How Do Surgeons Experience and Cope with the Death and Dying of Their Patients? A Qualitative Study in the Context of Life-limiting Illnesses Sofia C. ZambranoAnna Chur-HansenGregory B. Crawford OriginalPaper 16 February 2013 Pages: 935 - 944
Clinical Fellowships in Surgical Training: Analysis of a National Pan-specialty Workforce Survey J. E. F. FitzgeraldJ. A. MilburnC. E. B. Giddings OriginalPaper Open access 20 February 2013 Pages: 945 - 952
Utilization of a Non-preserved Cadaver to Address Deficiencies in Technical Skills During the Third Year of Medical School: A Cadaver Model for Teaching Technical Skills Stephen J. KaplanJoseph T. CarrollEvan Ong BriefCommunication 25 January 2013 Pages: 953 - 955
Utilization of a Non-preserved Cadaver to Address Deficiencies in Technical Skills during the Third Year of Medical School Magnus Kjellman Invited Commentary 09 March 2013 Pages: 956 - 956
Laparoscopic Surgical Skills are Significantly Improved by the Use of a Portable Laparoscopic Simulator: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial T. J. JohnstonB. TangSurgical Simulation Group at the University of Dundee OriginalPaper 13 February 2013 Pages: 957 - 964
Virtual Reality Does Not Meet Expectations in a Pilot Study on Multimodal Laparoscopic Surgery Training Felix NickelVasile V. BintintanBeat P. Müller-Stich OriginalPaper 21 February 2013 Pages: 965 - 973
Short and Long-Term Mortality After Appendectomy in Sweden 1987 to 2006. Influence of Appendectomy Diagnosis, Sex, Age, Co-morbidity, Surgical Method, Hospital Volume, and Time Period. A National Population-Based Cohort Study Roland E. Andersson OriginalPaper 29 November 2012 Pages: 974 - 981
Short- and Long-Term Mortality After Appendectomy in Sweden 1987–2006: Influence of Appendectomy Diagnosis, Sex, Age, Co-morbidity, Surgical Method, Hospital Volume, and Time Period—A National Population Based Cohort Study Frederick Thurston DrakeDavid R. Flum Invited Commentary 28 February 2013 Pages: 982 - 983
Tuberculosis: Experience in a Low Endemic Area Australian Tertiary Hospital Preetjote GillNicholas R. CoatsworthJaswinder S. Samra OriginalPaper 09 February 2013 Pages: 984 - 990
Single-Port Cholecystectomy Versus Multi-Port Cholecystectomy: A Prospective Cohort Study with 222 Patients Markus J. WagnerHans KernMichael H. Schoenberg OriginalPaper 23 February 2013 Pages: 991 - 998
Routine Use of Simultaneous Laparoendoscopic Approach in Patients with Confirmed Gallbladder and Bile Duct Stones: Fit for Laparoscopy Fit for “Rendezvous” Cinzia TommasiLapo BenciniMarco Farsi OriginalPaper 22 February 2013 Pages: 999 - 1005
History of Biliary Surgery Spirou YannosPetrou AthanasiosFelekouras Evangelos OriginalPaper 21 February 2013 Pages: 1006 - 1012
Pancreatic Surgery in the Very Old: Face to Face With a Challenge of the Near Future Orlin BelyaevTorsten HerzogChristophe A. Müller OriginalPaper 23 February 2013 Pages: 1013 - 1020
Selective Policy of No Drain after Pancreaticoduodenectomy Is a Valid Option in Patients at Low Risk of Pancreatic Fistula: A Case-Control Analysis Chetana LimSafi DokmakAlain Sauvanet OriginalPaper 15 February 2013 Pages: 1021 - 1027
Early Predictor of Mortality due to Irreversible Posthepatectomy Liver Failure in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Sung Hoon KimDae Ryong KangKyung Sik Kim OriginalPaper 20 February 2013 Pages: 1028 - 1033
Adjuvant Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy after Hepatic Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Macroscopic Vascular Invasion Hidetoshi NittaToru BeppuHideo Baba OriginalPaper 22 February 2013 Pages: 1034 - 1042
A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of Semi-mechanical versus Hand-sewn or Circular Stapled Esophagogastrostomy for Prevention of Anastomotic Stricture Wen-Ping WangQiang GaoLong-Qi Chen OriginalPaper 05 February 2013 Pages: 1043 - 1050
Current Treatment and Outcome of Esophageal Perforations in Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 75 Studies Fausto BiancariVito D’AndreaErsilia Lucenteforte OriginalPaper 26 February 2013 Pages: 1051 - 1059
Effect of Preserving the Hepatic Vagal Nerve During Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication on Postoperative Biliary Functions Mehmet OzdoganAdnan KuvvetliDerya Farsidfar OriginalPaper 26 February 2013 Pages: 1060 - 1064
Evaluation of Gastrectomy in Patients With Delayed Gastric Emptying After Antireflux Surgery or Large Hiatal Hernia Repair Arja GerritsenEdgar J. B. FurnéeEric J. Hazebroek OriginalPaper 23 February 2013 Pages: 1065 - 1071
Impact of Obesity on Early Surgical and Oncologic Outcomes after Total Gastrectomy with “Over-D1” Lymphadenectomy for Gastric Cancer Giacomo PataLeonardo SolainiFulvio Ragni OriginalPaper 14 February 2013 Pages: 1072 - 1081
Structured Synchronous Implementation of an Enhanced Recovery Program in Elective Colonic Surgery in 33 Hospitals in The Netherlands Freek GillissenChristiaan HoffCornelis H. C. Dejong OriginalPaper 08 February 2013 Pages: 1082 - 1093
Proposal of a New Classification for Stage III Colorectal Cancer Based on the Number and Ratio of Metastatic Lymph Nodes Li-Ping WangHong-Yan WangXiong-Zhi Wu OriginalPaper 06 February 2013 Pages: 1094 - 1102
Prognostic Value of Serum Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin in Metastatic and Nonmetastatic Colorectal Cancer Josep MartíJosep FusterJuan Carlos García-Valdecasas OriginalPaper 07 February 2013 Pages: 1103 - 1109
Laparoscopic Rectopexy for Rectal Prolapse to Reduce Surgical-Site Infections and Length of Stay J. Trent MagruderJonathan E. EfronSusan L. Gearhart OriginalPaper 20 February 2013 Pages: 1110 - 1114
Karydakis Flap for Recurrent Pilonidal Disease Igors IesalnieksSina DeimelHans J. Schlitt OriginalPaper 23 February 2013 Pages: 1115 - 1120
The Utility of Ultrasonography in the Management of Undescended Testis in a Developing Country S. O. EkenzeE. P. NwankwoP. C. N. Okere OriginalPaper 29 February 2012 Pages: 1121 - 1124
Examination Under Anesthesia for Management of Impalpable Undescended Testis: A Traditional Technique Revisited Ossama M. ZakariaEmad HokkamHamed A. AlWadaani OriginalPaper 09 March 2013 Pages: 1125 - 1129
Commentary: Preoperative Evaluation in Cryptorchidism Graeme Pitcher Invited Commentary 18 April 2012 Pages: 1130 - 1132
Etiology and Outcome of Acute Pancreatitis in Children in Kashmir (India). An Endemic Area of Hepatobiliary Ascariasis Gul JavidShowkat ZargarAmit Gupta OriginalPaper 20 February 2013 Pages: 1133 - 1140
Urapidil in the Preoperative Treatment of Pheochromocytomas: A Safe and Cost-effective Method Nils HabbeFlorian RugerKatharina Holzer OriginalPaper 05 February 2013 Pages: 1141 - 1146
Prospective Study of Sensation in Anterior Chest Areas Before and After a Bilateral Axillo-breast Approach for Endoscopic/Robotic Thyroid Surgery Su-jin KimKyu Eun LeeYeo-Kyu Youn OriginalPaper 09 February 2013 Pages: 1147 - 1153
Trauma-related Preventable Deaths in Berlin 2010: Need to Change Prehospital Management Strategies and Trauma Management Education C. KleberM. T. GieseckeC. T. Buschmann OriginalPaper 21 February 2013 Pages: 1154 - 1161
Patterns of Anterior Abdominal Stab Wounds and Their Management at Princess Basma Teaching Hospital, North of Jordan Abdelkarim OmariMohammad Bani-YaseenHashem Jaddou OriginalPaper 12 February 2013 Pages: 1162 - 1168
Role of Pre-operative Multiple Gated Acquisition Scanning in Predicting Long-Term Outcome in Patients Undergoing Elective Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Hashem M. BarakatYousef ShahinIan C. Chetter OriginalPaper 12 February 2013 Pages: 1169 - 1173
Dan Gavriliu (1915–2012), the Patriarch of Romanian Surgery, Dies at 97 Eugen TarcoveanuAlin VasilescuCristian Romanec Letter 12 March 2013 Pages: 1174 - 1175
Call-associated Acute Fatigue in Surgical Residents—Subjective Perception or Objective Fact? A Cross-sectional Observational Study to Examine the Influence of Fatigue on Surgical Performance Rasiah BharathanSonal AroraRajesh Aggarwal Letter 09 February 2013 Pages: 1176 - 1177
New Invagination Procedure for Pancreaticojejunostomy Using Only Four Sutures Safi Dokmak Letter 06 February 2013 Pages: 1178 - 1179
New Invagination Procedure for Pancreaticojejunostomy Using Only Four Sutures: Reply Yoshitsugu NakanishiMasanori OharaSatoshi Hirano Letter 26 February 2013 Pages: 1180 - 1180
Intention To Treat Analysis: Are We Really Doing It? Debajyoti MohantyPankaj Kumar GargAnjay Kumar Letter 05 February 2013 Pages: 1181 - 1182
Intention to Treat Analysis: Are We Really Doing It?: Reply Marcin Barczyński Letter Open access 14 March 2013 Pages: 1183 - 1184