Surgical Outcomes Research Based on Administrative Data: Inferior or Complementary to Prospective Randomized Clinical Trials? Ulrich Guller SURGICAL OUTCOMES 13 February 2006 Pages: 255 - 266
Dilemma of General Surgery Recruitment in Rural America Allan W. Zastrow OriginalPaper 13 February 2006 Pages: 269 - 270
Editorial Comment: Surgery in Rural America Moshe Schein OriginalPaper 13 February 2006 Pages: 271 - 272
Popliteal Venous Aneurysm—A Systematic Review David BergqvistMartin BjörckChrister Ljungman ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 09 February 2006 Pages: 273 - 279
Incidence of Vascular Injuries after Use of the Angio-Seal Closure Device following Endovascular Procedures in a Single Center Patrizio CastelliRoberto CaronnoChiara Lomazzi OriginalPaper 13 February 2006 Pages: 280 - 284
Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Recurrent Spontaneous Pneumothorax: The Long-term Benefit A. Ben-NunM. SoudackL. A. Best OriginalPaper 09 February 2006 Pages: 285 - 290
Doppler Adson’s Test: Predictor of Outcome of Surgery in Non-Specific Thoracic Outlet Syndrome A.D. LeeS. AgarwalD. Sadhu OriginalPaper 09 February 2006 Pages: 291 - 292
Vocal Fold Paralysis as a Sign of Chest Diseases: A 15-year Retrospective Study Hideki BandoTakeshi NishioYasuo Hisa OriginalPaper 07 February 2006 Pages: 293 - 298
The Efficacy of Intraoperative Corticosteroids in Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Palsy after Thyroid Surgery Ling-Feng WangKa-Wo LeeFeng-Yu Chiang OriginalPaper 13 February 2006 Pages: 299 - 303
A Prophylactic Infusion of Calcium Solution Reduces the Risk of Symptomatic Hypocalcemia in Patients after Total Thyroidectomy Takashi UrunoAkira MiyauchiKanji Kuma OriginalPaper 09 February 2006 Pages: 304 - 308
New Prognostic Scales LAST-1 and LAST-2: Supporting Prediction and Staging of Thyroid Cancer Andrzej J. LachinskiTomasz StefaniakZbigniew Sledzinski OriginalPaper 07 February 2006 Pages: 309 - 320
Correlations between Vitamin D Status and Biochemical/Clinical and Pathological Parameters in Primary Hyperparathyroidism Neşe ÖzbeyYeşim ErbilAlp Bozbora OriginalPaper 08 February 2006 Pages: 321 - 326
Sensitivity and Utility of Parathyroid Scintigraphy in Patients with Primary Versus Secondary and Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism Tuan H. PhamSylvester SterioffClive S. Grant OriginalPaper 09 February 2006 Pages: 327 - 332
Insulin-like Growth Factors (IGF) I and II Utilize Different Calcium Signaling Pathways in a Primary Human Parathyroid Cell Culture Model C. K. M. WongT. LaiJ. R. Farndon OriginalPaper 10 February 2006 Pages: 333 - 345
Comparison of Kugel and Lichtenstein Operations for Inguinal Hernia Repair: Results of a Prospective Randomized Study Osman DogruMustafa GirginCemalettin Camci OriginalPaper 13 February 2006 Pages: 346 - 350
Interval Appendectomy after Conservative Treatment of an Appendiceal Mass Hung-Wen LaiChe-Chuan LoongWing-Yui Lui OriginalPaper 13 February 2006 Pages: 352 - 357
Training in Laparoscopic Appendectomy Karl J. SweeneyMary DillonKevin C. Conlon OriginalPaper 07 February 2006 Pages: 358 - 363
Clinicopathologic Comparison of Siewert Type II and III Adenocarcinomas of the Gastroesophageal Junction Norihiro YuasaHideo MiyakeTatsuo Hattori OriginalPaper 13 February 2006 Pages: 364 - 371
Perforation of the Gastrointestinal Tract Secondary to Ingestion of Foreign Bodies Brian K.P. GohPierce K.H. ChowWai-Keong Wong OriginalPaper 09 February 2006 Pages: 372 - 377
Preoperative Nutritional Risk Assessment in Predicting Postoperative Outcome in Patients Undergoing Major Surgery Mehmet A. KuzuHelin TerzioğluNusret Torun OriginalPaper 13 February 2006 Pages: 378 - 390
Prognostic Factors of Primary Small Bowel Adenocarcinoma: Univariate and Multivariate Analysis Ting-Jung WuChun-Nan YehMiin-Fu Chen OriginalPaper 07 February 2006 Pages: 391 - 398
Invited Commentary to “Prognostic Factors of Primary Small Bowel Adenocarcinoma: Univariate and Multivariate Analysis” N. Joseph Espat OriginalPaper 08 February 2006 Pages: 399 - 399
Preoperative Evaluation of Hepatic Vasculature by Three-Dimensional Computed Tomographyin Patients Undergoing Hepatectomy Toshiya KamiyamaTakahito NakagawaSatoru Todo OriginalPaper 13 February 2006 Pages: 400 - 409
Optimal Abdominal Incision for Partial Hepatectomy: Increased Late Complications with Mercedes-type Incisions Compared to Extended Right Subcostal Incisions Michael D’AngelicaSridevi MaddineniWilliam R. Jarnagin OriginalPaper 08 February 2006 Pages: 410 - 418
Stapler Hepatectomy is a Safe Dissection Technique: Analysis of 300 Patients Peter SchemmerHelmut FriessMarkus W. Büchler OriginalPaper 08 February 2006 Pages: 419 - 430
New Indication for Reduction Surgery in Patients with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Major Vascular Involvement Naoto GotohdaTaira KinoshitaMasahiro Yoshino OriginalPaper 09 February 2006 Pages: 431 - 438
Factors Associated with Disease Survival after Surgical Resection in Chinese Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Li QiangLi HuikaiXishan Hao OriginalPaper 09 February 2006 Pages: 439 - 445
Prospective Comparison of Laparoscopic Left Hemicolectomy for Colon Cancer with Laparoscopic Left Hemicolectomy for Benign Colorectal Disease Leopoldo SarliClara PavlidisLuigi Roncoroni OriginalPaper 16 February 2006 Pages: 446 - 452
Carbon Dye Staining of Sentinel Lymph Nodes Facilitates Microstaging of Colon Cancer Patients Carsten T. ViehlUlrich GullerMarkus Zuber OriginalPaper 09 February 2006 Pages: 453 - 456
Tissue Oxygen Saturation during Colorectal Surgery Measured by Near-infrared Spectroscopy: Pilot Study to Predict Anastomotic Complications Yasumitsu HiranoKenji OmuraGo Watanabe OriginalPaper 09 February 2006 Pages: 457 - 461
Randomized Controlled Trial of LigaSure with Submucosal Dissection versus Ferguson Hemorrhoidectomy for Prolapsed Hemorrhoids Jaw-Yuan WangChien-Yu LuJan-Sing Hsieh OriginalPaper 14 February 2006 Pages: 462 - 466
Characteristics of Perianal Abscess and Fistula-in-Ano in Healthy Children Francis SerourArkadi Gorenstein OriginalPaper 08 February 2006 Pages: 467 - 472
Treatment of Bladder Tumors and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia with a New TUR System Using Physiological Saline as Perfusate Rikio YoshimuraTakahisa AdachiTatsuya Nakatani OriginalPaper 06 February 2006 Pages: 473 - 477
To the Editor: Surgical Infection Nomenclature James T. Lee LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 13 February 2006 Pages: 478 - 478
Reply: RE “Using Cost of Infection as a Tool to Demonstrate a Difference in Prophylactic Antibiotic Efficacy” J. R WoodfieldA. M. van Rij OriginalPaper 13 February 2006 Pages: 479 - 479
To the Editor: Is von Willebrand Factor a Hormone that Regulates a Coagulation Mechanism? Lewis S. Coleman OriginalPaper 13 February 2006 Pages: 479 - 481
To the Editor RE: “Intraductal Papillary-Mucinous Tumors arising in Santorini’s Duct” Michael G. Sarr OriginalPaper 20 February 2006 Pages: 481 - 481