Defining Surgical Role Models and Their Influence on Career Choice P. RavindraJ. E. F. Fitzgerald OriginalPaper 11 February 2011 Pages: 704 - 709
Surgical Simulation Tasks Challenge Visual Working Memory and Visual-Spatial Ability Differently Marcus SchlickumLeif HedmanLi Felländer-Tsai OriginalPaper 15 February 2011 Pages: 710 - 715
Prediction of Anastomotic Leak and its Prognosis in Digestive Surgery Yoshio HagaYasuo WadaMasakazu Ikenaga OriginalPaper 24 December 2010 Pages: 716 - 722
Clinical, Ultrasonographic, and Pathologic Characteristics of Patients with Chronic Right-lower-quadrant Abdominal Pain that May Benefit from Appendectomy Alain Chichom MefireRobert TchounzouEimo E. Malonga OriginalPaper 08 February 2011 Pages: 723 - 730
Changing Incidence of Acute Appendicitis and Nonspecific Abdominal Pain Between 1987 and 2007 in Finland Imre IlvesHannu E. K. PaajanenPekka J. Miettinen OriginalPaper 15 February 2011 Pages: 731 - 738
Medical Student Surgery Elective in Rural Haiti: A Novel Approach to Satisfying Clerkship Requirements While Providing Surgical Care to an Underserved Population Anthony Chin-QueeLaura WhiteViraj A. Master BriefCommunication 08 February 2011 Pages: 739 - 744
Emergency Surgical Care Delivery in Post-earthquake Haiti: Partners in Health and Zanmi Lasante Experience Thomas McIntyreChristopher D. HughesJohn G. Meara OriginalPaper 20 January 2011 Pages: 745 - 750
Expanding Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy to Rural Mongolia Catherine M. StraubRaymond R. PriceDavaatseren Sergelen OriginalPaper 04 February 2011 Pages: 751 - 759
Promoting Major Pediatric Surgical Care in a Low-Income Country: A 4-Year Experience in Eritrea Alessandro CalistiKibreab BelayClaudio Olivieri OriginalPaper 15 February 2011 Pages: 760 - 766
Prognosis of Patients with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Showing Postoperative Recurrence to the Central Neck Yasuhiro ItoTakuya HigashiyamaAkira Miyauchi OriginalPaper 23 December 2010 Pages: 767 - 772
Influence of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring on Surgeons’ Technique During Thyroidectomy Antoine DuclosJean-Christophe LifanteJean-Louis Peix OriginalPaper 26 January 2011 Pages: 773 - 778
Is Robotic Surgery Superior to Endoscopic and Open Surgeries in Thyroid Cancer? Wan Wook KimJee Soo KimJun-Ho Choe OriginalPaper 21 January 2011 Pages: 779 - 784
Setting the Bar for Laparoscopic Resection of Sporadic Insulinoma Melanie L. RichardsGeoffrey B. ThompsonClive S. Grant OriginalPaper 04 February 2011 Pages: 785 - 789
Is There Any Benefit to Incorporating a Laparoscopic Procedure into Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy? The Impact on Perioperative Results in Patients with Esophageal Cancer Jang-Ming LeeJen-Wei ChengYung-Chie Lee OriginalPaper 15 February 2011 Pages: 790 - 797
Treatment Outcome and Prognosis of Patients with Lymph Node Recurrence of Thoracic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma After Curative Resection Toshiyuki KosugaAtsushi ShiozakiEigo Otsuji OriginalPaper 11 February 2011 Pages: 798 - 804
Effects of Glutamine on Gastrointestinal Motor Activity in Patients following Gastric Surgery Erito MochikiTetsuro OhnoHiroyuki Kuwano OriginalPaper 29 January 2011 Pages: 805 - 810
Changes in the Localization of Perforated Peptic Ulcer and its Relation to Gender and Age of the Patients throughout the Last 45 Years Andrzej WysockiPiotr BudzyńskiWłodzimierz Drożdż BriefCommunication Open access 26 January 2011 Pages: 811 - 816
Clipless Cholecystectomy: Which Sealer Should be Used? Burak KavlakogluRecep PekciciSuleyman Oral OriginalPaper 19 November 2010 Pages: 817 - 823
“Clipless” Cholecystectomy: Evolution Marches On, Even for Lap Chole Lee L. Swanstrom Editorial Perspective 15 February 2011 Pages: 824 - 825
Percutaneous Drainage versus Emergency Cholecystectomy for the Treatment of Acute Cholecystitis in Critically Ill Patients: Does it Matter? E. MelloulA. DenysM. Schäfer OriginalPaper 12 February 2011 Pages: 826 - 833
Selection Criteria for Hepatectomy in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Classified as Child-Pugh Class B Shintaro KurodaHirotaka TashiroHideki Ohdan OriginalPaper 29 December 2010 Pages: 834 - 841
Comparison of Major Hepatectomy Performed Under Intermittent Pringle Maneuver Versus Continuous Pringle Maneuver Coupled with In Situ Hypothermic Perfusion Chih-Chi WangAnthony Q. YapYu-Hung Lin OriginalPaper 08 February 2011 Pages: 842 - 849
Preoperative Biliary MRSA Infection in Patients Undergoing Hepatobiliary Resection with Cholangiojejunostomy: Incidence, Antibiotic Treatment, and Surgical Outcome Daisuke TakaraGen SugawaraMasato Nagino OriginalPaper 15 February 2011 Pages: 850 - 857
A Comparison of Prognosis between Patients with Hepatitis B and C Virus-related Hepatocellular Carcinoma Undergoing Resection Surgery Wei-Yu KaoChien-Wei SuJaw-Ching Wu OriginalPaper 05 January 2011 Pages: 858 - 867
Preoperative Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) is Associated with Reduced Disease-free Survival Following Curative Resection of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma G. GarceaN. LadwaD. P. Berry OriginalPaper 11 February 2011 Pages: 868 - 872
Evaluation of Current Devices in Single-Incision Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery: A Preliminary Experience in 32 Consecutive Cases Min-Hoe ChewMark Te-Ching WongKong-Weng Eu OriginalPaper 12 February 2011 Pages: 873 - 880
Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism in Asian Colorectal Cancer Surgery Patients Song-Soo YangChang Sik YuJin Cheon Kim OriginalPaper 25 January 2011 Pages: 881 - 887
Prognostic Role of Carcinoembryonic Antigen is Influenced by Microsatellite Instability Genotype and Stage in Locally Advanced Colorectal Cancers Kjetil SøreideJon Arne SøreideHartwig Kørner OriginalPaper 08 February 2011 Pages: 888 - 894
Diffusion-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Detecting Lymph Node Metastasis of Rectal Cancer Yo MizukamiShugo UedaArimichi Takabayashi OriginalPaper 15 February 2011 Pages: 895 - 899
Mucosal Advancement Flap Anoplasty for Chronic Anal Fissure Resistant to Conservative Therapy M. OuaïssiU. GigerB. Sastre OriginalPaper 28 January 2011 Pages: 900 - 904
Endarterectomy of the Aneurysm Sac in Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Reduces Perigraft Seroma and Improves Graft Incorporation Thomas WolffMichael T. KollerPeter Stierli OriginalPaper 24 December 2010 Pages: 905 - 910
Predictive Factors of Complications After Surgical Repair of Iatrogenic Femoral Pseudoaneurysms Gabriele PiffarettiGiovanni MariscalcoAndrea Sala OriginalPaper 25 January 2011 Pages: 911 - 916
Pressure at the Bowel Surface during Topical Negative Pressure Therapy of the Open Abdomen: An Experimental Study in a Porcine Model Thordur BjarnasonAgneta MontgomeryUlf Petersson OriginalPaper 11 January 2011 Pages: 917 - 923
A Time-Saving Technique for Specimen Extraction in Sleeve Gastrectomy Attila Csendes Letter 21 October 2010 Pages: 924 - 924
A Time-Saving Technique for Specimen Extraction in Sleeve Gastrectomy: Reply Giovanni CasellaEmanuele SoricelliNicola Basso Letter 21 October 2010 Pages: 925 - 925
Simultaneous Resection of Primary Colorectal Cancer and Synchronous Liver Metastases Georgios GlantzounisChristos S. Katsios Letter 28 October 2010 Pages: 926 - 927
Short and Long Term Outcomes After Simultaneous Resection of Colorectal Malignancies and Synchronous Liver Metastases: Reply Eduardo de SantibañesDiego FernándezErnesto Molmenti Letter 07 December 2010 Pages: 928 - 928
Surgical Flow Disruption: Measurement and Impact of Stressful Events in the Operating Room Latif Al-Hakim Letter 02 December 2010 Pages: 929 - 930
A Systemic Analysis of Disruptions in the Operating Room: Reply Sonal AroraNick Sevdalis Letter 29 December 2010 Pages: 931 - 932
Is Entirely Conservative Management a Correct Strategy for Hemodynamically Stable Patient with a Grade IV Blunt Pancreatic Injury? Paolo MercantiniEdoardo VirgilioVincenzo Ziparo Letter 29 December 2010 Pages: 933 - 934
“Upstream” Chronic Pancreatitis: An Unusual Sequela of Pancreatic Trauma: Reply Giacomo Pata Letter 04 February 2011 Pages: 935 - 936
Foley Catheter Enterostomy for Postoperative Bowel Perforation: an Effective Source Control Sanjay Marwah Letter 15 December 2010 Pages: 937 - 938
T-tube Enterostomy Versus Foley Catheter Enterostomy: Techniques for Different Situations: Reply Anders Tøttrup Letter 12 February 2011 Pages: 939 - 939
Erratum to: Long-Term Outcome of Rives–Stoppa Technique in Complex Ventral Incisional Hernia Repair Mostafa MehrabiAli JangjooHadi Kahrom Retraction Note 12 February 2011 Pages: 940 - 940