SESSION 12: GENERAL

Time Allowed: 7 Minutes Speaking

3 Minutes Discussion
Location: The Patrick F Fottrell Theatre, AM200 Theatre
Chair: Professor Kevin Barry & Mr Dermot Hehir

10.00 a.m. Acute Appendicitis: An Audit of Diagnostic Approach

Paper 95: S Finnegan1, J Henderson1, C Cronin2, F Pretorius2
(1) Department of Graduate Entry Medicine, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland;
(2) Department of Surgery, St Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny, Ireland

10.10 a.m. Readmission of General Surgical Patients; Implications for the Health Service
Paper 96: H Nasim, VE Onwochei, M Riaz, A Khan, I Reynolds, R Waldron, I Khan, W Khan, K Barry
Department of Surgery, Mayo University Hospital, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland

10.20 a.m. Longitudinal Study of Appendicitis and Appendicectomy in an Irish Population

Paper 97: A Adeyanju1, M Ryder2, D Buckley2
(1) Department of Surgery, University Of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom;
(2) Department of Surgery, Mid-Land Regional Hospital, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland

10.30 a.m. The Role of Parenteral Nutrition in the Management of Surgical Pathology
Paper 98: J Khan1, P Wrafter1, E Nugent1, M Carter1, A Kilkelly2, M Joyce1
(1) Department of Surgery, University Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland;
(2) Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, University Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland

10.40 a.m. Radiological Imaging in Emergency Surgical Admissions

Paper 99: S MacLeod1, D McKeon1, N Foley2, D Bowden2, S Abd Elwahab1, M Varzgalis2, R McLaughlin1, MJ Kerin2
(1) Department of Surgery, Galway University Hospital, Galway, Ireland
(2) Department of Surgery, Lambe Institute for Translational Research, National University of Ireland, Galway,
Ireland

10.50 a.m. Chronic Pancreatitis in Primary and Hospital Based Care in Ireland: The Management of an Orphan
Disease
Paper 100: H Ni Chonchubhair1, B O Shea2, B Ryan3, D Kavanagh4, S Duggan1, KC Conlon1
(1) Department of Surgery, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin
24, Ireland;
(2) Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences,
Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24, Ireland;
(3) Department of Gastroenterology, Tallaght Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland;
(4) Department of Colorectal Surgery, Tallaght Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland

11.00 a.m. Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair - Realistic Results from a General Surgical Unit
Paper 101: D Hehir1, FR Sferle1, CD McKeown2
(1) Department of Surgery, MRH Tullamore, Arden Road, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland;
(2) Department of Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Castletroy, Limerick, Ireland

11.10 a.m. The Role of Surgical Expertise with Regard to Chronic Postoperative Inguinal Pain (CPIP) After
Lichtenstein Correction of Inguinal Hernia: A Systematic Review
Paper 102: V Meyer1, J Lange1, D Voropai1, E Keus2, AR Wijsmuller3, JPEN Pierie4, R Ploeg5
(1) Department of Abdominal Surgery, UMC Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713GZ, Netherlands;
(2) Department of ICU, UMC Groningen, Netherlands;
(3) Department of IRCAD, UH Strasbourg, France;
(4) Department of Surgery, Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden, Netherlands;
(5) Department of Oxford Transplant Centre, Oxford University Hospital, United Kingdom

11.20 a.m. A Bibliometric Analysis of the Citation Classics of Acute Appendicitis

Paper 103: M Varzgalis, D Bowden, K McDonald, K.J Sweeney, MJ Kerin
Department of Surgery, Galway University Hospital, Galway, Ireland

11.30 a.m. COFFEE

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