1. Editor’s Note

   • John Hunter

   EditorialNotes 12 December 2007 Pages: 1 - 1

2. Fresh Whole Blood Transfusions in Coalition Military, Foreign National, and Enemy Combatant Patients during Operation Iraqi Freedom at a U.S. Combat Support Hospital

   • Philip C. Spinella
   • Jeremy G. Perkins
   • the 31st CSH Research Working Group

   OriginalPaper 09 November 2007 Pages: 2 - 6

3. Safety of Repair for Severe Duodenal Injuries

   • George C. Velmahos
   • Constantinos Constantinou
   • George Kasotakis

   OriginalPaper 22 October 2007 Pages: 7 - 12

4. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome: Current Problems and New Strategies

   • Cem Kaan Parsak
   • Gulsah Seydaoglu
   • Salim Satar

   OriginalPaper 17 November 2007 Pages: 13 - 19

   

5. Laparoscopic Internal Marsupializaton for Large Nonparasitic Splenic Cysts: Effective Organ-Preserving Technique

   • Chinnusamy Palanivelu
   • Muthukumaran Rangarajan
   • Suviraj James John

   OriginalPaper 09 November 2007 Pages: 20 - 25

   

6. Open Onlay Mesh Repair for Major Abdominal Wall Hernias with Selective Use of Components Separation and Fibrin Sealant

   • Andrew N. Kingsnorth
   • M. Kamran Shahid
   • Christine S. Porter

   OriginalPaper 17 November 2007 Pages: 26 - 30

   

7. Open Mesh Repair of Incisional Hernia Using a Sublay Technique: Long-Term Follow-up

   • Martin Kurzer
   • Allan Kark
   • Philip Belsham

   OriginalPaper 04 July 2007 Pages: 31 - 36

   

8. Open Mesh Repair of Incisional Hernia Using a Sublay Technique: Long-term Follow-up

   • Leif Israelsson

   Invited Commentary 11 December 2007 Pages: 37 - 37

9. Surgical Management of Gynecomastia—a 10-year Analysis

   • A. E. Handschin
   • D. Bietry
   • M. Constantinescu

   OriginalPaper 17 November 2007 Pages: 38 - 44

   

10. Clinical Benefits of Minimally Invasive Techniques in Thyroid Surgery

    • Giuliano Perigli
    • Camillo Cortesini
    • Fabio Cianchi

    OriginalPaper 09 November 2007 Pages: 45 - 50

11. Long-term Outcome after Isolated Endarterectomy of the Femoral Bifurcation

    • Aristotelis Kechagias
    • Kari Ylönen
    • Fausto Biancari

    OriginalPaper 20 November 2007 Pages: 51 - 54

    

12. Can Local Secretion of Prostaglandin E₂, Thromboxane B₂, and Interleukin-6 Play a Role in Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm?

    • Bernice L. Y. Cheuk
    • Stephen W. K. Cheng

    OriginalPaper 09 November 2007 Pages: 55 - 61

    

13. Outcomes of Surgical Management of Total Colonic Aganglionosis

    • E. K. Choe
    • S. B. Moon
    • S. E. Jung

    OriginalPaper 09 November 2007 Pages: 62 - 68

    

14. Comparison of Uptake Characteristics and Prognostic Value of ²⁰¹Tl and ¹⁸F-FDG in Esophageal Cancer

    • Hyun Woo Chung
    • Kyung-Han Lee
    • Byung-Tae Kim

    OriginalPaper 06 November 2007 Pages: 69 - 75

    

15. Day-Surgery Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Factors Influencing Same-Day Discharge

    • J. Psaila
    • S. Agrawal
    • A. G. Patel

    OriginalPaper 09 November 2007 Pages: 76 - 81

16. CLIP Method (Preoperative CT Image-assessed Ligation of Inferior Pancreaticoduodenal Artery) Reduces Intraoperative Bleeding during Pancreaticoduodenectomy

    • Manabu Kawai
    • Masaji Tani
    • Hiroki Yamaue

    OriginalPaper 20 November 2007 Pages: 82 - 87

    

17. Improvement of Intraoperative Frozen Section Diagnosis in Patients with Biliary Strictures by Levovist Injection into the Bile Duct on Color Doppler Ultrasonography

    • Takayuki Aimoto
    • Eiji Uchida
    • Zenya Naito

    OriginalPaper 17 November 2007 Pages: 88 - 92

    

18. Analysis of Prognostic Factors Influencing Long-term Survival After Hepatic Resection for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

    • Marcella Arru
    • Luca Aldrighetti
    • Carlo Staudacher

    OriginalPaper 20 November 2007 Pages: 93 - 103

    

19. Long-Term Outcome of Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Noncirrhotic Nonfibrotic Liver with No Viral Hepatitis or Alcohol Abuse

    • Jean Lubrano
    • Emmanuel Huet
    • Michel Scotté

    OriginalPaper 17 November 2007 Pages: 104 - 109

    

20. Impact of Three-Dimensional Vision in Laparoscopic Training

    • Konstantinos Votanopoulos
    • F. Charles Brunicardi
    • Charles F. Bellows

    OriginalPaper 09 November 2007 Pages: 110 - 118

    

21. Current Status and Future Perspective of General Surgical Trainees in the Netherlands

    • Bas P. L. Wijnhoven
    • David I. Watson
    • Esther D. van den Ende

    OriginalPaper 14 August 2007 Pages: 119 - 124

    

22. Cost/Accuracy Ratio Analysis in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology, Sentinel Node Biopsy, and Frozen Section of Node

    • Mona P. Tan

    Letter to the Editor 22 October 2007 Pages: 125 - 126

    

23. Reply

    • Genta Franco

    Letter 20 November 2007 Pages: 127 - 127

24. Maingot’s Abdominal Operations. Edited by Michael J. Zinner and Stanley W. Ashley, 1309 pp, 11th edition. McGraw-Hill Medical, 2007. ISBN-13:978-0-07-144176-6, ISBN-10:0-07-144176-X, hardcover, 7.1 pounds. $259.00 (amazon.com)

    • Samir Johna

    BookReview 17 November 2007 Pages: 128 - 128

25. Breast Cancer—Translational Therapeutic Strategies

    • John Kennedy

    BookReview 09 November 2007 Pages: 129 - 129

26. Skin Flaps in Facial Surgery, Daniel Buchen (Editor), 300 pp, McGraw-Hill Professional, 2006, ISBN-10: 007145943X, hard cover, 2.3 pounds, $129 (amazon.com)

    • Joseph Berger

    BookReview 20 November 2007 Pages: 130 - 130

27. International Society of Surgery Foundation Honor Roll of Donors – 2005

    News 11 December 2007 Pages: 131 - 132

28. International Society of Surgery Foundation Honor Roll of Donors - 2006

    News 11 December 2007 Pages: 133 - 135

29. Prizes and Awards

    News 11 December 2007 Pages: 136 - 138