1. Surgical treatment of inguinal hernia, 1997

   • Robert E. Condon

   Editorial Pages: 299 - 300

2. Laparoscopic toupet fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux disease with poor esophageal body motility

   • Richard J. Lund
   • Gerold J. Wetcher
   • Ronald A. Hinder

   Original Articles Pages: 301 - 308

3. Comparison of laparoscopic total and partial fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux

   • Marco G. Patn
   • Mario De Pinto
   • Lawrence W. Way

   Original Articles Pages: 309 - 315

4. Expression and prognostic significance of HLA class I, ICAM-1, and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in esophageal cancer

   • Stefan B. Hosch
   • Alexander J. Meyer
   • Jakob R. Izbicki

   Original Articles Pages: 316 - 323

5. Physiologic determinants of nocturnal incontinence after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis

   • Juan M. Sarmiento
   • John H. Pemberton
   • W. Terence Reilly

   Original Articles Pages: 324 - 330

6. Direct inhibitory effect of erythromycin on the gallbladder muscle

   • Aviram Nissan
   • Yaffa Masbriki
   • Menachem Hanani

   Original Articles Pages: 331 - 336

7. Needle biopsy for suspicious lesions of the head of the pancreas: Pitfalls and implications for therapy

   • Kamal M. F. Itani
   • Thomas V. Taylor
   • Linda K. Green

   Original Articles Pages: 337 - 341

8. Aggressive surgical management of fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma

   • Alan W. Hemming
   • Bernard Langer
   • Bryce R. Taylor

   Original Articles Pages: 342 - 346

9. Hypotension during septic shock does not correlate with plasma levels of nitric oxide metabolites in the conscious rat

   • Klaus Klemm
   • David W. Mercer
   • Frank G. Moody

   Original Articles Pages: 347 - 356

10. Transpapillary stenting for pancreaticocutaneous fistulas

    • Richard A. Kozarek
    • Terrance J. Ball
    • Richard C. Thirlby

    Original Articles Pages: 357 - 361

11. Dopexamine maintains mesenteric blood flow during systemic hypoxemia in the neonatal piglet

    • Thomas V. Thomas
    • T. Paul Mace
    • John J. Ferrara

    Original Articles Pages: 362 - 370

12. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha regulates inducible nitric oxide synthase gene expression in the portal hypertensive gastric mucosa of the rat

    • Amir Kaviani
    • Masayuki Ohta
    • I. James Sarfeh

    Original Articles Pages: 371 - 376

13. Selective management of hepatic venous outflow obstruction

    • Gregory G. Tsiotos
    • David M. Nagorney
    • Piet C. de Groen

    Original Articles Pages: 377 - 385

14. Mechanisms of insulin-induced relaxation of the canine proximal stomach after proximal gastric vagotomy

    • Hideki Morimoto
    • Keith A. Kelly

    Original Articles Pages: 386 - 394