1. Editorial

   • Ronald K. Tompkins

   EditorialNotes 14 February 2014 Pages: 1 - 1

2. I. Short Story of Theodor Kocher's Life and Relationship to the International Society of Surgery

   • Dorothea Liebermann-Meffert

   OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 2 - 9

3. Activation of Monocytes and Endothelial Cells Depends on the Severity of Surgical Stress

   • Suefumi Aosasa
   • Satoshi Ono
   • Hoshio Hiraide

   OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 10 - 16

4. Altered Bile Composition in the Gallbladder and Common Bile Duct of Patients with Anomalous Pancreaticobiliary Ductal Junction

   • Yuzuru Sugiyama
   • Hiroyasu Kobori
   • Mutsuo Sasaki

   OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 17 - 21

5. Tauroursodeoxycholate and Cholestyramine Enhance Biliary Carcinogenesis in Hamsters

   • Yoshito Ikematsu
   • Tsutomu Tomioka
   • Takashi Kanematsu

   OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 22 - 26

6. Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy Achieves a Satisfactory Long-term Prognosis in Patients with Clinical Stage IA Lung Cancer

   • Kazuro Sugi
   • Yoshikazu Kaneda
   • Kensuke Esato

   OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 27 - 31

7. Relaparotomy in Peritonitis: Prognosis and Treatment of Patients with Persisting Intraabdominal Infection

   • Thomas Koperna
   • Franz Schulz

   OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 32 - 37

8. Syringe Pressure Irrigation of Subdermic Tissue after Appendectomy to Decrease the Incidence of Postoperative Wound Infection

   • Carlos R. Cervantes-Sánchez
   • Rafael Gutiérrez-Vega
   • Cesar Athié-Gutiérrez

   OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 38 - 42

9. Intraoperative Ultrasonography versus Helical Computed Tomography and Computed Tomography with Arterioportography in Diagnosing Colorectal Liver Metastases: Lesion-by-lesion Analysis

   • Johannes Schmidt
   • Markus Strotzer
   • Hubert Zirngibl

   OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 43 - 48

10. Lidocaine-metabolizing Activity after Warm Ischemia and Reperfusion of the Rat Liver In Vivo

    • Kunihiko Izuishi
    • Hisao Wakabayashi
    • Hajime Maeta

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 49 - 53

11. Clinicopathologic Correlation of p53 Protein Overexpression in Adenoma and Carcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater

    • Sun Hoo Park
    • Yong Il Kim
    • Woo Ho Kim

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 54 - 59

12. Prospective Study of Gastric Outlet Obstruction in Unresectable Periampullary Adenocarcinoma

    • Yi-Ming Shyr
    • Cheng-Hsi Su
    • Wing-Yiu Lui

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 60 - 65

13. Pylorus-preserving Total Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Cancer

    • Masanori Sugiyama
    • Yutaka Atomi

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 66 - 71

14. DNA Ploidy Status and Proliferative Activity as Markers of Malignant Potential in Barrett's Esophagus: Flow Cytometric Study Using Routinely Paraffin-embedded Tissue

    • Alberto Giménez
    • Alfredo Minguela
    • Rocío Álvarez

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 72 - 77

15. Anastomotic Diameters and Strictures following Esophagectomy and Total Gastrectomy in 256 Patients

    • Jan Johansson
    • Thomas Zilling
    • Bruno Walther

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 78 - 85

16. Gastric Acidity following Pancreaticogastrostomy with Pylorus-preserving Pancreaticoduodenectomy

    • Hiroyuki Shinchi
    • Sonshin Takao
    • Takashi Aikou

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 86 - 91

17. Therapeutic Splenectomy in Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

    • Nazir A. Wani
    • Fazal Q. Parray

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 92 - 94

18. Factors Affecting Recurrence following Incisional Herniorrhaphy

    • Thomas Anthony
    • Patricia C. Bergen
    • Richard H. Turnage

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 95 - 101

19. Muscular Performance and Fatigue in Primary Hyperparathyroidism

    • Søren R. Deutch
    • Martin B. Jensen
    • Ib HessovD.M.Sc.

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 102 - 107

20. Long-term Results of Total Adrenalectomy for Cushing's Disease

    • Suresh K. Nagesser
    • Arnoud P. van Seters
    • Cornelis J.H. van de Velde

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 108 - 113

21. Operative Management of Civilian Rectal Gunshot Wounds: Simpler Is Better

    • George C. Velmahos
    • Hugo Gomez
    • Demetrios Demetriades

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 114 - 118

22. Changes in Intestinal Transit Time after Proctocolectomy Assessed by the Lactulose Breath Test

    • Matthias Bruewer
    • Josef Stern
    • Christian Herfarth

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 119 - 124

23. Fate of the Rectum and Ileal Recurrence Rates after Total Colectomy for Crohn's Disease

    • Takayuki Yamamoto
    • Michael R.B. Keighley

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 125 - 129

24. Anal Surgical Techniques in Early Ottoman Period Performed by Şerefeddin Sabuncuoğlu

    • Ali Bekraki
    • Şefik GörkeyD.D.S.
    • A. Özdemir Aktan

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 130 - 132