Introduction: The Contributions of Australian Surgeons to World Surgery John G. Hunter EditorialNotes 09 June 2009 Pages: 1553 - 1553
Crocodile Attacks in Australia: Challenges for Injury Prevention and Trauma Care Russell L. Gruen OriginalPaper 20 June 2009 Pages: 1554 - 1561
Providing Specialist Services in Australia Across Barriers of Distance and Culture Phillip J. Carson ReviewPaper 04 June 2009 Pages: 1562 - 1567
Plastic Surgeons and Their Contributions to Australian Surgery Wayne Morrison ReviewPaper 17 June 2009 Pages: 1570 - 1574
Russell Strong and the History of Reduced-Size Liver Transplantation Guiseppe GarceaHajir NabiGuy J. Maddern ReviewPaper 02 July 2009 Pages: 1575 - 1580
Contributions of Australian Surgeons to the Development of the Laparoscopic Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Revolution: A Narrative Glyn G. Jamieson OriginalPaper 09 June 2009 Pages: 1581 - 1583
Appraising the Quality of Care in Surgery Erik K. MayerAndre ChowThanos Athanasiou ReviewPaper 09 May 2009 Pages: 1584 - 1593
Diathermy vs. Scalpel Skin Incisions in General Surgery: Double-Blind, Randomized, Clinical Trial Muhammad Shamim OriginalPaper 07 May 2009 Pages: 1594 - 1599
Perforated Peptic Ulcer in South India: An Institutional Perspective Sankar ArveenSadasivan JagdishDharanipragada Kadambari ReviewPaper 10 June 2009 Pages: 1600 - 1604
Avulsion of the Hamstring Muscle Group: A Follow-Up of 6 Adult Non-Athletes with Early Operative Treatment: A Brief Report Ladislav MicaAdrian SchwallerAndreas Vollenweider OriginalPaper 17 June 2009 Pages: 1605 - 1610
Extension of Nonoperative Management of Blunt Pancreatic Trauma to Include Grade III Injuries: A Safety Analysis Giacomo PataClaudio CasellaBruno Salerni OriginalPaper 04 June 2009 Pages: 1611 - 1617
Local and Systemic Consequences of Large Retroperitoneal Clot Burdens Gabriel LoorHisham BassiounyTina Desai OriginalPaper 19 May 2009 Pages: 1618 - 1625
Use of Leukoreduced Blood Does Not Reduce Infection, Organ Failure, or Mortality Following Trauma Michael S. EnglehartS. David ChoMartin A. Schreiber OriginalPaper 19 May 2009 Pages: 1626 - 1632
Nutritional Risk Factors in Planned Oncologic Surgery: What Clinical and Biological Parameters Should Be Routinely Used? Sami AntounAnnie ReyPatrick Bachmann OriginalPaper 22 April 2009 Pages: 1633 - 1640
Superficial Soft Tissue Sarcomas of the Extremities and Trunk Anja LachenmayerQin YangMatthias Peiper ReviewPaper 09 May 2009 Pages: 1641 - 1649
Modified Maximal Thymectomy for Thymic Epithelial Tumors: Predictors of Survival and Neurological Outcome in Patients with Thymomatous Myasthenia Gravis Christos ProkakisEfstratios KoletsisDimitrios Dougenis OriginalPaper 09 June 2009 Pages: 1650 - 1658
Disease-Free Survival and Prognostic Significance of Metastatic Lymph Node Ratio in T1-T2 N Positive Breast Cancer Patients. A Population Registry-Based Study in a European Country David Martinez-RamosJavier Escrig-SosJose Luis Salvador-Sanchis OriginalPaper 02 June 2009 Pages: 1659 - 1664
When Initial Postexcision PTH Level Does Not Fall Appropriately During Parathyroidectomy: What to Do Next? Patrick B. O’NealVitaliy PoylinPer-Olof Hasselgren OriginalPaper 04 June 2009 Pages: 1665 - 1673
Endoscopic Total Parathyroidectomy and Partial Parathyroid Tissue Autotransplantation for Patients with Secondary Hyperparathyroidism: A New Surgical Approach Yueming SunHuihua CaiYi Miao OriginalPaper Open access 17 June 2009 Pages: 1674 - 1679
Is Routine Dissection of Level II-B and V-A Necessary in Patients with Papillary Thyroid Cancer Undergoing Lateral Neck Dissection for FNA-Confirmed Metastases in Other Levels Tarik FarragFrank LinRalph P. Tufano OriginalPaper 09 June 2009 Pages: 1680 - 1683
Prophylactic Thoracic Duct Mass Ligation Prevents Chylothorax After Transthoracic Esophagectomy for Cancer Matteo CagolAlberto RuolErmanno Ancona OriginalPaper 17 June 2009 Pages: 1684 - 1686
Pattern of Lymph Node Involvement in Proximal Gastric Cancer Shinji IshikawaShinya ShimadaHideo Baba OriginalPaper 02 June 2009 Pages: 1687 - 1692
High-Frequency Gastric Electrical Stimulation for the Treatment of Gastroparesis: A Meta-Analysis Gregory O’GradyJohn U. EgbujiJohn A. Windsor ReviewPaper 09 June 2009 Pages: 1693 - 1701
Partial Splenic Embolization Versus Splenectomy for the Management of Hypersplenism in Cirrhotic Patients Mahmoud A. AminMohamed M. El GendyTalal A. Amer ReviewPaper 10 June 2009 Pages: 1702 - 1710
Value of MELD and MELD-Based Indices in Surgical Risk Evaluation of Cirrhotic Patients: Retrospective Analysis of 190 Cases Beatriz P. CostaF. Castro SousaCésar Carvalho Original Paper 10 June 2009 Pages: 1711 - 1719
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Gallbladder Disease in Patients with Severe Cardiovascular Disease Yu-Yin LiuChun-Nan YehMiin-Fu Chen OriginalPaper 14 May 2009 Pages: 1720 - 1726
Clinical Implications of an Aberrant Right Hepatic Artery in Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy Jae-Myeong LeeYoung-Joo LeeMyung-Wook Kim OriginalPaper 21 May 2009 Pages: 1727 - 1732
Risk Factors for Complications After Laparoscopic Surgery in Colorectal Cancer Patients: Experience of 401 Cases at a Single Institution Koya HidaTakashi YamaguchiYoshiharu Sakai OriginalPaper 09 June 2009 Pages: 1733 - 1740
Factors Associated with Local Recurrence After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation with Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer Nam-Kyu KimYoung-Wan KimChang-Hwan Cho OriginalPaper 04 June 2009 Pages: 1741 - 1749
Oncologic Outcome of Intersphincteric Resection for Very Low Rectal Cancer Norio SaitoMasanori SugitoNozomi Minagawa OriginalPaper 02 June 2009 Pages: 1750 - 1756
Multimodal Perioperative Rehabilitation for Colonic Surgery in the Elderly B. RumstadtN. GuentherW. Schwenk OriginalPaper 19 May 2009 Pages: 1757 - 1763
The Role of the Platelet-Rich Plasma in Accelerating the Wound-Healing Process and Recovery in Patients Being Operated for Pilonidal Sinus Disease: Preliminary Results Michail SpyridakisGregory ChristodoulidisKonstantinos Tepetes OriginalPaper 08 May 2009 Pages: 1764 - 1769
Role of Platelet-Rich Plasma in Accelerating the Wound-Healing Process and Recovery in Patients Undergoing Operation for Pilonidal Sinus Disease: Preliminary Results Jonathan Efron Invited Commentary 04 June 2009 Pages: 1770 - 1771
Endovascular Stent-Graft Repair of Mycotic Aneurysms of the Aorta: A Case Series with a 22-Month Follow-Up Tao ZhouDaqiao GuoYuqi Wang OriginalPaper 19 May 2009 Pages: 1772 - 1778
Primary Common Bile Duct Closure Is Safe Following Emergency and Elective Exploration Nikhil PawaMatthew G. Tutton Letter 17 April 2009 Pages: 1779 - 1779
Spontaneous Hemothorax: What is in a Name? Calvin S. H. NgKristine K. Y. PangMalcolm J. Underwood Letter 11 April 2009 Pages: 1780 - 1781
Mirizzi Syndrome: Diagnosis, Treatment and a Plea for a Simplified Classification Cesar A. Solis-Caxaj Letter 20 February 2009 Pages: 1783 - 1784
Acute Care Surgery. A Guide for General Surgeons, V. H. Gracias, M. G. McKenney, P. M. Reilly, G. C. Velmahos Roger Saadia BookReview 09 June 2009 Pages: 1788 - 1788
