Thank you to all our delegates and faculty members who took part in the 27th AUGIS Annual Scientific Meeting at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester from the 11 - 13 September 2024.
Congratulations to all our abstract winners:
AUGIS Prize Paper: Lina Askar - "Ethnic and Social Deprivation Influence Weight Regain Following Roux En-Y Gastric Bypass" (A02 - BS)
Free Papers
Bariatric Free Paper: Emily Carey - "Prevalence and Patterns of Iron Deficiency in Patients Living with Obesity: Insights from Bariatric Surgery Candidates" (BSO 05)
Benign Free Paper: Oliver Brown - "Trends in the management of bile duct stones in the United Kingdom: Are we following the evidence?" (BN O04)
HPB Free Paper: Adil S Lakha - "On-site hepatobiliary surgery capability independently predicts treatment pathway completion in metastatic rectal cancer: a nationwide observational study of 15,727 patients" (HPB O02)
OG Cancer Free Paper: Mahmudul Hasan "The role of capsule-sponge technology in Barrett's surveillance: a two-year experience" (OGC O04)
Medical Student Presentation: Mukunth Kowsik - "The ORDEAL Study: A Multi-Centre Retrospective Cohort Study Assessing the Optimal Resection for Proximal and Distal Duodenal Adenocarcinoma" (MS O05 - HPB)
Video Presentation: Mohammed Hammoda - "Pancreas preserving total duodenectomy, How I do it " (VS 10 - HPB)
Short Oral Presentations
Allied Health Professionals/AHPs: Hannah Wilkinson - "Weekend physiotherapy pilot for patients on hepatobiliary enhanced recovery pathways: examining the impact of a 7-day service" (AHP SO08)
EDI & Sustainability in Surgery: Lu Yao - "Tracking Waste in Surgical Theatres (TWIST) - a snapshot of waste production in a large teaching hospital" (EDI SO09)
Bariatrics: Jennifer Tempany - "Is there a correlation between preoperative HbA1c changes and long-term weight loss plus glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes undergoing metabolic surgery?" (BS SO14)
Benign: Qiao Ying Pua - "Articulative Minimally Invasive Surgery and Placement of Anti-reflux Magnetic Surgical Appliance (LINX)" (BN SO27)
Emergency UGI: Alexander Ribbits - "Therapeutic Endoluminal Vacuum Therapy (EVT) as first line management for oesophageal and selected gastric and duodenal perforations" (EGS SO29)
HPB: Daisy Evans - "Meta-analysis of completion pancreatectomy for local recurrence of pancreatic cancer after the index pancreatectomy" (HPB SO43)
OG Cancer: Charles Rayner - "Improving outcomes after oesophagectomy: The benefits of full robotic-assisted minimally invasive oesophagectomy (RAMIO) demonstrated in the first 100 cases, at a high-volume UK unit" (OGC SO46)
Thank you to all those who presented at AUGIS 2024