1. Release of Endotoxin-binding Proteins during Major Elective Surgery: Role of Soluble CD14 in Phagocytic Activation

   • Naoki Hiki
   • Dieter Berger
   • Hans G. Beger

   OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 499 - 506

2. Does Hyperthermia Induce Peritoneal Damage in Continuous Hyperthermic Peritoneal Perfusion?

   • Akemi Shido
   • Shigeo Ohmura
   • Yutaka Yonemura

   OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 507 - 511

3. Preincisional Dextromethorphan Treatment for Postoperative Pain Management after Upper Abdominal Surgery

   • Ching-Tang Wu
   • Jyh-Cherng Yu
   • Chih-Shung Wong

   OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 512 - 517

4. Topical Formalin for Management of Bleeding Malignant Ulcers

   • Clement A. Adebamowo

   OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 518 - 520

5. Intraperitoneal Gossypibomas: The Need to Count Sponges

   • Patrick R. Lauwers
   • Robrecht H. Van Hee

   OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 521 - 527

6. Ultrastructural Alterations of Polytetrafluoroethylene Prostheses Implanted in Abdominal Wall Provoked by Infection: Clinical and Experimental Study

   • Juan M. Bellón
   • Luis A. Contreras
   • Julia Buján

   OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 528 - 532

7. Complicated Enterocutaneous Fistulas: Failure of Octreotide to Improve Healing

   • Carlos Alvarez
   • David W. McFadden
   • Howard A. Reber

   OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 533 - 538

8. Angiographic Embolization for Intraperitoneal and Retroperitoneal Injuries

   • George C. Velmahos
   • Santiago Chahwan
   • Demetrios Demetriades

   OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 539 - 545

9. Axillary Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer: Is Size Related to Metastatic Involvement?

   • Reinhard Obwegeser
   • Katharina Lorenz
   • Ernst Kubista

   OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 546 - 550

10. Prospective Case-controlled Trial of Adjuvant Chemotherapy after Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    • Yi-Hsiang Huang
    • Jaw-Ching Wu
    • Shou-Dong Lee

    OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 551 - 555

11. Intraoperative Parathormone Measurement in Patients with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type I Syndrome and Hyperparathyroidism

    • Francesco Tonelli
    • Simona Spini
    • Maria Luisa Brandi

    OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 556 - 563

12. Outcome after Surgery for Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Ten-year Prospective Follow-up Study

    • Siegfried Walgenbach
    • Gerhard Hommel
    • Theo Junginger

    OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 564 - 570

13. Palpatory Method Used to Identify the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve during Thyroidectomy

    • Fabio Procacciante
    • Pietro Picozzi
    • Nicola Basso

    OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 571 - 573

14. Comparison of the Hemodynamic Parameters of Open and Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for Pheochromocytoma

    • William B. Inabnet
    • Joël Pitre
    • Yves Chapuis

    OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 574 - 578

15. Natural Course of Adrenal Incidentalomas: Seven-year Follow-up Study

    • Jukka Sirén
    • Pekka Tervahartiala
    • Reijo Haapiainen

    OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 579 - 582

16. Early Gastric Cancer: Unrecognized Indicator of Multiple Malignancies

    • Federico Bozzetti
    • Giuliano Bonfanti
    • Salvatore Andreola

    OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 583 - 587

17. Long-term Survival of Transmural Advanced Gastric Carcinoma following Curative Resection: Multivariate Analysis of Prognostic Factors

    • Dipok Kumar Dhar
    • Hirofumi Kubota
    • Naofumi Nagasue

    OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 588 - 594

18. Surgery for Ductal Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreatic Head: Staging, Complications, and Survival after Regional versus Extended Lymphadenectomy

    • Doris Henne-Bruns
    • Ilka Vogel
    • Bernd Kremer

    OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 595 - 602

19. Measuring the Tumor Volume of Gastric Carcinoma by Computer Image Analysis: Clinical Significance

    • Shiro Kikuchi
    • Yoshiki Hiki
    • Sadahito Kuwao

    OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 603 - 607

20. Protein Expression of bax, bcl-2, and p53 in Patients with Non-Hodgkin's Gastric Lymphoma: Prognostic Significance

    • George K. Charalambous
    • Ilias P. Gomatos
    • George A. Androulakis

    OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 608 - 614

21. Fatal Wounding of the Byzantine Emperor Julian the Apostate (361–363 a.d.): Approach to the Contribution of Ancient Surgery

    • John Lascaratos
    • Dionysios Voros

    OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 615 - 619

22. Letters to the Editor

    • John D. Papadimitriou
    • Andreas Prahalias
    • Peter H. Weil

    OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 620 - 622