Date: Thursday 27 September 2012
Time: 13:00 - 14:00

Panel review of 45 of the best 90 posters:

  • LTP01: Single access laparoscopic colorectal surgery: initial experience and feasibility study - Daniel Leonard (Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Belgium)
  • LTP02: CONSORT: A steady improvement in surgical randomized controlled trials (RCT’s) reporting quality since the 2008 update - Katie Adams (College Hospital, UK)
  • LTP03: Tumor regression due to chemoradiotherapy increases sphincter sparing procedure rate for rectal carcinoma patients - Arsen Rasulov (State Research Center of Coloproctology, Russia)
  • LTP04: Practice of enhanced recovery pathways after elective colorectal surgery in the United Kingdom - Jamil Ahmed (University Hospital Ayr, UK)
  • LTP05: Preconditioning facilitates stoma self care, decreases predisposition to anxiety-depression and improves quality of life in stoma patients - Cihangir Akyol (Ankara University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Turkey)
  • LTP06: Experimental assessment of a novel robotically driven endoscopic capsule for colonoscopy: a comparative study - Alberto Arezzo (University of Turin, Italy)
  • LTP07: Parastomal hernias: the hidden costs to justify prophylactic stoma reinforcement - Dawn Buswell (Securicare Medical Leicester, UK)
  • LTP08: Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy in differentiating neoplastic from non-neoplastic colorectal epithelium: Can surgeons learn the basics of pattern recognition? - Tou Pin Chang (Division of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology, St Mary's Hospital Campus, Imperial College London, UK)
  • LTP09: Same admission reversal of defunctioning loop ileostomy for low rectal or anal anastomosis - Joseph Debono (Mater Dei Hospital, Malta)
  • LTP10: Outcomes of elective laparoscopic colorectal operations in Octogenarians at a District General Hospital in South East England - Roland Fernandes (QEQM Hospital, UK)
  • LTP11: CT scan-based modelization of anastomotic leak risk after colorectal surgery - Pascal Gervaz (University Hospital, Switzerland)
  • LTP12: Effect of an elastic girdle on lung function after midline laparotomy. A randomized controlled trial - Ulf Gunnarsson (Department of Clinical Science, Intervention & Technology, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden)
  • LTP13: Intrathecal analgesia and restrictive perioperative fluid management within enhanced recovery pathway - hemodynamic implications - M Hübner (Colorectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic, USA and Surgery, University Lausanne, USA)
  • LTP14: Preoperative use of statins and the risk of infective complications after colorectal surgery? - Linu Mathew (Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, UK)
  • LTP15: Continence disorder after lateral internal sphincterotomy for chronic anal fissure at a tertiary care hospital - Samiullah Niazi (Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan)
  • LTP16: Impact of ligation of inferior mesenteric artery on microcirculation of large bowel - Julius Örhalmi (University Hospital, Czech Republic)
  • LTP17: Experience of extracolonic pathologies identified on ct colonography in a busy London teaching hospital - Henna Rafique (St George's Hospital, UK)
  • LTP18: Genotypes and risk factors in more than 100 patients with anal HPV-related injuries - Gonzalo Sanz Ortega (Complutense University, Spain and Clinic Hospital, Spain)
  • LTP19: Prospective evaluation of the additive value of imaging within the diagnostic guideline appendicitis: have we forgotten our clinical eye? - Thomas Schok (Maastricht University, The Netherlands and Viecuri Medical Centre, The Netherlands)
  • LTP20: Multimedia educational tool for cognitive surgical skill acquisition in open and laparoscopic colorectal surgery - Umar Shariff (Academic Surgical Oncology Unit, University of Sheffield, UK and Department of General Surgery, Princess Grace Hospital, UK)
  • LTP21: Outcomes in laparoscopic colorectal surgery for obese patients in a tertiary referral unit - Paolo Sorelli (St Mark's Hospital & Academic Institute, UK)
  • LTP22: Postoperative compliance and outcome within an enhanced recovery programme - Chris Thorn (St. Mark's Hospital, UK)
  • LTP23: Readmission prediction in colorectal surgery patients within an Enhanced Recovery programme - Chris Thorn (St. Mark's Hospital, UK)
  • LTP24: Determining pre-operative predictors of prolonged hospital stay and adverse events in Enhanced Recovery - Vera Tudyka (St. Mark's Hospital, UK)
  • LTP25: Early oral feeding and avoidance of mechanical bowel preparation in elective major colorectal surgery - Dmitrii Zitta (Perm State Medical Academy, Russia)
  • LTP26: Diverticulitis and Cancer of the Sigmoid colon. Differentiation with Computed Tomography versus T2- and diffusion weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging - Mirna Abraham-Nordling (Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Surgery, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)
  • LTP27: CT diagnosed acute diverticulitis: Is the cost for subsequent colonoscopy to exclude associated carcinoma justified? - Hassan Ahmeidat (University of Aberdeen, UK)
  • LTP28: Neo-adjuvant therapy in rectal cancer patients, a metabolic profile - Maryam Alfa-Wali (Imperial College, UK)
  • LTP29: Loop ileostomies in colorectal cancer patients - morbidity and risk factors for non-reversal - Eva Angenete (Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Östra, Sweden and SSORG - Scandinavian Surgical Outcomes Research Group, Sweden)
  • LTP30: TEMS as treatment for early rectal cancer: a single regional referral centre experience - Mark Peacock (Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospital, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, UK)
  • LTP31: Assessment of sexual problems during colorectal cancer follow up: time to take action - Francesco Di Fabio (Colorectal Surgery, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK)
  • LTP32: Oncological results after multivisceral resections of colorectal clinical T4 tumors… - Jeremie Lefevre (Hopital Saint-Antoine, France)
  • LTP33: PI3K-AKT pathway as risk and prognostic factor in colorectal carcinogenesis - Evangelos Falidas (1st Department of General Surgery, NIMTS Hospital, Greece)
  • LTP34: Leak of stapled colo-rectal anastomosis after oncological resection: the surgeon matters. Analysis of a consecutive series of 814 patients - Matteo Frasson (Hospital La Fe, Universidad Valencia, Spain)
  • LTP35: Locally advanced rectal cancer with possible prostatic infiltration: is partial prostatectomy oncologically adequate? Results of a bicentric retrospective study - Matteo Frasson (Hospital La Fe, University of Valencia, Spain)
  • LTP36: Optimum method of perineal repair after ELAPE (extra-levator abdomino-perineal excision): a national survey on current practice and willingness to participate in a multicentre, randomised trial - Katherine Gash (Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK and North Bristol NHS Trust, UK)
  • LTP37: Complete clinical response to chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer. Is it safe to 'watch and wait'? - Gemma Gossedge (Southport District General Hospital, UK)
  • LTP38: HRQL-COLOR II: Laparoscopic Vs. Open Rectal cancer surgery - The quality of life postoperatively independent of method? - Eva Haglind (Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Östra, Sweden and SSORG - Scandinavian Surgical Outcomes Research Group, Sweden)
  • LTP39: Delayed coloanal anastomosis as salvage therapy for failed colorectal or coloanal anastomosis: a series of 32 cases - Jérémie H. Lefevre (Department of Colorectal Surgery; Beaujon Hospital and University Paris VII, France)
  • LTP40: R1 rectal resection for adenocarcinoma: impact on local and distal recurrence according to the type of involved margins - Jérémie Lefevre (Hôpital Saint Antoine, France)
  • LTP41: Primary Anorectal Malignant Melanoma: Review of a Single Institution's Experience Over 2 Decades - Zameer Abdul Aziz (Department of Colorectal Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore)
  • LTP42: Proctoscopy, the unused gold standard in rectal cancer. Are there alternatives? - Diederik Meylemans (University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium)
  • LTP43: P38 MAPK inhibition augments 5-FU mediated apoptosis of human colorectal cancer cells - Anur Miah (Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, UCL Medical School, UK)
  • LTP44: Post radiotherapy low rectal cancer staging MRI scans: are they value for money? - Hasan Mukhtar (The Whittington Hospital, UK)
  • LTP45: Does lymph node harvest lead to up-staging of colorectal cancer? A retrospective analysis of 1307 consecutive cases - Manfred Odermatt (Minimally Invasive Colorectal Unit, Queen Alexandra Hospital, UK)
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