1. Diagnosis and Management of Primary Aldosteronism

   • Malcolm H. Wheeler
   • Dean A. Harris

   Editorial Update 13 May 2003 Pages: 627 - 631

   

2. Current Management of Colon Trauma

   • Robert A. Maxwell
   • Timothy C. Fabian

   Invited Review Article 02 May 2003 Pages: 632 - 639

3. Doxorubicin Activity Is Enhanced by Hyperthermia in a Model of Ex Vivo Vascular Perfusion of Human Colon Carcinoma

   • Pierluigi Pilati
   • Simone Mocellin
   • Mario Lise

   Original Scientific Reports 13 May 2003 Pages: 640 - 646

   

4. Risk Factors for Nonhepatic Surgery in Patients with Cirrhosis

   • Juan A. del Olmo
   • Blas Flor-Lorente
   • José M. Rodrigo

   Original Scientific Reports 13 May 2003 Pages: 647 - 652

5. Accuracy of Laparoscopy in the Diagnosis and Staging of Lymphoproliferative Diseases

   • Gianfranco Silecchia
   • Luigi Raparelli
   • Nicola Basso

   Original Scientific Reports 13 May 2003 Pages: 653 - 658

   

6. Change in Mitochondrial Membrane Potential in Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes, Especially in Natural Killer Cells, Is a Possible Marker for Surgical Stress on the Immune System

   • Arimichi Takabayashi
   • Michiyuki Kanai
   • Yoshiro Taki

   Original Scientific Reports 13 May 2003 Pages: 659 - 665

   

7. Itemized Bill: Novel Method to Audit the Process of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

   • Khawaja Mohammad Inam Pal
   • Mushtaq Ahmed

   Original Scientific Reports 02 May 2003 Pages: 666 - 670

8. Laparoscopy-assisted Repair of Diaphragm Injuries

   • John M. Shaw
   • Pradeep H. Navsaria
   • Andrew J. Nicol

   Original Scientific Reports 13 May 2003 Pages: 671 - 674

   

9. Persistent Primary Hyperparathyroidism Caused by Adenomas Identified in Pharyngeal or Adjacent Structures

   • Teresa J. Chan
   • Steven K. Libutti
   • H. Richard Alexander

   Original Scientific Reports 13 May 2003 Pages: 675 - 679

   

10. Resection of Hilar Cholangiocarcinomas: Pivotal Prognostic Factors and Impact of Tumor Sclerosis

    • Harald Puhalla
    • Thomas Gruenberger
    • Friedrich Laengle

    Original Scientific Reports 13 May 2003 Pages: 680 - 684

    

11. Plastic Iodophor Drape during Liver SurgeryOperative Use of the Iodophor-impregnated Adhesive Drape to Prevent Wound Infection during High Risk Surgery

    • Yasuko Yoshimura
    • Shoji Kubo
    • Hiroaki Kinoshita

    Original Scientific Reports 13 May 2003 Pages: 685 - 688

12. Diagnosis and Treatment of Inferior Vena Caval Invasion by Hepatic Cancer

    • Yoshito Okada
    • Masato Nagino
    • Yuji Nimura

    Original Scientific Reports 13 May 2003 Pages: 689 - 694

    

13. Risk Factors and Management of Bile Leakage after Hepatic Resection

    • Yasuhiko Nagano
    • Shinji Togo
    • Hiroshi Shimada

    Original Scientific Reports 13 May 2003 Pages: 695 - 698

    

14. Transthoracic versus Transabdominal Surgical Approach for Echinococcal Cysts Located over the Superoposterior Aspect of the Right Lobe of the Liver

    • Vassilios E. Smyrniotis
    • Elias K. Kostopanagiotou
    • Georgia G. Kostopanagiotou

    Original Scientific Reports 13 May 2003 Pages: 699 - 702

    

15. Liver Trauma: Experience in 348 Cases

    • Jing-mou Gao
    • Ding-yuan Du
    • Xi Lin

    Original Scientific Reports 13 May 2003 Pages: 703 - 708

16. Role of Somatostatin in the Prevention of Pancreatic Stump-related Morbidity following Elective Pancreaticoduodenectomy in High-risk Patients and Elimination of Surgeon-related Factors: Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial

    • Yan-Shen Shan
    • Edgar D. Sy
    • Pin-Wen Lin

    Original Scientific Reports 13 May 2003 Pages: 709 - 714

    

17. Immunohistochemical Evaluation for Intraoperative Rapid Pathological Assessment of the Gastric Margin

    • Satoshi Matsusaka
    • Tomohumi Nagareda
    • Shigeto Maeda

    Original Scientific Reports 13 May 2003 Pages: 715 - 718

    

18. Chromoendoscopic Evaluation of Gastric Mucosa after Partial Gastrectomy by Use of Modified Endoscopic Congo Red Test

    • Ervin Tóth
    • Kristina Sjölund
    • Henrik Thorlacius

    Original Scientific Reports 13 May 2003 Pages: 719 - 724

19. Pathophysiological Studies on the Relationship between Postgastrectomy Syndrome and Gastric Emptying Function at 5 Years after Pylorus-preserving Distal Gastrectomy for Early Gastric Cancer

    • Ryouichi Tomita
    • Shigeru Fujisaki
    • Katsuhisa Tanjoh

    Original Scientific Reports 13 May 2003 Pages: 725 - 733

    

20. Physiologic Studies on Nitric Oxide in Rat Small Bowel Isografts

    • Ryouichi Tomita
    • Shigeru Fujisaki
    • Kei Kimizuka

    Original Scientific Reports 13 May 2003 Pages: 734 - 740

    

21. Risk and Outcome of Bowel Resection in Patients with Incarcerated Groin Hernias: Retrospective Study

    • Necmi Kurt
    • Mustafa Oncel
    • Sadik Bingul

    Original Scientific Reports 02 May 2003 Pages: 741 - 743

22. Acute Compartment Syndrome of the Lower Leg: Retrospective Study on Prevalence, Technique, and Outcome of Fasciotomies

    • Jeroen Heemskerk
    • Peter Kitslaar

    Original Scientific Reports 13 May 2003 Pages: 744 - 747

    

23. Nihilism: A Benign Denial

    • John E. Skandalakis
    • Petros Mirilas

    Surgical History 13 May 2003 Pages: 748 - 752

24. Carl Gussenbauer: Pioneer in Pancreatic Surgery

    • Thomas Schnelldorfer
    • Yan Y. Kitvarametha
    • David B. Adams

    Surgical History 13 May 2003 Pages: 753 - 757

    

25. To the Editor

    • Margarita Pardo
    • Javier Sánchez
    • Vicente Carreño

    Letters to the Editor 13 May 2003 Pages: 758 - 759

26. To the Editor

    • Coþkun Polat
    • Sezgin Yilmaz
    • Özcan Gökçe

    Letters to the Editor 13 May 2003 Pages: 759 - 759

27. Reply

    • George Skroubis
    • Constantine Vagianos

    Letters to the Editor 13 May 2003 Pages: 759 - 759