1. Common bile duct stones: Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography vs. endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for detection

   • Alan N. Barkun

   OriginalPaper Pages: 332 - 333

2. Intraoperative detection: Intraoperative cholangiography vs. intraoperative ultrasonography

   • Nathaniel J. Soper

   OriginalPaper Pages: 334 - 335

3. Tools of the trade: The common bile duct stone cart

   • Joseph B. Petelin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 336 - 337

4. Transrectal ultrasound: Accurate staging for rectal cancer

   • W. Douglas Wong

   OriginalPaper Pages: 338 - 339

5. Current status of laparoscopic colectomy — is it experimental

   • Heidi Nelson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 340 - 341

6. Transanal endoscopic microsurgery: Current indications and techniques

   • Lee Swanstrom

   OriginalPaper Pages: 342 - 343

7. Photoablation of Barrett’s esophagus

   • Kenneth K. Wang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 344 - 345

8. Modern imaging for the assessment of gastroesophageal reflux disease begins with the barium esophagram

   • Jeffrey H. Peters

   OriginalPaper Pages: 346 - 347

9. Esophagoscopy for surgeons

   • Tom R. DeMeester

   OriginalPaper Pages: 348 - 348

10. Hepatic resection at a community hospital

    • Melvin E. Stone Jr.
    • Saif Ur Rehman
    • Armando Sardi

    Original Articles Pages: 349 - 353

11. Relating surgical volume to outcomes in hepatic surgery

    • Michael A. Choti

    Commentary Pages: 353 - 354

12. Quality of life and long- term survival after surgery for chronic pancreatitis

    • Taylor A. Sohn
    • Kurtis A. Campbell
    • John L. Cameron

    OriginalPaper Pages: 355 - 365

13. Two-stage trauma pancreaticoduodenectomy: Delay facilitates anastomotic reconstruction

    • Leonidas G. Koniaris
    • Aloke K. Mandal
    • John L. Cameron

    OriginalPaper Pages: 366 - 369

14. Specific pancreatic enzymes activate macrophages to produce tumor necrosis factor-alpha: Role of nuclear factor kappa B and inhibitory kappa B proteins

    • Colleen Jaffray
    • Cynthia Mendez
    • James Norman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 370 - 378

15. Peripheral lymphocyte reduction in severe acute pancreatitis is caused by apoptotic cell death

    • Yoshifumi Takeyama
    • Kozo Takase
    • Yoshikazu Kuroda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 379 - 387

16. Somatostatinoma of the ampulla of vater in celiac sprue

    • E. James Frick Jr.
    • Jeffrey R. Kralstein
    • Herbert C. Hoover Jr.

    OriginalPaper Pages: 388 - 391

17. A randomized prospective study of radially expanding trocars in laparoscopic surgery

    • Sunil Bhoyrul
    • John Payne
    • Lawrence W. Way

    OriginalPaper Pages: 392 - 397

18. Anatomic dilatation of the cardia and competence of the lower esophageal sphincter: A clinical and experimental study

    • Owen Korn
    • Attila Csendes
    • Hubert J. Stein

    OriginalPaper Pages: 398 - 406

19. Percutaneous replacement jejunostomy after esophagogastrectomy

    • Malcolm V. Brock
    • Anthony C. Venbrux
    • Richard F. Heitmiller

    OriginalPaper Pages: 407 - 410

20. Management of esophageal perforation after pneumatic dilation for achalasia

    • David R. Hunt
    • Vanessa L. Wills
    • Ian J. Cook

    OriginalPaper Pages: 411 - 415

21. Prevention of mucosal atrophy: Role of glutamine and caspases in apoptosis in intestinal epithelial cells

    • Harry T. Papaconstantinou
    • Dai H. Chung
    • Tien C. Ko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 416 - 423

22. Teflon buttress inhibits recanalization of uncut stapled bowel

    • William S. Richardson
    • Hadar Spivak
    • John G. Hunter

    OriginalPaper Pages: 424 - 429

23. Effect of the distal remnant on ileal adaptation

    • Jon S. Thompson
    • Debra C. Ferguson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 430 - 434

24. Effects of glutamine isomers on human (Caco-2) intestinal epithelial proliferation, strain-responsiveness, and differentiation

    • Mark Murnin
    • Atul Kumar
    • Marc D. Basson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 435 - 442

25. Minimally invasive therapies made possible by new imaging technology

    • L. William Traverso
    • Dan Deziel

    SSAT/SAGES Joint DDW Symposium Pages: i - i