Editorial Policy on Co-authorship of Articles from Low- and Middle-Income Countries Adam L. KushnerPatrick KyamanywaJohn G. Hunter EditorialNotes 08 September 2011 Pages: 2367 - 2368
Comparison between Laparoscopy and Noninvasive Tests for the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Peritonitis Kwang Dae HongSun Il LeeHong Young Moon OriginalPaper 01 September 2011 Pages: 2369 - 2375
Comparison between Laparoscopy and Noninvasive Tests for the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Peritonitis B. Ramana Invited Commentary 09 September 2011 Pages: 2376 - 2376
Global Financial Crisis and Surgical Practice: The Greek Paradigm Nikolaos P. KaridisDimitrios DimitroulisGregory Kouraklis OriginalPaper 31 August 2011 Pages: 2377 - 2381
Slit versus Non-slit Mesh Placement in Total Extraperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair Noam DomnizZvi Howard PerryBoris Kirshtein OriginalPaper 21 September 2011 Pages: 2382 - 2386
Slit versus Non-slit Mesh Placement in Total Extraperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair Danny Rosin Invited Commentary 09 September 2011 Pages: 2387 - 2388
Risk Factors for Mesh-related Infections After Hernia Repair Surgery: A Meta-analysis of Cohort Studies Michael N. MavrosStavros AthanasiouMatthew E. Falagas ReviewPaper 13 September 2011 Pages: 2389 - 2398
Components Separation Technique Combined with a Double-Mesh Repair for Large Midline Incisional Hernia Repair Mirelle BrökerEmiel VerdaasdonkTom Karsten BriefCommunication Open access 01 September 2011 Pages: 2399 - 2402
Catheter Fracture of Intravenous Ports and its Management Ching-Yang WuJui-Ying FuHung-Chang Hsieh OriginalPaper 01 September 2011 Pages: 2403 - 2410
Increased Aortic Stiffness Can Predict Perioperative Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac, Nonvascular Surgery Murat BitekerDursun DumanErkan İlhan OriginalPaper 09 September 2011 Pages: 2411 - 2416
Large Clinical Experience of Primary Angiosarcoma of the Breast in a Single Korean Medical Institute Soo Youn BaeMin-Young ChoiJung-Hyun Yang OriginalPaper 01 September 2011 Pages: 2417 - 2421
Outcome of Surgery for Primary Hyperaldosteronism Jens WaldmannLisa MaurerPeter Langer OriginalPaper 01 September 2011 Pages: 2422 - 2427
The Surgical Treatment of Graves’ Disease in Children and Adolescents C. ChiapponiU. StockerR. Ladurner OriginalPaper 31 August 2011 Pages: 2428 - 2431
Lithium-Associated Hyperparathyroidism: Surgical Strategies in the Era of Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy Anita R. SkandarajahF. Fausto PalazzoJean-François Henry OriginalPaper 31 August 2011 Pages: 2432 - 2439
Effects of Time on Ultrastructural Integrity of Parathyroid Tissue Before Cryopreservation Carlos Eduardo Santa Ritta BarreiraCláudio Roberto CerneaFábio Luiz de Menezes Montenegro OriginalPaper 13 September 2011 Pages: 2440 - 2444
Efficacy and Feasibility of Laparoscopic Redo Fundoplication Lokesh BathlaAndras LegnerSumeet Mittal OriginalPaper 14 September 2011 Pages: 2445 - 2453
Community-acquired Pneumonia during Long-term Follow-up of Patients after Radical Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: Analysis of Incidence and Associated Risk Factors Takaaki HanyuTatsuo KandaKatsuyoshi Hatakeyama OriginalPaper 01 September 2011 Pages: 2454 - 2462
Laparoscopy-assisted Proximal Gastrectomy with Sentinel Node Mapping for Early Gastric Cancer Hiroya TakeuchiTakashi OyamaYuko Kitagawa OriginalPaper 01 September 2011 Pages: 2463 - 2471
Factors Associated with Recurrence Within 2 Years After Curative Surgery for Gastric Adenocarcinoma Cheng-Yu ChiangKuo-Hung HuangShih-Hwa Chiou OriginalPaper 31 August 2011 Pages: 2472 - 2478
Surgical Impact on Gastric Cancer with Locoregional Invasion Kuan-Kai LaiWen-Liang FangAnna Fen-Yau Li OriginalPaper 01 September 2011 Pages: 2479 - 2484
Community-based Evaluation of Laparoscopic versus Open Simple Closure of Perforated Peptic Ulcers Kazuaki KuwabaraShinya MatsudaKenji Fujimori OriginalPaper 14 September 2011 Pages: 2485 - 2492
Liver Packing During Elective Surgery: An Option that can be Considered Marc Antoine AllardFederica DonderoOlivier Farges OriginalPaper 20 May 2011 Pages: 2493 - 2498
Liver Packing in Elective Surgery: “Calculated Retreat is not Defeat” Anil K. Agarwal Invited Commentary 17 September 2011 Pages: 2499 - 2500
Staging of Peripheral-Type Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Appraisal of the New TNM Classification and its Modifications Tsuyoshi IgamiTomoki EbataMasato Nagino OriginalPaper 31 August 2011 Pages: 2501 - 2509
Management of Acute Non-cirrhotic and Non-malignant Portal Vein Thrombosis: A Systematic Review T. C. HallG. GarceaA. R. Dennison ReviewPaper 01 September 2011 Pages: 2510 - 2520
Intraoperative Ultrasound with Contrast Medium in Resective Pancreatic Surgery: A Pilot Study Antonino SpinelliDaniele Del FabbroMarco Montorsi OriginalPaper 01 September 2011 Pages: 2521 - 2527
Predicting Distant Metastasis in Patients With Suspected Pancreatic and Periampullary Tumors for Selective Use of Staging Laparoscopy Annelie SlaarWietse J. EshuisDirk J. Gouma OriginalPaper 01 September 2011 Pages: 2528 - 2534
Distal Pancreatectomy with Celiac Axis Resection for Carcinoma of the Body and Tail of the Pancreas Yu TakahashiYuji KaneokaMasatoshi Isogai OriginalPaper 08 September 2011 Pages: 2535 - 2542
Post-pancreaticoduodenectomy Hemorrhage. Incidence, Diagnosis, and Treatment M. J. Mañas-GómezR. Rodríguez-RevueltoR. Charco-Torra ReviewPaper 01 September 2011 Pages: 2543 - 2548
Ischemic Colitis: Clinical Presentation, Localization in Relation to Risk Factors, and Long-Term Results Philippe M. GlauserPetra WermuthChristoph A. Maurer OriginalPaper 01 September 2011 Pages: 2549 - 2554
Risk Factor Analysis of Postoperative Complications After Robotic Rectal Cancer Surgery Jeonghyun KangByung Soh MinKang Young Lee OriginalPaper 13 September 2011 Pages: 2555 - 2562
Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Medications: Efficient and Safe Treatment Following Video-Assisted Pleurodesis for Spontaneous Pneumothorax Alon Ben-NunNir GolanMichalle Soudack OriginalPaper 01 September 2011 Pages: 2563 - 2567
Conservative and Surgical Treatment of Acute Posttraumatic Tracheobronchial Injuries Angelo CarrettaGiulio MelloniPiero Zannini OriginalPaper 08 September 2011 Pages: 2568 - 2574
Outcome after Open Repair of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Patients >80 Years Old: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Robert A. PolMichel M. P. J. ReijnenClark J. Zeebregts Letter Open access 16 August 2011 Pages: 2575 - 2576
Outcome after Open Repair of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Patients >80 Years Old: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: Reply Fausto Biancari Letter 08 September 2011 Pages: 2577 - 2577
Evaluation of Current Devices in Single-Incision Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery B. VestweberE. StraubK.-H. Vestweber Letter 01 September 2011 Pages: 2578 - 2579
Evaluation of Current Devices in Single-Incision Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery: A Preliminary Experience in 32 Consecutive Cases: Reply Min Hoe ChewMark Te-Ching WongChoong-Leong Tang Letter 16 September 2011 Pages: 2580 - 2581