1. Surgery for achalasia: 1998

   • Yutaka Shiino
   • Charles J. Filipi
   • Robert E. Marsh

   Literature Review Pages: 447 - 455

2. Clinical presentation and evaluation of malignant pseudoachalasia

   • Ravi Moonka
   • Marco G. Patti
   • Carlos A. Pellegrini

   Original Articles Pages: 456 - 461

3. Serial endoscopic ultrasound in the assessment of response to chemoradiotherapy for carcinoma of the esophagus

   • David J. Bowrey
   • Geoffrey WB. Clark
   • P. Dedan Carey

   OriginalPaper Pages: 462 - 467

4. Lymph node micrometastases in patients with adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction

   • Luigi Bonavina
   • Stefano Ferrero
   • Alberto Peracchia

   OriginalPaper Pages: 468 - 476

5. Asthma and gastroesophageal reflux: Fundoplication decreases need for systemic corticosteroids

   • Hadar Spivak
   • C. Daniel Smith
   • John G. Hunter

   OriginalPaper Pages: 477 - 482

6. Correlations between esophageal diseases and manometric length: A study of 617 patients

   • Ziad T. Awad
   • Patrice Watson
   • William Boedefeld III

   OriginalPaper Pages: 483 - 488

7. Preoperative esophageal transit studies are a useful predictor of dysphagia after fundoplication

   • David R. Hunt
   • Karen A. Humphreys
   • Richard Smart

   OriginalPaper Pages: 489 - 495

8. Preoperative biliary drainage: Impact on intraoperative bile cultures and infectious morbidity and mortality after pancreaticoduodenectomy

   • Stephen P. Povoski
   • Martin S. Karpeh Jr.
   • Murray F. Brennan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 496 - 505

9. Magnetic resonance imaging with magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography accurately predicts resectability of pancreatic carcinoma

   • Steven N. Hochwald
   • Neil M. Rofsky
   • Stuart G. Marais

   OriginalPaper Pages: 506 - 511

10. Squamous cell carcinoma of the pancreas

    • Kamal M. F. Itani
    • Amir Karni
    • Linda Green

    OriginalPaper Pages: 512 - 515

11. Effect of ileojejunal transposition on gastrointestinal motility, gastric emptying, and small intestinal transit in dogs

    • Noriya Ohtani
    • Iwao Sasaki
    • Seiki Matsuno

    OriginalPaper Pages: 516 - 523

12. Restoration of myoelectrical propagation across a jejunal transection using microsurgical anastomosis

    • Stephanie C. Hart
    • Bao Lien Nguyen-Tu
    • Keith A. Kelly

    OriginalPaper Pages: 524 - 532

13. Differences in gastric emptying between highly selective vagotomy and posterior truncal vagotomy combined with anterior seromyotomy

    • Tzu-Ming Chang
    • Tzu-Hung Chen
    • Kuo-Liang Shen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 533 - 536

14. Liver resection using total vascular exclusion, scalpel division of the parenchyma, and a simple compression technique for hemostasis and biliary control

    • Paul D. Hansen
    • Alberto M. Isla
    • Nagy A. Habib

    OriginalPaper Pages: 537 - 542

15. Giant colonie diverticulum: A rare manifestation of a common disease

    • Timothy J. Custer
    • David V. Blevins
    • Thomas M. Vara

    OriginalPaper Pages: 543 - 548

16. Preservation injury and acute rejection of rat intestinal grafts: Protection afforded by pyruvate

    • Luca Cicalese
    • Vladimir Subbotin
    • John J. Fung

    OriginalPaper Pages: 549 - 554

17. Long-term results of strictureplasty for ileocolonic anastomotic recurrence in Crohn’s Disease

    • Takayuki Yamamoto
    • Michael R. B. Keighley

    OriginalPaper Pages: 555 - 560

18. Surgical resection of gastric cancer in the octogenarian population

    • Michael R. Brown
    • Nishith Bhattacharyya
    • J. Judson McNamara

    OriginalPaper Pages: 561 - 564