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Surgical Research Review
Exodus of Kampo, traditional Japanese medicine, from the complementary and alternative medicines: Is it time yet?, 30 July 2009 Toru Kono, Takashi Kanematsu, Masaki Kitajima pages 837-840 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (286 KB)
Editorial
Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES): Is it time for introduction to clinical practice?, 27 July 2009 Steven D. Schwaitzberg, Michael L. Kochman, Robert H. Hawes, David W. Rattner pages 841-842 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (41 KB)
Original Communications
Evaluation of long-term results and recurrent factors after operative and nonoperative treatment for hepatolithiasis, 29 June 2009 Young Koog Cheon, Young Deok Cho, Jong Ho Moon, Joon Seong Lee, Chan Sup Shim pages 843-853 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (428 KB)
Anatomic resection of segment VIII of liver for hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic patients based on an intrahepatic Glissonian approach, 13 July 2009 Ji-Xiong Hu, Wei-Dong Dai, Xiong-Ying Miao, De-Wu Zhong, Sheng-Fu Huang, Yu Wen, Shou-Zhi Xiong pages 854-860 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1026 KB)
Gallbladder carcinoma manifesting as acute cholecystitis: Clinical and computed tomographic features, 30 July 2009 Jiun-Lung Liang, Min-Chi Chen, Hsuan-Ying Huang, Shu-Hang Ng, Shyr-Ming Sheen-Chen, Po-Ping Liu, Chia-Te Kung, Sheung-Fat Ko pages 861-868 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (623 KB)
Prognostic implications of tumor invasion or adhesion to peripancreatic vessels in resected pancreatic cancer, 16 July 2009 Ugo Boggi, Marco Del Chiaro, Chiara Croce, Fabio Vistoli, Stefano Signori, Carlo Moretto, Gabriella Amorese, Salvatore Mazzeo, Carla Cappelli, Daniela Campani, Franco Mosca pages 869-881 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (429 KB)
Clinical validation and risk factors for delayed gastric emptying based on the International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS) Classification, 21 July 2009 Joon Seong Park, Ho Kyoung Hwang, Jae Keun Kim, Sin Il Cho, Dong-Sup Yoon, Woo Jung Lee, Hoon Sang Chi pages 882-887 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (87 KB)
Presence of minute cancer cell dissemination in peritoneal lavage fluid detected by reverse transcription PCR is an independent prognostic factor in patients with resectable pancreatic cancer, 13 July 2009 Hidetoshi Eguchi, Hiroaki Ohigashi, Hidenori Takahashi, Masahiko Yano, Masaaki Motoori, Isao Miyashiro, Kentaro Kishi, Masayuki Ohue, Shingo Noura, Yosuke Seki, Terumasa Yamada, Kunihito Goto, Takashi Yamamoto, Atushi Idota, Junko Fujii, Hiromu Nakajima, Tomoyuki Yamasaki, Osamu Ishikawa pages 888-895 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (672 KB)
Vascular endothelial growth factor-D is correlated with hepatic metastasis from gastric cancer after radical gastrectomy, 27 July 2009 Jingyu Deng, Han Liang, Dan Sun, Yi Pan, Baogui Wang, Yuhong Guo pages 896-905 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (3273 KB)
Long-term outcome of “prophylactic therapy” for familial medullary thyroid cancer, 16 July 2009 Elisabeth Schellhaas, Charlotte König, Karin Frank-Raue, Heinz-J. Buhr, Hubert G. Hotz pages 906-912 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (262 KB)
Thyroid surgery in octogenarians is associated with higher complication rates, 13 July 2009 Michal Mekel, Antonia E. Stephen, Randall D. Gaz, Zvi H. Perry, Richard A. Hodin, Sareh Parangi pages 913-921 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (251 KB)
Intensive insulin therapy confers a similar survival benefit in the burn intensive care unit to the surgical intensive care unit, 07 September 2009 B. Robert Gibson, Panagis Galiatsatos, Atoosa Rabiee, Lisa Eaton, Rania Abu-Hamdah, Colleen Christmas, Stephen M. Milner, Dana K. Andersen, Dariush Elahi pages 922-930 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (222 KB)
Interferon-gamma 874A>T genetic polymorphism is associated with infectious complications following surgery in patients with thoracic esophageal cancer, 07 September 2009 Satoru Motoyama, Masatomo Miura, Yudai Hinai, Kiyotomi Maruyama, Shuetsu Usami, Toshinobu Nakatsu, Hajime Saito, Yoshihiro Minamiya, Katsuyuki Murata, Toshio Suzuki, Jun-ichi Ogawa pages 931-938 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (118 KB)
Tissue-type plasminogen activator prevents abscess formation but does not affect healing of bowel anastomoses and laparotomy wounds in rats with secondary peritonitis, 13 July 2009 Otmar R. Buyne, Robert P. Bleichrodt, Ben M. De Man, Roger M.L.M. Lomme, Paul E. Verweij, Harry van Goor, Thijs Hendriks pages 939-946 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (521 KB)
Case Report
Whole or parts—the fate of hemoperitoneum, 11 May 2009 Mathieu Lemaire, Ivan R. Diamond, Jacob C. Langer pages 947-949 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (92 KB)
Evidence-Based Surgical Hypothesis
Reciprocal gut–brain evolutionary symbiosis provokes and amplifies the postinjury systemic inflammatory response syndrome, 02 July 2009 Mark Lyte pages 950-954 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (316 KB)
Moments in Surgery
Folkert O. Belzer and the “Hot Dog Experiment”, 30 July 2009 Hans W. Sollinger pages 955-956 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (128 KB)
Images in Surgery
Barium appendicitis, 22 September 2008 Yu-Jen Fang, Hsiu-Po Wang, Cheng-Maw Ho, Kao-Lang Liu pages 957-958 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (354 KB)
Issues in Surgical Ethics
Permanent sterilization of mentally disabled individuals: A case study Dena Caralis, Ira J. Kodner, Douglas E. Brown pages 959-963 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (110 KB)
Letters to the Editors
Surrogate decision making for a pregnant patient refusing emergency Caesarian section Ciarán Bradley, Arthur Derse, Karen Brasel page 964 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (36 KB)
Securing of tracheostomy tube using detachable clip in patients requiring neck wound management after esophageal, pharyngeal, and supinal surgery, 27 July 2009 Yoshihiro Moriwaki, Mitsugi Sugiyama, Masayuki Iwashita, Yoshio Tahara, Shinju Arata, Nobuyuki Harunari, Takayuki Kosuge, Hirosi Toyoda, Noriyuki Suzuki pages 964-965 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (431 KB)
Insulin drips or glucose control for burn patients Tetsuji Fujita pages 965-966 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (427 KB)
Intensive insulin therapy is associated with reduced infectious complications in burn patients Mark R. Hemmila, Michael A. Taddonio, Saman Arbabi, Paul M. Maggio, Wendy L. Wahl pages 966-967 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (42 KB)
Acknowledgment of peer reviewers pages 968-969 Full-Text PDF (28 KB)
Frontmatter
Table of Contents pages A1-A5 Full-Text PDF (91 KB)
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