ASiT 2015 Programme & Abstract Book

ASiT
2015
The Association of
Surgeons in Training
ASiT Surgical Conference

Glasgow SECC | February 27th - March 1st
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Conference Proceedings & Oral Abstracts
The Association of Surgeons in Training 2015

International Surgical Conference | Glasgow | February 27th - 1st March
Presidents Introduction
To good friends.
Vimal
Vimal Gokani
ASiT Executive Conference Team 2015

Vimal Gokani
Andrew Beamish
President
Immediate Past-President
Piriyah Sinclair
Andrew Robson
Vice-President
Vice-President
Peter Radford
Frank McDermott
Honorary Secretary and

Sponsorship Co-Ordinator
Director of Education
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Ed Fitzgerald
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ASiT Conference Programme

ASIT Conference, Glasgow 2015 Programme
Friday 27th February
Time
Speaker
Pre-conference courses
Civic Reception
1800 - 20.30
Prof Frank Dunn (President RCPSG)

Miss Clare Marx (President RCSEng)
Mr Vimal Gokani (President ASiT)
Saturday 28th February
Time
Speaker
Lord Provosts's Welcome
08.40 - 08.50
The Lord Provost of Glasgow
President's address
08.50 - 09.00
Mr Vimal Gokani
Opening Session
09.00 - 09.30
Registration open from 07:30
Who wants great care?
Dr Neil Bacon
Question Time - The role / work of the Royal Colleges
09.30 - 10.30
RCSEd
Mr Ian Ritchie
RCSEng
Miss Clare Marx
RCPSG
Prof Frank Dunn
RCSI
Emergency Surgery: Get involved in sorting it out!
10.30 - 10.40
Break
10.40 - 11.10
The ASiT Lecture session
11.10 - 11.45
The GCS: past, present and future
Mr James Kirkby-Bott
Prof Sir Graham Teasdale
The Future of Research
11.45 - 11.55
The Role of the Surgeon Scientist
11.55 - 12.25
Prof Andrew Hart
What Shape is Training?
12.25 - 13.10
Dr. Vicky Osgood
ASiT, Surgery Journal & PLG Foundation Essay Prize

Presentations
13.10- 13.20
Networking Lunch
Surgeon Specific Outcomes - is it all about life and
death?
Mr Aneel Bhangu
13.10 - 14.20
14.20 - 14.30
Ms. Pam Peers
14.30 - 15.00
Professor Baroness Ilora Finlay of Llandaff
ASiT Twitter Competition

Global Surgery & ASiT
15.00 - 15.20
ASiT Rwanda Trip
15.00 - 15.10
Miss Rhiannon Harries & Mr Vimal Gokani
ASiT supported Charity 2015: Mercy Ships
15.10 - 15.20
Mercyships
Break
15.20 - 15.40
Parallel Sessions
Surgical Fellowships
15.40 - 16.30
[Main Auditorium]
National Research Collaboratives Session
15.40 - 16.30
[Forth]
SARS Session
15.40 - 16.30
[Gala]
Sci-Fi Surgery
16.30 - 17.30
The future of the robotic revolution
Mr Ben Challacombe
The future of surgical training, wearables - augmented and

virtual reality.
ASiT Annual General Meeting
Mr Shafi Ahmed
17.35 - 18.15
ASiT Black-Tie Charity Gala Dinner
18.30 for 20.00
Glasgow Science Centre
Sunday 1st March
Time
Parallel Sessions
09.00 - 09.45
Medical Student Prize Session
09.00 - 09.45
5+1 min (7 papers)
Posters of Distinction
09.00 - 09.45
3+1 min (10 papers)
[Forth]
Women in Surgery
Parallel Sessions
09.00 - 09.45
Mrs Stella Vig, Miss Anna Sharrock
[Gala]
ASiT Short Paper Session
09.45 - 10.45
5+1 min (9 papers)
09.45 - 11.40
Medical Student Parallel Session

SOTA Session
09.45 - 10.45
Break
10.45 - 11.05
Speaker
[Main Auditorium]
[Forth]
5+1 min (9 papers)
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[Main Auditorium]
[Gala]
ASIT Conference, Glasgow 2015 Programme

Friday 27th February
Time
Speaker

Pre-conference courses
Civic Reception
1800 - 20.30
Prof Frank Dunn (President RCPSG)
Miss Clare Marx (President RCSEng)

Mr Vimal Gokani (President ASiT)
Saturday 28th February
Time
Speaker
Lord Provosts's Welcome
08.40 - 08.50
The Lord Provost of Glasgow
President's address
08.50 - 09.00
Mr Vimal Gokani
Opening Session
09.00 - 09.30
Registration open from 07:30
Who wants great care?
Dr Neil Bacon
Question Time - The role / work of the Royal Colleges
09.30 - 10.30
RCSEd
Mr Ian Ritchie
RCSEng
Miss Clare Marx
RCPSG
Prof Frank Dunn
RCSI
Emergency Surgery: Get involved in sorting it out!
10.30 - 10.40
Break
10.40 - 11.10
The ASiT Lecture session
11.10 - 11.45
The GCS: past, present and future
Prof Sir Graham Teasdale
The Future of Research
11.45 - 11.55
Mr Aneel Bhangu
The Role of the Surgeon Scientist
11.55 - 12.25
Prof Andrew Hart
What Shape is Training?
12.25 - 13.10
Dr Vicky Osgood
ASiT, Surgery Journal & PLG Foundation Essay Prize

Presentations
13.10- 13.20
Networking Lunch
Surgeon Specific Outcomes - is it all about life and
death?
13.10 - 14.20
14.20 - 14.30
Ms. Pam Peers
14.30 - 15.00
Prof Baroness Ilora Finlay of Llandaff
Global Surgery & ASiT
15.00 - 15.20
ASiT Rwanda Trip
15.00 - 15.10
Miss Rhiannon Harries & Mr Vimal Gokani
ASiT supported Charity 2015: Mercy Ships
15.10 - 15.20
Mercyships
Break
15.20 - 15.40
Parallel Sessions
15.40 - 16.30
[Main Auditorium]
15.40 - 16.30
[Forth]
SARS Session
15.40 - 16.30
[Gala]
Sci-Fi Surgery
16.30 - 17.30
Mr Ben Challacombe

virtual reality.
Mr Shafi Ahmed
17.35 - 18.15
18.30 for 20.00
Sunday 1st March
Time
Parallel Sessions
09.00 - 09.45
09.00 - 09.45
5+1 min (7 papers)
09.00 - 09.45
3+1 min (10 papers)
[Forth]
Women in Surgery
Parallel Sessions
09.00 - 09.45
[Gala]
09.45 - 10.45
5+1 min (9 papers)
09.45 - 11.40
SOTA Session
09.45 - 10.45
Break
Speaker
[Main Auditorium]
[Main Auditorium]
[Forth]
5+1 min (9 papers)
[Gala]
10.45 - 11.05
Surgical Training: The Insiders' GuideReally
11.05 - 11.40
What does JCST do?
11.05 - 11.15
Mr Bill Allum
What does ISCP v10 do?
11.15 - 11.40
Mr Gareth Griffiths
Let's Make Things Better. Together: The Results of the

ASiT Surveys
11.40 - 12.00
Mr Ed Fitzgerald, Mr Andi Beamish, Miss Rhiannon Harries
Achieving Excellence
12.00 - 12.30
Core Training
12.00 - 12.15
Mrs Stella Vig
15.40 - 16.30
[Main Auditorium]
15.40 - 16.30
[Forth]
SARS Session
15.40 - 16.30
[Gala]
Sci-Fi Surgery
16.30 - 17.30
Mr Ben Challacombe

virtual reality.
Mr Shafi Ahmed
17.35 - 18.15
18.30 for 20.00

Sunday 1st March
Time
Parallel Sessions
09.00 - 09.45
09.00 - 09.45
5+1 min (7 papers)
09.00 - 09.45
3+1 min (10 papers)
[Forth]
Women in Surgery
Parallel Sessions
09.00 - 09.45
[Gala]
09.45 - 10.45
5+1 min (9 papers)
09.45 - 11.40
SOTA Session
09.45 - 10.45
Break
Speaker
[Main Auditorium]
[Main Auditorium]
[Forth]
5+1 min (9 papers)
[Gala]
10.45 - 11.05
Surgical Training: The Insiders' GuideReally
11.05 - 11.40
What does JCST do?
11.05 - 11.15
Mr Bill Allum
What does ISCP v10 do?
11.15 - 11.40
Mr Gareth Griffiths
Let's Make Things Better. Together: The Results of the

ASiT Surveys
11.40 - 12.00
Mr Ed Fitzgerald, Mr Andi Beamish, Miss Rhiannon Harries
Achieving Excellence
12.00 - 12.30
Core Training
12.00 - 12.15
Mrs Stella Vig
Higher Surgical Training
12.15 - 12.30
Mr Humphrey Scott
How to realise your potential (mentoring)
12.30 - 12.50
Mrs Piriyah Sinclair, Mr Matt Driver, Mr Ed Dyson, Mr Vimal Gokani
ASiT Medal Presentation Session
12.50 - 13.35
7 best trainee presentations

Networking Lunch
5+1 min (6 papers)

13.35 - 14.15
You and The Law
14.15 - 15.15
New Laws which Will Affect you
14.15 - 14.45
Mr Bertie Leigh
How to stay out of trouble
14.45 - 15.15
Mr John Mead
Parallel Sessions
15.15 - 16.00
Surgical Education & Training Prize Session
15.15 - 16.00
GlobalSurg
15.15 - 16.00
Emergency Surgery Consensus Delivery Session

Break
15.15 - 16.00
5+1 min (7 papers)
[Main Auditorium]
[Gala 1]
[Gala 2]
16.00 - 16.20
National Emergency Laparotomy Audit

Prize Presentations
16.20 - 16.30
Ms Emma Barrow
16.30 - 16.50
Incoming ASiT President
Closing address
16.50 - 17.00
Parallel Session - Saturday
Time
Speaker
13.20 - 14.20
[Main Hall]
Time
Speaker
STARSurg Session
12.00 - 15.00
[Gala]
Time
Speaker
15.45 - 16.35
[Main Auditorium]
15.45 - 16.35
[Forth]
SARS Session
15.45 - 16.35
5+1 min (7 papers)
Parallel Session - Sunday
Time
Speaker
09.00 - 09.45
5+1 min (7 papers)
[Main Auditorium]
09.00 - 09.45
3+1 min (10 papers)
[Forth]
Women In Surgery
09.00 - 09.45
[Gala]
Time
Speaker
09.45 - 10.45
5+1 min (9 papers)
09.45 - 10.00 Attributes of a sucessful surgeon

[Forth]
Mr Dave Bosanquet
10:00 - 10:15 Getting Published as a medical student
Mr Will Muirhead
10:15 - 10:45 Using AFP (or not) to fuel a career in academic surgery
Mr James Glasbey and Mr Alex Vesey
10:45 - 11:40 Why I do What I do'
Various speakers
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How to stay out of trouble
14.45 - 15.15
Parallel Sessions
15.15 - 16.00
Surgical Education & Training Prize Session
15.15 - 16.00
GlobalSurg
15.15 - 16.00
Emergency Surgery Consensus Delivery Session

Break
15.15 - 16.00
Mr John Mead
5+1 min (7 papers)
[Main Auditorium]
[Gala 1]
[Gala 2]
16.00 - 16.20
ASiT Conference Parallel Sessions

National Emergency Laparotomy Audit
Prize Presentations
16.20 - 16.30
Ms Emma Barrow
16.30 - 16.50
Closing address
16.50 - 17.00
Time
Speaker
13.20 - 14.20
[Main Hall]
Time
Speaker
STARSurg Session
12.00 - 15.00
[Gala]
Time
Speaker
15.45 - 16.35
[Main Auditorium]
15.45 - 16.35
[Forth]
SARS Session
15.45 - 16.35
5+1 min (7 papers)
Time
Speaker
09.00 - 09.45
5+1 min (7 papers)
[Main Auditorium]
09.00 - 09.45
3+1 min (10 papers)
[Forth]
Women In Surgery
09.00 - 09.45
[Gala]
Time
Speaker
09.45 - 10.45
5+1 min (9 papers)
09.45 - 10.00 Attributes of a sucessful surgeon

[Forth]
Mr Dave Bosanquet
10:00 - 10:15 Getting Published as a medical student
Mr Will Muirhead
10:15 - 10:45 Using AFP (or not) to fuel a career in academic surgery
Mr James Glasbey and Mr Alex Vesey
10:45 - 11:40 Why I do What I do'
Various speakers
SOTA Prize Session
09.45 - 10.45
5+1 min (9 papers)
Time
Speaker
Surgical Training & Education Prize Session
15.15 - 16.00
5+1 min (7 papers)
GlobalSurg
15.15 - 16.00
Emergency Surgery: Let's Sort it out Shall We?
15.15 - 16.00
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ASiT Pre-Conference Courses

Friday 27th Feburary 2015
ASiT Statistics for Surgeons
ASiT Core Laparoscopic Skills Course
ASiT Introductory Neurosurgical Skills Course
ASiT Foundation Skills in Orthopaedics Course
ASiT Basic Skills in Vascular Surgery Course
ASiT/SARS Research Skills Course
RCSEd Non-Technical Skills in Surgery (NOTSS) Workshop For Trainees
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ASiT/ RCSEng Leadership Course
ASiT Mentoring Course
ASiT Pre-Conference Courses

Venues
ASiT Core Laparoscopic Skills Course
ASiT Basic Skills in Vascular Surgery Course
ASiT Foundation Skills in Orthopaedics Course
ASiT Introductory Neurosurgical Skills Course
Beardmore Centre for Health Science
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Beardmore Street
Clydebank
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ASiT Mentoring Course
ASiT/ RCSEng Leadership Course
RCSEd Non-Technical Skills in Surgery (NOTSS) Workshop For Trainees
ASiT/SARS Research Skills Course
ASiT Statistics for Surgeons
Seminar Rooms 1 - 6
Stobhill Hospital
133 Balornock Road
Glasgow
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ASiT Conference Research & Audit Trainee Prizes

ASiT Medal
SARS / ASiT Academic & Research Surgery Prize
ASGBI / ASiT Short Paper Prize
ASiT / Ethicon Surgical Education Prize
ID Medical/ ASiT Medical Student Prize
RCSEng / ASiT Poster Presentation Prize
IJS Case Report Prizes
ASiT PLG Patient Safety Prize
TeachMeAnatomy.com Poster of Distinction Prize
Surgical Specialty Trainee Prizes
Orthopaedic Research UK Prize
BASO~The Association of Cancer Surgery Prize
AUGIS Trainee Prize
ALSGBI Trainee Prize
Specialty Trainee Group Prizes
ASiT-AOT Prize
ASiT-Rouleaux Club Prize
ASiT-SURG Prize
ASiT-PLASTA Prize
ASiT-Dukes Club / ACPGBI Prize
ASiT-Mammary Fold Prize
ASiT-BNTA Prize
ASiT-BAOMS Prize
ASiT-Carrel Club Prize
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ASiT Conference Speaker Biographies

In alphabetical order, where supplied by speakers
Mr Shafi Ahmed
Mr Bill Allum
Dr Neil Bacon
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Mr Aneel Bhangu
Mr Benjamin J Challacombe
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Emma Davies
Dr Francis Dunn
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Mr Gareth Griffiths
Professor Andrew Hart
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Mr Chung Sim Lim
Mr Bertie Leigh
John Mead
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Miss Clare Marx
Dr Vicky Osgood
Director of Education and Standards
Ms Pam Peers
Mr Ian Ritchie
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Mr Humphrey Scott
Mr Paul Sutton
Professor Sir Graham Teasdale
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Miss Stella Vig
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The Silver Scalpel Award
This years nominees are:
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Mr Muhammad Quraishi
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The Silver Scalpel Award
Mr Stephen Holtham
Mr Shafi Ahmed
Mr Tim McCullough
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ASiT Oral Presentation Prize Abstracts

ASiT Medal 1
To evaluate the effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on the hearing outcome in patients
with Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss.
Aims:
Methodology:
Results:
Conclusion:
ASiT Medal 2
Analysis of pro[-2]PSA: A Novel Biomarker That Significantly Improves The Detection Of
Prostate Cancer.
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Aim
Method
Results
Conclusions
ASiT Medal 3
Organ Donation Registration: Evidence Based Marketing?
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ASiT Medal 4
Exploring the tumour stroma macrophages to identify responders to radiotherapy in
locally advanced rectal cancer.
Background
Methods
Results
Conclusion
ASiT Medal 5
Optimisation of Biomaterial Surfaces for Next Generation Neurosurgical Implants.
Aims:
Method:
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Results:
Conclusions:
ASiT Medal 6
Head and Neck Cancer detection: The efficacy of the 2-week-wait Referral pathway
Aim:
Methods:
Results:
Conclusion:
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ASiT Medal 7
A prospective study of CART, Chromogranin A, Chromogranin B and Pancreatic
Polypeptide in the diagnosis of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours
Background
Objectives
Methods
Results
Conclusions
Education and Training 1

Cognitive Task Analysis Performance of Surgical Trainees Using an Open Hernia Repair
Simulator
Aims
Methods
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Results
Conclusions

The Role of Surgical Foundation Placements in Training
Aims
Methods
Results
Conclusions
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Pilot study of unsupervised use of laparoscopic box trainers in a cohort of core surgical
trainees
Aim
Methods
Results
Conclusions

Medical student perception of Anatomage a 3D interactive anatomy dissection table
Aim
Method
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Results
Conclusion

An overview of teamwork training and assessment in modern surgical practice
Aim:
Methods:
Results:
Conclusions:
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Review of Shape of Training (Greenaway) Report: The West of Scotland Surgical Trainees
Viewpoint
Aim
Method
Results
Conclusion

The LEAPTM gesture interface device and take-home laparoscopic simulators: a study of
construct and concurrent validity.
Aim:
Method:
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Results:
Conclusion:
SARS 1
Effects of Endothelin receptor antagonism in an experimental model of renal
transplantation.
Background/Aim
Methods
Results
Conclusion
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SARS 2
Hypovitaminosis D, a causative factor in fractures of the fifth metatarsal?
Aim
Methods
Results
Conclusions
SARS 3
Effects of plasma surface modification on surface properties of polyhedral oligomeric
silsesquioxane poly(carbonate-urea) urethane (POSS-PCU) for nasal reconstruction
Aim:
Method:
Results:
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Conclusion:
SARS 4
Personalising wound care: A gene expression signature for predicting clinical outcomes
of venous leg ulcers
Introduction:
Methods:
Results:
Conclusion:
SARS 5
An increased post-operative inflammatory response is associated with reduced survival
following resection of colorectal liver metastases
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Background:
Methods:
Results:
Conclusion:
SARS 6
Renal Tubular Dysfunction following Donor Nephrectomy and its impact on residual
kidney function
Aim:
Methods:
Results:
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Conclusion:
SARS 7
Reduced serum Selenium: a molecular risk factor for abdominal aortic aneurismal
disease?
Introduction.
Methods.
Results
Conclusion
ASiT Short Paper 1

Surgical and Transcatheter Closure of Congenital Coronary Fistulae: Outcomes From a
National Audit
58

Aim:
Methods:
Results:
Conclusions:
ASiT Short Paper 2

Change In Practice Over Four Decades: Increasing Use Of Radio-Active Iodine Ablation
But Declining Reliance On Surgical Ablation In The Management Of Graves Disease
Aims
Methods
59

Results
Conclusion
ASiT Short Paper 3

Packing of Perianal Abscess Cavities (PPAC) Study: a multi-centre observational
feasibility study, interim analysis
Aims
Methods
Results
Conclusions
60

ASiT Short Paper 4
Early graft loss following liver transplantation: causes and consequences
Aims
Methods
Results
Conclusions
ASiT Short Paper 5

Rural hospital outcomes versus non-rural hospital outcomes following emergency
laparotomy: a Scottish retrospective cohort study
61
ASiT Short Paper 6

Trans-Vaginal Duplex Ultrasound For Detecting Pelvic Vein Incompetence In Women: A
Pilot Study
Aims:
Methods:
Results:
Conclusion:
ASiT Short Paper 7

Living Kidney Donation in the Elderly: The UK Experience
Aim:
62

Methods:
Results:
Conclusion:
SOTA 1
p53 can be stabilised by a combination of Nutlin-3 and irradiation in human
papillomavirus-positive oropharyngeal carcinoma cells, with no apparent effect on cell
growth or clonogenic survival
INTRODUCTION
METHOD
RESULTS
63
CONCLUSIONS
SOTA 2
A comparison of two Digital mammography systems at Breast Test Wales What does it
mean for surgeons?
Abstract:
Method:
Results:
Conclusions:
64

SOTA 3
A prognostic indicator in rectal cancer surgery: Lymph node ratio in neo-adjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRTx)
Aims:
Methods:
Results:
Conclusion:
SOTA 4
Nutritional Enhanced Recovery: post-pyloric feeding after discharge following
oesophagectomy
Introduction
Method
65

Results
Conclusions
SOTA 5
Methods:
Results:
Conclusion:
66

SOTA 6
Patients treated with oncoplastic breast conservation require more postoperative
radiological imaging, consequent biopsy and outpatient clinic visit than patients treated
with simple wide local excision
Background:
Methods:
Results:
Conclusion:
SOTA 7
Impact of Enhanced Recovery Programme on Patients Undergoing Lung Cancer Surgery
Aim:
Methods:
67

Results
Conclusions:
SOTA 8
Perineural invasion and neuropathy in pancreatic cancer: From human tissues to a
cellular model
Introduction:
Methods:
Results:
Conclusions:
68

Medical Student 1
Mortality and infection associated with External Ventricular Drains (EVD) in a Regional
Neurosurgical Unit.
Aim
Method
Results
Conclusions
Medical Student 2
Opportunity for Cardiovascular Risk Factor Reduction in AAA Surveillance Programs: A
Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients with Small
AAA
Introduction:
69

Method:
Results:
Discussion:
Medical Student 3
Incidence and outcomes of Polyomavirus infection in 639 kidney transplant recipients:
are high immunological risk characteristics more relevant than specific induction or
maintenance immunosuppressive regimens?
Aims
Methods
Results
70

Conclusions
Medical Student 4
Expression patterns of Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor proteins in early
gastric cancer
Aim
Method
Results
Conclusions
71

Medical Student 5
Patterns of disease persistence and recurrence in re-operative parathyroidectomy.
Aim:
Method:
Results:
Conclusions:
Medical Student 6
Is The Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy Score An Appropriate Tool To Inform Clinical
Decision-Making? A National Multi-Institutional External Validation Study.
Aim
72

Method
Results
Conclusions
Medical Student 7
Pre-morbid function and co-morbidity predict short and mid-term outcomes following
ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) repair
Objective:
Methods:
Results:
Conclusions:
73
Poster of Distinction 1
Patterns of recurrence in breast cancer based on clinically relevant molecular subtypes
Aim
Methods
Results
Conclusion:
Meta-analysis of mortality after subthalamic versus pallidal deep brain stimulation in
patients with parkinsons disease
Aim
74

Method
Results
Conclusion
The Effect Of Orthopaedic Surgery On The Intrinsic Properties Of Surgical Gloves
Introduction:
Methods:
Results:
Conclusions:
75

Reducing allograft rejection in patients with HIV: Immunosuppressing the
Immunocompromised
Aim
Method
Results
Conclusions
Temporal Variation in Major Trauma Admissions: Is There a Trauma Season?
Aim:
Method:
76
Results:
Conclusion:
Indications and outcomes for 100 patients managed with a pectoralis major flap within a
UK maxillofacial unit.
77

Systematic review and meta-analysis of outcome following trainee versus expert
performed appendicectomy
Aim
Methods
Results
Conclusions
Variations in non-technical skills in emergency and elective theatres- a prospective study.
Aim:
Methods:
78

Results:
Conclusion:
79
80
o the total floor area.
71.0 (m) diameter

233 0 diameter
-
7.9 x 21.8 x 3.9 (m)

6 x 71 5 x 12 8
1.3 x 44.2 x 9.0 (m)
4 x 145 1 x 29 6
2.1 x 59.7 x 9.0 (m)
4 x 195 9 x 29 6
15.4 x 81.7 x 9.0 (m)
igh Bay area Ht: 20m
7 x 268 0 x 29 6
gh Bay area Ht: 65 6
1.6 x 44.5 x 9.0 (m)
igh Bay area Ht: 14m
7 x 146 0 x 29 6
gh Bay area Ht: 46 0
5.9 x 5.4 x 2.3 (m)

9 3 x 17 9 x 7 7
12 x 9.2 x 2.7 (m)
0 x 30 2 x 8 11
10.6 x 6.0 x 2.7 (m)
8 x 19 7 x 8 11
10.6 x 6.0 x 2.7 (m)
8 x 19 7 x 8 11
9.8 x 12.2 x 2.7 (m)
0 x 40 0 x 8 11
26 x 18.8 x 9.0 (m)

2 x 61 7 x 29 6
1.6 x 10.8 x 3.5 (m)
9 x 35 5 x 11 6
10.6 x 11 x 3.5 (m)
8 x 36 1 x 11 6
1.6 x 10.8 x 3.5 (m)
9 x 35 5 x 11 6
10.6 x 11 x 3.5 (m)
8 x 36 1 x 11 6
18.3 x 10.9 x 3 (m)
35 8 x 10 2
9 x 11.2 x 3 (m)
6 x 36 8 x 10 2
18.3 x 10.9 x 3 (m)
35 8 x 10 2
9 x 11.2 x 3 (m)
6 x 36 8 x 10 2
5.9 x 5.9 x 2.5 (m)
9 3 x 19 3 x 8 2
5.9 x 5.9 x 2.5 (m)
9 3 x 19 3 x 8 2
1.5 x 39.0 x 26.0 (m)

2 x 127 10 x 85 3
9.2 x 21.0 x 3.6 (m)
3 0 x 69 0 x 11 7
14.8 x 10.6 x 2.6 (m)
5 x 34 8 x 8 4
10.9 x 7 x 2.6 (m)
8 x 23 2 x 8 4
10.9 x 7.6 x 2.6 (m)
5 8 x 24 9 x 8 4
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Organisers
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OFFICE
VIP
LOUNGE
GROUND LEVEL
THE SSE
HYDRO
SPONSOR
LOUNGE
MAIN ENTRANCE
INFORMATION
AND BUSINESS CENTRE
SPONSOR
LOUNGE
LIFTS &
ESCALATORS
VIP
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LOADING BAY
LIFTS &
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HYDRO
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PLATINUM
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STANDARD
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T&F Academic
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The ASiT Lecture session

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The Future of Research

The Role of the Surgeon Scientist

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What Shape is Training?

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ASiT, Surgery Journal & PLG Foundation Essay Prize

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ASiT Twitter Competition

ASiT Rwanda Trip

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National Research Collaboratives Session

The future of the robotic revolution

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Glasgow Science Centre

Sunday 1st March

Medical Student Prize Session

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ASiT Short Paper Session

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Prof Frank Dunn (President RCPSG)

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Saturday 28th February

Lord Provosts's Welcome

The Lord Provost of Glasgow

Registration open from 07:30

Who wants great care?

Question Time - The role / work of the Royal Colleges

Miss Clare Marx

Prof Frank Dunn

The ASiT Lecture session

The GCS: past, present and future

ASiT 2015 Programme & Abstract Book

ASiT 2015 Programme & Abstract Book