Reducing the Occupational Risk of Infections for the Surgeon: Multicentric National Survey on More Than 15,000 Surgical Procedures Andrea PietrabissaStefano MeriglianoGianbattista Doglietto OriginalPaper Pages: 573 - 578
Effects of Polyglycolic Acid and Polypropylene Meshes on Postoperative Adhesion Formation in Mice Atac BaykalDemirali OnatIskender Sayek OriginalPaper Pages: 579 - 583
Evaluation of Enoxaparin Given before and after Operation to Prevent Venous Thromboembolism during Digestive Surgery: Play-the-Winner Designed Study Ottar BjerkesetStig LarsenOla Reiertsen OriginalPaper Pages: 584 - 589
Early and Late Results of Ascending Aorta Surgery: Risk Factors for Early and Late Outcome M. Arisan Ergin OriginalPaper Pages: 590 - 598
Mortality after Esophagectomy: Risk Factor Analysis Mark K. FergusonTerri R. MartinJemi Olak OriginalPaper Pages: 599 - 604
Tailored Antireflux Surgery for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Effectiveness and Risk of Postoperative Dysphagia Gerold J. WetscherKarl GlaserChristoph Profanter OriginalPaper Pages: 605 - 610
Fundoplication Avoiding Complications of the Nissen Procedure: Prospective Evaluation Edouard P. PélissierYves OttignonPierre Carayon OriginalPaper Pages: 611 - 617
New Approach to Surgical Management of Early Esophageal Thoracic Perforation: Primary Suture Repair Reinforced with Absorbable Mesh and Fibrin Glue E. BardaxoglouD. ManganasB. Launois OriginalPaper Pages: 618 - 621
Lack of Benefit of Combined Pancreaticosplenectomy in D2 Resection for Proximal-Third Gastric Carcinoma Yasuhiro KoderaYoshitaka YamamuraTsuyoshi Kito OriginalPaper Pages: 622 - 628
Predictive Factors for Conversion of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Ahmet AlponatCheng K. KumPeter M.Y. Goh OriginalPaper Pages: 629 - 633
Prognostic Significance of Proliferative Cell Nuclear Antigen in Carcinoma of the Extrahepatic Bile Duct Toshirou NishidaKazuyasu NakaoMasahiko Tsujimoto OriginalPaper Pages: 634 - 639
Comparison of Pancreatogastrostomy and Pancreatojejunostomy after Pancreatoduodenectomy Performed by One Surgeon Sun Whe KimEui Gon YoukYong Hyun Park OriginalPaper Pages: 640 - 643
Bullets and Their Role in Sepsis after Colon Wounds Juan M. SarmientoPatricia YuguerosBruce G. Wolff OriginalPaper Pages: 648 - 652
Restorative Proctocolectomy or Rectum-Preserving Surgery in Patients with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis: Results of a Prospective Study Francesco TonelliRosa ValanzanoFerdinando Ficari OriginalPaper Pages: 653 - 659