1. Value of preoperative coagulation tests: Reappraisal of major noncardiac surgery

   • Kwok F. J. Ng
   • Kin W. Lai
   • Suk F. Tsang

   Original Scientific Reports Pages: 515 - 520

2. Changes in the response of neutrophils to endotoxin priming following major abdominal surgery

   • Yoshihiro Moriwaki
   • Mitsugi Sugiyama
   • Takashi Suda

   Original Scientific Reports Pages: 521 - 526

3. Safe retroperitoneal endoscopic resection of pheochromocytomas

   • Frits J. Berends
   • Erwin Van Der Harst
   • H. Jaap Bonjer

   Original Scientific Reports Pages: 527 - 531

4. Primary hyperparathyroidism: Renal calcium excretion in patients with and without renal stone disease before and after parathyroidectomy

   • Vibe G. Frøkjaer
   • Charlotte L. Mollerup

   Original Scientific Reports Pages: 532 - 535

5. Computer-generated trauma management plans: Comparison with actual care

   • John R. Clarke
   • Catherine Z. Hayward
   • Bonnie L. Webber

   Original Scientific Reports Pages: 536 - 538

6. Penetrating thoracoabdominal injuries: Ongoing dilemma—Which cavity and when?

   • Juan A. Asensio
   • Hector Arroyo
   • Demetrios Demetriades

   Original Scientific Reports Pages: 539 - 543

7. Anatomie resection for severe blunt liver trauma in 100 patients: Significant differences between young and elderly

   • Kouji Tsugawa
   • Nobuhiro Koyanagi
   • Keizo Sugimachi

   Original Scientific Reports Pages: 544 - 549

8. Invited commentary

   • Donald Trunkey

   Original Scientific Reports Pages: 549 - 549

9. Current value of intraoperative sonography during surgery for hepatic neoplasms

   • Johannes Zacherl
   • Christian Scheuba
   • Rudolf Steininger

   Original Scientific Reports Pages: 550 - 554

10. Effect of the presence of hepatitis B e antigen on prognosis after liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis B

    • Shoji Kubo
    • Kazuhiro Hirohashi
    • Hiroaki Kinoshita

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 555 - 560

11. Long-term survival of patients with stage IV hypopharyngeal cancer: Impact of fundus rotation gastroplasty

    • Martin K. Schilling
    • Martin Eichenberger
    • Markus W. Büchler

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 561 - 565

12. Early and late results of the acid suppression and duodenal diversion operation in patients with Barrett’s esophagus: Analysis of 210 cases

    • Attila Csendes
    • Patricio Burdiles
    • Jorge Rojas

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 566 - 576

13. Pyloric motility after pylorus-preserving gastrectomy with or without the pyloric branch of the vagus nerve

    • Toshihiro Nakabayashi
    • Erito Mochiki
    • Hiroyuki Kuwano

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 577 - 583

14. Lymph node staging of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in patients with and without neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy: Histomorphologic analysis

    • Wolfgang Schröder
    • Stephan E. Baldus
    • Arnulf H. Hölscher

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 584 - 587

15. Effect of the use of vital dye, lymphoscintigraphy, or a combination for axillary lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer

    • Giovanni d’Eredita
    • Gabriella Serio
    • Filippo Ferrarese

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 588 - 590

16. Invited commentary

    • Roger W. Blarney

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 590 - 591

17. Comparison of vital dye-guided lymphatic mapping and dye plus gamma probe-guided sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer

    • Gábor Cserni
    • Mária Rajtár
    • Béla Baitás

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 592 - 597

18. Male gender: Risk factor for severe symptomatic cholelithiasis

    • Heng-Hui Lein
    • Ching-Shui Huang

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 598 - 601

19. Pylorus-preserving gastrectomy: Effect on resistance through the sphincter of Oddi compared to conventional distal gastrectomy in dogs

    • Hiroo Naito
    • Chikashi Shibata
    • Iwao Sasaki

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 602 - 607

20. Three-dimensional reconstruction of biliary tract using spiral computed tomography for laparoscopic cholecystectomy

    • Hirohito Ichii
    • Moriatsu Takada
    • Yoshikazu Kuroda

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 608 - 611

21. Early prediction of acute pancreatitis: Prospective study comparing computed tomography scans, ranson, glasgow, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II scores, and various serum markers

    • John H. Robert
    • Jean Louis Frossard
    • Philippe Morel

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 612 - 619

22. Investigative modalities for massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding

    • Aayad R. Al Qahtani
    • Richard Satin
    • Philip H. Gordon

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 620 - 625

23. DNA index and S-phase fraction in curative resection of colorectal adenocarcinoma: Analysis of prognosis and current trends

    • Han-Shiang Chen
    • Shyr-Ming Sheen-Chen
    • Chen-Chang Lu

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 626 - 630

24. Antiseptic wick: Does it reduce the incidence of wound infection following appendectomy?

    • Gerald T. McGreal
    • Aislinn Joy
    • H. Paul Redmond

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 631 - 634

25. Letters to the editor

    • Jacob W. T. Ng
    • Jennifer K. Lowney
    • Gerard M. Doherty

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 635 - 636