1. The challenge of success

   • Andrew L. Warshaw

   SSAT Presidential Address Pages: 1 - 6

2. Norman Barrett: So close, yet 50 years away from the truth

   • Parakrama Chandrasoma

   Announcement Pages: 7 - 14

3. Near-total completion gastrectomy for severe postvagotomy gastric stasis: Analysis of early and long-term results in 62 patients

   • Advienne W. Forstner-Barthell
   • Michel M. Murr
   • Michael G. Sarr

   Original Articles Pages: 15 - 23

4. Effect of microscopic resection line disease on gastric cancer survival

   • Steve H. Kim
   • Martin S. Karpeh
   • Murray F. Brennan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 24 - 33

5. Influence of p53 on herpes simplex virus type 1 vectors for cancer gene therapy

   • Sam S. Yoon
   • Nancy M. Carroll
   • Kenneth K. Tanabe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 34 - 38

6. Role of alpha- and beta-calcitonin gene-related peptide in postoperative small bowel ileus

   • Mark E. Freeman
   • Guozhang Cheng
   • Michael P. Hocking

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 43

7. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy as a "true" outpatient procedure: Initial experience in 130 consecutive patients

   • Keith D. Lillemoe
   • John W. Lin
   • Stephen D. Parker

   OriginalPaper Pages: 44 - 49

8. Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: A safe procedure

   • Peter C. Willsher
   • Juan-Ramon Sanabria
   • Demetrius E. M. Litwin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 50 - 53

9. Selective decreases in levels of mRNA encoding a water channel (AQP3) in ileal mucosa after ileostomy in the rat

   • M. Jennifer Purdy
   • Robert R. Cima
   • David I. Soybel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 54 - 60

10. Role of angiography and embolization for massive gastroduodenal hemorrhage

    • R. Matthew Walsh
    • Paul Anain
    • J. Michael Henderson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 66

11. Appendectomy in the pre- and postlaparoscopic eras

    • Davis B. Nguyen
    • William Silen
    • Richard A. Hodin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 67 - 73

12. Bak expression and cell death occur in peritumorous tissue but not in pancreatic cancer cells

    • Hans U. Graber
    • Helmut Friess
    • Markus W. Büchler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 74 - 81

13. Loss of matrix-dependent cytoskeletal tyrosine kinase signals may regulate intestinal epithelial differentiation during mucosal healing

    • Yi-Wen Liu
    • Matthew A. Sanders
    • Marc D. Basson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 82 - 94

14. Paraesophageal herniation as a complication following laparoscopic antireflux surgery

    • Matthias H. Seelig
    • Ronald A. Hinder
    • Stephen L. Smith

    OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 99

15. Achalasia

    OriginalPaper Pages: 100 - 101

16. Surgical treatment of reflux esophagitis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 102 - 104