2026 Surgery Research Day Abstracts Monitor 1

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Monitor 1

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17. The Point of the Matter: An Analysis of Pediatric Emergency Department Encounters with Food-Handling Utensils  --  Seth J. Weir, DO; Dominique Betterbed, MD; Olivia Preston, MD; Yasmin Yousef, MD, PhD; Richard Scriven, MD; Kristen Calabro, MD; Helen Hsieh, MD, PhD; Kenneth Gow, MD

18. Real Life Incidence and Management of Stump Appendicitis  --  Argyrios Gyftopoulos, Yunhan Liao, Jie Yang, Adam Kressel, Konstantinos Spaniolas and Artem Shmelev

19. Transauricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) for Delirium  --  Nethra Jain, MBBS; Isadora Botwinick, MD

20. Subsequent Abdominal Surgeries Following Abdominal Wall Reconstruction: Analysis of 3,280 Patients with 997-Day Median Follow-Up  --  Sarah Wu, Saran Kunaprayoon, MD; Joy Julius, Jie Yang, PhD; Konstantinos Spaniolas, MD; Artem Shmelev, MD

21. Socioeconomic And Clinical Factors Associated With Minimally Invasive Versus Open Inguinal Hernia Repair  --  Alexandria Krauss, MD; Mridula Vardhan, BA; Konstantinos Spaniolas, MD, MBA, FACS; Artem Shmelev, MD, FACS; and Edmund W. Lee, MD, MHPE, FACS

22. Untangling Hair Accessory Injuries: Pediatric Emergency Department Encounters with Hair Accessory Associated Injuries (2005-2024)  --  Seth J. Weir, DO; Olivia Preston, MD; Kristen Calabro, MD; Helen Hsieh, MD, PhD; Kenneth W. Gow, MD

23. Subcutaneous Onlay Repair for Recurrence After Open Transversus Abdominus Muscle Release  --  David Roberts, Artem Shmelev

24. Disparities in Emergent Versus Elective Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Decade of Statewide Data  --  Mridula Vardhan, BA; Alexandria Krauss, MD; Sarah Wu, Konstantinos Spaniolas, MD, MBA; Artem Shmelev, MD; Edmund W. Lee, MD, MHPE

25. Total Internal and External Anal Sphincter Disruption in a 26-Year-old Secondary to a Fall on a Boat Latter  --  Seth J. Weir, DO; Alexandria L. Krauss, MD; Christopher Mazis, MD; Suresh Yelika, MD

26. Rare Occurrence of Ocular Tumor of Breast Origin in Setting of Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Breast Cancer  --  Seth J. Weir, DO; Kelly Johnson, DO; Brian O’Hea, MD; Gideon Schneck, MD; Anastasia Bakoulis, DO

27. Similar One Year Weight Loss After Conversion of Sleeve Gastrectomy to Gastric Bypass or Duodenal Switch  --  Alexandria Krauss, MD; Edmund Lee, MD, MHPE; Amy Rosenbluth, MD; Konstantinos Spaniolas, MD, MBA

28. Wrapped Around the Esophagus: A Historical Perspective on Foreign-Body Anti-Reflux Surgery  --  Alexandria Krauss, MD; Konstantinos Spaniolas, MD, MBA; Amy Rosenbluth, MD; Edmund W. Lee, MD MHPE