SuléBurger South Africa

SuléBurger

Monday, 20 April 2026

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08:30 10:00	ISW 2026 OPENING SESSION ISS/SIC 111 Kenneth D.Boffard Moderator South Africa Michael G.Sarr Facilitator United States Gerard M.Doherty Guest United States WELCOME ADDRESS 111-1 Kenneth D.Boffard Speaker South Africa WELCOME ADDRESS INTEGRATED SOCIETIES 111-2 Ho-SeongHan Speaker South Korea PRESENTATION OF NEW HONORARY FELLOWS 111-3 Ari K.Leppäniemi Speaker Finland PRIZE CEREMONY 111-4 Ari K.Leppäniemi Speaker Finland CONVOCATION ISS FELLOWS 111-5 Ari K.Leppäniemi Speaker Finland PRESENTATION OF TRAVEL SCHOLARS 111-6 Michael G.Sarr Speaker United States PRESENTATION OF FUTURE SURGEONS PROGRAM 111-7 SuléBurger Speaker South Africa CLOSING WORDS 111-8 Kenneth D.Boffard Moderator South Africa Room: Terrazza B-C (Floor 7)
12:15 13:15	POSTER WALK 3 - GENERAL SURGERY ISS/SIC PW03 AvitalHarari Moderator United States SuléBurger Moderator South Africa TOTALLY EXTRAPERITONEAL INGUINAL REPAIR BY SINGLE-INCISION LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY (SIL-TEP) PW03-01 EduardoGil Hurtado Speaker Mexico LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY UNDER SPINAL ANESTHESIA IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: A CASE SERIES REPORT PW03-03 JoelTochie Speaker Cameroon BALANCING BLOOD DEMAND: UNDERSTANDING BLOOD REQUEST PATTERNS ACROSS KENYAN HEALTHCARE FACILITIES PW03-04 JosePaiz Speaker United States MACHINE LEARNING–DRIVEN OPTIMIZATION OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS CARE IN CHILDREN: FROM DIAGNOSIS TO TREATMENT PW03-05 KacperStolarz Speaker Poland EVIDENCE MAP OF APPENDICITIS – A LIVING SYSTEMATIC REVIEW WITH META-ANALYSES PW03-06 KatharinaMaurer Speaker Switzerland THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF UNPLANNED ADMISSIONS IN 3 COMMON DAY CASE PROCEDURES : A RETROSPECTIVE COST ANALYSIS. PW03-07 KirtanaPonnuswamy Speaker United Kingdom : AN INCREASE IN LOWER EXTREMITY AMPUTATIONS FROM DIABETIC FOOT SEPSIS IN SAMOA PW03-08 MelanieSpiekermann Speaker United States BUILDING A NATIONAL SURGICAL OBSTETRIC AND ANAESTHESIA PLAN FOR A PACIFIC SMALL ISLAND NATION PW03-09 MelanieSpiekermann Speaker United States ROUTINE DRAINAGE IN COMPLICATED APPENDICITIS: PROTECTIVE STRATEGY OR OUTDATED PRACTICE? PW03-11 SofiaAramburu Speaker Argentina UNCOMPLICATED ACUTE APPENDICITIS: WHAT MAKES IT COMPLICATED? PW03-12 SofiaBertona Speaker Argentina THE NUMBER OF RESECTED LYMPH NODES FROM THE UPPER MEDIASTINAL AREA PREDICTS LONG-TERM OUTCOMES OF ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA AFTER ESOPHAGECTOMY FOLLOWING NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY PW03-13 SeanStanat Speaker Japan OUTCOME OF FOCUSED PARATHYROIDECTOMY WITH AND WITHOUT INTRA - OPERATIVE PTH ADJUNCT: COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN TWO ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS PW03-14 FarheenKhan Speaker India HISTORY & FUTURE OF ICOSET— MISSION AND VISION PW03-15 AdrianAnthony Speaker Australia INCIDENCE AND TYPES OF COMPLICATIONS IN CANCER PATIENTS WITH TOTALLY IMPLANTABLE VENOUS CATHETERS PW03-16 AlbertoGarcia Marin Speaker Colombia A KINKY AFFAIR! PW03-18 Tejaswini MPawar Speaker India SETUP OF THE LIGHT CHAIN FOR ELECTIVE LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY: A HUMAN FACTORS ASSESSMENT FOR PATIENT SAFETY PW03-19 FrancescoPrete Speaker Italy GLOBAL INEQUITY IN ACCESS TO NEUROSURGICAL TRAUMA CARE: BARRIERS AND OPPORTUNITIES PW03-20 TalhahBin-Islam Speaker United Kingdom Exhibition (Floor 7) Poster Board 5

Tuesday, 21 April 2026

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12:15 13:15	POSTER WALK 6 - ENDOCRINE SURGERY ISS/SIC Endocrine Surgery PW06 Gerard M.Doherty Moderator United States SuléBurger Moderator South Africa THE RELIABILITY OF TC-99M SESTAMIBI SCINTIGRAPHY BASED ON PATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS IN 210 PATIENTS WITH PARATHYROID ADENOMA: A RETROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY PW06-01 AngelikiChorti Speaker Greece FUNCTIONAL AND ANATOMICAL CHANGES IN TRACHEAL DYNAMICS AFTER TOTAL THYROIDECTOMY FOR LARGE MULTINODULAR GOITER: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY PW06-02 AngelikiChorti Speaker Greece FREE SURGICAL MARGIN IN A TUMOR OF THE TAIL OF THE PÁNCREAS PW06-03 Cristian De JesúsGarcía Aguilar Speaker Mexico PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS: RESULTS OF THE LAST DECADE PW06-04 HaridimosMarkogiannakis Speaker Greece HISTOPATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS OF THYROIDECTOMIES IN A GREEK ACADEMIC ENDOCRINE SURGERY UNIT: RESULTS OF A 15-YEAR PERIOD PW06-05 HaridimosMarkogiannakis Speaker Greece LAPAROSCOPIC ADRENALECTOMY FOR BIG ADRENAL TUMORS PW06-06 HaridimosMarkogiannakis Speaker Greece CONCOMITANT THYROID DISEASES IN PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM PATIENTS SUBMITTED TO PARATHYROIDECTOMY PW06-07 HaridimosMarkogiannakis Speaker Greece VAGAL NERVE SCHWANNOMA IN A YOUNG MALE PATIENT MISDIAGNOSED AS A THYROID NODULE PW06-08 HaridimosMarkogiannakis Speaker Greece A DECADE OF LIGASURE THYROIDECTOMY IN A NIGERIAN TERTIARY HOSPITAL: TRENDS AND OUTCOMES PW06-09 OlalekanOlasehinde Speaker Nigeria IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL FEATURES OF MALIGNANT AND MULTIFOCAL PARATHYROID PATHOLOGIES PW06-10 RomansUljanovs Speaker Latvia CHARACTERISTIC OF ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE. ONE CLINICAL SINGLE EXPERIENCE PW06-11 SiavashŚwieczkowski- Feiz Speaker Poland PRIMARY HYDATID CYST OF THE THYROID GLAND: A RARE CASE REPORT PW06-12 Youssef F.Y.Saad Speaker Namibia Exhibition (Floor 7) Poster Board 5
15:30 17:00	REGIONAL SURGICAL OUTCOMES MAPPING - THE ANESTHESIA/ SURGERY INTERFACE IASSS / ISS/SIC 296 LeonardoGonzález Bustos Moderator Mexico SuléBurger Moderator South Africa CassandraMbanje Chair United Kingdom ASOS PRESENTATION - ADULT & PAEDIATRIC PERSPECTIVE 296-1 ZipporahGathuya Speaker Kenya THE IMPERATIVE FOR IMPROVING ANESTHESIA OUTCOMES IN LMICS: QUALITY AND PATIENT SAFETY 296-2 KellyMcqueen Speaker United States BUILDING INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS: FROM IMMERSIVE SEMINARS TO DISTANCE MENTORING 296-3 HughHemmings Speaker United States LATIN AMERICA - ANAESTHESIA OUTCOMES 296-4 SandraCala Rivas Speaker Mexico PANEL DISCUSSION and Q&A 296-5 Room: Oaxaca A (Floor 5)

Wednesday, 22 April 2026

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15:30 17:00	YOUNG SURGEONS (TRAVEL SCHOLARS / FSP) IASSS 3106 CassandraMbanje Facilitator United Kingdom Michael G.Sarr Facilitator United States SuléBurger Facilitator South Africa Room: Monterrey A-C (Floor1)