Kedar, Dr Dafna Willner, Dr Jeffry Kashuk, Dr Mahmoud Abu Gazala, Dr Gidon Almogy, Dr Miklosh Bala Department of Surgery and Trauma Unit, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem

Chairs: Prof. Yoram Kluger Dr. Amram Hadari

11:50-12:00 VERTEBRAL ARTERY INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH CERVICAL SPINE

TRAUMA: DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND FOLLOW-UP. Dr Lisandro Luques1, Prof Jose Cohen2, Dr Samuel Moscovici2, Dr Miklosh Bala1.1. Department of General Surgery and Trauma Unit, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem 2. Neurosurgery Department, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem

12:00-12:10 LAPAROTOMY FOR AN ACUTE ABDOMEN IN PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS. Dr. Sami Gendler, Dr. Hila Shmilovich, Dr. David Aranovich, Dr. Michael Stein, Prof. Hanoch Kashtan Department of Surgery, Rabin Medical Center- Beilinson hospital, Petach- Tikva

12:10-12:20 TRAUMATIC INTRACRANIAL BLEEDING IN OCTOGENARIANS Dr. Daniel Solomon1, Dr. Oleg Kaminsky1,3, Dr. Michael Levi2, Prof. Hanoch Kashtan1, Dr. Michael Stein1,3 Department of General surgery1, Department of Neurosurgery2, The Trauma Service3 - Rabin Medical center – Beilinson Hospital, Petach-Tikva

12:20-12:30 TRAUMATIC PANCREATIC INJURIES, INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE Dr. Samer Michael, Dr. Mohamed Adileh, Dr. Yoav Pikkle, Dr. Gadi Marom, Dr. Bala Miklosh, Dr. Abed Khalieleh Department of Surgery and Trauma Unit, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center

12:30-12:40 THE INFLUENCE OF CT SCAN IN THE TREATMENT DECISION OF PERSISTENT ADHESIVE SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION Dr. Stanislav Shikhman, Dr. Bronstein Michael, Dr. Guy Elad, Dr. Anat Ben Ari Shapira, Dr. Haim Paran Department of Surgery "A", Meir Medical Center, Kefar Saba, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, University of Tel-Aviv

12:40-12:50 EMERGENCY vs. ELECTIVE HERNIA REPAIR IN OCTOGENERIANS Meoded Aviel MD, Yaffe Anne MD, London Beni MD, Moscvici Avihai MD, Kashtan Hanoch Prof, Stein Michael MD General Sugery B, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petach-Tikva

12:50-13:00 IV ACCESS IN THE PREHOSPITAL SETTINGS, WHAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM POINT OF INJURY EXPERIENCE. Roy Nadler1,2 , Sami Gendler1, Avi Benov1, Avi Shina1, Erez Baruch1, Gilad Twig1, Elon Glassberg1

1Surgeon General's HQ, Israel Defense Force, Ramat Gan

2Department of Surgery and Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer

13:00-13:10 Characterization of the changes in Compensatory Reserve Index during major bleeding in porcine model Roy Nadler, Gilad Twig, Ari M. Lipsky, Victor A. Convertino, Jacob Chen, Moran Levi,Gal Yaniv, Sammy Gendler, Linn Wagnert-Avraham, Arik Eisenkraft , Michael Hartal , David Gertz, Baruch Batzofin, Ruth Shaylor, Yakov Megreli, Gil Shimon, Yoram Weiss, Zohar Bromberg, David Dagan, Yitzhak Kreiss, Elon Glassberg 1Surgeon General's HQ, Israel Defense Force, Ramat Gan 2Department of Surgery and Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer

13:10-13:20 THE IMPACT OF INCREASED IMAGING ON OPERATIVE FINDINGS IN PATIENTS OPERATED FOR ACUTE APPENDICITIS

A. Mahamid1, I. Ashkenazi1, A.R. Zeina1, O. Olsha2, A. Khanimov1, M. Shapira-Rotman1, B. Kessel1, R. Alfici1 1Hadera, 2Jerusalem

13:20-13:30 THE NEED FOR REPEATED CHEST X-RAYS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH FRACTURED RIBS Dr. Oscar Christin, Prof. J.M. Klausner, Dr. Michael Jureller, Abigail Shimonov RN, Dr. Dror Soffer. From the Division of Surgery,The Yitzhak Rabin Trauma Center.Tel – Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.Sackler Scool of Medicine, University of Tel – Aviv

8 minutes lecture + 2 minutes discussion

Scientific program Parallel session - General Surgery

Thursday, June 4th, 11:00-13:30

Chair: Dr. Haim Paran Dr. Nissim Geron

11:00-11:10 IS SURGICAL BIOPSY OF ENLARGED PALPABLE LYMPH NODE JUSTIFIED? Tatiana Dorfman 1,2, Mariya Neymark1, Julia Begal1, Yoram Kluger1,3 Department of General Surgery1, Division of Ambulatory and Breast Surgery2 and Surgical Oncology3, Rambam Health Care Center, Haifa

11:10-11:20 THE YIELD OF EARLY ABDOMINAL CT SCAN IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF POST-OPERATIVE INFECTIOUS ABDOMINAL COMPLICATIONS Michael Shpoliansky1 Dr. Yehonatan Nevo2 Dr. Eyal Klang3 Dr. Larisa Guranda3 Prof. Mordechai Gutman2 Dr. Michal Amitai3 Dr. Yoram Klein4

1 Intern, Sheba medical center, Ramat-Gan 2Department of Surgery and Transplantation, Sheba medical cente, Ramat-Gan 3Department of Imaging. Sheba medical center, Ramat-Gan

4Surgery Trauma unit, Sheba medical center, Ramat-Gan

11:20-11:30 THE NURSE'S ATTITUDE FOR TREATING A SURGICAL PATIENT WITH DELIRIUM SYNDROME Dan Larisa RN BA ,Tatiana Shvards RN BA Department Surgery A,Wolfson medical center

11:30-11:40 THE PRE-PERITONEAL RETROMUSCULAR APPROACH FOR THE REPAIR OF COMPLEX INCISIONAL HERNIAS OF THE ABDOMINAL WALL – A CASE SERIES STUDY Dr. Sergey Levin, Dr. Alon Bar, Dr. Guy Lin, Dr. Victor Buyeviz, Dr. Eli Mavor Department of Surgery, Kaplan Medical Center, Rechovot

11:40-11:50 LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY CONVERTED TO OPEN PROCEDURE – PREDISPOSING FACTORS Ben Ari Anat MD, Rotem Keret-Amir MD, Pavel ShmulevskyMD, Ori Yaslovich MD Paran Haim MD Department of surgery "A", Meir medical center, Kfar Sava, Affiliated to the Sackler school of medicine, Tel Aviv university

11:50-12:00 CHOLECYSTECTOMY FOLOWING ENDOSCOPIC PAPILLOTOMY FOR CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS IN ELDERLY – IS IT NESSECARY? Dr. Zendel Alex 1, Dr. Mor Eyal 1, Dr. Sharon Inbal 1, Dr. Goitein David 1, Prof. Nissan Aviram 1, Prof. Rubin Moshe 1, Dr. Zippel Dov 1

1 General Surgery C, Sheba Medical Center

12:00-12:10 PREOPERATIVE OPTIMIZATION OF CROHN'S DISEASE PATIENTS – EXPERIENCE OF A SINGLE CENTER Yael Dreznik, M.D, Nir Horesh, M.D, Mordechai Gutman, M.D, Chen Shpeter, M.D, Imri Amiel, M.D, Harel Jacobi, M.D, Danny Rosin, M.D, and Oded Zmora, M.D Department of Surgery B, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer (Affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv

12:10-12:20 EFFECT OF N-ACETYLSEROTONIN ON INTESTINAL RECOVERY FOLLOWING GUT ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY IN A RAT Prof. Igor Sukhotnik1, Dr. Yoav Ben-Shahar2, Dr. Nir Bitterman3, Yulia Pollak3, Dr. Tatiana Dorfman3, Prof. Arnold Coran4, Dr. Arie Bitterman5

1Pediatric Surgery, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa 2Surgery A, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa 3Laboratory of intestinal adaptation and recovery, The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 4Section of Pediatric Surgery, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States 5Surgery A, Carmel Medical Center, The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa

12:20-12:30 ETHICAL AND CLINICAL DILEMMAS IN PATIENTS WITH NEGLECTED SURGICAL DISEASES VISITING THE ISRAELI FIELD HOSPITAL IN THE PHILIPPINES Dr. Guy Lin1, Dr. Tal Marom2, Dr. David Dagan3, Dr. Ofer Merin4. 1The Surgical Division, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot 2Department of Otolaryngology, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon 3The Israel Defense Forces Office of the Surgeon General, Tel Hashomer 4The Trauma Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem

12:30-12:40 APPENDECTOMY FOR PREGNANT VERSUS NON PREGNANT WOMEN: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY Dr. Lior Segev1,3, Dr. Eran Sadot2,3, Dr. Shlomi Rayman1,3, Prof. Aviram Nissan1,3, Prof. Moshe Rubin 1,3 , Dr Ron Shapiro1,3 1Surgery C, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 2Department of Surgery, Beilinson Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel 3 Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv

12:40-12:50 LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH TO MEDIAN ARCUATE LIGAMENT SYNDROME –PRESENTATION OF A NOVEL SURGICAL TECHNIQUE Ephraim Katz (1) Simone Fajer (2), Ronen Ghinea (1),Itzhak Greemland (1) Roye Inbar (1), Shmuel Avital 1General Surgery Dept B 2Vascular Unit Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba

12:50-13:00 SURGICAL INTERVENTION FOR COMPLICATIONS RELATED TO PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY S. Abu-Awad, N. Geron, A. On, M. Paritsky, M. Zilberman, A. Nevler, M. Qarawani, H. Mizrahi The Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poriya

13:00-13:10 PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION Dr. Ravit Tvito-Green, Dr. Roni Baruh, Dr. Nir Lubezki, Dr. Ido Nachmany, Dr.Paulina Kaz, Prof. J.M. Klausner, Prof. Richard Nakache, Dr.Yaakov Goykhman Department of Surgery; Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

13:10-13:20 MANAGEMENT OF ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY RELATED PERFORATIONS Dr. Roi Weiser1, Dr. Niv Pencovich1, Dr. Eran Nizri1, Dr. Erwin Santo2, Prof. Joseph M. Klausner1, Dr. Ido Nachmany1 1General Surgery Division, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel 2Institute of Gastroenterology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv

13:20-13:30 LIPOSOMAL INDOCYANINE GREEN FOR INTRA OPERATIVE URETERAL IMAGING Dr. Eran Nizri1, Dr. Yael Friedman-Levi2, Emma Portnoy2, Dr. Sara Eyal2 and Prof. Shlomo Magdassi3 1 Department of General Surgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel- Aviv, 2School of Pharmacology and 3Casali Institute for Applied Chemistry, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem

8 minutes lecture + 2 minutes discussion

Scientific program Parallel session - Oncology Surgery & HPB Surgery

Thursday, June 4th, 11:00-13:30

Chairs: Prof. Richard nakache Prof. Haim Gutman Dr. Arie Arish 11:00-11:07 FECAL MICROBIOTA ALTERATION MAY DIFFERENTIATE PANCREATIC

CANCER PATIENTS FROM HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS Elizabeth E. Half¹, Nirit Keren²,4, Tatiana Dorfman³, Jesse Lachter¹, Yoram Kluger³, Fred M Konikoff 4, Uri Gophna² Department of Gastroenterology1 and General Surgery3, Rambam Health Care Center, Haifa Sackler School of Medicine2, Tel- Aviv and Department of Gastroenterology4, Meir Medical Center, Kefar Saba

11:07-11:14 PANCREATIC ADENOCARCINOMA: DOES LOCATION REALLY MATTER? Dr. Or Haim Shirley1, Dr. Offir Ben-Ishay1,2, Yousef Nasser1,2 RN, MA, Dr. Marina Zelzer1, Dr. Eli Kakiashvili1,2, Prof. Yoram Kluger1,2 Department of General Surgery1, Division of surgical Oncology2 Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa

11:14-11:21 THE ROLE OF KRAS ACTIVATION AND ONCOGENE INDUCED SENESCENCE IN PANCREATIC CANCER DEVLOPMENT Dr. Yonatan Avraham Demma, Dr. Dror Kolodkin-Gal1, Yonatan Khalatnik, Prof. Ittai Ben Porath2, Prof. Yuval Dor2, Prof. Gideon Zamir1

1 Laboratory for Experimental Surgery, Department of General Surgery 2Dept. of Developmental Biology & Cancer Research, Hadassah Ein Karem-The Hebrew University, Jerusalem

11:21-11:28 OUTCOMES IN MAJOR HEPATIC RESECTIONS FOR COLORECTAL LIVER METASTASIS (CRLM) IN THE ELDERLY: A CASE-CONTROL MATCHED STUDY Ariche A1., M.D., Eshkenazy R1., M.D., Dreznik Y1, M.D, Adam R2., M.D, pH.D. and Azoulay D3., M.D, pH.D 1 Department of Hepatobiliary surgery, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, 2 Department of Surgery, Centre He´pato-Biliare, L’hoˆpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France

3 Hepato-Bilio-Pancreatic Surgical and Hepatic Transplantation Service, Henri Mondor Hospital, Creteil, France

11:28-11:35 EXTENDING BILE DUCT CLEARANCE CAPABILITIES IN A RURAL HOSPITAL Dr Amir Mazor , Dr Ilia Grevtsev , Dr Gleb Tolstov General Surgery, Yoseftal Hospital, Eilat

11:35-11:42 PERIOPERATIVE OUTCOMES OF DELAYED LAPAROSCOPIC

CHOLECYSTECTOMY FOR ACUTE CALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS WITH AND WITHOUT PERCUTANEOUS CHOLECYSTOSTOMY Dr. Ido Mizrahi, Dr. Haggi Mazeh, Dr. Jonathan B. Yuval, Dr. Gidon Almogy, Dr. Bala Miklush, Dr. Nadeen Abu Ata, Dr. Eran Kuchuk, Dr. Jacob Rachmuth, Prof. Aviram Nissan, Prof. Ahmed Eid Department of Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem

11:42-11:49 SURGICAL RESECTION FOR ADVANCED GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA: LONG TERM FOLLOWUP Dr. Abbas Al-Kurd1, Dr. Ido Mizrahi1, Prof. Ahmed Eid, MD1 Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center,Mount Scopus, Jerusalem

11:49-11:56 MICRORNA PROFILING OF PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA (PDAC) REVEALS SIGNATURE EXPRESSION RELATED TO LYMPH NODE METASTASIS M. Lemberger, S. Loewenstein, N. Lubezky, M. Pasmanik-Chor, JM. Klausner, G. Lahat Division of General Surgery, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

11:56-12:03 LAPAROSCOPIC LIVER RESECTION FOR METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER Dr. Niv Pencovich1, Dr. Amir Ben-Yehuda1, Dr. Yaakov Goykhman1, Dr. Nir Lubezky1, Prof. Richard Nakache1, Chen Binyamin1, Prof. Joseph M. Klausner1, Dr. Ido Nachmany1

1Division of General Surgery, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv

12:03-12:10 PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY WITHVASCULAR RESECTION FOR BORDERLINE RESECTABLE PERIAMPULLARY MALIGNANCY Dr. Mohammed Younis1, Dr. Niv Pencovich1, Dr. Guy Lahat1, Prof. Richard Nakache1, Dr. Yaakov Goykhman1, Dr. Nir Lubezky1, Prof. Joseph M. Klausner1, Dr. Ido Nachmany1

1Division of General Surgery, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine,Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv

7 minutes lecture

12:10-12:15 DISCUSSION

12:15-12:27 ROBOTIC VERSUS LAPAROSCOPIC VERSUS OPEN GASTRECTOMY FOR GASTRIC CANCER Dr. Eli Kakiasvili1 , Dr. Eran Brauner1, Dr. Ofir Ben Yshai1, Dr. Ronit Almog2, Dr. Alexander Beny3, Prof. Yoram Kluger, FACS1. Department of General Surgery, Department of Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, Rambam Health Care Campus

12:27-12:39 CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY AND HYPERTHERMIC IP CHEMOTHERAPY (HIPEC) FOR THE TREATMENT OF PERITONEAL SURFACE MALIGNANCIES IN THE ELDERLY Dux Yossi, Rieman Shlomo, Westrich Gali, Zendel Alex, Segev Lior, Hoffman Aviad, Adileh Mohamed, Marom Gad, Ben Yaacov Almog, Aderka Dan, Shmueli Einat, Beny Alex, Hubert Ayala, Grenader Tal, Brenner Baruch, Purim Ofer, Gutman Mordechai, Rubin Moshe, Nissan Aviram. Department of Surgical Oncology (Surgery C) The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer

12:39-12:51 IMPACT OF INCREASED VISCERAL FAT ON COLON ADENOCARCINOMA STAGE Dr. Ahmad Mahamid 1, Dr. Itamar Ashkenazi 1, Dr. Abdel-Rauf Zeina 2, Dr. Mika Shapira-Rootman, 2, Dr. Oded Olsha 3, Dr. Elisha Yonathan Bekhor 1, and Prof. Ricardo Alfici 1

1 Division of General Surgery, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, affiliated with the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Hadera 2 Department of Radiology, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, affiliated with the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Hadera

3 Department of Surgery, Breast Health Center, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem

12:51-13:03 THE ROLE OF PET-CT AFTER NEOADJUVANT THERAPY FOR ESOPHAGEAL CANCER IN PREDICTING COMPLETE PATHOLOGICAL RESPONSE Dr. Ran Orgad1, Dr. Idan Carmeli1, Dr. Hana Bernstine2, Dr. Sara Morgenstern3, Dr. Yael Feferman1, Dr. Nikolai Menasherov1, Dr. Michael Stein1, Prof. Baruch Brenner4, Prof. Hanoch Kashtan1 1 Departments of General Surgery, 2 Department of Nuclear Medicine, 3 Department of Pathology, 4 The Institute of Oncology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva

13:03-13:15 ESOPHAGECTOMY FOR CANCER IN THE ELDERLY PAITENT Dr. Yael Feferman, Dr. Ran Orgad, Dr. Idan Carmeli, Dr. Nikolai Menasherov, Dr. Michael Stein, Prof. Hanoch Kashtan Department of Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva

13:15-13:27 OMENTAL SPREAD OF GI MALIGNANCIES: NEW INSIGHTS AND POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES S. Lowenstein, V. Feygenzon, O. Kersy, E. Nizri, N. Lubezky, JM. Klausner, G. Lahat Division of General Surgery, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

12 minutes lecture

13:27-13:30 DISCUSSION

Scientific program

Parallel session - Endocrine Surgery & Breast Surgery Friday, June 5th, 08:30-10:30

Chairs: Prof. Michael Krausz Prof. Dan Hershko

08:30-08:42 SECOND PRIMARY BREAST CANCER IN BRCA1 AND BRCA2 MUTATION CARRIERS: 10-YEAR CUMULATIVE INCIDENCE IN THE BREAST CANCER FAMILY REGISTRY Dr. Tehillah Menes1, Prof. Mary Beth Terry2, Prof. David Goldgar3, Dr. Irene Andrulis4, Prof. Julia Knight5, Prof. Esther John6,7, Yuyan Liao2, Prof. Melissa Southey8, Prof. Alexander Miron9, Prof. Wendy Chung10 and Prof. Saundra Buys11

1Department of Surgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel; 2Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, and Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA;3Department of Dermatology, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; 4Department of Molecular Genetics, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada; 5Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada; Division of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; 6Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont, California, USA; 7Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Research and Policy, and Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; 8Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; 9Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University Medical School Cleveland, OH, USA; 10Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; 11Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

08:42-08:54 LESSONS FROM INITIATING AND IMPLEMENTING INTRAOPERATIVE

RADIOATION THERAPY FOR BREAST CANCER AT A PUBLIC HOSPITAL Dr. Tami Magen1, Dr. Eliezer Mavor1, Dr. Viktor Korakin1, Dr. Sergey Levin1, Dr. Sachi Hatzubi1, Dr. Victor Bouyevitch1, Dr. Noa Ben Baruch2, Dr. Tanir Allweis1 1 Dept. of General Surgery, 2 Dept of Oncology, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot

08:54-09:06 SHORT TERM TOXICITY OF INTRA-OPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY FOR PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER TREATED AT A SINGLE CENTER Dr. Maoz Zur1, Dr. Ayelet Shai1, Dr. Alex Kremer3, Dr. Judith Goldman4, Dr. Michelle Leviov1, Dr. Arie Bitterman2, Dr. Shirly Davidovich2, Prof. Eitan Shiloni3,5, Dr. Mariana Steiner1 1Oncology Department, Lin Medical Center, 2Surgery Department A, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa 3 Surgery Department B, Carmel Medical Center, 4 Breast Imaging Center, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa 5Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa

09:06-09:18

INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY IN EARLY BREAST CANCER LOCOREGIONAL FAILURE ANALYSIS Dr. Marianna Steiner (1), Dr. Michelle Leviov (1), Prof. Eitan Shiloni (2), Dr Alex Kremer (2), Dr. Rene Hanna (2) , Dr. Judith Goldman (3), Dr. Adar Malik(4), Dr. Shirly Davidovich(4), Dr. Arie Bitterman(4) 1Oncology Department, Lin Medical Center, 2Surgery Department B, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, 3Breast Imaging Center, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, 4 Surgery Department A, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel,

09:18-09:30 FOLLICULAR THYROID NEOPLASMS ON FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION REQUIRING SURGERY AND THE FINAL PATHOLOGY: IS FOLLICULAR THYROID CANCER THE REAL THREAT? Ron Pery MD 1,2; Gil Har Zahav MD 1,2; Mordechai Gutman MD 1,2; Danny Rosin MD 1,2; Nir Horesh MD 1,2; Esther Shabtai Msc 2; Moshe Shabtai MD 1,2

1Department of Surgery and Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan

2The Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University

09:30-09:42 BREAST CANCER IN THE ELDERLY, A SINGLE INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE BETWEEN 2000-2010 Dr. Cohen-Arazi Oded1, Dr Mali Bella2, Dr. Carmon Einat1 1Department of General Surgery, Hadassah Ein-Karem, Jerusalem 2Department of Pathology, Hadassah Ein-Karem, Jerusalem

09:42-09:54 IN-VIVO CLINICAL STUDY OF A PROTOTYPE SYSTEM, USING RF TECHNIQUE FOR THE DETECTION OF BREAST MALIGNANCIES Itzhak Pappo, T. Karni, O. Bezroukov, G. Bar-On , I. Dinur, V. Stahl-Kent Department of General Surgery, Comprehensive Breast care center Assaf Harofeh Medical Center

09:54-10:06 ADRENAL HEMANGIOMA – A REPORT ON 2 CASES & REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE Dr. Shai Ken Dror, Dr. Pavel Shmulevsky, Dr. Haim Paran Department of Surgery A, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba

10:06-10:18 DEMOGRAPHICS OF PATIENTS REFERRED FOR THYROID AND PARATHYROID SURGERY IN ISRAEL Dr. Michal Mekel1, Dr. Tatiana Dorfman1, Mirit Toledano2, Prof. Yoram Kluger1, Prof. Bishara Bishara1, Prof. Herbert R. Freund2, Prof. Ahmed Eid2, Dr. Haggi Mazeh2

1The Department of General Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa

2The Department of General Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital Mount Scopus, Jerusalem

10:18-10:30 BREAST SURGERY IN ELDERLY; IS IT REALLY SAFE AND SOUND? Ayal Hassidim1 MD Roie Tzadok, Ribhi Abu Dalo MD, Oded Olsha MD, Arye Durst MD, Ohn Sibirsky MD, Petachia Reissman MD, Tal Hadar MD

Department of general surgery, Shaare Zedek Medical center, affiliated with The Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem

10 minutes lecture + 2 minutes discussion

Scientific program Parallel session - Colon And Rectal Surgery

Friday, June 5th, 08:30-10:30

Chairs: Dr. Nir Wasserberg Prof. Alon Pikarsky

08:30-08:39 SURGICAL OUTCOMES OF LAPAROSCOPIC RIGHT COLECTOMY IN OCTOGENARIANS Dr. Uri Keler1, Dr. Ron Shapiro1, Dr. Hatib Kamal2, Dr. Pascal Guy2, Prof. Aviram Nissan1, Dr. David Hazzan2 1Department of Surgery C, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 2Department of Surgery B, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa

08:39-08:48 THE NUMBER OF RETRIEVED LYMPH NODES IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING LAPAROSCOPIC RIGHT COLECTOMY FOR CANCER - ILEO-COLIC VASCULAR PEDICLE DISSECTION WITH INDIVIDUALIZED VESSEL LIGATION VERSUS VASCULAR PEDICLE STAPLING

Ghanem, Ian White, Baruch Spitz, Shmuel Avital-, Yasmin AbuYaron RudnickiIlan Kent, Department of Surgery B, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba

08:48-08:57 COLONOSCOPY AFTER THE FIRST EPISODE OF ACUTE DIVERTICULITIS – CHALLENGING THE MANAGEMENT PARADIGMS Dr. Nir Horesh, Dr. Saeed Yassin, Dr. Hadas Horesh, Dr. Avinoam Nevler, Dr. Yaniv Berger, Dr. Ron Pery, Prof. Mordechay Gutman, Prof. Oded Zmora Department of Surgery and Transplantation B, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan

08:57-09:06 CONSIDERATIONS FOR HARTMANN'S REVERSAL – A SINGLE TERTIARY REFERRAL CENTER EXPERIENCE Dr. Nir Horesh, Dr. Hadas Moser, Dr. Yael Dreznik, Dr. Harel Jacoby, Prof. Mordechay Gutman, Prof. Oded Zmora Department of General Surgery and Transplantation B, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan

09:06-09:15 LONG TERM OUTCOMES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SIGMOID DIVERTICULAR DISEASE Dr. Ido Mizrahi, Dr. Haggi Mazeh, Dr. Abbas Alkurd, Dr. Katya Chapchay, Dr. Yael Ag-Rejuan, Dr. Ronit Grinbaum, Dr. Nahum Beglaibter, Prof. Ahmed Eid Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem

09:15-09:24 COLECTOMY IN DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS; WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES?

Dr. Yehuda Hershkovitz , Dr. Hila Madjar-Markovitz, Dr.Yifat Hendel, Prof Ariel Halevy Division of Surgery, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin

09:24-09:33 POUCH SURGERY IN THE ELDERLY (>65YRS) A MULTICENTER COMPARATIVE EUROPEAN TRIAL ON SAFETY AND EFFICACY Dr. Hagit Tulchinsky*, Dr. I. Dotan*, Prof. J.M. Klausner* (Tel Aviv), Dr. F. Colombo (Milano), Dr. A. D'Hoore (Leuven), Dr. W. Bemelman (Amsterdam), Dr. J. Warusavitarne (London), Dr. Y.Panis (Clichy) *Comprehensive Pouch Clinic, Colorectal Unit, Division of Surgery, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv

09:33-09:42 DIVERTICULITIS AND THE AGE FACTOR – DOES AGE MATTER? Dr. Nir Horesh, Dr. Chaya Shwaartz, Dr. Imri Amiel, Dr. Avinoam Nevler, Dr. Esther Shabtai, Dr. Alexander Lebedeyev, Prof. Mordechay Gutman, Prof. Oded Zmora Department of Surgery and Transplantation B, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan

09:42-09:51 EFFECT OF N-ACETYLSEROTONIN ON INTESTINAL RECOVERY FOLLOWING GUT ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY IN A RAT Prof. Igor Sukhotnik1, Dr. Yoav Ben-Shahar2, Dr. Nir Bitterman3, Yulia Pollak3, Dr. Tatiana Dorfman3, Prof. Arnold Coran4, Dr. Arie Bitterman5

1Pediatric Surgery, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa 2Surgery A, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa 3Laboratory of intestinal adaptation and recovery, The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 4Section of Pediatric Surgery, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States 5Surgery A, Carmel Medical Center, The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa

09:51-10:00 FROM THE OPERATING ROOM TO THE BENCH AND BACK: USING HUMAN COLON TISSUE FOR EX-VIVO MODELS OF DISEASES. Dr. Dror Kolodkin-Gal1, Prof. Alon Pikarsky1, Prof. Amos Panet2, Prof. Gideon Zamir1

1Department of General Surgery and 2Department of Virology, Hadassah Medical School the Hebrew University, Jerusalem

10:00-10:09 FAP2 LECTIN MEDIATES COLORECTAL CARCINOMA COLONIZATION BY FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM THROUGH BINDING TO TUMOR OVEREXPRESSED GAL-GALNAC Dr. Jawad Abed1, Johanna Emgård1, Dr. Gidon Almogy2, Dr. Mohamed Faroja2, Prof. Gidon Zamir2, Prof. Gilad Bachrach1

1Institute of Dental Sciences, Hadassah-Hebrew University, Jerusalem

2Department of General Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University, Jerusalem

10:09-10:18 ELDERLY SUBJECTS WITH T3NO RECTAL CANCER EXHIBIT A SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED PROPORTION OF MICROSCOPIC RESIDUAL DISEASE AFTER NEOADJUVANT CHEMORADIATION 1Yifat Yosef Lishtzinsky, 2 Baruch Brenner, 3Zohar Levi, 4Sara Morgenstern, 1Hanoch Kashtan, 1Nir wasserberg 1Division of General Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva 2Division of GI Oncology, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva 3Dept. of Gastroenterology, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva 4Dept. of Pathology, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva

10:18-10:27 THE VALUE OF PET-CT AS A SINGLE MODALITY IN PRETREATMENT NODAL STAGING OF RECTAL CANCER Dr. Renana Yemini1, B.Sc. Ayelet Tsherniak1, Prof. Baruch Brenner2 , Prof. Hanoch Kashtan1, Dr. Nir Wasserberg1 1 Department of Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva 2 Institute of Oncology, Davidoff Cancer Centre, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva

7 minutes lecture + 2 minutes discussion

Scientific program

Parallel session - Endoscopic Surgery & Bariatric Surgery & Hernia and Abdominal Walls Surgery

Friday, June 5th, 08:30-10:30

Chairs: Dr. Asnat Raziel Dr. Gideon Sroka Dr. Yigal Yampolsky

8:30-08:40 IS THERE A PLACE FOR LAPAROSCOPIC SUBTOTAL CHOLECYSTECTOMY FOR THE "DIFFICULT" GALLBLADDER?

1, Dr. Danny Rosin 1Prof. Mordechai Gutman , 1 Dr. Pery Ron ,1Dr. Chaaya Swartz 1Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

08:40-08:50 HYBRID REPAIR OF VENTRAL HERNIA SEEMS TO BE A REASONABLE OPTION. Micheal Bronstein, Ori Yaslowitz, Ami Shovali, Jose Bendahan, Stanslav Shichman, Haim Paran. Dept. surgery A, Meir medical center and Secker school of medicine, Tel-aviv University

08:50-09:00 PER ORAL ENDOSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY – A SINGLE CENTER EXPREINCE Dr. Jonathan B. Yuval1, Dr. Harold Jacob2, Dr. Tiberiu Hershcovici2, Dr. Ram Elazary1, Ronit Ungar1, Prof. Avraham I. Rivkind1, Prof. Alon J. Pikarsky1, Prof. Yoav Mintz1 1Department of Surgery, 2Department of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem

09:00-09:10 A NOVEL ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT FOR RESOLVING TYPO 2 DIABETES MELLITUS Dr. Lisandro Luques, Dr. Ram Elazary, Prof. Alon J Pikarsky, Prof, Yoav Mintz Department of Surgery, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jeruslam

09:10-09:20 RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL: SINGLE INCISION VERSUS MULTIPORT LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY – IS THERE A TRUE BENEFIT? Dr. Asaf Kedar; Dr. Noam Shussman; Dr. Ram Elazary, Dr. Mahmoud Abu Gazala; Prof. Yoav Mintz Department of General Surgery, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem

09:20-09:30 LAPROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY IN THE ELDERLY; DIFFERENT INDICATION, MORE COMPLICATION. Dr. Yehuda Hershkovitz , Prof Ariel Halevy Division of Surgery, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin

09:30-09:40 LAPAROSCOPIC "POCKET" SPLENOPEXY FOR WANDERING SPLEEN; VIDEO

CASE REPORT Dr. Yehuda Hershkovitz1 , Dr. Igal Efrati2, Dr. Hasan Kais1 1Division of Surgery, 2Pediatric surgery, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin

09:40-09:50 SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY FOR DIABETIC PATIENTS – LONG TERM OUTCOMES Dr. Yonatan Lessing2, Dr. Subhi Abu-Abeid1-2, Orit Goldray1, Dr. Guy Lahat1-2, Dr. Ido Nachmany2, Prof. Joseph Klausner2, Dr. Shai Eldar1-2 1Bariatric surgery unit, 2Division of general surgery, The Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv

09:50-10:00 CONVERSION OF LAPAROSCOPIC ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING: A COMPARISON TO PRIMARY GASTRIC BYPASS Dr. Abbas Al-Kurd, Dr. Ido Mizrahi, Dr. Baha Siam, Dr. Muhammad Ghanem, Dr. Katya Chapchay, Prof. Ahmed Eid, Dr. Ronit Grinbaum, Dr. Nahum Beglaibter Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem

10:00-10:10 LAPAROSCOPIC CONVERSION OF FAILED SILASTIC RING VERTICAL GASTROPLASTY INTO ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS OR BILIOPANCREATIC DIVERSION Dr. Ido Mizrahi, Dr. Ronit Grinbaum, Dr. Baha Siam, Dr. Muhammad Ghanem, Dr. Jacob Rachmuth, Dr. Abbas Al-Kurd, , Prof. Ahmed Eid, Dr. Nahum Beglaibter Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem

10:10-10:20 LAPAROSCOPIC SPLENECTOMY DUE TO MULTIPLE SPLENIC ARTERY ANEURYSMS Dr. Eran Nizri1, Dr. Galya Rosen2, Prof.Yehuda Wolf3, Prof. J.M Klausner1 and Dr.Boaz Sagie1. 1Department of Surgery, 2 Department of Radiology, 3 Department of Vascular Surgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv

10:20-10:30 LAPAROSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY FOR THE TREATMENT OF MORBID OBESE PATIENTS IN THE 60-70 AGE GROUP Sibirsky O MD, Kreskas A MSc RN, Tsevi E MSc RD, Mintz A MD, Weiss YHJ MD, Freund M MD, Reissman P MD, Spira RM MD Department of general surgery, Shaare Zedek Medical center, affiliated with The Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem

8 minutes lecture + 2 minutes discussion