Improved Prognosis of Resected Esophageal Cancer Hubert J. SteinJörg-Rüdiger Siewert Editorial Update 06 May 2004 Pages: 520 - 525
Highlights of Twentieth Century Surgery in Hungary József SándorIstván BesznyákAttila Oláh Highlights of ISS/SIC History 06 May 2004 Pages: 526 - 531
Invited Commentary (DOI: 10.1007/s00268-004-1040-z) Dorothea Liebermann-Meffert OriginalPaper 19 May 2004 Pages: 532 - 532
Highlights in Surgery: Italian Influence of Surgical Science on ISS/SIC Members Alberto Montori Highlights of ISS/SIC History 19 May 2004 Pages: 533 - 534
Invited Commentary (DOI: 10.1007/s00268-004-7201-2) Dorothea Liebermann-Meffert OriginalPaper 19 May 2004 Pages: 533 - 534
Retrospective Study of Women Presenting with Axillary Metastases from Occult Breast Carcinoma D. Kay BlanchardDavid R. Farley Original Scientific Reports 19 May 2004 Pages: 535 - 539
Thromboembolic Prophylaxis as a Risk Factor for Postoperative Complications after Breast Cancer Surgery Esbern FriisJohn HørbyTorben Jørgensen Original Scientific Reports 06 May 2004 Pages: 540 - 543
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Its Effect on the Prognosis of Patients with Gallbladder Cancer Xabier A. de AretxabalaIvan S. RoaHarold J. Wanebo Original Scientific Reports 19 May 2004 Pages: 544 - 547
Clinical Diagnosis of Metastatic Gastric Tumors: Clinicopathologic Findings and Prognosis of Nine Patients in a Single Cancer Center Osamu KobayashiHitoshi MurakamiYoichi Kameda Original Scientific Reports 19 May 2004 Pages: 548 - 551
Impact of Circulating Free Tumor Cells in the Peripheral Blood of Colorectal Cancer Patients during Laparoscopic Surgery Wei-Shone ChenMing-yi ChungJen-Kou Lin Original Scientific Reports 20 May 2004 Pages: 552 - 557
Do Young Colon Cancer Patients Have Worse Outcomes? Jessica B. O’ConnellMelinda A. MaggardClifford Y. Ko Original Scientific Reports 06 May 2004 Pages: 558 - 562
Cost-effectiveness of Two Follow-up Strategies for Curative Resection of Colorectal Cancer: Comparative Study Using a Markov Model Frédéric BorieChristophe CombescureBertrand Millat Original Scientific Reports 06 May 2004 Pages: 563 - 569
Long-term Follow-up of Patients with Elevated PTH Levels following Successful Exploration for Primary Hyperparathyroidism E. NordenströmJohan WesterdahlA. Bergenfelz Original Scientific Reports 06 May 2004 Pages: 570 - 575
Usefulness of Radio-guided Surgery Using Technetium-99m Methoxyisobutylisonitrile for Primary and Secondary Hyperparathyroidism Hiroshi TakeyamaHisashi ShioyaYoji Yamazaki Original Scientific Reports 19 May 2004 Pages: 576 - 582
Assessing the Site of Recurrence in Patients with Secondary Hyperparathyroidism by a Simplified Casanova Autograftectomy Test Katja SchlosserHelmut SitterAndreas Zielke Original Scientific Reports 19 May 2004 Pages: 583 - 588
Evaluation of Intraoperative Recurrent Nerve Monitoring in Thyroid Surgery Guido BeldiThomas KinsbergenRolf Schlumpf Original Scientific Reports 19 May 2004 Pages: 589 - 591
Pheochromocytoma Surgery: Epidemiologic Peculiarities in Children Dmitry G. BeltsevichNikolay S. KuznetsovMaryana A. Lysenko Original Scientific Reports 06 May 2004 Pages: 592 - 596
Conservative Surgery for Treatment of Hydatid Cysts in Children Zafer TürkyılmazKaan SönmezNuri Kale Original Scientific Reports 06 May 2004 Pages: 597 - 601
Pancreaticoduodenectomy with En Bloc Portal Vein Resection for Pancreatic Carcinoma with Suspected Portal Vein Involvement Ronnie T. PoonSheung Tat FanJohn Wong Original Scientific Reports 06 May 2004 Pages: 602 - 608
Microsurgical Techniques for Lymphedema Treatment: Derivative Lymphatic-Venous Microsurgery Corradino CampisiFrancesco Boccardo Original Scientific Reports 06 May 2004 Pages: 609 - 613
Liver Transplantation Techniques with Preservation of the Natural Venovenous Bypass: Effect on Surgical Resection of Renal Cell Carcinoma Invading the Inferior Vena Cava Spiros DelisChristos DervenisGaetano Ciancio Original Scientific Reports 06 May 2004 Pages: 614 - 619
Effect of Pharmacologic Preconditioning with Tetrandrine on Subsequent Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Rat Liver Zhongmin LiuZhenping XuXin Ye Original Scientific Reports 06 May 2004 Pages: 620 - 624
Combined Assessment of β-d-Glucan and Degree of Candida Colonization before Starting Empiric Therapy for Candidiasis in Surgical Patients Yoshio TakesueMasayuki KakehashiTaijiro Sueda Original Scientific Reports 19 May 2004 Pages: 625 - 630
Galen on Obesity: Etiology, Effects, and Treatment Niki S. PapavramidouSpiros T. PapavramidisHelen Christopoulou-Aletra Surgical History 06 May 2004 Pages: 631 - 635
To the Editor (DOI: 10.1007/s00268-004-7410-8) Waldemar NarożnyJerzy KuczkowskiBogusław Mikaszewski Letters to the Editor 19 May 2004 Pages: 636 - 636