An Outstanding ISS/SIC Surgeon: William Macewen Harvey White Highlights of ISS/SIC History Pages: 509 - 510
An Outstanding ISS/SIC Surgeon: George Grey Turner Harvey White Highlights of ISS/SIC History Pages: 511 - 513
About Mr. Harvey White, Author of the Articles, “An Outstanding ISS/SIC Surgeon: William Macewen” and “An Outstanding ISS/SIC Surgeon: George Grey Turner” Liebermann-Meffert Highlights of ISS/SIC History Pages: 514 - 514
Chronic Granulomatous Mastitis: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Considerations Aziz Firzah AzlinaZakaria ArizaAbdullah Noor Hisham Surgical Globetrotting Pages: 515 - 518
Role of Preoperative Plasma CA 15-3 and Carcinoembryonic Antigen Levels in Determining Histopathologic Conventional Prognostic Factors for Breast Cancer Duray SekerOskay KayaIsmet Baran Original Scientific Reports Pages: 519 - 521
Surgical Influence on Th1/Th2 Balance and Monocyte Surface Antigen Expression and Its Relation to Infectious Complications Hiroomi TatsumiHideki UraKoichi Hirata Original Scientific Reports Pages: 522 - 528
Surveillance of Surgical Site Infections: Decade of Experience at a Colombian Tertiary Care Center Cesar A. AriasGustavo QuinteroJose Felix Patiño Original Scientific Reports Pages: 529 - 533
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting via Sternotomy in Conscious Patients Dirk MeiningerGerd NeidhartPaul Kessler Original Scientific Reports Pages: 534 - 538
Long-term Outcome after Inflammatory Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Case-matched Study Luigi BonatiPatrizia RubiniPaolo Biglioli Original Scientific Reports Pages: 539 - 544
Vascular Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Lazar B. DavidovicDusan M. KosticTijana M. Simic Original Scientific Reports Pages: 545 - 550
Stripping Operation with Sclerotherapy for Primary Varicose Veins Due to Greater Saphenous Vein Reflux: Three-year Results Keiko MiyazakiToshiya NishibeKeishu Yasuda Original Scientific Reports Pages: 551 - 553
Suspected Acute Deep Vein Thrombosis of the Lower Limb in Outpatients: Considerations for Optimal Diagnostic Approach Athanasios D. GiannoukasDimitrios TsetisAsterios N. Katsamouris Original Scientific Reports Pages: 554 - 557
Lymph Node Micrometastases in Early Gastric Cancer and Their Impact on Prognosis Paolo MorgagniLuca SaragoniFrancesca Bazzocchi Original Scientific Reports Pages: 558 - 561
New Type of Reconstruction Method after Subtotal Gastrectomy (Noh’s Operation) Seung-Moo NohHyun-Yong JeongTae-Yong Lee Original Scientific Reports Pages: 562 - 566
Quantitative Determinations of Duodenogastric Reflux, Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori Infection, and Concentrations of Interleukin-8 Kenichiro FukuharaHarushi OsugiHiroaki Kinoshita Original Scientific Reports Pages: 567 - 570
Optimal Lymphadenectomy for Squamous Cell Carcinoma in the Thoracic Esophagus: Comparing the Short- and Long-term Outcome among the Four Types of Lymphadenectomy Hiromasa FujitaSusumu SueyoshiKazuo Shirouzu Original Scientific Reports Pages: 571 - 579
High Incidence of Reflux Esophagitis Observed by Routine Endoscopic Examination after Gastric Pull-up Esophagectomy Shunsuke ShibuyaShin FukudoSusumu Satomi Original Scientific Reports Pages: 580 - 583
Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor as a Prognostic Factor in Node-positive Squamous Cell Carcinoma in the Thoracic Esophagus: Long-term Follow-up Study Yutaka OgataHiromasa FujitaKazuo Shirouzu Original Scientific Reports Pages: 584 - 589
Bronchoscopic Ultrasonography for Staging Supracarinal Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Impact on Outcome Harushi OsugiYoshihiko NishimuraHiroaki Kinoshita Original Scientific Reports Pages: 590 - 594
Central Pancreatectomy for the Resection of Benign or Low Malignant Potential Neoplasms John D. ChristeinAnthony W. KimRichard A. Prinz Original Scientific Reports Pages: 595 - 598
Resection versus Palliation: Treatment of Stage III and IVA Carcinomas of the Pancreas Employing Intraoperative Radiation Atsutake OkamotoKoji TsurutaNaoto Egawa Original Scientific Reports Pages: 599 - 605
Does Drainage Fluid Amylase Reflect Pancreatic Leakage after Pancreaticoduodenectomy? Yi-Ming ShyrCheng-Hsi SuWing-Yiu Lui Original Scientific Reports Pages: 606 - 610
Is Colonoscopy Alone Sufficient to Screen for Ulcerative Colitis-associated Colorectal Carcinoma? Matthias BruewerChristian F. KrieglsteinNorbert Senninger Original Scientific Reports Pages: 611 - 615
Review of the “Chirurgia” of Giovanni de Vigo: Estimate of His Position in the History of Surgery Raffi GurunluogluAslin GurunluogluHildegunde Piza-Katzer Surgical History Pages: 616 - 623
The Academic Surgeon: An Autobiography. James Daniel Hardy. Magnolia Mansions Press, Mobile, Alabama, 2002, 475 pp., $29.95 Ronald K. Tompkins Book Reviews Pages: 624 - 624
World J. Surg., Vol. 27, No. 1, January 2003, pp. 18–25 (DOI: 10.1007/s00268-002-6464-8) Erratum Pages: 626 - 626