Note from the Editor John G. Hunter, Editor-in-Chief Rural International Surgery 31 March 2005 Pages: 413 - 413
The Rural Surgeon. A New Forum on the World Journal of Surgery Moshe Schein Editorial 31 March 2005 Pages: 414 - 415
Laparoscopic Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping for Early Gastric Cancer Yuko KitagawaMasaki Kitajima Editorial 22 March 2005 Pages: 416 - 417
Laparoscopic Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsies for Early-stage Gastric Cancer: The Cause of False Negativity Hitoshi TonouchiYasuhiko MohriMasato Kusunoki Original Scientific Report 22 March 2005 Pages: 418 - 421
Prognostic Impact of CK-20-positive Cells in Peripheral Venous Blood of Patients with Gastrointestinal Carcinoma Jan FriederichsRalf GertlerJörg Rüdiger Siewer Original Scientific Report 22 March 2005 Pages: 422 - 428
Profiling Hospital Performance of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Based on the Administrative Data of Four Teaching Hospitals in Japan Masahiro HiroseYuichi ImanakaS. Edward Evans Original Scientific Report 22 March 2005 Pages: 429 - 436
Dropped Gallstones During Laparoscopic Cholesystectomy: The Consequences Ali Riza TumerYunus Nadi YüksekNuri Aydin Kama Original Scientific Report 22 March 2005 Pages: 437 - 440
Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Blunt Tapered and Standard Needles in Closing Abdominal Fascia Rob A.G. NordkamSimone J. M. BluyssenHarry van Goor Original Scientific Report 31 March 2005 Pages: 441 - 445
Intravenous Ketoprofen in Postoperative Pain Treatment after Major Abdominal Surgery Dagmar OberhoferJasna SkokVisnja Nesek-Adam Original Scientific Report 23 March 2005 Pages: 446 - 449
A Review of Obturator Hernia and a Proposed Algorithm for its Diagnosis and Treatment Shen-Shin ChangYan-Shen ShanPin-Wen Lin Original Scientific Report 23 March 2005 Pages: 450 - 454
The Significance of Meckel’s Diverticulum in Appendicitis — A Retrospective Analysis of 233 Cases Torsten UeberrueckLutz MeyerIngo Gastinger Original Scientific Report 23 March 2005 Pages: 455 - 458
Reappraisal of Surgical Treatment for Radiation Enteritis Hisashi OnoderaSatoshi NagayamaYoshikuni Yonenaga Original Scientific Report 22 March 2005 Pages: 459 - 463
Usefulness of Lateral Internal Sphincterotomy in Reducing Postoperative Pain after Open Hemorrhoidectomy Ioannis KanellosEmmanouil ZacharakisDimitrios Betsis Original Scientific Report 22 March 2005 Pages: 464 - 468
High Body Mass Index as a Possible Risk Factor for Pilonidal Sinus Disease in Adolescents İrfan Serdar ArdaL. Hakan GüneyAkgün Hiçsönmez Original Scientific Report 22 March 2005 Pages: 469 - 471
Searching for Non-RET Molecular Alterations in Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: Expression Analysis by mRNA Differential Display Thomas J. MusholtJulia HanackPetra B. Musholt Original Scientific Report 23 March 2005 Pages: 472 - 482
Usefulness of Thyroglobulin Measurement in Fine-needle Aspiration Biopsy Specimens for Diagnosing Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Papillary Thyroid Cancer Takashi UrunoAkira MiyauchiKanji Kuma Original Scientific Report 23 March 2005 Pages: 483 - 485
Do Intraoperative Total Serum and Ionized Calcium Levels, Like Intraoperative Intact PTH Levels, Correlate with Cure of Hyperparathyroidism? Roderick M. QuirosCatherine E. PesceRichard A. Prinz Original Scientific Report 23 March 2005 Pages: 486 - 490
Inframanubrial Parathyroid Glands in Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Alternatives to Sternotomy Fiemu E. NwariakuWilliam H. SnyderDana Mathews Original Scientific Report 22 March 2005 Pages: 491 - 494
Mammotome: Less Invasive than ABBI with Similar Accuracy for Early Breast Cancer Detection Walter P. WeberRosanna ZanettiWalter R. Marti Original Scientific Report 22 March 2005 Pages: 495 - 499
Impact of Reconstruction Methods on Outcome of Pancreatoduodenectomy in Pancreatic Cancer Patients Ryuichiro DoiKoji FujimotoMasayuki Imamura Original Scientific Report 22 March 2005 Pages: 500 - 504
Pancreatogastrostomy after Pancreatoduodenectomy: A Safe, Feasible Reconstruction Method? Jens StandopMarcus OverhausAndreas Tuerler Original Scientific Report 22 March 2005 Pages: 505 - 512
Pancreatoduodenectomy for Tumors of Vater’s Ampulla: Report on 94 Consecutive Patients Andrea Di GiorgioSergio AlfieriGiovanni Battista Doglietto Original Scientific Report 23 March 2005 Pages: 513 - 518
Jaundice at Presentation Heralds Advanced Disease and Poor Prognosis in Patients with Ampullary Carcinoma Naoyuki YokoyamaYoshio ShiraiKatsuyoshi Hatakeyama Original Scientific Report 22 March 2005 Pages: 519 - 523
Hepatic Resection for Metastatic Breast Cancer: Prognostic Analysis of 34 Patients Yoshihiro SakamotoJunji YamamotoMasatoshi Makuuchi Original Scientific Report 22 March 2005 Pages: 524 - 527
α-Gluthathione S-Transferase as an Early Marker of Hepatic Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury after Liver Resection Alexander ChoukérAndré MartignoniManfred Thiel Original Scientific Report 23 March 2005 Pages: 528 - 534
Detection of Microbial DNA in the Blood of Surgical Patients for Diagnosing Bacterial Translocation Satoshi OnoHironori TsujimotoHidetaka Mochizuki Original Scientific Report 24 March 2005 Pages: 535 - 539
Effect of Volatile Anesthetics on Oxidative Stress Due to Occupational Exposure Hülya TürkanAhmet AydinAhmet Sayal Original Scientific Report 23 March 2005 Pages: 540 - 542