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 13:30-14:30 Lunch 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
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 Chairs: Prof. Yoram Kluger Dr. Amram Hadari 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 Manassa 1, Shahar Grunner 1,2, Fadi Hayek M.S 1, Amit Katz 3, Hany Bahous 1,2, Yoram Kluger 1 Department of General Surgery 1, Division of Acute Care Surgery 2, Division of Chest Surgery 3, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa 11:20-11:30 KITE SURFING: EXTREME SPORT WITH LETHAL INJURIES. PRIMARY ISRAELI REVIEW Shahar Grunner 1, Pavel Kotlarsky 2, Yaron Berkovich 2, Yaniv Keren 2 1 Department of general surgery, Rambam health care campus, Haifa 2 Department 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
11:50-12:00 VERTEBRAL ARTERY INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH CERVICAL SPINE TRAUMA: DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND FOLLOW-UP. Dr Lisandro Luques 1, Prof Jose Cohen 2, Dr Samuel Moscovici 2, Dr Miklosh Bala 1.1. 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 Solomon 1, Dr. Oleg Kaminsky 1,3, Dr. Michael Levi 2, Prof. Hanoch Kashtan 1, Dr. Michael Stein 1,3 Department of General surgery 1, Department of Neurosurgery 2, The Trauma Service 3 - 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 Nadler 1,2, Sami Gendler 1, Avi Benov 1, Avi Shina 1, Erez Baruch 1, Gilad Twig 1, Elon Glassberg 1 1 Surgeon General's HQ, Israel Defense Force, Ramat Gan 2 Department 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 1 Surgeon General's HQ, Israel Defense Force, Ramat Gan 2 Department 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. Mahamid 1, I. Ashkenazi 1, A.R. Zeina 1, O. Olsha 2, A. Khanimov 1, M. Shapira-Rotman 1, B. Kessel 1, R. Alfici 1 1 Hadera, 2 Jerusalem 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 Neymark 1, Julia Begal 1, Yoram Kluger 1,3 Department of General Surgery 1, Division of Ambulatory and Breast Surgery 2 and Surgical Oncology 3, 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 Shpoliansky 1 Dr. Yehonatan Nevo 2 Dr. Eyal Klang 3 Dr. Larisa Guranda 3 Prof. Mordechai Gutman 2 Dr. Michal Amitai 3 Dr. Yoram Klein 4 1 Intern, Sheba medical center, Ramat-Gan 2 Department of Surgery and Transplantation, Sheba medical cente, Ramat-Gan 3 Department of Imaging. Sheba medical center, Ramat-Gan 4 Surgery 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 Sukhotnik 1, Dr. Yoav Ben-Shahar 2, Dr. Nir Bitterman 3, Yulia Pollak 3, Dr. Tatiana Dorfman 3, Prof. Arnold Coran 4, Dr. Arie Bitterman 5 1 Pediatric Surgery, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa 2 Surgery A, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa 3 Laboratory of intestinal adaptation and recovery, The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 4 Section of Pediatric Surgery, C.S. Mott Children s Hospital, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States 5 Surgery 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 Lin 1, Dr. Tal Marom 2, Dr. David Dagan 3, Dr. Ofer Merin 4. 1 The Surgical Division, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot 2 Department of Otolaryngology, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon 3 The Israel Defense Forces Office of the Surgeon General, Tel Hashomer 4 The Trauma Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem 12:30-12:40 APPENDECTOMY FOR PREGNANT VERSUS NON PREGNANT WOMEN: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY Dr. Lior Segev 1,3, Dr. Eran Sadot 2,3, Dr. Shlomi Rayman 1,3, Prof. Aviram Nissan 1,3, Prof. Moshe Rubin 1,3, Dr Ron Shapiro 1,3 1 Surgery C, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 2 Department 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 1 General Surgery Dept B 2 Vascular 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 Weiser 1, Dr. Niv Pencovich 1, Dr. Eran Nizri 1, Dr. Erwin Santo 2, Prof. Joseph M. Klausner 1, Dr. Ido Nachmany 1 1 General Surgery Division, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel 2 Institute of Gastroenterology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv 13:20-13:30 LIPOSOMAL INDOCYANINE GREEN FOR INTRA OPERATIVE URETERAL IMAGING Dr. Eran Nizri 1, Dr. Yael Friedman-Levi 2, Emma Portnoy 2, Dr. Sara Eyal 2 and Prof. Shlomo Magdassi 3 1 Department of General Surgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel- Aviv, 2 School of Pharmacology and 3 Casali 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 Gastroenterology 1 and General Surgery 3, Rambam Health Care Center, Haifa Sackler School of Medicine 2, Tel- Aviv and Department of Gastroenterology 4, Meir Medical Center, Kefar Saba 11:07-11:14 PANCREATIC ADENOCARCINOMA: DOES LOCATION REALLY MATTER? Dr. Or Haim Shirley 1, Dr. Offir Ben-Ishay 1,2, Yousef Nasser 1,2 RN, MA, Dr. Marina Zelzer 1, Dr. Eli Kakiashvili 1,2, Prof. Yoram Kluger 1,2 Department of General Surgery 1, Division of surgical Oncology 2 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-Gal 1, Yonatan Khalatnik, Prof. Ittai Ben Porath 2, Prof. Yuval Dor 2, Prof. Gideon Zamir 1 1 Laboratory for Experimental Surgery, Department of General Surgery 2 Dept. 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 A 1., M.D., Eshkenazy R 1., M.D., Dreznik Y 1, M.D, Adam R 2., M.D, ph.d. and Azoulay D 3., 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-Kurd 1, Dr. Ido Mizrahi 1, Prof. Ahmed Eid, MD 1 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 Pencovich 1, Dr. Amir Ben-Yehuda 1, Dr. Yaakov Goykhman 1, Dr. Nir Lubezky 1, Prof. Richard Nakache 1, Chen Binyamin 1, Prof. Joseph M. Klausner 1, Dr. Ido Nachmany 1 1 Division 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 Younis 1, Dr. Niv Pencovich 1, Dr. Guy Lahat 1, Prof. Richard Nakache 1, Dr. Yaakov Goykhman 1, Dr. Nir Lubezky 1, Prof. Joseph M. Klausner 1, Dr. Ido Nachmany 1 1 Division of General Surgery, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine,Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 12:10-12:15 DISCUSSION 7 minutes lecture 12:15-12:27 ROBOTIC VERSUS LAPAROSCOPIC VERSUS OPEN GASTRECTOMY FOR GASTRIC CANCER Dr. Eli Kakiasvili 1, Dr. Eran Brauner 1, Dr. Ofir Ben Yshai 1, Dr. Ronit Almog 2, Dr. Alexander Beny 3, Prof. Yoram Kluger, FACS 1. 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 Orgad 1, Dr. Idan Carmeli 1, Dr. Hana Bernstine 2, Dr. Sara Morgenstern 3, Dr. Yael Feferman 1, Dr. Nikolai Menasherov 1, Dr. Michael Stein 1, Prof. Baruch Brenner 4, Prof. Hanoch Kashtan 1 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 Menes 1, Prof. Mary Beth Terry 2, Prof. David Goldgar 3, Dr. Irene Andrulis 4, Prof. Julia Knight 5, Prof. Esther John 6,7, Yuyan Liao 2, Prof. Melissa Southey 8, Prof. Alexander Miron 9, Prof. Wendy Chung 10 and Prof. Saundra Buys 11 1 Department of Surgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel; 2 Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, and Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; 3 Department of Dermatology, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; 4 Department of Molecular Genetics, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada; 5 Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada; Division of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; 6 Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont, California, USA; 7 Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Research and Policy, and Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; 8 Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; 9 Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University Medical School Cleveland, OH, USA; 10 Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; 11 Huntsman 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 Magen 1, Dr. Eliezer Mavor 1, Dr. Viktor Korakin 1, Dr. Sergey Levin 1, Dr. Sachi Hatzubi 1, Dr. Victor Bouyevitch 1, Dr. Noa Ben Baruch 2, 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 Zur 1, Dr. Ayelet Shai 1, Dr. Alex Kremer 3, Dr. Judith Goldman 4, Dr. Michelle Leviov 1, Dr. Arie Bitterman 2, Dr. Shirly Davidovich 2, Prof. Eitan Shiloni 3,5, Dr. Mariana Steiner 1 1 Oncology Department, Lin Medical Center, 2 Surgery Department A, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa 3 Surgery Department B, Carmel Medical Center, 4 Breast Imaging Center, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa 5 Bruce 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) 1 Oncology Department, Lin Medical Center, 2 Surgery Department B, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, 3 Breast 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 1 Department of Surgery and Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 2 The 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 Oded 1, Dr Mali Bella 2, Dr. Carmon Einat 1 1 Department of General Surgery, Hadassah Ein-Karem, Jerusalem 2 Department 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 Mekel 1, Dr. Tatiana Dorfman 1, Mirit Toledano 2, Prof. Yoram Kluger 1, Prof. Bishara Bishara 1, Prof. Herbert R. Freund 2, Prof. Ahmed Eid 2, Dr. Haggi Mazeh 2 1 The Department of General Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa 2 The 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 Hassidim 1 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 Keler 1, Dr. Ron Shapiro 1, Dr. Hatib Kamal 2, Dr. Pascal Guy 2, Prof. Aviram Nissan 1, Dr. David Hazzan 2 1 Department of Surgery C, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 2 Department 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 Ilan Kent, Yaron Rudnicki, Yasmin Abu-Ghanem, Ian White, Baruch Spitz, Shmuel Avital 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 Sukhotnik 1, Dr. Yoav Ben-Shahar 2, Dr. Nir Bitterman 3, Yulia Pollak 3, Dr. Tatiana Dorfman 3, Prof. Arnold Coran 4, Dr. Arie Bitterman 5 1 Pediatric Surgery, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa 2 Surgery A, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa 3 Laboratory of intestinal adaptation and recovery, The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 4 Section of Pediatric Surgery, C.S. Mott Children s Hospital, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States 5 Surgery 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-Gal 1, Prof. Alon Pikarsky 1, Prof. Amos Panet 2, Prof. Gideon Zamir 1 1 Department of General Surgery and 2 Department 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 Abed 1, Johanna Emgård 1, Dr. Gidon Almogy 2, Dr. Mohamed Faroja 2, Prof. Gidon Zamir 2, Prof. Gilad Bachrach 1 1 Institute of Dental Sciences, Hadassah-Hebrew University, Jerusalem 2 Department 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 1 Yifat Yosef Lishtzinsky, 2 Baruch Brenner, 3 Zohar Levi, 4 Sara Morgenstern, 1 Hanoch Kashtan, 1 Nir wasserberg 1 Division of General Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva 2 Division of GI Oncology, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva 3 Dept. of Gastroenterology, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva 4 Dept. 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 Yemini 1, B.Sc. Ayelet Tsherniak 1, Prof. Baruch Brenner 2, Prof. Hanoch Kashtan 1, Dr. Nir Wasserberg 1 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 1 1 1 Dr. Chaaya Swartz, Dr. Pery Ron, Prof. Mordechai Gutman, Dr. Danny Rosin 1 Department 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. Yuval 1, Dr. Harold Jacob 2, Dr. Tiberiu Hershcovici 2, Dr. Ram Elazary 1, Ronit Ungar 1, Prof. Avraham I. Rivkind 1, Prof. Alon J. Pikarsky 1, Prof. Yoav Mintz 1 1 Department of Surgery, 2 Department 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 Hershkovitz 1, Dr. Igal Efrati 2, Dr. Hasan Kais 1 1 Division of Surgery, 2 Pediatric surgery, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin 09:40-09:50 SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY FOR DIABETIC PATIENTS LONG TERM OUTCOMES Dr. Yonatan Lessing 2, Dr. Subhi Abu-Abeid 1-2, Orit Goldray 1, Dr. Guy Lahat 1-2, Dr. Ido Nachmany 2, Prof. Joseph Klausner 2, Dr. Shai Eldar 1-2 1 Bariatric surgery unit, 2 Division 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 Nizri 1, Dr. Galya Rosen 2, Prof.Yehuda Wolf 3, Prof. J.M Klausner 1 and Dr.Boaz Sagie 1. 1 Department 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