1. Message from the President of ASI-2009

   • R. P. Srivastava

   President’s Note 13 March 2009 Pages: 1 - 1

2. Extended pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancers

   • Parul J. Shukla
   • Sujit Vijay Sakpal

   Review 18 December 2008 Pages: 2 - 5

3. Surgical innovation

   • Saumitra Saha

   Review Article 13 March 2009 Pages: 6 - 9

4. The incidence of soft tissue sarcoma in Dakshina Kannada: study in a District Government Hospital

   • Ashish Gupta
   • Harish K. Rao
   • Soumya Gupta

   Original Article 13 March 2009 Pages: 10 - 14

5. How good is compliance with surgical antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines in a tertiary care private hospital in India? A prospective study

   • Lipika Parulekar
   • Rajeev Soman
   • Ajita Mehta

   Original Article 13 March 2009 Pages: 15 - 18

6. Videothoracoscopic approach to recurrence primary spontaneous pneumothorax: using of electrocoagulation in small bulla/blebs

   • Alpay Orki
   • Recep Demirhan
   • Bülent Arman

   Original Article 13 March 2009 Pages: 19 - 22

7. Sclerotherapy for hydrocele revisited: a prospective randomised study

   • M. S. Agrawal
   • H. Yadav
   • A. K. Singh

   Original Article 13 March 2009 Pages: 23 - 28

8. Results of breast conserving surgery in clinical stage I–II breast carcinoma

   • Erhan Erdem
   • Haluk Alagol

   Original Article 13 March 2009 Pages: 29 - 34

9. Bone metastases as the initial presentation of carcinoma of gall bladder: a rarity

   • Gaurav Jain
   • Atul Samaiya
   • Kailash Patel

   Case Report 13 March 2009 Pages: 35 - 37

10. An unusual association of gastroduodenal phytobezoar and malrotation of the midgut

    • V. Raveenthiran

    Case Report 13 March 2009 Pages: 38 - 40

11. Port site metastasis after laparoscopic cholecystectomy

    • Sanjeev Singla
    • Sandeep Singla
    • Sushil Budhiraja

    Case Report 18 December 2008 Pages: 41 - 42

12. Nodular hidradenoma of the breast: A case report with literature review

    • Dajiram Govinda Mote
    • T. Ramamurti
    • B. Naveen Babu

    Case Report 13 March 2009 Pages: 43 - 45

13. Pseudomesenteric cyst

    • Ved Prakash
    • De Anushtup
    • N. K. Pandey

    Case Report 13 March 2009 Pages: 46 - 47

14. Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava (IVC)

    • Amanjeet Singh
    • Azhar Perwaiz
    • Arvinder Soin

    Images in Surgery 13 March 2009 Pages: 48 - 49

15. Giant breast hamartoma

    • M. S. Venkatesh
    • K. Harish

    Images in Surgery 13 March 2009 Pages: 50 - 51

16. Pre peritoneal mesh hernioplasty for incisional hernias

    • Iqbal Saleem
    • Anjum Malik

    Letter to Editor 13 March 2009 Pages: 52 - 53

17. Surgical instruments and endoscopes of Sus(h)ruta, the sage surgeon of ancient India. By K. Natarajan

    • R. D. Prabhu

    Letter to Editor 13 March 2009 Pages: 54 - 54

18. Erratum

    • Anbalagan Amudhan
    • Tirupporur Govindaswamy Balachandar
    • Rajagopal Surendran

    Erratum 13 March 2009 Pages: 55 - 55