The World Journal of Surgery Welcomes Associate Editor—Ronnie T. P. Poon John G. Hunter EditorialNotes 14 May 2009 Pages: 1337 - 1337
Futility: What Cool Hand Luke Can Teach the Surgical Community Eric GrossmanPeter Angelos EditorialNotes 04 April 2009 Pages: 1338 - 1340
Responding to Trust: Surgeons’ Perspective on Informed Consent Martin F. McKneallyDouglas K. MartinJason D’Cruz OriginalPaper 19 April 2009 Pages: 1341 - 1347
Attitudes, Awareness, and Barriers Regarding Evidence-Based Surgery Among Surgeons and Surgical Nurses Anouk M. KnopsHester VermeulenDirk T. Ubbink OriginalPaper Open access 02 May 2009 Pages: 1348 - 1355
Overcoming Distance: Video-Conferencing as a Clinical and Educational Tool Among Surgeons Knut Magne AugestadRolv Ole Lindsetmo OriginalPaper Open access 22 April 2009 Pages: 1356 - 1365
The Power of Video Conferencing in Surgical Practice and Education Charles R. Doarn Invited Commentary 24 April 2009 Pages: 1366 - 1367
Randomized Clinical Trial of Laparoscopic Versus Open Repair of the Perforated Peptic Ulcer: The LAMA Trial Mariëtta J. O. E. BertleffJens A. HalmJohan F. Lange OriginalPaper Open access 09 May 2009 Pages: 1368 - 1373
Systematic Review and Pooled Estimates for the Diagnostic Accuracy of Serological Markers for Intestinal Ischemia Nicholas J. EvennettMaxim S. PetrovJohn A. Windsor ReviewPaper 08 May 2009 Pages: 1374 - 1383
Proanthocyanidin Protects Intestine and Remote Organs Against Mesenteric Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Ali SizlanAhmet GuvenAhmet Korkmaz OriginalPaper 29 April 2009 Pages: 1384 - 1391
Surgical Management of Peritoneal Dialysis Peritonitis: The Impact of Peritoneal Sclerosis Phillip J. YatesJessica P. A. KitchenMichael L. Nicholson OriginalPaper 15 April 2009 Pages: 1392 - 1394
Surgical Management of Peritoneal Dialysis Peritonitis: The Impact of Peritoneal Sclerosis Eli Mavor Invited Commentary 29 April 2009 Pages: 1395 - 1395
Operative Debridement of Pressure Ulcers Jessica SchiffmanMichael S. GolinkoHarold Brem OriginalPaper Open access 08 May 2009 Pages: 1396 - 1402
Dynamics of Parathyroid Hormone Secretion After Total Parathyroidectomy and Autotransplantation Luiz Carlos Conti-FreitasMaria Cristina Foss-FreitasMilton Cesar Foss OriginalPaper 29 April 2009 Pages: 1403 - 1407
Feasibility of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring During Thyroid Surgery After Administration of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blocking Agents Koung-Shing ChuSheng-Hua WuFeng-Yu Chiang OriginalPaper 09 May 2009 Pages: 1408 - 1413
Prognostic Factors and Analysis of S100a4 Protein in Resected Pulmonary Metastases from Renal Cell Carcinoma Alessandro BandieraGiulio MelloniPiero Zannini OriginalPaper 14 April 2009 Pages: 1414 - 1420
Use of India Ink During Preoperative Computed Tomography Localization of Small Peripheral Undiagnosed Pulmonary Nodules for Thoracoscopic Resection Prospero MagistrelliLuigi D’AmbraEmilio Falco OriginalPaper 08 May 2009 Pages: 1421 - 1424
Thymoma with Dissemination: Efficacy of Macroscopic Total Resection of Disseminated Nodules Motoki YanoHidefumi SasakiYoshitaka Fujii OriginalPaper 08 May 2009 Pages: 1425 - 1431
Benefits Versus Risks: A Prospective Audit Vikas Gupta OriginalPaper 22 April 2009 Pages: 1432 - 1438
Overexpression and Interactions of Interleukin-10, Transforming Growth Factor β, and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Mehran GholaminOmeed MoavenMohammad Reza Abbaszadegan OriginalPaper 14 May 2009 Pages: 1439 - 1445
Characteristics of Gastric Cancer with Esophageal Invasion and Aspects of Surgical Treatment Kohei WakatsukiTomoyoshi TakayamaYoshiyuki Nakajima OriginalPaper 02 May 2009 Pages: 1446 - 1453
Effects of Early Oral Feeding on Surgical Outcomes and Recovery After Curative Surgery for Gastric Cancer: Pilot Study Results Hoon HurYoon SiHae Myung Jeon OriginalPaper 28 April 2009 Pages: 1454 - 1458
Value of Multidetector Row CT in the Assessment of Longitudinal Extension of Cholangiocarcinoma—Correlation Between MDCT and Microscopic Findings Yoshiki SendaHideki NishioMasato Nagino OriginalPaper 19 April 2009 Pages: 1459 - 1467
Prognostic Factors for Survival in Patients with Hepatic Recurrence After Curative Resection of Gastric Cancer Si-Eun HwangDoo-Hyun YangChan-Young Kim OriginalPaper 19 April 2009 Pages: 1468 - 1472
Long-Term Quality of Life After Hepatic Resection: Health Is not Simply the Absence of Disease Vanessa M. BanzDaniel InderbitzinDaniel Candinas OriginalPaper 22 April 2009 Pages: 1473 - 1480
Evaluation of POSSUM for Patients Undergoing Pancreatoduodenectomy S. M. M. de CastroJ. T. HouwertD. J. Gouma OriginalPaper Open access 22 April 2009 Pages: 1481 - 1487
Significance of Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Colorectal Cancer Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Terence C. ChuaTristan D. YanDavid L. Morris OriginalPaper 02 May 2009 Pages: 1488 - 1494
Sacral Nerve Terminal Motor Latency in Patients With or Without Soiling More Than 2 Years After Low Anterior Resection for Low Rectal Cancer Ryouichi Tomita OriginalPaper 24 April 2009 Pages: 1495 - 1501
Total Pelvic Exenteration for Primary and Recurrent Malignancies F. T. J. FerenschildM. VermaasJ. H. W. de Wilt OriginalPaper Open access 07 May 2009 Pages: 1502 - 1508
Risk Factors for Abdominal Wound Dehiscence in Children: A Case-Control Study Gabriëlle H. van RamshorstNathalie E. SaluJohan F. Lange OriginalPaper Open access 07 May 2009 Pages: 1509 - 1513
Laparoscopy in the Management of Impalpable Testis: Series of 64 Cases Khalid IsmailMohamed AshourMohamed Hashish OriginalPaper 12 April 2009 Pages: 1514 - 1519
Surgical Management of Giant Liver Tumor Involving the Hepatic Hilum of Children Qian DongBuxian JiangXiwei Hao OriginalPaper 08 May 2009 Pages: 1520 - 1525
Impact of General Versus Local Anesthesia on Early Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction Following Carotid Endarterectomy: GALA Study Subgroup Analysis Christian Friedrich WeberHannah FriedlDirk Meininger OriginalPaper 08 May 2009 Pages: 1526 - 1532
Is the Retrojugular Approach Safer Than the Conventional Approach for Carotid Endarterectomy? J. KlukS. GraingerI. K. Nyamekye OriginalPaper 08 May 2009 Pages: 1533 - 1537
Preventing Parastomal Herniation: Is Prophylactic Prosthetic Mesh Absolutely Necessary? M. D. EvansG. L. WilliamsB. M. Stephenson Letter 16 March 2009 Pages: 1538 - 1539
Preventing Parastomal Hernia with a Prosthetic Mesh: A 5-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Study: Reply to Letter Arthur JänesLeif IsraelssonYucel Cengiz Letter 19 April 2009 Pages: 1541 - 1541
Laparoscopic D2 Gastrectomy: Time for a Randomized Trial T. LiakakosP. PatapisA. Macheras Letter 20 February 2009 Pages: 1542 - 1543
Significance of Laparoscopic D2 Gastrectomy: Reply to Letter Hideki Kawamura Letter 19 April 2009 Pages: 1544 - 1544
Limitations of “Classic” Risk Factors to Predict Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Response for Operable Breast Cancer Georgios C. ZografosDimosthenis Ziogas Letter 10 March 2009 Pages: 1545 - 1546
Clinicopathological Features of Tumors as Predictors of the Efficacy of Primary Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Operable Breast Cancer: Reply to Letter Tadahiko ShienSadako Akashi-Tanaka Letter 18 April 2009 Pages: 1547 - 1547
Breast-Conserving Surgery in Asian Women: Benefits and Potential Harm George ZografosDimosthenis Ziogas Letter 10 March 2009 Pages: 1548 - 1549
Breast-Conserving Surgery in Asian Women: Benefits and Potential Harms: Reply to Letter Dacita T. K. SuenAva Kwong Letter 02 May 2009 Pages: 1550 - 1551
Operative Pediatric Surgery, L. Spitz and A. G. Coran (eds) Wojciech Górecki BookReview 24 March 2009 Pages: 1552 - 1552
