Indiana Chapter, ACS  ANNUAL MEETING  May 6-8, 1999  Indianapolis, Indiana

 THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1999

1:00pm WELCOME: Robert E. Pennington, MD, FACS

 Session I

 Moderutor,. Robert E. Pennington, MD, FACS

1:15 - 1:30- Home Bowel Preparation for Elective Colonic Proceeures in Children:  Cost Savings with Quality Assurance and Improvement  S. Engrum, MD
 
 

1:30 - 1:45  Gastric Tonometry and Direct Intra-Abdominal Pressure
Monitoring in Abdominal Compartment Syndrome B Kogon, MD, E. Jensen, MD, J. Isch, MD., K. Ruble, MD, S. Engum, MD, J. Grosfeld, MD, FACS
 R. Morton Boleman Award (Trauma Surgery)

1:45 -2:00 Spienic Salvage in Older Patients: An Elusive Goal  D. Lee, MD, G. Rodman, NM, FACS
Leonard Ensminger Award (Trauma Surgery)

 2:00 - 2:15  Direct In Vivo Measurement of Flow-Dependent Nitric Oxide Production in Mesenteric Resistance Arteries   C. Hyre, MD, J. Unthank, Ph.D., M. Dalsing, MD, FACS
Willis D. Gatch Award (General Surgery)

2:15 - 3:00  WHAT'S NEW IN VASCULAR SURGERY?
---Current Indications for Carotid Endarterectomy - Risks and Benefits M. Dalsing, MD, FACS

---Endoluminal Aortic Aneurysm Repair and a Case of Hepatorenal Bypass Enabling Endoluminal Stent-Graft Repair of an AAA S. Lalka, MD, FACS
 

3:00 - 3:30  BREAK
 

3:30 - 4:15  American College of Surgeons Distinguished Lecturer
Cynthia A. Brown
Manager, Washington Office, American College of Surgeons
Legislative and Regulatory Update

4:15 - 4:30  The Value of Nonoperative Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
T. Goedde, MD, FACS

4:30 - Sentinel Node Mapping in Breast Cancer: A Community Experience
 D. Carlson, MD, FACS
 

4:45 - 5:00 Jejunal Diverticulitis Presenting as Appendicitis
I. Seekri, MD, FACS

5:00 - 5:15   Failure of Gut Anastomoses in Trauma Patients: Identifying Risk Factors
G. Rodman, MD, FACS