Super Session Anorectal: Abstract Session and Panel/Case Discussion

Sunday, May 11, 2025

3:30 PM – 4:50 PM PT

Location: Ballroom 6C-F, Upper Level

Super Session Moderator(s)

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Gerald Gantt, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States

All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated.
This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.
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Olga Beresneva, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA, United States

All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated.
This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Recognize horseshoe fistula and how to correct it surgically.
Describe the challenges of repairing anovaginal fistula in a post-partum woman.
Identify the treatment algorithm for treating chronic anal fissures in the setting of low tone.

CME Credit: 1.25
Self-Assessment Credit:1.25
Contact Hours:1.25

The panel and case presentation portion will cover the following:
Stymied by fissures, fistulae, and hemorrhoids? This supersession will address some of the most challenging anorectal dilemmas including horseshoe fistula, anovaginal fistula in the post-partum woman, and low-tone fissure.

Presentations:

3:30 PM – 3:31 PM PT

Introduction to the Anorectal Abstract Session
3:31 PM – 3:37 PM PT

Laser Ablation Closure for Sacrococcygeal Pilonidal Sinus: A Large Single-Center Retrospective Study
Presenting Author: Jialin Qin, n/a – Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Author: Xingli Xu, n/a – Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Senior Author: Jiong Wu, Doctor – Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
3:37 PM – 3:39 PM PT

Question and Answer
3:39 PM – 3:45 PM PT

Microbial Characteristics of Non-healing Perianal Fistulas
Presenting Author: Marhama Zafar, M.B.B.S. (she/her/hers) – The University of Illinois at Chicago
Author: Muhammad Zafar, M.B.B.S. – University of Connecticut
Author: Mohamad A. Abdulhai, MD – University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Author: Vivek Chaudhry, MD, FACS, FASCRS – University of Illinois
Author: Alejandra Perez-Tamayo, MD – University of Illinois Chicago
Senior Author: Gerald Gantt, MD – University of Illinois Chicago
3:45 PM – 3:47 PM PT

Question and Answer
3:47 PM – 3:50 PM PT

Closing Remarks
3:55 PM – 4:00 PM PT

Introduction to the Panel/Case Discussion
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PT

Case 1: Horse Shoe Abscess and Fistula
Panelist: Lester Gottesman, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinI
Panelist: Tracy L. Hull, n/a – Cleveland Clinic
Panelist: Amy J. Thorsen, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
Panelist: David Vargas, MD – Ochsner Clinic
4:15 PM – 4:30 PM PT

Case 2: Anovaginal Fistula in Post-partum Woman
Panelist: Lester Gottesman, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinI
Panelist: Tracy L. Hull, n/a – Cleveland Clinic
Panelist: Amy J. Thorsen, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
Panelist: David Vargas, MD – Ochsner Clinic
4:30 PM – 4:40 PM PT

Case 3: Low-tone Chronic Anal Fissure
Panelist: Lester Gottesman, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinI
Panelist: Tracy L. Hull, n/a – Cleveland Clinic
Panelist: Amy J. Thorsen, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
Panelist: David Vargas, MD – Ochsner Clinic
4:40 PM – 4:50 PM PT

Question and Answer with Polling