1. Relationships Matter

   • John G. Hunter

   2012 SSAT Presidential Address 28 November 2012 Pages: 1 - 5

   

2. Nationwide Inpatient Sample: Have Antireflux Procedures Undergone Regionalization?

   • Paul D. Colavita
   • Igor Belyansky
   • B. Todd Heniford

   2012 SSAT Plenary Presentation 22 August 2012 Pages: 6 - 13

   

3. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Antireflux Surgery—What Is the Proper Preoperative Work-up?

   • Brian Bello
   • Marco Zoccali
   • Marco G. Patti

   2012 SSAT Plenary Presentation 23 October 2012 Pages: 14 - 20

4. Prior Fundoplication Does not Improve Safety or Efficacy Outcomes of Radiofrequency Ablation: Results from the U.S. RFA Registry

   • Nicholas J. Shaheen
   • Hannah P. Kim
   • Bergein F. Overholt

   2012 SSAT Plenary Presentation 11 September 2012 Pages: 21 - 29

   

5. Reflux-Associated Oxygen Desaturations: Usefulness in Diagnosing Reflux-Related Respiratory Symptoms

   • Candice L. Wilshire
   • Renato Salvador
   • Jeffrey H. Peters

   2012 SSAT Plenary Presentation 10 November 2012 Pages: 30 - 38

   

6. Epigenetic Modulation by Methionine Deficiency Attenuates the Potential for Gastric Cancer Cell Dissemination

   • Luigina Graziosi
   • Andrea Mencarelli
   • Stefano Fiorucci

   2012 SSAT Plenary Presentation 05 September 2012 Pages: 39 - 49

   

7. Long-Term Effects of Gastric Stimulation on Gastric Electrical Physiology

   • Patrick A. Williams
   • Yana Nikitina
   • Thomas L. Abell

   2012 SSAT Plenary Presentation 07 September 2012 Pages: 50 - 56

   

8. Greater Complexity of Liver Surgery is Not Associated with an Increased Incidence of Liver-Related Complications Except for Bile Leak: An Experience with 2,628 Consecutive Resections

   • Giuseppe Zimmitti
   • Robert E. Roses
   • Jean-Nicolas Vauthey

   2012 SSAT Plenary Presentation 07 September 2012 Pages: 57 - 65

   

9. Improved Long-Term Survival after Major Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Multicenter Analysis Based on a New Definition of Major Hepatectomy

   • Andreas Andreou
   • Jean-Nicolas Vauthey
   • From the International Cooperative Study Group on Hepatocellular Carcinoma

   2012 SSAT Plenary Presentation 05 September 2012 Pages: 66 - 77

   

10. High-Grade Dysplasia and Adenocarcinoma Are Frequent in Side-Branch Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm Measuring Less than 3 cm on Endoscopic Ultrasound

    • Joyce Wong
    • Jill Weber
    • Pamela Hodul

    2012 SSAT Plenary Presentation 05 September 2012 Pages: 78 - 85

    

11. Quality Assessment in Pancreatic Surgery: What Might Tomorrow Require?

    • Brian T. Kalish
    • Charles M. Vollmer
    • Mark P. Callery

    2012 SSAT Plenary Presentation 06 November 2012 Pages: 86 - 93

    

12. Addition of Algenpantucel-L Immunotherapy to Standard Adjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer: a Phase 2 Study

    • Jeffrey M. Hardacre
    • Mary Mulcahy
    • E. Gabriela Chiorean

    2012 SSAT Plenary Presentation 15 November 2012 Pages: 94 - 101

    

13. A Dual-Institution Randomized Controlled Trial of Remnant Closure after Distal Pancreatectomy: Does the Addition of a Falciform Patch and Fibrin Glue Improve Outcomes?

    • Timothy I. Carter
    • Zhi Ven Fong
    • Ernest L. Rosato

    2012 SSAT Quick Shot Presentation 14 July 2012 Pages: 102 - 109

    

14. Enhancement of a Small Bowel Obstruction Model Using the Gastrografin® Challenge Test

    • Naeem Goussous
    • Patrick W. Eiken
    • Martin D. Zielinski

    2012 SSAT Plenary Presentation 25 August 2012 Pages: 110 - 117

15. Predicting Recurrence of C. difficile Colitis Using Bacterial Virulence Factors: Binary Toxin Is the Key

    • David B. Stewart
    • Arthur Berg
    • John Hegarty

    2012 SSAT Plenary Presentation 20 October 2012 Pages: 118 - 125

16. Short-Term Outcomes of Laparoscopy Combined with Enhanced Recovery Pathway after Ileocecal Resection for Crohn’s Disease: a Case-Matched Analysis

    • Antonino Spinelli
    • Piero Bazzi
    • Marco Montorsi

    2012 SSAT Plenary Presentation 05 September 2012 Pages: 126 - 132

17. Visceral Obesity and Colorectal Cancer: Are We Missing the Boat with BMI?

    • Aaron S. Rickles
    • James C. Iannuzzi
    • John R. T. Monson

    2012 SSAT Plenary Presentation 23 October 2012 Pages: 133 - 143

    

18. The Impact of MRSA Colonization on Surgical Site Infection Following Major Gastrointestinal Surgery

    • Marcela C. Ramirez
    • Michelle Marchessault
    • Harry T. Papaconstantinou

    2012 SSAT Plenary Presentation 05 September 2012 Pages: 144 - 152

19. Effect of the Artificial Sweetener, Acesulfame Potassium, a Sweet Taste Receptor Agonist, on Glucose Uptake in Small Intestinal Cell Lines

    • Ye Zheng
    • Michael G. Sarr

    2012 SSAT Plenary Presentation 05 September 2012 Pages: 153 - 158

    

20. Financial Implications of Ventral Hernia Repair: A Hospital Cost Analysis

    • Drew Reynolds
    • Daniel L. Davenport
    • J. Scott Roth

    2012 SSAT Plenary Presentation 11 September 2012 Pages: 159 - 167

    

21. Tort Reform Is Associated with Significant Increases in Texas Physicians Relative to the Texas Population

    • Ronald M. Stewart
    • Molly West
    • Kenneth R. Sirinek

    2012 SSAT Plenary Presentation Open access 29 September 2012 Pages: 168 - 178

    

22. Multivisceral Transplantation: Expanding Indications and Improving Outcomes

    • Richard S. Mangus
    • A. Joseph Tector
    • Rodrigo M. Vianna

    2012 SSAT Plenary Presentation 16 October 2012 Pages: 179 - 187

    

23. Recognizing Risk: Bowel Resection in the Chronic Renal Failure Population

    • James C. Iannuzzi
    • Andrew-Paul Deeb
    • John R. T. Monson

    2012 SSAT Quick Shot Presentation 13 September 2012 Pages: 188 - 194

24. Colorectal Liver Metastases

    • Ching-Wei D. Tzeng
    • Thomas A. Aloia

    Evidence-Based Current Surgical Practice 03 October 2012 Pages: 195 - 202

25. Bloodless Donor Hepatectomy in Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Counterclockwise Liver Rotation and Early Hanging Maneuver

    • Hiroshi Sadamori
    • Takahito Yagi
    • Toshiyoshi Fujiwara

    How I do it 10 May 2012 Pages: 203 - 206

    

26. Using ALPPS to Induce Rapid Liver Hypertrophy in a Patient with Hepatic Fibrosis and Portal Vein Thrombosis

    • Keith M. Cavaness
    • M. B. Majella Doyle
    • William C. Chapman

    Case Report 21 September 2012 Pages: 207 - 212