1. Efficacy of Pre-incisional Bupivacaine Infiltration on Postoperative Pain Relief after Appendectomy: Prospective Double-blind Randomized Trial

   • Varut Lohsiriwat
   • Narong Lert-akyamanee
   • Winchai Rushatamukayanunt

   Original Scientific Reports 29 September 2004 Pages: 947 - 950

2. Molecular Mechanism of c-jun Antisense Gene Transfection in Alleviating Injury of Cardiomyocytes Treated with Burn Serum and Hypoxia

   • Yuesheng Huang
   • Angeng Hu

   Original Scientific Reports 29 September 2004 Pages: 951 - 957

   

3. Selective Venous Sampling in Recurrent and Persistent Hyperparathyroidism: Indication, Technique, and Results

   • Philippe C.J. Chaffanjon
   • David Voirin
   • Pierre Yves Brichon

   Original Scientific Reports 29 September 2004 Pages: 958 - 961

   

4. Extended Thymectomy in Patients with Myasthenia Gravis with High Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia Alone

   • Yoshio Tsunezuka
   • Makoto Oda
   • Go Watanabe

   Original Scientific Reports 29 September 2004 Pages: 962 - 966

   

5. Invited Commentary

   • Donald G. Mulder

   Invited Commentary 29 September 2004 Pages: 965 - 966

6. Altered Serum Transforming Growth Factor-ß1 and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Levels in Obstructive Jaundice

   • Shyr-Ming Sheen-Chen
   • Hock-Liew Eng
   • Kuo-Sheng Hung

   Original Scientific Reports 29 September 2004 Pages: 967 - 970

7. Serum Hyaluronate Level for Predicting Subclinical Liver Dysfunction after Hepatectomy

   • Toru Mizuguchi
   • Tadashi Katsuramaki
   • Koichi Hirata

   Original Scientific Reports 29 September 2004 Pages: 971 - 976

   

8. Changes in Splenic Volume during Liver Regeneration

   • Hideya Ando
   • Masato Nagino
   • Yuji Nimura

   Original Scientific Reports 29 September 2004 Pages: 977 - 981

   

9. Risk Factors for Postoperative Delirium after Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

   • Yasuko Yoshimura
   • Shoji Kubo
   • Hiroaki Kinoshita

   Original Scientific Reports 29 September 2004 Pages: 982 - 986

10. Long-term Survival of Patients with Unresectable Colorectal Liver Metastases treated by Percutaneous Interstitial Laser Thermotherapy

    • Christopher Christophi
    • Mehrdad Nikfarjam
    • Vijayaragavan Muralidharan

    Original Scientific Reports 29 September 2004 Pages: 987 - 994

    

11. Immunohistochemical Study of DPC4 and p53 Proteins in Gallbladder and Bile Duct Cancers

    • Shih-Chang Chuang
    • King-Teh Lee
    • Masao Tanaka

    Original Scientific Reports 29 September 2004 Pages: 995 - 1000

    

12. Spiegel’s Lobe Bile Ducts Often Drain into the Right Hepatic Duct or Its Branches: Study Using Drip-Infusion Cholangiography-Computed Tomography in 179 Consecutive Patients

    • Masahiro Kitami
    • Gen Murakami
    • Shoki Takahashi

    Original Scientific Reports 29 September 2004 Pages: 1001 - 1006

    

13. Resection of the Colon Simultaneously with Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Tumors of the Pancreas and Periampullary Region: Short-term and Long-term Results

    • Yasuyuki Suzuki
    • Yasuhiro Fujino
    • Yoshikazu Kuroda

    Original Scientific Reports 29 September 2004 Pages: 1007 - 1010

    

14. Effect of Chemoradiotherapy with Gemcitabine and Cisplatin on Locoregional Control in Patients with Primary Inoperable Pancreatic Cancer

    • Ralf Wilkowski
    • Martin Thoma
    • Volker Heinemann

    Original Scientific Reports 29 September 2004 Pages: 1011 - 1018

    

15. Decreased Identification Rate of Sentinel Lymph Node after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

    • Seok Hyung Kang
    • Seok-Ki Kim
    • Eun Sook Lee

    Original Scientific Reports 29 September 2004 Pages: 1019 - 1024

16. Penetrating Cardiac Wounds: Principles for Surgical Management

    • Jin-mou Gao
    • Yun-han Gao
    • Chang-hua Li

    Original Scientific Reports 29 September 2004 Pages: 1025 - 1029

17. Improved Health-related Quality of Life after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Is Unrelated to Use of Cardiopulmonary Bypass

    • Otso Järvinen
    • Timo Saarinen
    • Matti R. Tarkka

    Original Scientific Reports 29 September 2004 Pages: 1030 - 1035

    

18. Coronary Bypass before Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplants for Type 1 Diabetics in Renal Failure

    • J. Ernesto Molina
    • David E.R. Sutherland
    • Barbara J. Bland

    Original Scientific Reports 29 September 2004 Pages: 1036 - 1039

19. Cytoreductive Surgery and Intraperitoneal Chemohyperthermia for Recurrent Peritoneal Carcinomatosis from Ovarian Cancer

    • Claudio Zanon
    • Renzo Clara
    • Fulvia Pedani

    Original Scientific Reports 29 September 2004 Pages: 1040 - 1045

    

20. Patterns and Clinical Outcomes Associated with Routine Intravenous Sodium and Fluid Administration after Colorectal Resection

    • Andrew L. Tambyraja
    • Fergus Sengupta
    • Kenneth C.H. Fearon

    Original Scientific Reports 29 September 2004 Pages: 1046 - 1052

    

21. Invited Commentary

    • Moshe Schein

    Invited Commentary 29 September 2004 Pages: 1051 - 1052

22. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Is It a Conscious Preference among Turkish Patients with Symptomatic Gallstones? — Prospective Study

    • Asım Cingi
    • Fikret Düşünceli
    • Rıfat Yalın

    Surgical Globetrotting 29 September 2004 Pages: 1053 - 1056

23. Medicine’s Greatest Gifts to Surgery

    • Nancy D. Perrier
    • Michael S. Boger

    Surgical History 29 September 2004 Pages: 1057 - 1059

    

24. Edoardo Bassini and the Wound That Inspires

    • Andrew D. Thomas
    • Ann Rogers

    Surgical History 29 September 2004 Pages: 1060 - 1062

    

25. Jan Mikulicz-Radecki (1850–1905): Pioneer of Endoscopy and Surgery of the Sinuses, Throat, and Digestive Tract

    • Jerzy Kuczkowski
    • Czeslaw Stankiewicz
    • Kamil Drucis

    Surgical History 29 September 2004 Pages: 1063 - 1067

    

26. To the Editor

    • Waldemar Narożny
    • Jerzy Kuczkowski
    • Bogusław Mikaszewski

    Letters to the Editor 29 September 2004 Pages: 1068 - 1069

27. Reply

    • Finn Gottrup

    Letters to the Editor 29 September 2004 Pages: 1069 - 1069