1. The first year

   • John L. Cameron
   • Keith A. Kelly

   Editorial Pages: 1 - 1

2. Change, relationships, and accountability: Marks of a vibrant society

   • Tom R. DeMeester

   Ssat Presidential Address Pages: 2 - 10

3. Should hepatic resections be performed at high-volume referral centers?

   • Michad A. Choti
   • Helen M. Bowman
   • Toby A. Gordon

   Original Articles Pages: 11 - 20

4. Surgical management of hepatocellular carcinoma: Resection or transplantation?

   • Benjamin Philosophe
   • Paul D. Greig
   • Bernard Langer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 27

5. Biliary Ca 19-9 values correlate with the risk of hepatic metastases in patients with adenocarcinoma of the pancreas

   • Richard C. Montgomery
   • John P Hoffman
   • Burton L. Eisenberg

   OriginalPaper Pages: 28 - 35

6. A novel strategy for inhibiting growth of human pancreatic cancer cells by blocking cyclin-dependent kinase activity

   • Hideaki Iseki
   • Tien C. Ko
   • Courtney M. Townsend Jr.

   OriginalPaper Pages: 36 - 43

7. Enterocyte apoptosis is increased following small bowel resection

   • Michael A. Helmrath
   • Christopher R. Erwin
   • Brad W. Warner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 44 - 49

8. The utility of intracorporeal ultrasonography for screening of the bile duct during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

   • Justin S. Wu
   • Deannia L. Dunnegan
   • Nathaniel J. Soper

   OriginalPaper Pages: 50 - 60

9. The consequences of a major bile duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

   • Todd W. Bauer
   • Jon B. Morris
   • Ernest E Rosato

   OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 66

10. Cumulative incidence of colorectal and extracolonic cancers in mlh1 and msh2 mutation carriers of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer

    • Kevin M. Lin
    • M. Shashidharan
    • Henry T. Lynch

    OriginalPaper Pages: 67 - 71

11. Outcome analysis of long-term survivors following pancreaticoduodenectomy

    • W. Scott Melvin
    • Karl S. Buekers
    • E. Christopher Ellison

    OriginalPaper Pages: 72 - 78

12. Adenocarcinoma of the duodenum: factors influencing long-term survival

    • Taylor A. Sohn
    • Keith D. Lillemoe
    • Charles J. Yeo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 87

13. Thoracoscopic splanchnicectomy for “small” duct chronic pancreatitis: Case selection by differential epidural analgesia

    • Edward L. Bradley III
    • Jonathan A. Reynhout
    • Gerald L. Peer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 88 - 94

14. Cationic liposome-mediated gene transfer during acute pancreatitis: Tissue specificity, duration, and effects of acute inflammation

    • Woody Denham
    • Jun Yang
    • James Norman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 101

15. Prospective investigation of complications, reoperations, and sustained weight loss with an adjustable gastric banding device for treatment of morbid obesity

    • Cornelius Doherty
    • James W. Maher
    • Debra S. Heitshusen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 102 - 108