1. Reaching beyond the borders

   • John L. Cameron
   • Keith A. Kelly

   Editorials Pages: 493 - 493

2. Use of controlled randomized trials to evaluate new technologies and new operative procedures in surgery

   • Simon Law
   • John Wong

   OriginalPaper Pages: 494 - 495

3. Role of antibiotics in acute pancreatitis: A meta-analysis

   • Robert Golub
   • Faizi Siddiqi
   • Dieter Pohl

   Original Articles Pages: 496 - 503

4. Presentation and management of cystic neoplasms of the pancreas

   • Luis Hashimoto
   • R. Matthew Walsh
   • Robert Hermann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 504 - 508

5. Is there a place for central pancreatectomy in pancreatic surgery?

   • Calogero Iacono
   • Luca Bortolasi
   • Giovanni Serio

   OriginalPaper Pages: 509 - 517

6. Intestinal microcirculation and gut permeability in acute pancreatitis: Early changes and therapeutic implications

   • Hubert G. Hotz
   • Thomas Foitzik
   • Heinz J. Bubr

   OriginalPaper Pages: 518 - 525

7. Pancreatic polypeptide islet cell tumor: Case report and review of the literature

   • Charles Bellows
   • Salima Haque
   • Bernard Jaffe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 526 - 532

8. Cystic glucagonoma: A rare variant of an uncommon neuroendocrine pancreas tumor

   • Kimberly Brown
   • Theresa Kristopaitis
   • Jack Pickleman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 533 - 536

9. Mucosal production of complement C3 and serum amyloid A is differentially regulated in different parts of the gastrointestinal tract during endotoxemia in mice

   • Quart Wang
   • Jing Jing Wang
   • Per-Olof Hasselgren

   OriginalPaper Pages: 537 - 546

10. Gastroesophageal reflux disease and mucosal injury with emphasis on short-segment Barrett’s esophagus and duodenogastroesophageal reflux

    • Stefan Öberg
    • Manfred P. Ritter
    • Tom R. DeMeester

    OriginalPaper Pages: 547 - 554

11. Laparoscopic fundoplication for dysphagia and peptic esophageal stricture

    • Hadar Spivak
    • Timothy M. Farrell
    • John G. Hunter

    OriginalPaper Pages: 555 - 560

12. Comparison of thoracoscopic and laparoscopic heller myotomy for achalasia

    • Marco G. Patti
    • Massimo Arcerito
    • Lawrence W. Way

    OriginalPaper Pages: 561 - 566

13. Outcome after laparoscopic fundoplication is not dependent on a structurally defective lower esophageal sphincter

    • Manfred P. Ritter
    • Jeffrey H. Peters
    • Cedric G. Bremner

    OriginalPaper Pages: 567 - 572

14. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography accurately predicts the presence or absence of choledocholithiasis

    • Steven N. Hochwald
    • Michael Dobryansky
    • Stuart G. Marcus

    OriginalPaper Pages: 573 - 579

15. Detection of aerosolized cells during carbon dioxide laparoscopy

    • Sayeed Ikramuddin
    • Joel Lucas
    • W. Scott Melvin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 580 - 584

16. Small-diameter prosthetic H-graft portacaval shunt: Definitive therapy for variceal bleeding

    • Alexander S. Rosemurgy
    • Francesco M. Serafini
    • Sarah E. Goode

    OriginalPaper Pages: 585 - 591