Qualitative Analysis of the Perspectives of Volunteer Reconstructive Surgeons on Participation in Task-Shifting Programs for Surgical-Capacity Building in Low-Resource Countries Oluseyi AliuChristopher J. PannucciKevin C. Chung OriginalPaper 12 December 2012 Pages: 481 - 487
Surgery and Anesthesia Capacity-Building in Resource-Poor Settings: Description of an Ongoing Academic Partnership in Uganda Michael LipnickCephas MijumbiDoruk Ozgediz OriginalPaper 28 November 2012 Pages: 488 - 497
Characterizing the Global Burden of Surgical Disease: A Method to Estimate Inguinal Hernia Epidemiology in Ghana Jessica H. BeardLawrence B. OresanyaHobart W. Harris OriginalPaper 06 December 2012 Pages: 498 - 503
Mortality Pattern in Surgical Wards of a University Teaching Hospital in Southwest Nigeria: A Review Babatunde A. AyoadeLateef O. ThanniOlatunji Shonoiki-Oladipupo OriginalPaper 11 December 2012 Pages: 504 - 509
Management of Recurrent Inguinal Hernia at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Southern Sindh, Pakistan Ahmer A. MemonFaisal G. SiddiquiAbdul S. Memon OriginalPaper 20 December 2012 Pages: 510 - 515
Treatment When Prognostic Factors Do Not Match St. Gallen Recommendations: Profiling of Prognostic Factors among HR(+) and HER2(−) Breast Cancer Patients Kyoko SatohMaki TanakaTatsuyuki Kakuma OriginalPaper 11 December 2012 Pages: 516 - 524
Continuous Noninvasive Hemoglobin Monitor from Pulse Ox: Ready for Prime Time? Bellal JosephPantelis HadjizachariaPeter Rhee OriginalPaper 30 November 2012 Pages: 525 - 529
Patient Satisfaction, Chronic Pain, and Functional Status following Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair Mike K. LiangMarissa ClappSamir Awad OriginalPaper 05 December 2012 Pages: 530 - 537
Lateral Incisional Hernia Repair by the Retromuscular Approach with Polyester Standard Mesh: Topographic Considerations and Long-term Follow-up of 61 Consecutive Patients Nicolas VeyrieTigran PoghosyanJean-Luc Bouillot OriginalPaper 05 December 2012 Pages: 538 - 544
Wandering Spleen: A Medical Enigma, Its Natural History and Rationalization Anita Magowska OriginalPaper Open access 13 December 2012 Pages: 545 - 550
Larynx-Preserving Limited Resection and Free Jejunal Graft For Carcinoma of the Cervical Esophagus Hiroshi MiyataMakoto YamasakiYuichiro Doki OriginalPaper 06 December 2012 Pages: 551 - 557
Long-term Outcome after Proximal Gastrectomy with Jejunal Interposition for Gastric Cancer Compared with Total Gastrectomy Isao NozakiShinji HatoAkira Kurita OriginalPaper 20 December 2012 Pages: 558 - 564
Cardiac Remodeling in Obese Patients After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Elena CavarrettaGiovanni CasellaNicola Basso OriginalPaper 20 December 2012 Pages: 565 - 572
Reoperative Surgery After Repair of Postcholecystectomy Bile Duct Injuries: Is it Worthwhile? Pietro AddeoElie OussoultzoglouPhilippe Bachellier OriginalPaper 28 November 2012 Pages: 573 - 581
Long-Term Outcome of Laparoscopic Surgery for Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors Sven-Petter HaugvikIrina Pavlik MarangosBjørn Edwin OriginalPaper 22 December 2012 Pages: 582 - 590
Splenic Artery Switch for Revascularization of the Liver: A Salvage Procedure for Inflammatory Arterial Hemorrhage F. KröpilM. SchauerWolfram T. Knoefel OriginalPaper 01 December 2012 Pages: 591 - 596
Endoscopic versus Open Radiofrequency Ablation for Treatment of Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma Masahiko SakodaShinichi UenoShoji Natsugoe OriginalPaper 29 November 2012 Pages: 597 - 601
Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation Versus Partial Hepatectomy for Small Centrally Located Hepatocellular Carcinoma Wei-Xing GuoJu-Xian SunShu-Qun Cheng OriginalPaper 05 December 2012 Pages: 602 - 607
Low Expression of PAI-2 as a Novel Marker of Portal Vein Tumor Thrombosis and Poor Prognosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Li ZhouYe JinBao-Cai Xing OriginalPaper 28 November 2012 Pages: 608 - 613
One-stage Resection for Bismuth Type IV Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma with High Hilar Resection and Parenchyma-preserving Strategies: A Cohort Study Jing Wang TanBen Shun HuJia Hong Dong OriginalPaper 03 January 2013 Pages: 614 - 621
One-Stage Hepatectomy Following Portal Vein Embolization for Colorectal Liver Metastasis Suguru YamashitaKiyoshi HasegawaNorihiro Kokudo OriginalPaper 05 December 2012 Pages: 622 - 628
The Evolving Role of Laparoscopy in Colonic Diverticular Disease: A Systematic Review Wolfgang B. GaertnerMary R. KwaanGenevieve B. Melton ReviewPaper 28 November 2012 Pages: 629 - 638
Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy for Rectal Cancer: Adherence to Evidence-Based Guidelines in Clinical Practice Timothy L. FitzgeraldTithe BiswasJan H. Wong OriginalPaper 06 December 2012 Pages: 639 - 645
Laparoscopic Versus Open Surgery for Stage I Rectal Cancer: Long-term Oncologic Outcomes Seung Duk LeeSung Chan ParkJae Hwan Oh OriginalPaper 28 November 2012 Pages: 646 - 651
Initial Experience of Single-port Laparoscopic Surgery for Sigmoid Colon Cancer Sun Jin ParkKil Yeon LeeSuk Hwan Lee OriginalPaper 12 December 2012 Pages: 652 - 656
Efficacy of Cholestyramine Ointment in Reduction of Postoperative Pain and Pain during Defecation after Open Hemorrhoidectomy: Results of a Prospective, Single-center, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial Shahram AlaFariborz EshghiRoja Hadianamrei OriginalPaper 11 December 2012 Pages: 657 - 662
Preoperative Magnetic Resonance Angiography as a Predictive Test for Cerebral Ischemia During Carotid Endarterectomy Sung ShinTae-Won KwonGeun Eun Kim OriginalPaper 05 December 2012 Pages: 663 - 670
Mycotic Aneurysms in the Abdominal Aorta and Iliac Arteries: CT-based Grading and Correlation with Surgical Outcomes Chao-Han LaiRuey-Sheng ChangYu-Jen Yang OriginalPaper 28 November 2012 Pages: 671 - 679
Ten-year Comparison of All-Cause Mortality after Endovascular or Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: A Propensity Score Analysis Hong-Gi LeeDaniel G. ClairKenneth Ouriel OriginalPaper 07 December 2012 Pages: 680 - 687
Liver Transplantation for Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1: A Single-center Experience during Two Decades in Japan Tomohide HoriHiroto EgawaShinji Uemoto OriginalPaper 28 November 2012 Pages: 688 - 693
Intestinal Bowel Lengthening in Children with Short Bowel Syndrome: Systematic Review of the Bianchi and STEP Procedures Bobbie KingGordon CarlsonAntonino Morabito OriginalPaper 12 December 2012 Pages: 694 - 704
Indians Fit the Asian Trauma Model Monty U. KhajanchiVineet KumarNobhojit Roy Letter 12 September 2012 Pages: 705 - 706
Restructuring the Finances of the Greek Health Care System in the Era of Economic Crisis Christos DervenisCaterina KastaniotiNikolaos Polyzos Letter 31 August 2012 Pages: 707 - 709