What Is a Surgical Complication? Daniel DindoPierre-Alain Clavien Invited Commentary 15 April 2008 Pages: 939 - 941
What is a Surgical Complication? Daniel K. SokolJames Wilson OriginalPaper 12 February 2008 Pages: 942 - 944
What is a Surgical Complication? Malcolm H. Wheeler Invited Commentary 05 March 2008 Pages: 947 - 947
Defining Surgical Complications Stephen J. WigmoreO. James Garden Invited Commentary 27 March 2008 Pages: 948 - 948
What is a Surgical Complication? J. C. GoslingsD. J. Gouma Invited Commentary 10 April 2008 Pages: 952 - 952
What is a Surgical Complication? Norman SnowMalek G. Massad Invited Commentary 27 March 2008 Pages: 953 - 953
Regional Variation in Hospital Mortality and 30-day Mortality for Injured Medicare Patients Adam S. GorraDavid E. ClarkMichael A. DeLorenzo OriginalPaper 27 January 2008 Pages: 954 - 959
Attitudes of Medical Students toward Careers in General Surgery Andrew L. TambyrajaCaroline A. McCreaO. James Garden OriginalPaper 12 March 2008 Pages: 960 - 963
Surgeons Underestimate Their Patients’ Desire for Preoperative Information B. J. KeulersM. R. M. ScheltingaP. H. M. Spauwen OriginalPaper Open access 12 April 2008 Pages: 964 - 970
Length of Stay: An Inappropriate Readout of the Success of Enhanced Recovery Programs J. M. C. MaessenC. H. C. Dejongon behalf of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Group OriginalPaper Open access 29 January 2008 Pages: 971 - 975
Recent Advances in Molecular Mechanisms of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Formation Suman AnnambhotlaSebastian BourgeoisChangyi Chen ReviewPaper 08 February 2008 Pages: 976 - 986
Outcome and Quality of Life in Patients Treated for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: A Single Center Experience Florian DickVéronique GrobétyJürg Schmidli OriginalPaper 29 March 2008 Pages: 987 - 994
Standardization of Surgical Technique in Antireflux Surgery: The LOTUS Trial Experience Stephen E. A. AttwoodLars LundellThe LOTUS Trial Group OriginalPaper 27 January 2008 Pages: 995 - 998
Laparoscopic Revisional Fundoplication with Circular Hiatal Mesh Prosthesis: The Long-term Results F. A. GranderathU. M. GranderathR. Pointner OriginalPaper 29 March 2008 Pages: 999 - 1007
Prevention of Anastomotic Stricture with a Purse-string Suture Technique on the Gastric Side During Esophageal Carcinoma Operations: Retrospective Study of 463 Consecutive Cases Chong ZhangMin-hua YaoYu-xin Zha BriefCommunication 14 March 2008 Pages: 1008 - 1012
Two Different Surgical Approaches in the Treatment of Adenocarcinoma at the Gastroesophageal Junction Jan JohanssonPauline DjerfBruno Walther OriginalPaper 26 February 2008 Pages: 1013 - 1020
Simultaneous Use of Laparoscopy and Endoscopy for Minimally Invasive Resection of Gastric Subepithelial Masses — Analysis of 93 Interventions D. WilhelmS. v. DeliusH. Feussner OriginalPaper 14 March 2008 Pages: 1021 - 1028
Clinical Outcome of Pylorus-preserving Gastrectomy in Gastric Cancer in Comparison with Conventional Distal Gastrectomy with Billroth I Anastomosis Do Joong ParkHyuk-Joon LeeHan-Kwang Yang OriginalPaper 07 February 2008 Pages: 1029 - 1036
Prognostic Factors and Availability of D2 Lymph Node Dissection for the Patients with Stage II Gastric Cancer: Comparative Analysis of Subgroups in Stage II Joong-Min ParkJong-Han KimChong-Suk Kim OriginalPaper 18 March 2008 Pages: 1037 - 1044
Incidence and Risk Factors for Hospital-acquired Pneumonia After Surgery for Gastric Cancer: Results of Prospective Surveillance Yasuhiko MohriHitoshi TonouchiMie Surgical Infection Research Group OriginalPaper 07 March 2008 Pages: 1045 - 1050
Preoperative Platelet Count and Survival Prognosis in Resected Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Ismael DomínguezStefano CrippaCarlos Fernández-del Castillo OriginalPaper 27 January 2008 Pages: 1051 - 1056
Imaging of Primary and Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Using a Fluorophore-Conjugated Anti-CA19-9 Antibody for Surgical Navigation Michele McElroySharmeela KaushalMichael Bouvet OriginalPaper 11 February 2008 Pages: 1057 - 1066
Combined Major Hepatectomy and Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Locally Advanced Biliary Carcinoma: Long-Term Results Toshifumi WakaiYoshio ShiraiKatsuyoshi Hatakeyama OriginalPaper 30 January 2008 Pages: 1067 - 1074
Combined Major Hepatectomy and Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Biliary Cancer: Challenging Procedure in the Most Experienced Centers Ponnandai SomasundarJoseph Espat Invited Commentary 12 March 2008 Pages: 1075 - 1076
Appraisal of Hepatic Resection in the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Severe Thrombocytopenia Keishi SugimachiYasuharu IkedaKenji Takenaka OriginalPaper 14 March 2008 Pages: 1077 - 1081
Effect of Infra-Hepatic Inferior Vena Cava Clamping on Bleeding During Hepatic Dissection: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study Masato KatoKeiichi KubotaTokihiko Sawada OriginalPaper 02 February 2008 Pages: 1082 - 1087
Platelets Promote Liver Regeneration under Conditions of Kupffer Cell Depletion after Hepatectomy in Mice Soichiro MurataRyota MatsuoNobuhiro Ohkohchi OriginalPaper 01 March 2008 Pages: 1088 - 1096
Prognostic Models for Predicting Death after Hepatectomy in Individuals with Hepatic Metastases from Colorectal Cancer Yukihide KanemitsuTomoyuki Kato OriginalPaper 15 January 2008 Pages: 1097 - 1107
Prognostic Models for Predicting Death After Hepatectomy in Individuals with Hepatic Metastases from Colorectal Cancer M. D. SmithR. W. Parks Invited Commentary 15 March 2008 Pages: 1108 - 1109
Stapled Transanal Rectal Resection for Outlet Obstruction Syndrome: Results and Follow-up Marco FrascioCesare StabiliniEzio Gianetta OriginalPaper 19 March 2008 Pages: 1110 - 1115
Sphincter-Preserving Operations Following Preoperative Chemoradiation: An Alternative to Abdominoperineal Resection for Lower Rectal Cancer? Jung Wook HuhEun Joo JungSeung-Kook Sohn OriginalPaper 11 March 2008 Pages: 1116 - 1123
Risk Factors and Clinical Outcome for Anastomotic Leakage After Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer Won-Suk LeeSeong Hyeon YunHo-Kyung Chun OriginalPaper 08 February 2008 Pages: 1124 - 1129
Surgical Resection of Stage IV Colorectal Cancer and Prognosis Hiroshi KatohKeishi YamashitaMasahiko Watanabe OriginalPaper 14 March 2008 Pages: 1130 - 1137
Risk Factors for Wound Infection After Surgery for Colorectal Cancer Takatoshi NakamuraHiroyuki MitomiMasahiko Watanabe OriginalPaper 11 April 2008 Pages: 1138 - 1141
Continuous Follow-up of Surgical Site Infections for 30 Days After Colorectal Surgery Minako KobayashiYasuhiko MohriMasato Kusunoki OriginalPaper 14 March 2008 Pages: 1142 - 1146
Standardized Algorithms for Management of Anastomotic Leaks and Related Abdominal and Pelvic Abscesses After Colorectal Surgery R. PhitayakornC. P. DelaneyInternational Anastomotic Leak Study Group OriginalPaper 19 February 2008 Pages: 1147 - 1156
Early Experience with the Bioabsorbable Anal Fistula Plug D. A. LawesJ. E. EfronT. M. Young-Fadok OriginalPaper 29 March 2008 Pages: 1157 - 1159
The Use of CEEA 34 in Stapled Hemorrhoidectomy: Suggested Modifications in Technique M. H. ChewW. S. TanK. W. Eu OriginalPaper 28 January 2008 Pages: 1160 - 1161
Long-term Follow-up of Local Rectal Cancer Surgery by Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery Xavier Serra-AracilHelena VallverdúSalvador Navarro-Soto OriginalPaper 13 March 2008 Pages: 1162 - 1167
Injury Patterns from Major Urban Terrorist Bombings in Trains: The Madrid Experience Fernando Turégano-FuentesP. Caba-DoussouxJ. Vazquez-Estévez OriginalPaper 26 March 2008 Pages: 1168 - 1175
Applying Modern Error Theory to the Problem of Missed Injuries in Trauma D. L. ClarkeJ. GouveiaD. J. J. Muckart OriginalPaper 12 March 2008 Pages: 1176 - 1182
Emergency Transfusion Score (ETS): A Useful Instrument for Prediction of Blood Transfusion Requirement in Severely Injured Patients C. A. KuhneR. P. ZettlS. Ruchholtz OriginalPaper 29 January 2008 Pages: 1183 - 1188
Delayed Celiotomy or Laparoscopy as part of the Nonoperative Management of Blunt Hepatic Trauma Christian LetoublonYao ChenOlivier Risse OriginalPaper 08 February 2008 Pages: 1189 - 1193
Acinetobacter baumannii Infections in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit: Predictors of Multi-drug Resistance Stilianos KatsaragakisHaridimos MarkogiannakisDimitrios Theodorou OriginalPaper 12 April 2008 Pages: 1194 - 1202
The Potential for Essential Trauma Care to Empower Communities and Tackle Inequities Shinji NakaharaMasao IchikawaKatsumi Yoshida OriginalPaper 27 March 2008 Pages: 1203 - 1207
The Neglect of the Global Surgical Workforce: Experience and Evidence from Uganda Doruk OzgedizMoses GalukandeSamuel Luboga OriginalPaper 26 February 2008 Pages: 1208 - 1215
Surgery in Developing Countries: Lessons from Uganda David M. Dent Invited Commentary 03 March 2008 Pages: 1216 - 1217