1. Production and systemic absorption of toxic byproducts of tissue combustion during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

   • Justin S Wu
   • Trri Monk
   • Nathaniel J Soper

   Original Articles Pages: 399 - 405

2. The pathogenesis of port-site recurrences

   • Marc A Reymond
   • Claus Scbneider
   • Ferdinand Kockerling

   OriginalPaper Pages: 406 - 414

3. Reasons for intracranial hypertension and hemodynamic instability during acute elevations of intra-abdominal pressure: Observations in a large animal model

   • Raul J Rosenthal
   • Rzchard L Friedman
   • Moses Nussbaum

   OriginalPaper Pages: 415 - 425

4. Laparoscopic/Endoscopic repair of rectal stricture

   • Robert A Kozol
   • Mary Ann Kosir

   OriginalPaper Pages: 426 - 429

5. Hepatic Kupffer cell blockade reduces mortality of acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis in mice

   • Beat Gloor
   • Karen E Todd
   • Howard A Reber

   OriginalPaper Pages: 430 - 435

6. Are vitamin B₁₂ and folate deficiency clinically important after roux-en-Y gastric bypass?

   • R E Brolin
   • JH Gorman
   • RP Cody

   OriginalPaper Pages: 436 - 442

7. Biliary dyskinesia: A study of more than 200 patients and review of the literature

   • Anthony J. Canfield
   • Stephen P Hetz
   • Brtan S Burlangame

   OriginalPaper Pages: 443 - 448

8. Glucocorticoids upregulate intestinal nutrient transport in a time-dependent and substrate-specific fashion

   • Pasquale Iannoli
   • Jenme H Miller
   • Harry C Sax

   OriginalPaper Pages: 449 - 457

9. Trends in bile duct injuries from laparoscopic cholecystectomy

   • R Matthew Walsh
   • J Michael Henderson
   • Robert E Hermann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 458 - 462

10. Contractile activity of circular smooth muscle in rats one year after small bowel transplantation: differing adaptive response of the jejunum and ileum to denervation

    • Chikashi Shibata
    • Michel M Murr
    • Michael G Sarr

    OriginalPaper Pages: 463 - 472

11. Surgical experience with pancreatic and peripancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: Review of 125 patients

    • Giao Q Phan
    • Charles J Yeo
    • John L Cameron

    OriginalPaper Pages: 473 - 482

12. Practice guidelines for patients with gastrointestinal surgical diseases

    • Thomas R Gadacz
    • Chairman L William Traverso
    • Barry A. Levine

    OriginalPaper Pages: 483 - 484

13. Treatment of gallstone and gallbladder disease using cholecystectomy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 485 - 486

14. Treatment of acute pancreatitis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 487 - 488

15. Surgical treatment of chronic pancreatitis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 489 - 490

16. Importance of preoperative and postoperative pH monitoring in patients with esophageal achalasia

    • Thomas B Hugh
    • Lawrence W. Way
    • Marco G. Patti

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 491 - 492

17. Esophagectomy volume and operative mortality

    • John D. Urschel

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 492 - 492