Addressing the Global Burden of Surgical Disease: Proceedings from the 2nd Annual Symposium at the American College of Surgeons R. Serene PerkinsKathleen M. CaseyK. A. Kelly McQueen EditorialNotes 30 December 2009 Pages: 371 - 373
Key Concepts for Estimating the Burden of Surgical Conditions and the Unmet Need for Surgical Care Stephen BicklerDoruk OzgedizDean Jamison OriginalPaper Open access 28 October 2009 Pages: 374 - 380
Developing Priorities for Addressing Surgical Conditions Globally: Furthering the Link Between Surgery and Public Health Policy Charles MockMeena CherianKelly McQueen OriginalPaper 30 October 2009 Pages: 381 - 385
Improving Surgical Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Pivotal Role for the World Health Organization Stephen W. BicklerDavid Spiegel OriginalPaper Open access 30 October 2009 Pages: 386 - 390
Estimation of Impact of Surgical Disease Through Economic Modeling of Cleft Lip and Palate Care D. Scott Corlew OriginalPaper 22 August 2009 Pages: 391 - 396
The Provision of Surgical Care by International Organizations in Developing Countries: A Preliminary Report K. A. Kelly McQueenJoseph A. HyderKathleen M. Casey OriginalPaper 15 August 2009 Pages: 397 - 402
Surgical Outcomes Auditing Systems in Humanitarian Organizations Luis BermudezVictoria CarterRuben Ayala OriginalPaper 17 October 2009 Pages: 403 - 410
Surgeons Without Borders: A Brief History of Surgery at Médecins Sans Frontières Kathryn ChuPeter RosseelPierre Gielis ReviewPaper 12 August 2009 Pages: 411 - 414
Comparative Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Two MSF Surgical Trauma Centers Richard A. GosselinAndreu MaldonadoGreg Elder OriginalPaper Open access 22 September 2009 Pages: 415 - 419
Cleft Lip and Palate as a Cost-effective Health Care Treatment in the Developing World William P. Magee Jr.Richard Vander BurgKristin Ward Hatcher OriginalPaper 09 January 2010 Pages: 420 - 427
Survey of Emergency and Surgical Capacity in the Conflict-Affected Regions of Sri Lanka Breena R. TairaMeena N. CherianMohan DeSilva OriginalPaper 22 October 2009 Pages: 428 - 432
“Blitz Surgery”: Redefining Surgical Needs, Training, and Practice in Sub-Saharan Africa Peter M. Nthumba OriginalPaper 10 October 2009 Pages: 433 - 437
Global Anesthesia Workforce Crisis: A Preliminary Survey Revealing Shortages Contributing to Undesirable Outcomes and Unsafe Practices Gerald DubowitzSarah DetlefsK. A. Kelly McQueen ReviewPaper Open access 01 October 2009 Pages: 438 - 444
Impact of Parallel Anesthesia and Surgical Provider Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Model for a Resource-poor Setting Mark NewtonPeter Bird OriginalPaper 02 September 2009 Pages: 445 - 452
Ten Years of Experience Training Non-Physician Anesthesia Providers in Haiti Peter RosseelMiguel TrellesKathryn Chu OriginalPaper 06 August 2009 Pages: 453 - 458
Role of Collaborative Academic Partnerships in Surgical Training, Education, and Provision Robert RivielloDoruk OzgedizJohn Tarpley OriginalPaper Open access 05 January 2010 Pages: 459 - 465
Seven Sins of Humanitarian Medicine David R. WellingJames M. RyanNorman M. Rich OriginalPaper 09 January 2010 Pages: 466 - 470
Emergency and Essential Surgical Services in Afghanistan: Still a Missing Challenge Sandro ContiniAsadullah TaqdeerLuc Noel OriginalPaper 20 January 2010 Pages: 473 - 479
Standard Outpatient Re-Evaluation for Patients Not Admitted to the Hospital After Emergency Department Evaluation for Acute Abdominal Pain Boudewijn R. ToorenvlietRutger F. R. BakkerPaul J. Breslau OriginalPaper Open access 05 January 2010 Pages: 480 - 486
A Comparison of Three Scores to Screen for Delirium on the Surgical Ward Finn M. RadtkeMartin FranckClaudia D. Spies OriginalPaper 12 January 2010 Pages: 487 - 494
Hypo- and Hypernatraemia in Surgical Patients: Is There Room for Improvement? Philip J. J. HerrodSherif AwadDileep N. Lobo OriginalPaper 31 December 2009 Pages: 495 - 499
Evidence-based Guidelines for Perioperative Management of Diabetes in Cardiac and Vascular Surgery Jennifer WongSophia ZoungasHelena Teede OriginalPaper 14 January 2010 Pages: 500 - 513
The Middle Thyroid Vein: Anatomical and Surgical Aspects Gianlorenzo DionigiTerenzio CongiuLuigi Boni OriginalPaper 31 December 2009 Pages: 514 - 520
Paracetamol Reduces Postoperative Pain and Rescue Analgesic Demand After Robot-Assisted Endoscopic Thyroidectomy by the Transaxillary Approach Jeong-Yeon HongWon Oak KimHae Keum Kil OriginalPaper 07 January 2010 Pages: 521 - 526
Prediction of LT4 Replacement Dose to Achieve Euthyroidism in Subjects Undergoing Total Thyroidectomy for Benign Thyroid Disorders Ranjith SukumarAmit AgarwalS. K. Mishra OriginalPaper 01 January 2010 Pages: 527 - 531
An Algorithm Informed by the Parathyroid Hormone Level Reduces Hypocalcemic Complications of Thyroidectomy James E. WisemanMatthew MossanenMichael W. Yeh OriginalPaper Open access 05 January 2010 Pages: 532 - 537
Intraoperative Determination of PTH Concentrations in Fine Needle Tissue Aspirates to Identify Parathyroid Tissue During Parathyroidectomy János HorányiLászló DuffekLászló Romics Jr. OriginalPaper 06 January 2010 Pages: 538 - 543
Implication of Extracapsular Invasion of Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer: Prediction of Nonsentinel Lymph Node Metastasis Takaaki FujiiYasuhiro YanagitaHiroyuki Kuwano OriginalPaper 12 January 2010 Pages: 544 - 548
Structured Ultrasonography Workshop for Breast Surgeons: Is It An Effective Training Tool? Michael T. LawIan C. Bennett OriginalPaper 07 January 2010 Pages: 549 - 554
Predictive Factors Improving Survival After Gastrectomy in Gastric Cancer Patients with Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Masayoshi HiokiNaoto GotohdaTaira Kinoshita OriginalPaper 16 January 2010 Pages: 555 - 562
Significance of Lavage Cytology in Advanced Gastric Cancer Patients Takeo FukagawaHitoshi KataiMitsuru Sasako OriginalPaper 07 January 2010 Pages: 563 - 568
Training Higher Surgical Trainees in Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration Matthew G. TuttonNikhil PawaRoger W. Motson OriginalPaper 09 January 2010 Pages: 569 - 573
Complications Analysis with Postoperative Choledochoscopy for Residual Bile Duct Stones Jing KongShuo-Dong WuSu Yang OriginalPaper 05 January 2010 Pages: 574 - 580
Intrabiliary Rupture of Hepatic Echinococcosis, a Risk Factor for Developing Postoperative Morbidity: A Cohort Study Carlos ManterolaManuel VialJuan Contreras OriginalPaper 20 January 2010 Pages: 581 - 586
Treatment of Perforated Diverticulitis with Generalized Peritonitis: Past, Present, and Future Jefrey VermeulenJohan F. Lange OriginalPaper Open access 06 January 2010 Pages: 587 - 593
The Anatomy of Lateral Ligament of the Rectum and Its Role in Total Mesorectal Excision Moubin LinWeiguo ChenLu Yin OriginalPaper 06 January 2010 Pages: 594 - 598
Surgical Classification of Open Abdomen: Which Clinical Implications? Stefano RauseiGianlorenzo DionigiRenzo Dionigi Letter 16 September 2009 Pages: 599 - 600
Classification, an Important Step to Improve the Management of Patients with an Open Abdomen: Reply to Letter Martin BjörckMichael Cheatham Letter 09 December 2009 Pages: 601 - 601