Prizes and Awards at International Surgical Week ISW 2009 in Adelaide, Australia, September 6–10, 2009 News 01 November 2009 Pages: 2501 - 2505
Strengthening Prehospital Trauma Care in the Absence of Formal Emergency Medical Services Charles Mock EditorialNotes 13 October 2009 Pages: 2510 - 2511
Current Patterns of Prehospital Trauma Care in Kampala, Uganda and the Feasibility of a Lay-First-Responder Training Program Sudha JayaramanJacqueline R. MabweijanoDoruk Ozgediz OriginalPaper 08 August 2009 Pages: 2512 - 2521
Management of Liver Trauma S. A. BadgerR. BarclayT. Diamond ReviewPaper 16 September 2009 Pages: 2522 - 2537
A Meta-Analysis of Randomized, Controlled Trials Assessing the Prophylactic Use of Ceftriaxone. A Study of Wound, Chest, and Urinary Infections J. C. WoodfieldN. BeshayA. M. van Rij OriginalPaper 02 August 2009 Pages: 2538 - 2550
A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Assessing the Prophylactic Use of Ceftriaxone. A Study of Wound, Chest and Urinary Infections Markus SchäferPierre-Alain Clavien Invited Commentary 13 October 2009 Pages: 2551 - 2552
Use of Botulinum Toxin Type A Before Abdominal Wall Hernia Reconstruction Tomas R. Ibarra-HurtadoCarlos M. Nuño-GuzmánJosé de Jesús González-Jaime OriginalPaper 22 September 2009 Pages: 2553 - 2556
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Chewing-Gum Therapy in the Reduction of Postoperative Paralytic Ileus Following Gastrointestinal Surgery J. Edward F. FitzgeraldIrfan Ahmed OriginalPaper 10 September 2009 Pages: 2557 - 2566
Increasing Detection and Increasing Incidence in Thyroid Cancer Stephen F. HallHugh WalkerAmy Schneeberg OriginalPaper 30 September 2009 Pages: 2567 - 2571
Retromammary Approach for Endoscopic Resection of Benign Breast Lesions Hsien LiuChih-Kun HuangYaw-Sen Chen OriginalPaper 22 September 2009 Pages: 2572 - 2578
Ultrasound-Guided Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy System for Diagnosis and Minimally Invasive Excision of Intraductal Papilloma Without Nipple Discharge Hu WeiFan JiayiQing Liying OriginalPaper 24 September 2009 Pages: 2579 - 2581
Predictors of Primary Breast Abscesses and Recurrence Ankit BharatFeng GaoJulie A. Margenthaler OriginalPaper 08 August 2009 Pages: 2582 - 2586
A Phase I Study of Intraoperative Radiotherapy for Early Breast Cancer in Japan Masataka SawakiShigenori SatoTsuneo Imai OriginalPaper 22 September 2009 Pages: 2587 - 2592
Management and Surgical Resection for Tumors of the Trachea and Carina: Experience with 32 Patients Xiang-Yan LiuFan-Ying LiuGang Chen OriginalPaper 15 October 2009 Pages: 2593 - 2598
Reexcision of Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Sufficient Local Control but Increased Rate of Metastasis A. RehdersN. H. StoeckleinM. Peiper OriginalPaper 17 October 2009 Pages: 2599 - 2605
Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Esophageal Cancer: A Review of Meta-Analyses Bas P. L. WijnhovenJan J. B. van LanschotAte van der Gaast ReviewPaper Open access 16 September 2009 Pages: 2606 - 2614
Multi-Factor Investigation of Early Postoperative Cardiac Arrhythmia for Elderly Patients with Esophageal or Cardiac Carcinoma Lei XueTiewen PanXiong Qin OriginalPaper 16 September 2009 Pages: 2615 - 2619
Impact of Gender and Age on the Long-Term Outcome of Laparoscopic Fundoplication Plauto E. BeckDavid I. WatsonGlyn G. Jamieson OriginalPaper 22 September 2009 Pages: 2620 - 2626
Intermittent Pringle Maneuver and Hepatic Function: Perioperative Monitoring by Noninvasive ICG-Clearance José Guilherme TralhãoEmir HotiF. Castro-Sousa OriginalPaper 16 September 2009 Pages: 2627 - 2634
Complement and Neutrophil Function Changes After Liver Resection in Humans Christoph Werner StreyBritta SiegmundWolf O. Bechstein OriginalPaper 30 September 2009 Pages: 2635 - 2643
Chronic Schistosomiasis Japonica is an Independent Adverse Prognostic Factor for Survival in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Who Have Undergone Hepatic Resection: Clinicopathological and Prognostic Analysis of 198 Consecutive Patients Masanori MatsudaHideki Fujii OriginalPaper 22 September 2009 Pages: 2644 - 2650
Incidental Gallbladder Carcinoma Diagnosed During or After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Wei-Jie ZhangGui-Fang XuChun-Lei Lu OriginalPaper 16 September 2009 Pages: 2651 - 2656
Incidental Gallbladder Cancer Diagnosed Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Sae Byeol ChoiHyung Joon HanSang Yong Choi OriginalPaper 13 October 2009 Pages: 2657 - 2663
“Paraduodenal” Pancreatitis: Results of Surgery on 58 Consecutives Patients from a Single Institution L. CasettiC. BassiP. Pederzoli OriginalPaper 07 October 2009 Pages: 2664 - 2669
How Do We Predict the Clinically Relevant Pancreatic Fistula After Pancreaticoduodenectomy?—An Analysis in 244 Consecutive Patients Manabu KawaiMasaji TaniHiroki Yamaue OriginalPaper 23 September 2009 Pages: 2670 - 2678
Experience with Reversed L-Shaped Incision for Right Hemicolectomy Combined with Liver Resection Kuo-Feng HsuJyh-Cherng YuChung-Bao Hsieh OriginalPaper 22 September 2009 Pages: 2679 - 2682
Hybrid Hand-Assisted Colectomy for Transverse Colon Cancer: A Useful Technique for Non-Expert Laparoscopic Surgeons Yuji TakakuraMasazumi OkajimaHideki Ohdan OriginalPaper 13 October 2009 Pages: 2683 - 2687
Accuracy of MRI and 18F-FDG PET/CT for Restaging After Preoperative Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer Yong Beom ChoHo-Kyung ChunWoo Yong Lee OriginalPaper 13 October 2009 Pages: 2688 - 2694
Lymph Node Harvest in Colon Cancer: Influence of Microsatellite Instability and Proximal Tumor Location Kjetil SøreideBjørn Steinar NedrebøHartwig Kørner OriginalPaper 13 October 2009 Pages: 2695 - 2703
The Lymph Node Ratio Is a Powerful Prognostic Factor of Node-Positive Colon Cancers Undergoing Potentially Curative Surgery Gennaro GaliziaMichele OrdituraEva Lieto OriginalPaper 16 September 2009 Pages: 2704 - 2713
Report of 2,087,915 Surgical Admissions in U.S. Children: Inpatient Mortality Rates by Procedure and Specialty Fizan AbdullahAlodia Gabre-KidanDavid C. Chang OriginalPaper 01 October 2009 Pages: 2714 - 2721
Effectiveness of a 5-Day External Stenting Protocol on Urological Complications After Renal Transplantation Robert C. MinneeFrederike J. BemelmanMirza M. Idu OriginalPaper Open access 23 September 2009 Pages: 2722 - 2726
Inflammation and Nutritional Risk: A Feature to Consider in Planned Oncologic Surgery Alessio MolfinoIrma KushtaMaurizio Muscaritoli Letter 02 August 2009 Pages: 2727 - 2727
Malnutrition, Inflammation: Which Parameter Is Interesting to Detect in Planned Oncologic Surgery? Sami AntounAnnie ReyPatrick Bachmann Letter 07 October 2009 Pages: 2728 - 2729
Tensiometry as a Decision Tool for Abdominal Wall Reconstruction with Component Separation: Letter to the Editor Uday S. Dadhwal Letter 15 October 2009 Pages: 2730 - 2730
Modified Component Separation with One Rectus Abdominis Muscle: Reply to Letter Adrian DraguFrank UnglaubRaymund E. Horch Letter 07 October 2009 Pages: 2731 - 2731
The Complete Recovery Room Book, Edited by Anthea Hatfield and Michael Tronson B. Ramana BookReview 30 September 2009 Pages: 2732 - 2733
Operative Anatomy, Third Edition, Carol E. H. Scott-Conner and David L. Dawson Adam Klipfel BookReview 16 September 2009 Pages: 2734 - 2734
Training in Surgery, Matthew D. Gardiner and Neil R. Borely (eds) Danny Rosin BookReview 16 September 2009 Pages: 2735 - 2735
Erratum to: Public Health and Policy Issues of Hernia Surgery in Africa Andrew N. KingsnorthMichael G. ClarkeSamuel D. Shillcutt Erratum 24 September 2009 Pages: 2736 - 2736