1. Progress in burn care—Introduction

   • Basil A. Pruitt Jr.

   World Progress In Surgery Pages: 1 - 1

2. Pathogenesis of edema formation in burn injuries

   • Tjøstolv Lund
   • Henning Onarheim
   • Rolf K. Reed

   World Progress In Surgery Pages: 2 - 9

3. Burn depth: A review

   • David Heimbach
   • Loren Engrav
   • Janet Marvin

   World Progress In Surgery Pages: 10 - 15

4. Burn shock resuscitation

   • Glenn D. Warden

   World Progress In Surgery Pages: 16 - 23

5. Smoke inhalation: Diagnosis and treatment

   • William R. Clark Jr.

   World Progress In Surgery Pages: 24 - 29

6. The role of mediators in the response to thermal injury

   • Yeo-Kyu Youn
   • Cheryl LaLonde
   • Robert Demling

   World Progress In Surgery Pages: 30 - 36

7. Benefits and limitations of burn wound excision

   • William W. Monafo
   • Palmer Q. Bessey

   World Progress In Surgery Pages: 37 - 42

8. Biologic wound coverings in burn treatment

   • Bjarne F. Alsbjörn

   World Progress In Surgery Pages: 43 - 46

9. Burn wound closure using permanent skin replacement materials

   • Ronald G. Tompkins
   • John F. Burke

   World Progress In Surgery Pages: 47 - 52

10. The immunologic response to thermal injury

    • Mats Heideman
    • Anders Bengtsson

    World Progress In Surgery Pages: 53 - 56

11. The changing epidemiology of infection in burn patients

    • Basil A. Pruitt Jr.
    • Albert T. McManus

    World Progress In Surgery Pages: 57 - 67

12. The metabolic effects of thermal injury

    • Edward E. Tredget
    • Yong Ming Yu

    World Progress In Surgery Pages: 68 - 79

13. Nutritional support of the burned patient

    • J. Paul Waymack
    • David N. Herndon

    World Progress In Surgery Pages: 80 - 86

14. Prevention and treatment of postburn scars and contracture

    • Martin C. Robson
    • Richard A. Barnett
    • Peter G. Hayward

    World Progress In Surgery Pages: 87 - 96

15. Hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma

    • Masahiro Suenaga
    • Akimasa Nakao
    • Hiroshi Takagi

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 97 - 104

16. Invited commentary

    • M. Wayne Flye

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 104 - 105

17. Pre-Operative radiotherapy as adjuvant treatment in rectal cancer

    • F. Izar
    • G. Fourtanier
    • N. Daly

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 106 - 111

18. Invited commentary

    • Leonard L. Gunderson

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 111 - 112

19. Evaluation of the laparoscopic cholecystectomy on patients with simple and complicated cholecystolithiasis

    • Jean M. Fabre
    • Przemyslaw Pyda
    • Jacques Domergue

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 113 - 116

20. Invited commentary

    • Ronald K. Tompkins

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 116 - 117

21. “Endemic” idiopathic portal hypertension: Report on 32 patients with non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis

    • Cyrus Vakili
    • Mohammad J. Farahvash
    • T. Edward Bynum

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 118 - 124

22. Invited commentary

    • Layton F. Rikkers

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 124 - 125

23. The surgical management of benign and malignant thyroid neoplasms in marshall islanders exposed to hydrogen bomb fallout

    • Brown M. Dobyns
    • Barbara A. Hyrmer

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 126 - 139

24. Invited commentary

    • Thomas S. Reeve

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 139 - 140

25. Percutaneous drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts: A prospective study

    • Angelo D'Egidio
    • Moshe Schein

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 141 - 145

26. Invited commentary

    • David W. Scharp

    Original Scientific Reports Pages: 145 - 146

27. To the editor

    • Harold Laufman
    • Th. Göran Tunevall

    Letters To The Editor Pages: 147 - 148

28. To the editor

    • B. M. Stephenson
    • D. E. Sturdy
    • Paul J. Schmit

    Letters To The Editor Pages: 149 - 149

29. To the editor

    • W. T. Ng
    • Y. T. Chan
    • J. Wong

    Letters To The Editor Pages: 150 - 150

30. To the editor

    • M. C. Misra
    • Miguel Santillana

    Letters To The Editor Pages: 151 - 152

31. To the editor

    • G. Choudhuri
    • Deepak Agarwal
    • D. J. Leaper

    Letters To The Editor Pages: 153 - 153