International Pediatric Endosurgery Group

LAPAROSCOPIC KASAI PORTOENTEROSTOMY HAS A FAVORABLE ADVANTAGE OVER OPEN KASAI PORTOENTEROSTOMY IN SUBSEQUENT LIVER TRANSPLANTATION Chiyoe Shirota, MD, Hiroo Uchida, MD, Yasuyuki Ogura, Hideya Kamei, MD, Yujiro Tanaka, MD, Takahisa Tainaka, Wataru Sumida, MD, Kazuki Yokota, MD, Kazuo Oshima, Ryo Shirotsuki, MD, Kosuke Chiba, Akinari Hinoki, MD; Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine

NO MORTALITY BENEFIT IN DELAYED CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA REPAIR IN PATIENTS WITH SUPRASYSTEMIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION Sophia Abdulhai1, Ian C Glenn, MD1, Dave Gothard, MS2, Pamela Lally, MD3, Avraham Schlager, MD1; 1Akron Children’s Hospital, 2Biostats Inc, 3The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Department of Pediatric Surgery, and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital

DOES THORACOSCOPIC CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA REPAIR CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT INTRA-OPERATIVE ACIDOSIS WHEN COMPARED TO AN OPEN ABDOMINAL APPROACH? Maricarmen Olivos1, Christine Lam2, Alex Scarlet1, Muhammad Choudhry1, William Sherwood1, Amulya Saxena1, Diane De Caluwe1, Munther Haddad1, Simon Clarke1; 1Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 2Imperial College of London

MANAGEMENT OF VARIATIONS IN CHOLEDOCHAL CYST ANATOMY DURING LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLEDOCHAL CYST EXCISION IN CHILDREN Ashwin Pimpalwar, MD1, Danielle Severns2; 1Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Missouri and Children’s Hospital University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, 2University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri

LAPAROSCOPIC LIGATION OF MIDDLE SACRAL ARTERY AND DISSECTION OF SACROCOCCYGEAL TERATOMA TO DECREASE INTRAOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGIC RISK Gustavo Villalona, MD, FACS, FAAP, Armando Salim Munoz Abraham, MD, MBEE, Saurabh Saxena, MD, Hector Osei, MD, Rachelle Damle, MD, MS, Clint Cappiello, MD; Saint Louis University