1. The bandwagon effect

   • Layton F. Rikkers

   SSAT Presidential Address Pages: 787 - 794

2. The bio-intelligence age: Surgery after the information age

   • Richard M. Satava

   SSAT State-of-the-Art Lecture Pages: 795 - 799

3. Reasons for conversion from laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy: A 10-year review

   • Juliane Bingener-Casey
   • Melanie L. Richards
   • Kenneth R. Sirinek

   OriginalPaper Pages: 800 - 805

4. Gallbladder function before and after fundoplication

   • John M. Morton
   • Steven P. Bowers
   • Timothy M. Farrell

   OriginalPaper Pages: 806 - 811

5. Long-term follow-up after laparoscopic refundoplication for failed antireflux surgery: Quality of life, symptomatic outcome, and patient satisfaction

   • Frank A. Granderath
   • Thomas Kamolz
   • Rudolph Pointner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 812 - 818

6. Patients with upright reflux have less favorable postoperative outcomes after laparoscopic antireflux surgery than those with supine reflux

   • Emily R. Winslow
   • Margaret M. Frisella
   • Mary E. Klingensmith

   OriginalPaper Pages: 819 - 830

7. Slow progression of periampullary neoplasia in familial adenomatous polyposis

   • Kouros L. Moozar
   • Lisa Madlensky
   • Steven Gallinger

   OriginalPaper Pages: 831 - 837

8. Selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor rofecoxib (vioxx) induces expression of cell cycle arrest genes and slows tumor growth in human pancreatic cancer

   • William W. Tseng
   • Adriana Deganutti
   • Carson D. Liu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 838 - 844

9. Quality of life after bilateral thoracoscopic splanchnicectomy: Long-term evaluation in patients with chronic pancreatitis

   • Thomas J. Howard
   • John B. Swofford
   • Glen A. Lehman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 845 - 854

10. National trends in utilization and in-hospital outcomes of bariatric surgery

    • George Darby Pope
    • John D. Birkmeyer
    • Samuel R. G. Finlayson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 855 - 861

11. Surgical management of abdominal tuberculosis

    • Imran Hassan
    • Emmanouil S. Brilakis
    • Florencia G. Que

    OriginalPaper Pages: 862 - 867

12. Adenomatous polyposis coli truncation alters cytoskeletal structure and microtubule stability in early intestinal tumorigenesis

    • Sara A. Hughes
    • Adelaide M. Carothers
    • Monica M. Bertagnolli

    OriginalPaper Pages: 868 - 875

13. Activation of intestinal arginine transport by protein kinase c is mediated by mitogen-activated protein kinases

    • Ming Pan
    • QingHe Meng
    • Wiley W. Souba

    OriginalPaper Pages: 876 - 882

14. Adequacy of nodal harvest in colorectal cancer: A consecutive cohort study

    • Paul M. Johnson
    • Dickram Malatjalian
    • Geoff A. Porter

    OriginalPaper Pages: 883 - 890

15. Pathogenesis of pigment gallstones in western societies: The central role of bacteria

    • Lygia Stewart
    • Adair L. Oesterle
    • Lawrence W. Way

    OriginalPaper Pages: 891 - 904

16. Portal vein embolization vs. portal vein ligation for induction of hypertrophy of the future liver remnant

    • Dieter C. Broering
    • Christian Hillert
    • Xavier Rogiers

    OriginalPaper Pages: 905 - 913

17. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 914 - 914