Decline in Popularity of General Surgery as a Career Choice in North America: Review of Postgraduate Residency Training Selection in Canada, 1996–2001 Jeff G. MarschallAhmer A. Karimuddin Original Scientific Reports Pages: 249 - 252
Nitric Oxide-mediated Liver Injury in the Presence of Experimental Bile Duct Obstruction Atilla EnginB. Şükrü BozkurtNeslihan Bukan Original Scientific Reports Pages: 253 - 255
Timing of Cholecystectomy for Acute Biliary Pancreatitis: Outcomes of Cholecystectomy on First Admission and after Recurrent Biliary Pancreatitis Orhan AlimogluOrhan V. OzkanGurhan Bas Original Scientific Reports Pages: 256 - 259
Hepatoduodenal Ligament Invasion by Gallbladder Carcinoma: Histologic Patterns and Surgical Recommendation Yuji KaneokaAkihiro YamaguchiMasahiko Suzuki Original Scientific Reports Pages: 260 - 265
Completion Radical Surgery after Cholecystectomy for Accidentally Undiagnosed Gallbladder Carcinoma Takayuki ToyonagaKazuo ChijiiwaMasao Tanaka Original Scientific Reports Pages: 266 - 271
Factors Influencing Postoperative Hospital Mortality and Long-term Survival after Radical Resection for Stage IV Gallbladder Carcinoma Satoshi KondoYuji NimuraNaokazu Hayakawa Original Scientific Reports Pages: 272 - 277
Preoperative Evaluation of Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma with Contrast-enhanced Three-dimensional Fast Imaging with Steady-state Precession Magnetic Resonance Angiography: Comparison with Intraarterial Digital Subtraction Angiography Moon-Gyu LeeKwang Bo ParkEun Mee Kang Original Scientific Reports Pages: 278 - 283
Evaluating the Hilar Bifurcation Territory in the Human Liver Caudate Lobe to Obtain Critical Information for Delimiting Reliable Margins during Caudate Lobe Surgery: Anatomic Study of Livers with and without the External Caudate Notch Tetsuhiro KanamuraGen MurakamiYoshiyuki Nakajima Original Scientific Reports Pages: 284 - 288
Aggressive Surgical Resection for Hilar-invasive and Peripheral Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Toshio NakagohriTakehide AsanoTakenori Ochiai Original Scientific Reports Pages: 289 - 293
Clinicopathologic Features and Factors Related to Survival of Patients with Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Hepatic Resection Jui-Yu ChenGar-Yang ChauChew-Wun Wu Original Scientific Reports Pages: 294 - 298
Hepatic Resection for Colorectal Metastasis with Macroscopic Tumor Thrombus in the Portal Vein Keiichiro TadaNorihiro KokudoTetsuichiro Muto Original Scientific Reports Pages: 299 - 303
Delay in Treatment of Colorectal Cancer: Multifactorial Problem Mike Ralf LangenbachJohannes SchmidtHubert Zirngibl Original Scientific Reports Pages: 304 - 308
Etiology of the Resting Myoelectric Activity of the Levator Ani Muscle: Physioanatomic Study with a New Theory Ahmed ShafikSameh DossSoheir Asaad Original Scientific Reports Pages: 309 - 314
Possibilities of Chromoesophagoscopy for Diagnosis of Barrett’s Esophagus Abdukhakim M. KhadjibaevZaynuddin M. NizamkhodjaevBotir B. Mirzaev Original Scientific Reports Pages: 315 - 318
Management of 100 Consecutive Cases of Pancreatic Serous Cystadenoma: Wait for Symptoms and See at Imaging or Vice Versa? Claudio BassiRoberto SalviaPaolo Pederzoli Original Scientific Reports Pages: 319 - 323
Long-term Results of Partial Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Ductal Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreatic Head: 25-Year Experience Axel RichterMarco NiedergethmannMichael Trede Original Scientific Reports Pages: 324 - 329
Minimum Number of Lymph Nodes that Should Be Examined for the International Union Against Cancer/American Joint Committee on Cancer TNM Classification of Gastric Carcinoma Takashi IchikuraToshiya OgawaHidetaka Mochizuki Original Scientific Reports Pages: 330 - 333
Is Adenocarcinoma of the Gastric Cardia a Distinct Entity Independent of Subcardial Carcinoma? Takashi IchikuraToshiya OgawaHidetaka Mochizuki Original Scientific Reports Pages: 334 - 338
Long-term Outcome of Unilateral Parathyroid Exploration for Primary Hyperparathyroidism Due to Presumed Solitary Adenoma Stanley SidhuAdrian K. NeillColin F.J. Russell Original Scientific Reports Pages: 339 - 342
Fractures in Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Nationwide Follow-up Study of 1201 Patients Peter VestergaardLeif Mosekilde Original Scientific Reports Pages: 343 - 349
Surgical Therapy and Histological Abnormalities in Functional Isolated Small Bowel Obstruction and Idiopathic Gastrointestinal Perforation in the Very Low Birth Weight Infant Marc MiserezSuzanna BartenFreddy Penninckx Original Scientific Reports Pages: 350 - 355
Analysis of Failure in Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Differential Outcomes in Children and Adults Michael J. GoldsteinEphrem SalameJean C. Emond Original Scientific Reports Pages: 356 - 364
Effects of a Femoral Shaft Fracture on Multiply Injured Patients with a Head Injury Thomas NauFritz Kutscha-LissbergVilmos Vecsei Original Scientific Reports Pages: 365 - 369
History and Future of the International Society of Surgery Martin Allgöwer Highlights of ISS/SIC History Pages: 373 - 373
Future of the International Society of Surgery and the International Surgical Week from a Young Surgeon’s Point of View Hubert J. Stein Highlights of ISS/SIC History Pages: 377 - 377