1. Discovery

   • John G Hunter

   Editorial 16 June 2005 Pages: 811 - 812

2. Prediction of Metastasis to Non-sentinel Nodes by Sentinel Node Status and Primary Tumor Characteristics in Primary Breast Cancer in Taiwan

   • Jyh-Cherng Yu
   • Giu-Cheng Hsu
   • Tsu-Yi Chao

   Original Scientific Reports 16 June 2005 Pages: 813 - 818

   

3. Invited Commentary

   • Markus Zuber

   BriefCommunication 16 June 2005 Pages: 818 - 819

4. Emergency Major Abdominal Surgery in Patients over 85 Years of Age

   • Ph. Zerbib
   • J. F. Kulick
   • J. P. Chambon

   Original Article 16 June 2005 Pages: 820 - 825

   

5. General Anesthesia for Surgery Influences Melatonin and Cortisol Levels

   • Edward Ram
   • Tali H Vishne
   • Zeev Dreznik

   OriginalPaper 16 June 2005 Pages: 826 - 829

   

6. Elective Inguinal Hernia Repair with Mesh: Is there a Need for Antibiotic Prophylaxis? — A Review

   • Seema Biswas

   OriginalPaper 16 June 2005 Pages: 830 - 836

7. Intra-abdominal and Retroperitoneal Lymphangiomas in Pediatric and Adult Patients

   • Brian K. P. Goh
   • Yu-Meng Tan
   • Wai-Keong Wong

   OriginalPaper 16 June 2005 Pages: 837 - 840

8. Influence of Surgery-related Factors on Quality of Life after Esophageal or Cardia Cancer Resection

   • Pernilla Viklund
   • Mats Lindblad
   • Jesper Lagergren

   OriginalPaper 16 June 2005 Pages: 841 - 848

9. Perforated Peptic Ulcer Treated by Simple Closure and Helicobacter Pylori Eradication

   • Juan C. Rodríguez-Sanjuán
   • Roberto Fernández-Santiago
   • Manuel Gómez-Fleitas

   Original Scientific Article 16 June 2005 Pages: 849 - 852

10. Patient-controlled Dietary Schedule Improves Clinical Outcome after Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer

    • Motohiro Hirao
    • Toshimasa Tsujinaka
    • Miki Kurata

    OriginalPaper 16 June 2005 Pages: 853 - 857

11. Non-Oriental Primary Intrahepatic Lithiasis: Experience with 48 Cases

    • Paulo Herman
    • Telesforo Bacchella
    • Marcel C.C. Machado

    OriginalPaper 16 June 2005 Pages: 858 - 862

12. Invited Commentary

    • Henry A. Pitt

    BriefCommunication 16 June 2005 Pages: 863 - 864

13. Primary Closure of the Common Duct over Endonasobiliary Drainage Tubes

    • Mehmood A. Wani
    • Nisar A. Chowdri
    • Nazir A. Wani

    OriginalPaper 16 June 2005 Pages: 865 - 868

    

14. Prospective Randomized Study of T-Tube versus Biliary Stent for Common Bile duct decompression after Open Choledocotomy

    • Gustavo Pérez
    • Alex Escalona
    • José Salvadó

    OriginalPaper 16 June 2005 Pages: 869 - 872

    

15. Reconsideration of Delayed Gastric Emptying in Pancreaticoduodenectomy

    • Yan-Shen Shan
    • Mei-Ling Tsai
    • Pin-Wen Lin

    Original article 16 June 2005 Pages: 873 - 879

    

16. Invited Commentary

    • L. William Traverso

    BriefCommunication 16 June 2005 Pages: 880 - 880

17. Complications with Reconstruction Procedures in Pylorus-preserving Pancreaticoduodenectomy

    • Masaji Tani
    • Manabu Kawai
    • Hiroki Yamaue

    OriginalPaper 16 June 2005 Pages: 881 - 884

    

18. Arterial Reconstruction during Pancreatoduodenectomy in Patients with Celiac Axis Stenosis—Utility of Doppler Ultrasonography

    • Satoshi Nara
    • Yoshihiro Sakamoto
    • Junji Yamamoto

    OriginalPaper 16 June 2005 Pages: 885 - 889

    

19. Giant Liver Hemangioma: Therapy by Enucleation or Liver Resection

    • Erhan Hamaloglu
    • Hasan Altun
    • Ahmet Ozenc

    OriginalPaper 16 June 2005 Pages: 890 - 893

    

20. Clinicopathological Factors Predicting Long-term Overall Survival after Hepatectomy for Peripheral Cholangiocarcinoma

    • Yi-Yin Jan
    • Chun-Nan Yeh
    • Miin- Fu Chen

    OriginalPaper 16 June 2005 Pages: 894 - 898

    

21. Practical Usefulness of Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator with Argon Beam Coagulation for Hepatic Parenchymal Transection

    • Yasuhiko Nagano
    • Kenichi Matsuo
    • Hiroshi Shimada

    OriginalPaper 16 June 2005 Pages: 899 - 902

22. Tumor Necrosis Factor-α, Interleukin-1β and Nitric Oxide: Induction of Liver Megamitochondria in Prehepatic Portal Hypertensive Rats

    • Isabel Prieto
    • Fulgencio Jiménez
    • Jaime Arias

    OriginalPaper 16 June 2005 Pages: 903 - 908

    

23. Dopamine-secreting Pheochromocytomas: In Search of a Syndrome

    • Luc A. Dubois
    • Daryl K. Gray

    OriginalPaper 16 June 2005 Pages: 909 - 913

    

24. Myocardial Perfusion Defects and the Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Disclosed by Scintigraphy in Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism

    • Christina Gerlach Øgard
    • Susanne Bonnichsen Søndergaard
    • Steen Levin Nielsen

    OriginalPaper 16 June 2005 Pages: 914 - 916

25. Ultrasonographically and Anatomopathologically Detectable Node Metastases in the Lateral Compartment as Indicators of Worse Relapse-free Survival in Patients with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

    • Yasuhiro Ito
    • Chisato Tomoda
    • Akira Miyauchi

    OriginalPaper 16 June 2005 Pages: 917 - 920

    

26. Comparison of Surgical Techniques for Treatment of Benign Toxic Multinodular Goiter

    • Orhan Alimoglu
    • Murat Akdag
    • Neslihan Kurtulmus

    OriginalPaper 16 June 2005 Pages: 921 - 924

27. Is the Size of an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Associated with Coagulopathy?

    • Shunya Shindo
    • Harunobu Matsumoto
    • Yukio Ozaki

    OriginalPaper 16 June 2005 Pages: 925 - 929

28. Invited Commentary

    • Karthikeshwar Kasirajan
    • Robert B. Smith

    OriginalPaper 16 June 2005 Pages: 929 - 929

29. Ischemic Preconditioning versus Intermittent Vascular Inflow Control during Major Liver Resection in Pigs

    • Vassilios Smyrniotis
    • Georgia Kostopanagiotou
    • Panagiotis Dimakakos

    Original article 16 June 2005 Pages: 930 - 934

    

30. To the Editor

    • Stelios F. Assimakopoulos
    • Chrisoula D. Scopa
    • Constantine E. Vagianos

    Letters to the Editor 16 June 2005 Pages: 935 - 936

31. To the Editor

    • Alvaro Sanabria

    Letters to the Editor 16 June 2005 Pages: 936 - 936

32. Reply

    • Varut Lohsiriwat

    Letters to the Editor 16 June 2005 Pages: 936 - 937

33. Principles and Practice of Spine Surgery

    • Alexander R. Vaccaro
    • Randal R. Betz
    • Ulrich Batzdorf

    Book Review 16 June 2005 Pages: 938 - 938