1. Early treatment with antibiotics reduces the need for surgery in acute necrotizing pancreatitis—a single-center randomized study

   • Isto Nordback
   • Jubani Sand
   • Hannu Paajanen

   Original Articles Pages: 113 - 119

2. Commentary

   • Hans G. Beger
   • Rainer Isenmann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 120

3. Effect of preoperative chemoradiotherapy on surgical margin status of resected adenocarcinoma of the head of the pancreas

   • James F. Pingpank
   • John P. Hoffman
   • Burton L. Eisenberg

   OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 130

4. Angiogenesis inhibitor TNP-470 reduces human pancreatic cancer growth

   • Hubert G. Hotz
   • Howard A. Reber
   • Oscar J. Hines

   OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 138

5. Therapy for pancreatic cancer with a recombinant humanized anti-HER2 antibody (herceptin)

   • Peter Büchler
   • Howard A. Reber
   • Oscar J. Hines

   OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 146

6. Synthetic peptide YY analog binds to a cell membrane receptor and delivers fluorescent dye to pancreatic cancer cells

   • Carson D. Liu
   • David Kwan
   • David W. McFadden

   OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 152

7. Long-term prospective assessment of functional results after proctectomy with coloanal anastomosis

   • Alessandro Fichera
   • Fabrizio Michelassi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 157

8. Fibrin glue for all anal fistulas

   • Stephen M. Sentovich

   OriginalPaper Pages: 158 - 161

9. Contribution of intraoperative enteroscopy in the management of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding

   • Michael L. Kendrick
   • Navtej S. Buttar
   • Michael G. Sarr

   OriginalPaper Pages: 162 - 167

10. Segmental living related small bowel transplantation in adults

    • Luca Cicalese
    • Cristiana Rastellini
    • Enrico Benedetti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 168 - 173

11. Upregulation of ornithine decarboxylase mrna expression in barrett’s esophagus and barrett’s-associated adenocarcinoma

    • Jan Brabender
    • Reginald V. Lord
    • Peter V. Danenberg

    OriginalPaper Pages: 174 - 182

12. Pharyngeal ph monitoring in 222 patients with suspected laryngeal reflux

    • Thomas R. Eubanks
    • Pablo E. Omelanczuk
    • Carlos A. Pellegrini

    OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 191

13. A decision analysis of the optimal initial approach to achalasia: Laparoscopic heller myotomy with partial fundoplication, thoracoscopic heller myotomy, pneumatic dilatation, or botulinum toxin injection

    • David R. Urbach
    • Paul D. Hansen
    • Lee L. Swanstrom

    OriginalPaper Pages: 192 - 205

14. Rationale for the combination of cryoablation with surgical resection of hepatic tumors

    • Charles Cha
    • Fred T. Lee Jr.
    • David M. Mahvi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 206 - 213

15. Special problems in minimally invasive surgery of the foregut: Part I

    • Bruce Schirmer

    SSAT/SAGES Joint Symposium Pages: 214 - 215

16. Hemostatic tools for the gastrointestinal surgeon: Ultrasonic coagulator vs. bipolar ligation

    • Gerald M. Fried

    OriginalPaper Pages: 216 - 218

17. Laparoscopic ultrasound for the gastrointestinal surgeon

    • Nathaniel J. Soper

    OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 220