1. Does prophylactic octreotide benefit patients undergoing elective pancreatic resection?

   • Charles J. Yeo

   Editorial Pages: 223 - 224

2. Economic evaluation of the use of octreotide for prevention of complications following pancreatic resection

   • Lawrence Rosenberg
   • Pierre MacNeil
   • Louis Turcotte

   Original Articles Pages: 225 - 232

3. Major vascular resection as part of pancreaticoduodenectomy for cancer: Radiologic, intraoperative, and pathologic analysis

   • Richard J. Bold
   • Chusilp Charnsangavej
   • Douglas B. Evans

   OriginalPaper Pages: 233 - 243

4. Therapy for microcirculatory disorders in severe acute pancreatitis: Effectiveness of platelet-activating factor receptor blockade vs. endothelin receptor blockade

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

   OriginalPaper Pages: 244 - 251

5. Early increase in intestinal permeability in patients with severe acute pancreatitis: Correlation with endotoxemia, organ failure, and mortality

   • Basil J. Ammori
   • Paul C. Leeder
   • Michael J. McMahon

   OriginalPaper Pages: 252 - 262

6. Prognostic factors in resectable pancreatic cancer: p53 and Bcl-2

   • Richard J. Bold
   • Kenneth R. Hess
   • Douglas B. Evans

   OriginalPaper Pages: 263 - 277

7. Force-feedback grasper helps restore sense of touch in minimally invasive surgery

   • Mark MacFarlane
   • Jacob Rosen
   • Mika Sinanan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 278 - 285

8. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with hepatic cirrhosis: A five-year experience

   • Charles M. Friel
   • Jenny Stack
   • Timothy J. Babineau

   OriginalPaper Pages: 286 - 291

9. Multivariate analysis of factors predicting outcome after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication

   • Guilherme M. R. Campos
   • Jeffrey H. Peters
   • Cedric G. Bremner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 292 - 300

10. Gadolinium chloride inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced mortality and in vivo prostaglandin E₂ release by splenic macrophages

    • Claude R. Roland
    • Yuji Nakafusa
    • M. Wayne Flye

    OriginalPaper Pages: 301 - 307

11. Calcium accentuates injury induced by ethanol in human gastric cells

    • Evan R. Kokoska
    • Gregory S. Smith
    • Thomas A. Miller

    OriginalPaper Pages: 308 - 318

12. Extracellular matrix modulates enterocyte growth via downregulation of c-jun but is independent of p21 and p27 expression

    • Seth I. Wolpert
    • Kathleen M. Lally
    • Barbara Lee Bass

    OriginalPaper Pages: 319 - 324

13. Cumulative risk of developing polyps or malignancy at the ileal pouch-anal anastomosis in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis

    • Peter van Duijvendijk
    • Hans FA. Vasen
    • J. Frederik M. Slors

    OriginalPaper Pages: 325 - 330