Usefulness of the Bilateral Anterior Rectus Abdominis Sheath Turnover Flap Method for Early Fascial Closure in Patients Requiring Open Abdominal Management Shigeki KushimotoYasuhiro YamamotoMakato Kawai ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 06 November 2006 Pages: 2 - 8
Usefulness of the Bilateral Anterior Rectus Abdominis Sheath Turnover Flap Method for Early Fascial Closure in Patients Requiring Open Abdominal Management Marc de Moya INVITED COMMENTARY 08 December 2006 Pages: 9 - 10
Blood Perfusion of the Free Anterolateral Thigh Perforator Flap: Its Beneficial Effect in the Reconstruction of Infected Wounds in the Lower Extremity Andreas GravvanisDimosthenis TsoutsosOthon Papadopoulos OriginalPaper 30 November 2006 Pages: 11 - 18
Early Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Primary Spontaneous Hemopneumothorax Yu-Tang ChangZen-Kong DaiMeei-Feng Huang OriginalPaper 30 November 2006 Pages: 19 - 25
Nuss Procedure: Pediatric Surgical Solution for Adults with Pectus Excavatum Daniel C. AronsonRemko P. BosgraafSeine Ekkelkamp OriginalPaper 01 December 2006 Pages: 26 - 29
Nuss Procedure of Pediatric Surgical Solution for Adults with Pectus Excavatum Bradley Rodgers INVITED COMMENTARY 08 December 2006 Pages: 30 - 30
Ileosigmoidal Knotting in Children: A Review of 9 Cases S. Selçuk AtamanalpDurkaya ÖrenBedii Salman OriginalPaper 30 November 2006 Pages: 31 - 35
Breast Cancer Local Recurrence: Risk Factors and Prognostic Relevance of Early Time to Recurrence A. NeriD. MarrelliF. Roviello OriginalPaper 04 December 2006 Pages: 36 - 45
The Use of Latissimus Dorsi Miniflap for Reconstruction Following Breast-conserving Surgery: Experience of a Small Breast Unit in a District Hospital C. NavinA. AgrawalK. M. Kolar OriginalPaper 05 December 2006 Pages: 46 - 50
Mitochondrial DNA Mutations in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer with Respect to the Age Factor Jürgen WitteSteffen LehmannHans D. Röher OriginalPaper 30 November 2006 Pages: 51 - 59
Parathyroid Cyst: Often Mistaken for a Thyroid Cyst Michael B. UjikiRitu NayarPeter Angelos OriginalPaper 08 December 2006 Pages: 60 - 64
Posterior Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy: A Comparison between the Initial Experience in the Invention Phase and Introductory Phase of the New Surgical Technique Marcin BarczyńskiAleksander KonturekMartin K. Walz OriginalPaper 01 December 2006 Pages: 65 - 71
Primary Hyperaldosteronism Secondary to Unilateral Adrenal Hyperplasia: an Unusual Cause of Surgically Correctable Hypertension. A review of 30 cases Brian K. P. GohYeh-Hong TanChristopher W. S. Cheng OriginalPaper 04 December 2006 Pages: 72 - 79
Parameter Predicting the Recurrence of Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction in Patients Managed with a Long Tube Takumi SakakibaraAkio HaradaAkimasa Nakao OriginalPaper 30 November 2006 Pages: 80 - 85
The Natural History and Traditional Management of Appendicitis Revisited: Spontaneous Resolution and Predominance of Prehospital Perforations Imply That a Correct Diagnosis is More Important Than an Early Diagnosis Roland E. Andersson OriginalPaper 08 December 2006 Pages: 86 - 92
Value of Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Perforated Appendicitis Yasuyuki FukamiHiroshi HasegawaTakashi Hiromatsu OriginalPaper 01 December 2006 Pages: 93 - 97
Utility of Once-Daily Dose of Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin to Prevent Venous Thromboembolism in Multisystem Trauma Patients C. Clay CothrenWade R. SmithSteven J. Morgan OriginalPaper 01 December 2006 Pages: 98 - 104
Interleukin-10 Gene Transfer: Prevention of Multiple Organ Injury in a Murine Cecal Ligation and Puncture Model of Sepsis Burhan KabayCetin KocaefeIskender Sayek OriginalPaper 30 November 2006 Pages: 105 - 115
Assessment of Quality of Life after Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication in Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Deniz BalciAhmet G. Turkcapar OriginalPaper 30 November 2006 Pages: 116 - 121
Is Nasogastric or Nasojejunal Decompression Necessary after Gastrectomy? A Prospective Randomized Trial Nicolas CarrèrePatrick SeulinBernard Pradère OriginalPaper 30 November 2006 Pages: 122 - 127
Diagnostic Sensitivity of Contrast Swallow for Leakage after Gastric Resection Hitoshi TonouchiYasuhiko MohriMasato Kusunoki OriginalPaper 08 December 2006 Pages: 128 - 131
Clinicopathological Study of Gastric Metastases Ming-Hsun WuMing-Tsan LinPo-Huang Lee OriginalPaper 30 November 2006 Pages: 132 - 136
Carcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater: Factors Influencing Long-term Survival of 127 Patients with Resection Qi-lu QiaoYi-guo ZhaoYuan-lian Wan OriginalPaper 05 December 2006 Pages: 137 - 143
Differences between Ampullary, Periampullary and Pancreatic Cancer William E. FisherMichael E. Bakey INVITED COMMENTARY 04 December 2006 Pages: 144 - 146
Prognostic Implication of Para-aortic Lymph Node Metastasis in Resectable Pancreatic Cancer Ryuichiro DoiKazuhiro KamiShinji Uemoto OriginalPaper 30 November 2006 Pages: 147 - 154
Impact of Tumor Spread to the Cystic Duct on the Prognosis of Patients with Gallbladder Carcinoma Takenari NakataAkira KobayashiShinichi Miyagawa OriginalPaper 05 December 2006 Pages: 155 - 161
Tumor Spread to Cystic Duct as a Novel Prognostic Indicator for Gallbladder Carcinoma Kelvin K. Ng INVITED COMMENTARY 08 December 2006 Pages: 162 - 163
Postoperative Glycemic Control after Central Pancreatectomy for Mid-gland Lesions John D. AllendorfBeth A. SchropeJohn A. Chabot OriginalPaper 30 November 2006 Pages: 164 - 168
Re: Postoperative Glycemic Control in Patients Undergoing Central Pancreatectomy for Mid-gland Lesions F. C. BrunicardiNikiforos Ballian INVITED COMMENTARY 03 November 2006 Pages: 169 - 170
Selected Patients with Metastatic Melanoma May Benefit from Liver Resection Paulo HermanMarcel Autran C. MachadoMarcel C. C. Machado OriginalPaper 04 December 2006 Pages: 171 - 174
Computer-Assisted Operative Planning in Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A New Way to Resolve the Dilemma of the Middle Hepatic Vein A. RadtkeS. NadalinM. Malagó OriginalPaper 05 December 2006 Pages: 175 - 185
Effect of 5-Fluorouracil plus Interferon on the Integrity of Colonic Anastomoses Covering with Fibrin Glue D. KanellosK. BlouhosD. Betsis OriginalPaper 05 December 2006 Pages: 186 - 191
Which Comorbid Conditions Predict Complications after Surgery for Colorectal Cancer? Valery E. P. P. LemmensMaryska L. G. Janssen-HeijnenJan Willem W. Coebergh OriginalPaper 30 November 2006 Pages: 192 - 199
Effects of Pyrrolidine Dithiocarbamate on Healing of Colonic Anastomoses in the Cecal Ligation and Puncture Model of Intraperitoneal Sepsis in Rats Zafer TekeFaruk Onder AytekinKoray Tekin OriginalPaper 30 November 2006 Pages: 200 - 209
Assessments of Anal Canal Sensitivity in Patients with Soiling 5 Years or More after Colectomy, Mucosal Proctectomy, and Ileal J Pouch-Anal Anastomosis for Ulcerative Colitis Ryouichi TomitaSeigo Igarashi OriginalPaper 01 December 2006 Pages: 210 - 216
Risk-scoring Method for Prediction of 30-Day Postoperative Outcome after Infrainguinal Surgical Revascularization for Critical Lower-limb Ischemia: a Finnvasc Registry Study Fausto BiancariJuha-Pekka SaleniusMauri Lepäntalo OriginalPaper 05 December 2006 Pages: 217 - 225
“Risk Scoring Method for Prediction of 30-Day Postoperative Outcome after Infrainguinal Surgical Revascularization for Critical Lower Limb Ischemia: A Finnvasc Registry Study” Laurent Chiche INVITED COMMENTARY 04 December 2006 Pages: 226 - 227
Iatrogenic Vascular Injuries in Varicose Vein Surgery: a Systematic Review Håkan RudströmMartin BjörckDavid Bergqvist OriginalPaper 08 December 2006 Pages: 228 - 233
Improving Outcomes in Hernia Repair by the Use of Light Meshes—A Comparison of Different Implant Constructions Based on a Critical Appraisal of the Literature Dirk WeyheOrlin BelyaevWaldemar Uhl OriginalPaper 04 December 2006 Pages: 234 - 244
Postoperative Anal Stenoses with Ligasure Hemorrhoidectomy G. GravanteD. Venditti LETTER TO THE EDITOR 29 August 2006 Pages: 245 - 245
Reply: Randomized Controlled Trial of Ligasure with Submucosal Dissection versus Ferguson Hemorrhoidectomy for Prolapsed Hemorrhoids Jaw-Yuan Wang LETTER TO THE EDITOR 08 December 2006 Pages: 246 - 246
Clinico-Pathological Characteristics and Long-term Outcome in Patients with Distant Metastases from Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma Vivek AggarwalP. R. K. BhargavGaurav Agarwal LETTER TO THE EDITOR 01 December 2006 Pages: 246 - 247
Clinico-pathological Characteristics and Long-term Outcome in Patients with Distant Metastases from Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma Carlos A. BenbassatSara Mechlis-FrishDania Hirsch REPLY 01 December 2006 Pages: 247 - 248
Body Contouring after Massive Weight Loss Juliana Hansen BOOK REVIEW 08 December 2006 Pages: 249 - 250