International Pediatric Endosurgery Group

MINIMALLY INVASIVE, LARYNGOSCOPICALLY-ASSISTED MANAGEMENT OF AN ENLARGING FOURTH BRANCHIAL REMNANT. Etienne St- Louis, MD, Robin Petroze, MD, Hussein Wissanji, MD, Sam Daniels, MD, Kenneth Shaw, MD; McGill University Health Centre

TECHNIQUES OF STERNAL ELEVATION TO IMPROVE SAFETY DURING THE NUSS PROCEDURE Frank-Martin Haecker, MD; Pediatric Surgery, University of Basel

RURAL PEDIATRICIANS START REFERRING PATIENTS TO ADULT SURGEONS AT A SIGNIFICANTLY YOUNGER AGE COMPARED TO NONRURAL PROVIDERS Danial Hayek, Sophia Abdulhai, MD, Ian C Glenn, MD, Todd A Ponsky, MD; Akron Children’s 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

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