The 25th Congress of the Egyptian Paediatric Surgical Association (EPSA)

(Silver Jubilee)

8 – 12 December 2009, Luxor, Egypt

In collaboration with the

Turkish Association of Paediatric Surgeons (TAPS)

South Egypt Cancer Institute

Provisional Program of EPSA 2009 Congress

Day One

Tuesday 8/ 12/ 2009

2.00 – 3.30 PM: Registration

3.30 – 4.00 PM: Opening Ceremony

Mohamed Elbarbary, Ali Ivanoglu, Mahmoud Mostafa, Alaa Hamza, Samir Farag

Lectures

Each guest Lecture will be 20 min presentation plus 5 min discussion

4.00 – 4.30 PM: EPSA 2009 - Honorary Membership Lecture

Moderators: Alaa Hamza, Ali Ivanoglu, and Richard Azizkhan.

Lecturer: S.N. Cenk Buyukunal (Istanbul, Turkey) (introduction by Alaa Hamza)

Title:Effects of Arabic- Turkish Medicine on development of Paediatric Surgery; Children’s rights and ethical issues in paediatric surgical procedures during Ottoman period.

4.30 – 5.00 PM: EPSA 2009 - Kaddah Memorial Lecture

Moderators:Montaser Elkotby, Sherif Kaddah.

Lecturer: Alastair Millar, South Africa.(Introduction by Nabil Dessouky)

Title: Challenges for Paediatric Surgery in Africa'

5.00 – 5.30 PM:EPSA 2009 - Mehalawy Memorial Lecture

Moderators: Abdelwahab Elokby, Rafeek Shalaby (Introduction by A. El Okby)

Lecture: Prem Puri (Dublin, Ireland)

Title: Familial Vesicoureteral Reflux.

5.30 – 6.00 PM:EPSA 2009 - Bahnassy Memorial Lecture

Moderators:Sameh Abdel Hay, Tarek Hassan

Lecturer: Richard Azizkhan(Cincinnati, USA) (Introduction by Alaa Hamza)

Title: Exit Procedure.

6.00 – 6.30 PM:EPSA 2009 - Akkary Memorial Lecture

Moderators:Essam El Akkary, Yaser Saad Eldeen.

Lecturer: Henri Ford(Los Angeles, USA)

Title: Molecular basis for the pathogenesis of Necrotizing Enterocolitis.

6.30 – 7.00 PM: Coffee Break

7.00 – 7.30 PM: EPSA 2009 - Guest Lecture - I

Moderators:Sherif Shehata, Gonca Topuzlu Tekant.

Lecturer: Dick Tibboel (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Title: Major congenital anomalies, do you understand. A translational approach.

7.30 – 8.00 PM: EPSA 2009 - Guest Lecture – II

Moderators:Nabil Dessouky, Cenk Buyukunal

Lecturer: Faruk Hadziselimovic(Basel, Switzerland)

Title: Advances in Molecular Genetics of Cryptorchidism.

8.00 – 8.30 PM: EPSA 2009 - Guest Lecture – III

Moderators: Atef ElEkiabi, Erbug Keskin

Lecturer: Jacob Langer (Toronto, Canada)

Title: Abdominal wall defects.

8.30 – 9.00 PM: EPSA 2009 - Guest Lecture - VI

Moderators: Essam El Halaby, Orkan Ergün

Lecturer: Michael Hollwarth (Graz, Austria)

Title: Results and follow up of Gastroschisis treatment.

9.00 PM: President’s Reception

Day Two

Wednesday 9/ 12/ 2009

1.30. 00 -2.30 PM: Panel I:Research and Outcome

Moderator: Henri Ford, Ali Avanoğlu, and Essam Elsahwy.

Outcomes Assessment in Contemporary Paediatric Surgery:

Keith Oldham (15 min)

Training Clinical Scientists in Paediatric Surgery:

Prem Puri (15 min)

How to start an experimental studies in paediatric Surgery:

Benno Ure (15 min)

Implementation of Quality Standards in paediatric surgical services:

Amal Hashish (10min)

Discussion

2.30. 00 -3.30 PM: Panel II:Education and Curriculum

Moderator: Keith Oldham, Essam Elhalaby.

Curriculum of Paediatric Surgery:

Robert Carachi. (10 min)

MD paediatric surgery (a new break):

Osama Nagger (10 min)

  • The Arab Paediatric Surgical Fellowship (APSF): a plan for action

Talal Malky (10 min)

Assessment of Surgical Education:

Mohamed El Zamakhshary. (10 min)

Medical Mistakes: History and Facts:

Amin Gohary (10 min)

Discussion (10 )

3.30 -4.30 pm: Panel III: Tumors in Pediatric Age.

Chairpersons.: Mahmoud Mustafa, Salah Abdel Hady, Gungor Karaguzel.

Moderator: Yaser Saad Eldeen

Updates in Neuroblastoma: Robert Carachi (15 min)

Bilateral Wilm’s Tumor: Alastair Millar (15 min)

Primary Intestinal Lymphoma in Egyptian Children: Role of Surgery and study of Survival. Yasser Saad Eldeen (10 min)

Ovarian Cysts in Children: Gungor Karaguzel (10 min)

Updates in management of Wilm’s Tumor: Hamdy Elghazaly (10 min).

Discussion (10 min)

4.30 -5.15 PM: Panel IV: Fertility in Undescended Testis.

Panelists: Prem Puri,Faruk Hadziselimovic, and Amr Zaki.

Moderator: Alaa Hamza.

5.15 – 5.45 PM: Coffee Break

5.45 – 6.45 PM: EPSA 2009- Free Papers Session I: (General)

Chairmen: Ahmed Eltayeb, Abdelwahab Elokby,Michael Hollwarth .

1-Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve in Children and Adolescents: (12+3 min)

Ayed Al Qahtani , Riyadh, KSA

2 - Management in prenatal detected lung malformations (12 + 3 min)

Jurgen Schleef, Trieste Italy .

3-SURGICAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN CHILDHOOD THYROID NODULES (6 + 3 min).

Emre Divarcı, O Ergün,A Çelik, S Özen, D Simsek, S Darcan Bengü Demirağ, Zeynep Burak, Müge Tunçyürek, Ege , Izmir, Turkey

4-Beyond 8 years: Long-term follow-up in pediatric living-related liver transplantation .

(6 + 3 min)

Hesham M.Abdelkader, Hatem A.Safaan, Mohamed Shaker, Ahmed Mokhtar, Amr Abdelaal, Mohamed Fathi, Mahmoud Elmetani, and Alaa F.Hamza. Cairo, Egypt.

5-ANKAFERD BLOOD STOPPER® : IS THE SOURCE OF INTRAPERITONEAL ADHESION? (4 + 2 min)

Unal Bıçakcı, Devran Fatma Bildircin, Migraci Tosun, Burak Tander, Rıza Rızalar, Ender Arıtürk, Ferit Bernay, Ondokuz Mayis, Samsun, Turkey.

6-SEVERE ABDOMINAL TRAUMA INVOLVING BICYCLE HANDLEBARS IN CHILDREN. (4 +2 min)

Murat Alkan, Selcan Türker, Serdar H İskit, Süreyya Soyupak, Recep Tuncer, Cemal Parlakgümüş, Ünal Zorludemir, Erbuğ Keskin, Adana, Turkey.

6.45 – 7.45 PM: EPSA 2009- Free Papers Session II: (General)

Chairmen: Khaled Dessouky , Serdar H İskit , Hamdy Hussein

A-Each paper will be 4 min presentation plus 2 min discussion

  1. Leydig Cell Tumor in patients with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: Case Series and Review of literature.

Mohamed El-Ghazaly Waly,Mansoura, Egypt

2. Fibrous tumors in infancy and childhood.

Nabil M. Dessouky, Cairo, Egypt.

  1. Success of Malone’s Antegrade Continence Enema (ACE) from the Patient’s Perspective.

Sibel Tiryaki, Orkan Ergün, Ahmet Çelik, Ali Avanoğlu, İbrahim Ulman, Ege,Turkey.

  1. INTRAOPERATIVE PARATHORMONE (PTH) MONITORING CORROBORATES SUCCESS OF PARATHYROIDECTOMY IN CHILDREN

Emre Divarcı, A Celik, O Ergün, S Özen, D Simsek, S Darcan, Izmir, Turkey.

5.Minimally invasive surgery for congenital thymic cysts in children: a report of 3 cases. Nabil M. Dessouky, Cairo, Egypt.

  1. FAMILIAL MALE PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITE IN GAZA: UNIQUE INCIDENCE AND SURGICAL EXPERIENCE

Jehad Abudaia, Gaza, Palestin.

B- Each paper will be 3 min presentation plus 2 min discussion

  1. An ancient herb Cissus quadrangularis (Linn.) and its role in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells proliferation and osteoblastogenesis.

Bhagath Kumar Potu, Muddanna S Rao, Gopalan Kutty Nampurath, India.

  1. Does seasonal variation in Mediterranean diet affect the course of acute appendicitis.

Evangelia Rahmani, X. S. Roussis, E. Rahmani, E. Gougoudi, X. Synopides, A. Zavitsanakis, Aristotle , Thessaloniki, Greece.

  1. ECTOPIA CORDIS AND AMNIOTIC BAND SYNDROME

Venkata Ramana Vollala, Narendra Pamidi, Somayaji Nagabhooshana , Melaka Manipal, India

  1. Mesenchymal hamartoma in a neonate.

Khaled Desouky, Cairo, Egypt.

  1. Neonatal appendicitis presented by acute scrotum: A case report and review of the literature

Khaled El-Asmar and Hisham Abdel-Kader Ain-Shams University Cairo Egypt .

  1. Hirschsprung’s Disease: an odd presentation and a novel way of management.

Ibrahim M. abd El Raheim MRCS, Hamad A. Hader SSC-Gen.Surg, Ashraf H. M. Ibrahim , KSA

8.00 – 11.00 PM:

Boats Trip totheDinner on the West Banc.

Day Three

Thursday 10/ 12/ 2009

9.00 – 10.00 AM: Panel V: Vascular Malformations: Different Trends in Management

Panelists: Alaa Hamza, Mohamed El Barbary, Gonca Topuzlu Tekant, Mohamed Shaker, Iman Ragab.

Moderator: Richard Azizkhan

10.00 – 11.30 AM: Panel VI : Management of Lung Lesions Including Infections

Panelists: Nabil El Dessouky, Ayed Al Qahtani, Coşkun Özcan, Sameh AbdelHay, Jurgen Schleef.

Moderator: Benno Ure

11.30 – 12.00 PM: Coffee Break

12.00 -1.30 PM Panel VII: Complications of Transanal Pull through in Hirshprung’s Disease

Panelists: Jacob Langer, Keith Oldham, Sameh Shehata, Gonca Topuzlu Tekant, Montaser El kotby.

Moderator : Essam Elhalaby

1.30 -2.30 PM: Lunch

2.30 AM – 3.30 PM: EPSA 2009 - Free Papers Session III:

Chairmen: Sameh Abdelhay , Mohamed Elghazaly , Hasan Dogruyol

  1. Cairo University pediatric surgery Unit : one year report

Montaser El kotby ( 6+3 min ) .

  1. MORGAGNI HERNIA: A 15 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF CASES IN THE ASEER REGION OF SAUDI ARABIA. (4 + 2 min)

Jetley N.K., Al-Assiri A.H., Malki T.A. , Aseer, Al Baha, Taif***, KSA .

Each paper will be 3 min presentation plus 2 min discussion

  1. CLINICAL EXPERIENCES IN PENTALOGY OF CANTRELL.

Gence A, Alver D, Celayir AC, Kurt G , Istanbul, Turkey.

  1. Pyloric Atresia Associated With Epidermolysis Bullosa: Report Of Two Cases And Review Of The Literature

Unal Bıçakcı, Burak Tander, Rıza Rızalar, Ender Arıtürk, Fatma Çakmak Çelik, Ferit Bernay, Samsun, Turkey

  1. Necrotizing enterocolitis with short bowel syndrome: a neonatologist/ pediatric surgeon dilemmas Sulaiman alsaad MD¹, Ashraf Al.kholy MD² Ibn sina hospital State of Kuwait
  1. Primary skin flap closure versus staged surgical closure in the treatment of omphalocele with viscera-abdominal disproportion .

Ahmed M Abdelmonem Ali Gafar, Sohag University, Egypt.

  1. Etiology, Pathogenesisand outcomes of Pulmonary pseudocysts in children .

Al Assiri A.H*, Jetley NK** , Aseer*, Abha**, KSA.

8.THE IMPORTANCE OF THE STOMA LEVELING OF POUCH COLON IN CASES WITH PERSISTENT CLOACA .

Kurt G, Celayir AC, Sarıca K,Istanbul, Turkey.

  1. Neonatal Intestinal Perforation; Laparotomy versus Drainage.

Mamdouh Alkasby, Al Azhar, Egypt.

  1. Circumcision: A safe operation or disastrous complication; Management of sever penile shaft injuries

M. S. El-Debeiky, H. A. Soliman, Cairo, Egypt.

  1. Luxor and the first surgical text in History.

Abdelrahman kamaleldeen , Salah kamaleldeen, UK

3.30 PM – 4.30 PM: Panel VIII : Necrotizing Enterocolitis:

Update in Management

Panelists: Henri Ford , Michael Hollwarth , Sherif Shehata , Hisham Safoury, Talal Malky.

Moderator: Dick Tibboel

1- Controversies in the Management of Necrotizing Enterocolitis:

Henri Ford (15 Min)

2- Prevention and long-time results of preventing NEC.

MichaelHollwarth (15 min)

3- Necrotizing Enterocolitis :When to intervene surgically: New prospects

Talal Malky (10 min)

Cases discussion: 20 minutes.

4.30 PM – 5.00 PM: Coffee Break

5.00 PM – 6.15 PM: EPSA 2009Free Papers Session IV: (Urology)

Chairmen: Yunus Soylet, Ahmed Medhat Zaki, Prem Puri .

1-Preliminary results of a two-stage technique for proximal hypospadias with severe chordee : Creation of urethral plate by using vascularized preputial island flap . (6 min +3)

Yunus Söylet, Ebru Yeşildağ(*) , Cem Kara (**),S.N. Cenk Büyükünal , İstanbul, Turkey.

A-Each paper will be 4 min presentation plus 2 min discussion

1Penile torsion: an overlooked anomaly with anterior hypospadias.

Amr Zaki, Ain Shams, Egypt

2Concise Metanalysis of Current Bladder Exstrophy Outcomes.

Mohamed Aboheba, Alexandria , Egypt .

3Persistent hydroureteronephrosis in posterior urethral valve patients,

Sibel Tiryaki, Murat Alkan, Ibrahim Ulman, Ali Avanoglu, Ege, Turkey

4Tunica vaginalis as an intermediate layer in difficult hypospadias.

Hisham safoury , Ain-Shams ,Egypt

5Modified Koyanagi Technique in Management of Proximal Hypospadias.

Adham El-Saied, Mansoura, Egypt.

6Versatility of tubularized incised plate urethroplasty in the management of different types of hypospadias: 5-year experience.

Gamal Al-Saied , Ahmed Gamal and Diaa Mahdy ; Al-Azhar Egypt ;Taif, KSA.

B- Each paper will be 3 min presentation plus 2 min discussion

7TWO SITES VERTICAL MEATOPLASTY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF URETHRAL MEATAL STENOSIS( A NEW METHOD ) .

Alawadi Sayed, Ahmed Dawood, Aseer, Abha, KSA.

8TIP for Distal Penile Hypospadias:Do we still leave a catheter?

Mohammed Youssef , Alexandria, Egypt

9Hypospadias Repair: The effects of suturing technique on the outcome of tabularized incised plate (TIP) urethroplasty.

Ahmed M Abdel Monem Ali Gafar, Sohag, Egypt

10Concealed penis.

Khalid Ahmed Ismail, Department of surgery, Tanta University

11Management of The Concealed penis.

Mohamed A. Abdel Aziz , Samir H. Gouda ,Abdel Moneim Shams. Al-Azhar, Cairo.

12Urethral plate characters and its impact on the outcome of tubularized incised plate urethroplasty.

Ahmed Gamal Eldin, M. Badr Eldin, Abdelgawad, Menoufia, Egypt

6.15 PM – 7.15 PM:Plastic Surgery Session

Moderator : Mamdouh Abu El Hasan , Cisem Akyildiz , Yaser Jamal .

1-Neonatal correction of brachial plexus injury a unique experience.

Khaled Makeen , Cairo ,Egypt (10 min)

  1. Each paper will be 6 min presentation plus 3 min discussion.

1-TRITICUM VULGARE TO COLLAGENASE: COMPARISON OF WOUND HEALING IN PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS.

Cisem Akyildiz, Sibel Tiryaki, Belce Candan, Ahmet Celik, Geylani Ozok, Ege, Izmir,Turkey.

2-EXTENDING CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH CLEFT LIP AND PALATE THROUGH THE INTERDISCIPLINARY MODEL: EMPHAZING THE ROLE OF MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEON AND ORTHODONTIST (Part I)

Marwa Abd El- Wahab El-Kassaby, Fady Hussein Fahim: Cairo, Egypt.

1-EXTENDING CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH CLEFT LIP AND PALATE THROUGH THE INTERDISCIPLINARY MODEL: EMPHAZING THE ROLE OF MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEON AND ORTHODONTIST (Part II)

Marwa Abd El- Wahab El-Kassaby, Fady Hussein Fahim: Cairo, Egypt.

  1. Each paper will be 4 min presentation plus 2 min discussion.

2-Surgical Excision of Lymphatic Malformations in the Cervicofacial Area in Children.

Kamal A. M. Hassanein, Sohag, Egypt.

3-Circular excision and purse string closure of haemangioma: a technique with major advantages over lenticular excision.

Mohamed R Abdallah, Richard Azizkhan, Mansour Kabbash, Mohamed Elammary, Nabil Abo Eldahab, Cincinnati, USA and Sohag, Egypt.

4-Primary Rhinoplasty in Clefts: will we reach a Verdict?

Dr. Adham Farouk, Alexandria ,Egypt.

7.30 PM: Sound and Light show

9.00 – 12.00 PM: Gala Dinner

Day Four

Friday 11/ 12/ 2009

10.30 PM – 11.30 PM: EPSA General Assembly and Election

11.30 AM – 12.30 PM: Friday Praying

12.30 -1.30 Pm: EPSA BOARD Meeting

2.00 PM – 2.45 PM: Panel VIII: Management of Vesico-Ureteric Reflux: Current Status

Panelists: Genk Buyukunal, , Hany Abdelraouf, Ali Avanoglu

Moderator: Prem Puri

Endoscopic Treatment of VU Reflux: Prem Puri (15 min).

Changing trends in VUR treatment. Ali Avanoglu (10 min).

Neonatal Injection , Genk Buyukunal. (10 min).

Adult Experience . Hany Abdelraouf (10 min)

2.45-3.45 PM : EPSA 2009 Free Papers Session V:

(Colon and Rectum)

Chairmen: Sameh Shehata , Maged Ismaiel , Gonca Topuzlu Tekant

  1. Each paper will be 6 min presentation plus 3 min discussion.
  1. Total Colonic Aganglionosis: Outcome at both Short and Long Term Follow Up.

Amel Hashish, Hisham Fayad, Ashraf El-Attar A, Mohamed F Metwally, Abd El Motelb Effat Essam Elhalaby, Tanta, Egypt.

  1. Prospective Long term functional and cosmetic assessment of ASARP vs PASRP in Treatment of Intermediate Anorectal Anmalies in Girls.

Sherif M K Shehata,Tanta, Egypt.

  1. Each paper will be 4 min presentation plus 2 min discussion.
  1. Myectomy And Sphincteromyectomy For Short-Segment Hirschsprung’s Disease.

Hasan Dogruyol, Kiristioglu I, Adıguzel U, Bursa, Turkey.

  1. Adult Hirschsprung's Disease: what is the best management?

Khalid A. Ismail, Mohamed H. Mazhar Ashour, Akram M. Elbatarny, Osama. H. El Khadrawy,Ali M. Turky, Mohammed F. Metwally, Hamdy Abdel Hady & Amal A. Hashish, Tanta, Egypt.

  1. Lower urinary tract dysfunction after Pull-Through procedure for treatment of children with Hirschsprung's disease.

Mohamed A. Abdel Aziz, Sayed H. Abdalla, Ahmed Abdel Ghafar and Samir H Gouda, Al-Azhar,Cairo, Egypt.

  1. Each paper will be 3 min presentation plus 2 min discussion.
  1. Missed Recto-urethral fistula after ano-rectal pull-through for imperforate anus in children.

Nabil M. Dessouky,Cairo, Egypt.

  1. Acute and fatal hyponatremia after laparoscopic anorectoplasty.

Ahmed Elham Fares, Cairo, Egypt.

  1. Gasless Laparoscopic Assisted Duhamell`s Procedure for Hirschsprung`s Disease in Children.

Rafik Shalaby, Maged Ismael, Mohamad Abdel-Razik and Abdel-Aziz Yehya .Al-Azhar, Cairo, Egypt.

  1. Transanal Endorectal Pull-through for Hirschsprung's Disease During

the First Month of Life.

Kamal Abd El-Elah,Mansoura, Egypt.

3.45 -4.00 Coffee Break

4.00 -5.00 pm EPSA 2009Free Papers Session VI: (Laparoscopy)

Chairmen: Benno Ure , Amin Elgohary ,Aayed Kahtany

  1. Each paper will be 6 min presentation plus 3 min discussion.
  1. Pediatric laparoscopy in bangladesh: our experience in a private hospital in chittagong.

MJ Hannan, AA Hasan, AM Ferdous, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

2-Medium term results for laparoscopic traction for the abdominal testis.

Sameh Shehata,Alexandria, Egypt.

3-Laparoscopic Rectopexy for Persistent Complete Rectal Prolapse on Pathophysiologic Basis .

Maged Ismail, Rafik Shalaby, Khaled Gabr, Abdel-Monaem Shams, Samir Gouda , Abdel-Aziz Yehya. Al-Azhar, Egypt

B-Each paper will be 4 min presentation plus 2 min discussion

4-Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS): Preliminary single center experience .

Sibel Tiryaki, Orkan Ergün, Ahmet Çelik, Ege, Turkey.

5-Evaluation of effect of pneumoperitoneum on hemodynamic parameters during laparoscopic cholecystectomies in children: A prospective comparative study with sickle cell disease.

Murat Alkan, Dilek Özcengiz, Serdar H İskit, Cemal Parlakgümüş, Yasemin Güneş, Recep Tuncer, Ünal Zorludemir, Erbuğ Keskin, Adana, Turkey.

6-Laparoscopic Management of Chronic (Atypical) Intestinal Malrotation.

Maged Ismail,Amen Abokifa, Rafik Shalaby, Abdel-Aziz Yehya,Al–Azhar, Cairo, Egypt.

7-LAPAROSCOPY ASSISTED TRANSUMBLICAL APPROACH IN NEONATES AND INFANTS.

Murat Alkan, Serdar H İskit, Gökhan Güler, Cemal Parlakgümüş, Recep Tuncer, Ünal Zorludemir, Erbuğ Keskin, Adana, Turkey.

8-Subclinical Hepatic Dysfunction after Laparoscopic Surgery in Pediatrics.

Mohamed M. EL-Leathy, Mostafa A.Abo El Enin, Ibrahim M Abd El Aziz

AL-Azhar, Cairo, Egypt .

5.00 – 6.00 PM:EPSA 2009Free Papers Session VII (Miscellaeous)

Chairmen: Rafeek Shalaby , Coskun Ozcan, Magdy Barbary.

  1. Pediatric Trauma Outcomes at Children's vs Adult Hospitals in the USA .

Henri Ford, Los Angeles USA. (10 +5 min)

  1. The right of the fetus (Pro choice Vs Pro life).

Amin El Gohary,Abu Dhabi, UAE.(6 + 3 min)

  1. TRANSCUTANEOUS CERVICAL AND TRANSABDOMINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOLL IN GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX IN CHILDHOOD.

Karabulut Bilge, Bostanci Ilknur, Kacar Mahmut, Karaca Gokhan, Kosar PinarAnkara, Turkey (4 +2 min)

Each paper will be 3 min presentation plus 2 min discussion.

  1. PREOPERATIVE ORAL RANITIDINE ADMINISTRATION IN CHILDREN WITH PYLORIC STENOSIS CAN HELP TO RESUME FEEDS AFTER PYLOROMYOTOMY.

Rahmani, X.S. Roussis, E. Rahmani, E. Agakidou, X. Synopides, A. Zavitsanakis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

  1. Congenital Esophageal Stenosis Associated with Esophageal Atresia: A proof that it can affect the anastomotic site.

Ashraf H. M. Ibrahim, Ibrahim Abdul Raheem, Ahmed Kandeel , Mohamed Bazeed,KSA.

  1. ESOPHAGEAL REPLACEMENT WITH COLLIS GASTRIC TUBE IN LONG GAP ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA

Celayir AC, Gul C, Alver D, Pektas OZ, Zeynep Kamil,Istanbul, Turkey.

  1. Laparoscopic hernia repair in infancy and childhood; evaluation of different techniques.

Rafik Shalaby, Maged Ismael, Khaled Gabr, Abdel Aziz Yehya, Al-Azhar, Cairo, Egypt.

  1. Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF) as Chronic Dialysis Access in Pediatrics.

Adham El-Saied,,Mansoura, Egypt.

  1. Gasless Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Children.

Rafik Shalaby, Maged Ismael, Refaat Ibrahem and Abdel-Aziz Yehya,

Al-Azhar, Cairo, Egypt

6.00 -7.00 PM: EPSA 2009 - Poster Session:

Each Poster with 2 slides presentation [1 min] and 1 min discussion.

Chairmen: Ferit Bernay, Richard Azizkhan , Ashraf Elkhouly .

  1. DOES TESTICULAR MICROLITHIASIS IN YOUNG PATIENTS WARRANT HIGH SURVEILLANCE OR SELF EXAMINATION AND REGULAR FOLLOW UP IS SUFFICIENT?

Rahmani, X.S. Roussis, E. Rahmani, X. Synopides, A. Zavitsanakis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

  1. THE MAXIMUM ANTEROPOSTERIOR DIAMETER OF HYDRONEPHROTIC KIDNEY CHANGES SIGNIFICANTLY BY HYDRATION.

Sibel Tiryaki, Murat Alkan, Süreyya Ozbek, Ali Avanoglu, Ibrahim Ulman,Ege, Turkey.