Prospective Evaluation of Innovative Force Assessing Firmware in Simulation to Improve the Technical Competence of Surgical Trainees Allwyn S. RajamaniAshwin RammohanPalaniappan Ravichandran Original Scientific Report 06 November 2015 Pages: 773 - 778
Prioritisation of Surgery in the National Health Strategic Plans of Africa: A Systematic Review Isabelle CitronLinda ChokothoChris Lavy Original Scientific Report Open access 28 December 2015 Pages: 779 - 783
Associations with Perioperative Mortality Rate at a Major Referral Hospital in Rwanda Jennifer L. RickardGeorges NtakiyirutaKathryn M. Chu Original Scientific Report 06 November 2015 Pages: 784 - 790
Assessment of Acute Burn Management in 32 Low- and Middle-Income Countries Krishan JosephAbhishek TrehanDavid A. Watters Original Scientific Report 09 December 2015 Pages: 791 - 800
The Role of International Volunteers in the Growth of Surgical Capacity in Post-earthquake Haiti Max Herby DerenoncourtRoselaine CarréGerard A. Baltazar Original Scientific Report 06 November 2015 Pages: 801 - 805
Prevalence of Inguinal Hernia in Adult Men in the Ashanti Region of Ghana Michael Ohene-YeboahJessica H. BeardSamuel Mensah Original Scientific Report 17 November 2015 Pages: 806 - 812
Open Repair of Primary Versus Recurrent Male Unilateral Inguinal Hernias: Perioperative Complications and 1-Year Follow-up F. KöckerlingA. KochC. Schug-Pass Original Scientific Report Open access 18 November 2015 Pages: 813 - 825
Suture Versus Mesh Repair in Primary and Incisional Ventral Hernias: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Tim MathesMaren WalgenbachRobert Siegel Original Scientific Report 12 November 2015 Pages: 826 - 835
Practical Approaches to Definitive Reconstruction of Complex Abdominal Wall Defects Rifat Latifi Scientific Review 19 November 2015 Pages: 836 - 848
Cholecystectomy During the Weekend Increases Patients’ Length of Hospital Stay Josephine Philip RothmanJakob BurcharthJacob Rosenberg Original Scientific Report 12 November 2015 Pages: 849 - 855
Cost Effectiveness of a Fast-Track Protocol for Urgent Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies and Appendectomies Colleen M. TrevinoKarina M. KatchkoTravis P. Webb Original Scientific Report 15 October 2015 Pages: 856 - 862
Diabetes Mellitus in Patients Presenting with Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction: Delaying Surgical Intervention Results in Worse Outcomes Efstathios KaramanosScott DulchavskyDemetrios Demetriades Original Scientific Report 13 November 2015 Pages: 863 - 869
The Sternocleidomastoid Muscle Flap: A Versatile Local Method for Repair of External Penetrating Injuries of Hypopharyngeal–Cervical Esophageal Funnel Mohamed A. Ellabban Innovative Surgical Techniques Around the World 17 November 2015 Pages: 870 - 880
The Role of Magnesium in Post-thyroidectomy Hypocalcemia Anish Jacob CherianMahasampath GowriMazhuvanchary Jacob Paul Original Scientific Report 17 November 2015 Pages: 881 - 888
Use of 3D Prototypes for Complex Surgical Oncologic Cases Lucas KrauelFelip FenollosaJaume Mora Original Scientific Report 05 November 2015 Pages: 889 - 894
Secondary Cancers After Radiation Therapy for Primary Prostate or Rectal Cancer Yen-Chien LeeChung-Cheng HsiehJenq-Chang Lee Scientific Review 28 December 2015 Pages: 895 - 905
Evolution of a Lung-Sparing Strategy with Sleeve Lobectomy and Induction Therapy for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: 20-Year Experience at a Single Institution Tetsuzo TagawaTakekazu IwataIchiro Yoshino Original Scientific Report Open access 28 December 2015 Pages: 906 - 912
Late Recurrence After Radical Resection of Esophageal Cancer Yukiharu HiyoshiNaoya YoshidaHideo Baba Original Scientific Report 09 November 2015 Pages: 913 - 920
Krukenberg Tumors of Gastric Origin: The Rationale of Surgical Resection and Perioperative Treatments in a Multicenter Western Experience Fausto RosaDaniele MarrelliFabio Pacelli Original Scientific Report 09 November 2015 Pages: 921 - 928
Posthepatectomy Liver Failure Affects Long-Term Function After Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Naohiko NakamuraEtsuro HatanoShinji Uemoto Original Scientific Report 20 November 2015 Pages: 929 - 936
High Rate of Organ/Space Surgical Site Infection After Hepatectomy with Preexisting Bilioenteric Anastomosis Masaru MatsumuraAkio SaiuraYu Takahashi Original Scientific Report 16 November 2015 Pages: 937 - 945
Liver Exposure Using Sterile Glove Pouch During Laparoscopic Right Liver Surgery in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Jin BinZhou BinghaiHu Sanyuan Innovative Surgical Techniques Around the World 11 November 2015 Pages: 946 - 950
Hepatic Artery Reconstruction with a Continuous Suture Method for Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Shimpei OtsukaYuji KaneokaShunsuke Onoe Original Scientific Report 06 November 2015 Pages: 951 - 957
Hospital Utilization of Nationally Shared Liver Allografts from 2007 to 2012 Audrey E. ErtelKoffi WimaShimul A. Shah Original Scientific Report 07 December 2015 Pages: 958 - 966
Transduodenal Ampullectomy for the Treatment of Early-Stage Ampulla of Vater Cancer Huisong LeeJin Young ParkSeong Ho Choi Original Scientific Report 06 November 2015 Pages: 967 - 973
Original Scientific Reports: Clinicopathological Findings of Remnant Pancreatic Cancers in Survivors Following Curative Resections of Pancreatic Cancers Shuji SuzukiToru FurukawaMasakazu Yamamoto Original Scientific Report Open access 20 November 2015 Pages: 974 - 981
The Characteristics of Bone Metastasis in Patients with Colorectal Cancer: A Long-Term Report from a Single Institution Se-Jin BaekHyuk HurNam-Kyu Kim Original Scientific Report 05 November 2015 Pages: 982 - 986
Morbid Obesity is Associated with Increased Mortality, Surgical Complications, and Incremental Health Care Utilization in the Peri-Operative Period of Colorectal Cancer Surgery Hisham HussanDarrell M. Gray IIPeter P. Stanich Original Scientific Report 07 December 2015 Pages: 987 - 994
Prediction of Lateral Pelvic Lymph-Node Metastasis in Low Rectal Cancer by Magnetic Resonance Imaging Atsushi IshibeMitsuyoshi OtaItaru Endo Original Scientific Report 05 November 2015 Pages: 995 - 1001
Survival in Resected Stage II Colorectal Cancer Is Dependent on Tumor Depth, Vascular Invasion, Postoperative CEA Level, and The Number of Examined Lymph Nodes Hsiang-Lin TsaiChing-Wen HuangJaw-Yuan Wang Original Scientific Report 11 November 2015 Pages: 1002 - 1009
Robotic-Assisted Surgery Improves the Quality of Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer Compared to Laparoscopy: Results of a Case–Controlled Analysis Pierre AllemannCéline DuvoisinDieter Hahnloser Original Scientific Report 09 November 2015 Pages: 1010 - 1016
Clinical Usefulness of 5-FU Metabolic Enzymes as Predictive Markers of Response to Chemotherapy in Colorectal Cancer Ion CristóbalRebeca MansoJesús García-Foncillas Letter to the Editor 31 July 2015 Pages: 1017 - 1018
Clinical Usefulness of 5-FU Metabolic Enzymes as Predictive Markers of Response to Chemotherapy in Colorectal Cancer Kohei ShigetaYoshiyuki IshiiYuko Kitagawa Reply, Letter to the Editor 19 October 2015 Pages: 1019 - 1020
Downregulation of miR-138 as a Contributing Mechanism to Lcn-2 Overexpression in Colorectal Cancer with Liver Metastasis Ion CristóbalBlanca TorrejónJesús García-Foncillas Letter to the Editor 28 August 2015 Pages: 1021 - 1022
Upregulation of Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin in Colorectal Cancer Predicts Poor Patient Survival: Reply Herbert MaierFelix Aigner Reply, Letter to the Editor 06 November 2015 Pages: 1023 - 1023