Evolution of a Surgeon: A 40-year Perspective John C. Bowen OriginalPaper Open access 14 August 2008 Pages: 1621 - 1626
Eradication of Barrett Esophagus with Early Neoplasia by Radiofrequency Ablation, with or without Endoscopic Resection Roos E. PouwJoep J. GondrieJacques J. Bergman ssat plenary presentation Open access 13 August 2008 Pages: 1627 - 1637
Cervical Nodal Metastasis from Intrathoracic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma is not Necessarily an Incurable Disease Daniel King-Hung TongDora Lai Wan KwongJohn Wong 2008 ssat plenary presentation 14 August 2008 Pages: 1638 - 1645
Medical or Surgical Management of GERD Patients with Barrett’s Esophagus: The LOTUS Trial 3-Year Experience S. E. AttwoodL. LundellT. Lind ssat plenary presentation 16 August 2008 Pages: 1646 - 1655
Quality of Life and Symptomatic Response to Gastric Neurostimulation for Gastroparesis Vic Velanovich 2008 plenary presentation 20 August 2008 Pages: 1656 - 1663
Loss of Heterozygosity Predicts Poor Survival After Resection of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Jan FrankoAlyssa M. KrasinskasA. James Moser ssat plerery presentation 02 August 2008 Pages: 1664 - 1673
High Expression of Heparanase is Significantly Associated with Dedifferentiation and Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinomas and Correlated to PDGFA and Via HIF1a to HB-EGF and bFGF Andreas-Claudius HoffmannRyutaro MoriPeter V. Danenberg ssat plenary presentation 13 August 2008 Pages: 1674 - 1682
Applying Proteomic-Based Biomarker Tools for the Accurate Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer Kyoko KojimaSenait AsmellashJohn D. Christein ssat plenary presentation 15 August 2008 Pages: 1683 - 1690
Pancreatic Fistula Rates After 462 Distal Pancreatectomies: Staplers Do Not Decrease Fistula Rates Cristina R. FerroneAndrew L. WarshawCarlos Fernandez-del Castillo ssat plenary presentation 13 August 2008 Pages: 1691 - 1698
Surgical Management of Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Resection or Transplantation? Emily C. BellavanceKimberly M. LumpkinsTimothy M. Pawlik 2008 ssat plenary presentation 15 August 2008 Pages: 1699 - 1708
High Volume and Outcome After Liver Resection: Surgeon or Center? Robert W. EppsteinerNicholas G. CsikeszShimul A. Shah ssat plenery presentation 13 August 2008 Pages: 1709 - 1716
NOTES Rectosigmoid Resection Using Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM) with Transgastric Endoscopic Assistance: A Pilot Study in Swine Patricia SyllaField F. WillinghamDavid W. Rattner ssat plenary presentation 13 August 2008 Pages: 1717 - 1723
Who Should Do NOTES? Initial Endoscopic Performance of Laparoscopic Surgeons Compared to Gastroenterologists and Untrained Individuals Oliver J. WagnerMonika HagenStephan A. Vorburger 2008 ssat plenary presentation 23 August 2008 Pages: 1724 - 1729
Perioperative Treatment with Infliximab in Patients with Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis is Not Associated with an Increased Rate of Postoperative Complications Hiroko KunitakeRichard HodinLiliana Bordeianou ssat plenary presentation 16 August 2008 Pages: 1730 - 1737
Use of Infliximab within 3 Months of Ileocolonic Resection is Associated with Adverse Postoperative Outcomes in Crohn’s Patients Kweku A. AppauVictor W. FazioRavi P. Kiran ssat plenary presentation 15 August 2008 Pages: 1738 - 1744
Epigenetic Regulation of WNT Signaling Pathway Genes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Associated Neoplasia Mashaal DhirElizabeth A. MontgomeryNita Ahuja ssat plenary presentation 21 August 2008 Pages: 1745 - 1753
An FDA Approved Neurokinin-1 Receptor Antagonist is Effective in Reducing Intraabdominal Adhesions when Administered Intraperitoneally, But Not Orally Rizal LimJonathan M. MorrillJames M. Becker ssat plenary presentation 16 August 2008 Pages: 1754 - 1761
VEGF Gene Therapy Augments Localized Angiogenesis and Promotes Anastomotic Wound Healing: A Pilot Study in a Clinically Relevant Animal Model C. Kristian EnestvedtLuke HosackBlair A. Jobe ssat plenary presentation 15 August 2008 Pages: 1762 - 1772
Sodium-Coupled Transport of the Short Chain Fatty Acid Butyrate by SLC5A8 and Its Relevance to Colon Cancer Muthusamy ThangarajuGail CresciVadivel Ganapathy ssat plenery presentation 26 July 2008 Pages: 1773 - 1782
Evolving Management of Colonoscopic Perforations Dimitrios V. AvgerinosOmar H. LlagunaI. Michael Leitman ssat plenary presentation 06 August 2008 Pages: 1783 - 1789
The Prognostic Superiority of Log Odds of Positive Lymph Nodes in Stage III Colon Cancer Jiping WangJames M. HassettMahmoud N. Kulaylat 2008 ssat plenary presentation 16 August 2008 Pages: 1790 - 1796
Long-Term Results of Transanal Excision After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for T2 and T3 Adenocarcinomas of the Rectum Rajesh M. NairErin M. SiegelDavid Shibata 2008 plenary presentation 15 August 2008 Pages: 1797 - 1806
Laparoscopy-Assisted Distal Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer Teruo KiyamaItsuo FujitaAdrian Barbul ssat poster presentation 06 August 2008 Pages: 1807 - 1811
Re: An Antecolic Roux-En-Y Type Reconstruction Decreased Delayed Gastric Emptying After Pylorus-Preserving Pancreatoduodenectomy by Murakami et al. Moritz N. WenteMarkus W. Büchler letter to the editor 08 August 2008 Pages: 1812 - 1812
Reply to Comments on “An Antecolic Roux-en-Y Reconstruction Decreased Delayed Gastric Emptying After Pylorus-Preserving Pancreatoduodenectomy” Yoshiaki MurakamiKenichiro UemuraTaijiro Sueda letter to the editor 06 August 2008 Pages: 1813 - 1814