Smoking Is a Risk Factor for Recurrence of Groin Hernia Lars Tue SorensenEsbern FriisJohan Kjaergaard Pages: 397 - 400
Recurrent Inguinal Hernia: Disease of the Collagen Matrix? Hong ZhengZhongyi SiBernd Klosterhalfen Pages: 401 - 408
Experimental Evaluation of a New Layered Prosthesis Exhibiting a Low Tensile Modulus of Elasticity: Long-term Integration Response within the Rat Abdominal Wall José M. FerrandoJosé VidalMaría A. Arbós i Via Pages: 409 - 415
Factors Affecting Management and Outcome in Blunt Renal Injury Ramsay L. KuoSoumitra R. EachempatiR. Lawrence Reed II Pages: 416 - 419
Connective Tissue Growth Factor Gene Expression Alters Tumor Progression in Esophageal Cancer Alexander KoliopanosHelmut FriessMarkus W. Büchler Pages: 420 - 427
Re-study of Gastric Cancer: Analysis of Outcome Prudencio S. SamsonLaurence Anthony P. EscovidalMary Yvonnette C. Nerves Pages: 428 - 433
One-stage Surgical Management of Concomitant Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Gastric or Colorectal Cancer Kenji MatsumotoTakaya MurayamaMasaki Kitajima Pages: 434 - 437
Small Bowel Intussusception in Symptomatic Pediatric Patients: Experiences with 19 Surgically Proven Cases Sheung-Fat KoTze-Yu LeeJiin-Haur Chuang Pages: 438 - 443
Surgical Indications and Strategies for Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Low Income Countries Behrouz BanieghbalLeonie SchoemanMichael R.Q. Davies Pages: 444 - 447
Effect of Bile Acid Replacement on Endotoxin-induced Tumor Necrosis Factor-a Production in Obstructive Jaundice Shyr-Ming Sheen-ChenHan-Shiang ChenHock-Liew Eng Pages: 448 - 450
Significance of Serum Type IV Collagen Level of Hepatectomized Patients with Chronic Liver Damage Yasuyuki ShimaharaNaritaka YamamotoYoshio Yamaoka Pages: 451 - 456
Relation of Biliary Bile Acid Output to Hepatic Adenosine Triphosphate Level and Biliary Indocyanine Green Excretion in Humans Kazuo ChijiiwaAtsushi MizutaMasao Tanaka Pages: 457 - 461
Surgical Strategy for Cystic Diseases of the Liver in a Western Hepatobiliary Center Basil J. AmmoriBenjamin L. JenkinsJ. Peter A. Lodge Pages: 462 - 469
Incidence of Deep Venous Thrombosis in Patients Undergoing Obesity Surgery Agneta WestlingDavid BergqvistSven Gustavsson Pages: 470 - 473
Surgical Treatment for Severe Acute Pancreatitis: Extent and Surgical Control of Necrosis Determine Outcome Peter GötzingerThomas SautnerReinhold Függer Pages: 474 - 478
Pancreatic Function after Acute Biliary Pancreatitis: Does It Change? Eugenia Pareja IbarsEnrique Artigues Sánchez de RojasRamón Trullenque Peris Pages: 479 - 486
Intraoperative Transfusion: Is It a Real Prognostic Factor of Periampullary Cancer Following Pancreatoduodenectomy? Sang-Jae ParkSun-Whe KimYong-Hyun Park Pages: 487 - 492
Contractility In Vitro and Mitochondrial Response in Small and Large Rabbit Bowel after Anastomosis Mario TestiniPiero PortincasaGiuseppe Palasciano Pages: 493 - 498
Factors Associated with Clinically Significant Anastomotic Leakage after Large Bowel Resection: Multivariate Analysis of 707 Patients Arnaud AlvesYves PanisPatrice Valleur Pages: 499 - 502