Experimental Study of the Effect of Different Meshes on Bacterial Translocation Atac BaykalMustafa BagcıIskender Sayek Pages: 625 - 629
Stoma Care Nurses: Good Value for Money? Andreas BeckerGabriele Schulten-OberbörschKarl-Heinz Vestweber Pages: 638 - 643
Improving the Approach to Organ Donation: A Review Donald H. JenkinsPatrick M. ReillyC. William Schwab Pages: 644 - 649
Gastrointestinal Disease following Heart Transplantation Xavier M. MuellerHendrick T. TevaearaiLudwig K. von Segesser Pages: 650 - 656
Nonembolic Predictors of Stroke Risk in Coronary Artery Bypass Patients Giulio PompilioAttilio A. LottoPaolo Biglioli Pages: 657 - 663
Classification of Lymph Node Metastases from Carcinoma of the Stomach: Comparison of the Old (1987) and New (1997) TNM Systems Giovanni de ManzoniGiuseppe VerlatoClaudio Cordiano Pages: 664 - 669
Primary Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcomas: Results of Aggressive Surgical Treatment Marina MalerbaGiovanni Battista DogliettoFrancesco Crucitti Pages: 670 - 675
Perioperative Blood Transfusion as a Prognostic Indicator in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Toshimasa AsaharaKouji KatayamaOsafumi Yuge Pages: 676 - 680
Preoperative Assessment of Body Fluid Disturbances in Patients with Obstructive Jaundice Francisco J. PadilloMaría RodriguezCarlos Pera-Madrazo Pages: 681 - 687
Thoracoscopic Splanchnicectomy: Pilot Evaluation of a Simple Alternative for Chronic Pancreatic Pain Control Jaynathan MoodleyBhugwan SinghJoseph Rubin Pages: 688 - 692
Value of Intravenous Cholangiography prior to Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Marc JansenSon TruongVolker Schumpelick Pages: 693 - 697
Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration Samuel ShuchleibAlberto ChouslebJorge Cervantes Pages: 698 - 702
Laparoscopic Visualization of the Cystic Artery Anatomy Milivoj BalijaMarijan HuisMladen Štulhofer Pages: 703 - 707
Diagnostic Imaging of Early Gallbladder Cancer: Retrospective Study of 53 Cases Hirohiko OnoyamaMasahiro YamamotoYoichi Saitoh Pages: 708 - 712
Inflammatory Cecal Masses in Patients Presenting with Appendicitis Ronnie Tung-Ping PoonKin-Wah Chu Pages: 713 - 716
Sigmoidofiberscopic Incision plus Balloon Dilatation for Anastomotic Cicatricial Stricture after Anterior Resection of the Rectum Akeo HagiwaraChouhei SakakuraHisakazu Yamagishi Pages: 717 - 720
Prognostic Factors in 2230 Korean Colorectal Cancer Patients: Analysis of Consecutively Operated Cases Young Jin ParkKyu Joo ParkJin-Pok Kim Pages: 721 - 726
Postoperative Changes in Thyrotropin-binding Inhibitory Immunoglobulin Level in Patients with Graves' Disease: Is Subtotal Thyroidectomy a Suitable Therapeutic Option for Patients of Childbearing Age with Graves' Disease? Kiminori SuginoKoichi ItoKunihiko Ito Pages: 727 - 731
Incidence of Malignant Melanoma in Auckland, New Zealand: Highest Rates in the World Wayne O. JonesC. Richard HarmanJames H.F. Shaw Pages: 732 - 735