Use of Pentastarch Solution in the Treatment of Patients with Hemorrhagic Hypovolemia: Randomized Phase II Study in the Emergency Room Riad N. YounesKo C. YinDario Birolini Pages: 2 - 5
Influence of Enteral Nutrition-induced Splanchnic Hyperemia on the Septic Origin of Splanchnic Ischemia Pantelis KazamiasKaterina KotzampassiEfthimios Eleftheriadis Pages: 6 - 11
Implantable Vascular Access Systems: Experience in 1500 Patients with Totally Implanted Central Venous Port Systems H.-J. KockM. PietschF.W. Eigler Pages: 12 - 16
Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Spontaneous Hemopneumothorax Nan Yung HsuMing Jang HsiehChau Hsiung Chang Pages: 23 - 27
Role of Helicobacter pylori in Residual Gastritis after Distal Partial Gastrectomy Shigetaka YamamotoYoshio YamasakiYasushi Kobayashi Pages: 28 - 34
Physiologic Effects of Cisapride on Gastric Emptying after Pylorus-Preserving Gastrectomy for Early Gastric Cancer Ryouichi TomitaHidehiro TakizawaKatsuhisa Tanjoh Pages: 35 - 41
Carnitine Contents in Remnant Liver, Kidney, and Skeletal Muscle after Partial Hepatectomy in Rats: Randomized Trial Hong-Shiee LaiYun ChenWei-Jao Chen Pages: 42 - 47
Surgical and Radiologic Treatment of Primary Budd-Chiari Syndrome Andrea Pisani-CerettiMattia IntraGian Paolo Spina Pages: 48 - 54
Cancer Dissemination during Laparoscopic Surgery: Tubes, Gas, and Cells Eduardo M. TargaronaJoaquín MartínezManuel Trias Pages: 55 - 61
Laparoscopic Splenectomy for Benign and Malignant Hematologic Diseases: 35 Consecutive Cases Georges DeckerBertrand MillatMichel Linon Pages: 62 - 68
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Cholelithiasis during Infancy and Childhood: Cost Analysis and Review of Current Indications Akram J. JawadK. KurbanAdel Ammar Pages: 69 - 74
Preoperative Ultrasonography and Prediction of Technical Difficulties during Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy S.S. DaradkehZ. Suwan Pages: 75 - 77
Overview on Compression Anastomoses: Biofragmentable Anastomosis Ring Multicenter Prospective Trial of 1666 Anastomoses A. ThiedeD. GeigerW. Mokros M.D. Pages: 78 - 87
Role of Nitric Oxide in the Colon of Patients with Ulcerative Colitis Ryouichi TomitaKatsuhisa Tanjoh Pages: 88 - 92
Prospective Evaluation of Parathyroid Graft Function after Total Parathyroidectomy and Heterotopic Autotransplantation in Renal Hyperparathyroidism by Bilateral Determination of Intact Parathormone in Cubital Venous Blood Siegfried WalgenbachGerhard HommelTheo Junginger Pages: 93 - 98
Surgical Triumvirate of Theodor Kocher, Harvey Cushing, and William Halsted Irvin M. Modlin Pages: 103 - 113