Patterns of Injury and Violence in Yaoundé Cameroon: An Analysis of Hospital Data Catherine JuillardGeorges Alain Etoundi MballaAdnan A. Hyder OriginalPaper 29 October 2010 Pages: 1 - 8
Evaluation of Trauma and Critical Care Training Courses on the Knowledge and Confidence of Participants in Kenya and Zambia Jana B. A. MacLeodMoses OkechMzaza Nthele OriginalPaper 29 October 2010 Pages: 9 - 16
Surgery and Global Public Health: The UNC-Malawi Surgical Initiative as a Model for Sustainable Collaboration Javeria S. QureshiJonathan SamuelAnthony G. Charles OriginalPaper 04 November 2010 Pages: 17 - 21
Problems and Outcome of Hirschsprung’s Disease Presenting after 1 Year of Age in a Developing Country S. O. EkenzeC. NgaikediA. A. Obasi OriginalPaper 26 October 2010 Pages: 22 - 26
Management of Penetrating Abdominal Trauma in the Conflict Environment: The Role of Computed Tomography Scanning Jonathan J. MorrisonJon C. ClasperMark Midwinter OriginalPaper 16 September 2010 Pages: 27 - 33
Outcomes from Prehospital Cardiac Arrest in Blunt Trauma Patients Yoshihiro MoriwakiMitsugi SugiyamaNoriyuki Suzuki OriginalPaper 19 October 2010 Pages: 34 - 42
Swelling After Laparoscopic Total Extraperitoneal Repair of Inguinal Hernias: Review of One Surgeon’s Experience in 1,065 Cases Yoon Young ChoiZisun KimKyung Yul Hur OriginalPaper 02 November 2010 Pages: 43 - 46
IC on: Choi et al. Swelling After Laparoscopic Total Extraperitoneal Repair of Inguinal Hernias: Review of One Surgeon's Experience in 1,065 cases Danny Rosin Invited Commentary 02 November 2010 Pages: 47 - 48
Endoscopic Lumbar Sympathectomy Following Thoracic Sympathectomy in Patients with Palmoplantar Hyperhidrosis Roman RiegerMarcelo de Paula LoureiroRamon Antunes de Oliveira OriginalPaper 24 September 2010 Pages: 49 - 53
Endoscopic Lumbar Sympathectomy Following Thoracic Sympathectomy in Patients with Palmoplantar Hyperhidrosis Moshe Hashmonai Invited Commentary 24 September 2010 Pages: 54 - 55
High-Level CXCR4 Expression Correlates with Brain-Specific Metastasis of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Gang ChenZhou WangFan-ying Liu OriginalPaper 29 October 2010 Pages: 56 - 61
Invited Commentary to CXCR4 Expression Study Shah-Hwa Chou Invited Commentary 29 October 2010 Pages: 62 - 62
Chest Wall Resection for Adult Soft Tissue Sarcomas and Chondrosarcomas: Analysis of Prognostic Factors Albertus N. van GeelMichel W. J. M. WoutersCornelis Verhoef OriginalPaper Open access 21 September 2010 Pages: 63 - 69
Mucin 1 and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C Expression Correlates with Lymph Node Metastatic Recurrence in Patients with N0 Esophageal Cancer After Ivor-Lewis Esophagectomy Zhi-Gang SunZhou WangFan-Ying Liu OriginalPaper 29 October 2010 Pages: 70 - 77
Tailored or Routine Addition of an Antireflux Fundoplication in Laparoscopic Large Hiatal Hernia Repair: A Comparative Cohort Study Edgar J. B. FurnéeWerner A. DraaismaIvo A. M. J. Broeders OriginalPaper Open access 19 October 2010 Pages: 78 - 84
Intensive Versus Conventional Insulin Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes Patients Undergoing D2 Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial Shou-Gen CaoJian-An RenJie-Shou Li OriginalPaper 28 September 2010 Pages: 85 - 92
Comparison of Early and Late Complications after Various Bariatric Procedures: Incidence and Treatment During 15 Years at a Single Institution George SkroubisStavros KaramanakosFotis Kalfarentzos OriginalPaper 08 October 2010 Pages: 93 - 101
Thirty-Day Morbidity and Mortality of the Laparoscopic Ileal Interposition Associated with Sleeve Gastrectomy for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetic Patients with BMI <35: An Analysis of 454 Consecutive Patients Aureo L. DePaulaAlessandro StivalSergio Vencio OriginalPaper 03 November 2010 Pages: 102 - 108
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy with Ileal Interposition (SGIT): A Modified Duodenal Switch for Resolution of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Lesser Obese Patients (BMI < 35) Michel Gagner Invited Commentary 03 November 2010 Pages: 109 - 110
Therapeutic Strategy for Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma in Japan Based on a Newly Established Guideline Managed by Japanese Society of Thyroid Surgeons and Japanese Association of Endocrine Surgeons Hiroshi TakamiYasuhiro ItoAkira Yoshida OriginalPaper 02 November 2010 Pages: 111 - 121
Clinical Value of Using Ultrasound to Assess Calcification Patterns in Thyroid Nodules Zhaohui LuYiming MuJuming Lu OriginalPaper 02 November 2010 Pages: 122 - 127
Limitations of Tc99m-MIBI-SPECT Imaging Scans in Persistent Primary Hyperparathyroidism Janneke E. WitteveenJob KievitNeveen A. T. Hamdy OriginalPaper Open access 19 October 2010 Pages: 128 - 139
Chasing “Shadows”: Discovering the Subtleties of Sestamibi Scans to Facilitate Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy Vladimir K. NeychevGuennadi KouniavskyMartha A. Zeiger OriginalPaper 01 October 2010 Pages: 140 - 146
Parathyroid Carcinoma Encountered After Minimally Invasive Focused Parathyroidectomy may not Require Further Radical Surgery Christine J. O’NeillConan ChanMark S. Sywak OriginalPaper 28 October 2010 Pages: 147 - 153
A Novel Approach for Sentinel Lymph Node Identification Using Fluorescence Imaging and Image Overlay Navigation Surgery in Patients with Breast Cancer Nobumi TagayaHiroyuki AoyagiKeiichi Kubota OriginalPaper 08 October 2010 Pages: 154 - 158
Axillary Staging in Breast Cancer Patients with Exclusive Lymphoscintigraphic Drainage to the Internal Mammary Chain Stijn van EsserEva V. E. MadsenArjen J. Witkamp OriginalPaper Open access 09 October 2010 Pages: 159 - 164
Isotope-guided Surgery for Nonpalpable Breast Cancer Man Po ChowWai Ka HungMiranda Chan OriginalPaper 07 October 2010 Pages: 165 - 169
A Prognostic Model and Treatment Strategy for Intrahepatic Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Curative Resection Yuzo UmedaHiroaki MatsudaToshiyoshi Fujiwara OriginalPaper 05 October 2010 Pages: 170 - 177
Redefining Conversion in Laparoscopic Colectomy and Its Influence on Outcomes: Analysis of 418 Cases from a Single Institution Min-Hoe ChewKheng-Hong NgKong-Weng Eu OriginalPaper 22 October 2010 Pages: 178 - 185
Risk Factors and Outcomes for Anastomotic Leakage in Colorectal Surgery: A Single-Institution Analysis of 1576 Patients Mark A. BoccolaPetra G. BuettnerYik-Hong Ho OriginalPaper 23 October 2010 Pages: 186 - 195
Risk Adjustment as Basis for Rational Benchmarking: The Example of Colon Carcinoma Henry PtokFrank MaruschHans Lippert OriginalPaper 08 October 2010 Pages: 196 - 205
Wound Infection After Excision and Primary Midline Closure for Pilonidal Disease: Risk Factor Analysis to Improve Patient Selection Sotirios PopeskouDimitrios ChristoforidisNicolas Demartines OriginalPaper 08 October 2010 Pages: 206 - 211
Closure of the Cystic Duct During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Children Using the LigaSure Vessel Sealing System Salmai TurialVeronika EngelFelix Schier OriginalPaper 08 October 2010 Pages: 212 - 216
The Rod and the Serpent: History’s Ultimate Healing Symbol Stavros A. AntoniouGeorge A. AntoniouAthanasios I. Antoniou OriginalPaper 17 June 2010 Pages: 217 - 221
A Dissenting Opinion and Perspective on “Gift Authorship” Moshe Schein Letter 17 September 2010 Pages: 222 - 223
Pancreaticogastrostomy for High-risk Gland After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: An Eligible Choice? Letter to the Editor Yang Sun HuDou Ke FengWang Hai Ying Letter 22 May 2010 Pages: 224 - 225
Pancreaticogastrostomy for High-risk Gland After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: An Eligible Choice? Reply Marco Niedergethmann Letter 13 August 2010 Pages: 226 - 226
The Anatomy of the Lateral Ligaments of the Rectum: A New Perspective: Letter to the Editor Guo-Jun WangChun-Fang Gao Letter 04 June 2010 Pages: 227 - 228
The Anatomy of Lateral Ligament of the Rectum and Its Role in Total Mesorectal Excision: Reply Moubin Lin Letter 25 June 2010 Pages: 229 - 230
Excellent Prognosis of Patients with Solitary T1N0M0 Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma who Underwent Thyroidectomy and Elective Lymph Node Dissection Without Radioiodine Therapy: Letter to the Editor Paolo CarcoforoDavide SortiniLuciano M. Feggi Letter 16 June 2010 Pages: 231 - 232
Excellent Prognosis for Patients with Solitary T1N0M0 Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Who Underwent Thyroidectomy and Elective Lymph Node Dissection without Radioiodine Therapy: Reply to Letter Yasuhiro ItoAkira Miyauchi Letter 20 July 2010 Pages: 233 - 234
Single Port Access Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (with video): Letter to the Editor D. PapagorasM. KanaraG. Tsianos Letter 17 June 2010 Pages: 235 - 236
Posterior Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy for Clinical and Subclinical Cushing’s Syndrome: Letter Sudhi AgarwalGyan ChandAmit Agarwal Letter 19 June 2010 Pages: 237 - 237
Effect of Morbid Obesity and Tumor Diameter on Feasibility of Posterior Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy for Cushing’s Syndrome: Reply Pier Francesco AlesinaMartin Walz Letter 12 August 2010 Pages: 238 - 238
Predicting and Preventing Anastomotic Leakage after Low Anterior Resection for Rectal Cancer Christof Hottenrott Letter 27 July 2010 Pages: 239 - 240
Decreasing Anastomotic Leakage Rate Following Preoperative Radiotherapy and Low Anterior Resection for Rectal Cancer: Reply Jin GuLin Wang Letter 05 October 2010 Pages: 241 - 241
Peritoneal Infusion with Cold Saline Decreased Postoperative Intra-abdominal Adhesion Formation: Letter to the Editor M. M. BindaR. CoronaP. R. Koninckx Letter 31 August 2010 Pages: 242 - 242
Hypothermia does Reduce Postoperative Adhesions: Reply Cheng-Chung FangTzung-Hsin ChouShyr-Chyr Chen Letter 23 October 2010 Pages: 243 - 243