Lack of Uniformity in Levels of Evidence and Recommendation Grades in Surgical Oncology Guidelines Haejin InCaprice C. Greenberg EditorialNotes 28 April 2012 Pages: 2273 - 2275
Call-associated Acute Fatigue in Surgical Residents—Subjective Perception or Objective Fact? A Cross-sectional Observational Study to Examine the Influence of Fatigue on Surgical Performance Katja SchlosserKatja MaschuwDetlef Klaus Bartsch OriginalPaper 30 June 2012 Pages: 2276 - 2287
Regenerative Surgery: Tissue Engineering in General Surgical Practice Victor W. WongDerrick C. WanMichael T. Longaker ReviewPaper 10 July 2012 Pages: 2288 - 2299
Tissue Banking in a Regional Hospital: A Promising Future Concept? First Report on Fresh Frozen Tissue Banking in a Hospital Without an Integrated Institute of Pathology Marco von Strauss und TorneyUlrich GüllerMarkus Zuber OriginalPaper 26 May 2012 Pages: 2300 - 2304
Wound Healing after Open Appendectomies in Adult Patients: A Prospective, Randomised Trial Comparing Two Methods of Wound Closure S. KotaluotoS.-L. PauniahoT. Rantanen OriginalPaper 06 June 2012 Pages: 2305 - 2310
Preservation Versus Division of Ilioinguinal Nerve on Open Mesh Repair of Inguinal Hernia: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Wayne HsuChing-Shyang ChenKa-Wai Tam OriginalPaper 30 May 2012 Pages: 2311 - 2319
Prospective Evaluation of In-hospital Mortality with the P-POSSUM Scoring System in Patients Undergoing Major Digestive Surgery Féthi MeradGabriel BaronJean-Marie Hay OriginalPaper 22 June 2012 Pages: 2320 - 2327
Effect of Anesthetic Methods on Cerebral Oxygen Saturation in Elderly Surgical Patients: Prospective, Randomized, Observational Study Aerina LeeSung-Hoon KimJai-Hyun Hwang OriginalPaper 27 June 2012 Pages: 2328 - 2334
Key Performance Indicators in an Acute Surgical Unit: Have We Made an Impact? Li HseeMarcelo DevaudIan Civil OriginalPaper 07 June 2012 Pages: 2335 - 2340
Guided Treatment Improves Outcome of Patients with Enterocutaneous Fistulas Ruben G. J. VisschersWim G. van GemertSteven W. M. Olde Damink OriginalPaper Open access 06 June 2012 Pages: 2341 - 2348
A Meta-Analysis of Perioperative Outcomes of Laparoscopic Splenectomy for Hematological Disorders Yan-Nan BaiHui JiangPankaj Prasoon OriginalPaper 04 July 2012 Pages: 2349 - 2358
Strengthening Surgical Services at the Soum (First-referral) Hospital: The WHO Emergency and Essential Surgical Care (EESC) Program in Mongolia Jaymie A. HenrySergelen OrgoiBeat Kehrer OriginalPaper 07 June 2012 Pages: 2359 - 2370
Trauma Care in Africa: A Status Report From Botswana, Guided by the World Health Organization’s “Guidelines for Essential Trauma Care” Terje Peder Hanche-OlsenLulseged AlemuKari S. Hansen OriginalPaper 08 June 2012 Pages: 2371 - 2383
Camel-Related Injuries: Prospective Study of 212 Patients Fikri M. Abu-ZidanAshraf F. HefnyFrank J. Branicki OriginalPaper 12 June 2012 Pages: 2384 - 2389
A Novel Esophageal-preserving Approach to Treat High-grade Dysplasia and Superficial Adenocarcinoma in the Presence of Chronic Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Toshitaka HoppoStephen F. BadylakBlair A. Jobe BriefCommunication 27 June 2012 Pages: 2390 - 2393
Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy with D2 Lymphadenectomy for Advanced Gastric Cancer Ju-Hee LeeSang-Hoon AhnHan-Kwang Yang OriginalPaper 07 June 2012 Pages: 2394 - 2399
Definition and Classification of Complications of Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer Based on the Accordion Severity Grading System Mi Ran JungYoung Kyu ParkSeong Yeob Ryu OriginalPaper 03 July 2012 Pages: 2400 - 2411
Surgical Indications for Gastrectomy Combined with Distal or Partial Pancreatectomy in Patients with Gastric Cancer Yasuo SakamotoYoshihisa SakaguchiTakeshi Okamura OriginalPaper 15 June 2012 Pages: 2412 - 2419
Tolerance of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Tan To CheungFerdinand S. K. ChuSheung Tat Fan OriginalPaper Open access 15 June 2012 Pages: 2420 - 2427
The Clinical Study of Precise Hemihepatectomy Guided by Middle Hepatic Vein Yudong QiuXinhua ZhuYitao Ding OriginalPaper 20 June 2012 Pages: 2428 - 2435
Storage Age of Transfused Red Blood Cells During Liver Transplantation and Its Intraoperative and Postoperative Effects Jun ChenTerry SinghaprichaVictor W. Xia OriginalPaper 20 June 2012 Pages: 2436 - 2442
Early Steroid Withdrawal Regimen Prevents New-Onset Diabetes Mellitus in Old-Age Recipients After Living Donor Liver Transplantation Young-Kyu KimKwang-Woong LeeSang-Jae Park OriginalPaper 07 June 2012 Pages: 2443 - 2448
Impact of Posttransplant Portosystemic Shunts on Liver Transplantation Yukihiro SanadaKoichi MizutaYoshikazu Yasuda OriginalPaper 29 June 2012 Pages: 2449 - 2454
Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration in Patients with Complicated Cholecystitis: a Safety and Feasibility Study Hung-Chieh LoYu-Chun WangChi-Hsun Hsieh OriginalPaper 23 June 2012 Pages: 2455 - 2460
Pancreas-Sparing Total Duodenectomy for Ampullary Duodenal Neoplasms John A. StaufferCameron D. AdkissonHoracio J. Asbun OriginalPaper 12 June 2012 Pages: 2461 - 2472
Fast-Track for the Modern Colorectal Department Rishabh SehgalArnold HillRonan A. Cahill ReviewPaper 27 June 2012 Pages: 2473 - 2480
Long-term Outcome of Local Excision after Complete Pathological Response to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Therapy for Rectal Cancer Nidal IssaAlejandro MurninkasZeev Dreznick OriginalPaper 27 June 2012 Pages: 2481 - 2487
Comparable Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality After Laparoscopic and Open Emergent Restorative Colectomy: Outcomes From the ACS NSQIP Nikiforos BallianNatalie WeisenselGregory D. Kennedy OriginalPaper 27 June 2012 Pages: 2488 - 2496
A Review of Risk Factors and Timing for Postoperative Hematoma After Thyroidectomy: Is Outpatient Thyroidectomy Really Safe? Brian Hung-Hin LangPatricia Chun-Ling YihChung-Yau Lo OriginalPaper Open access 20 June 2012 Pages: 2497 - 2502
Early Postoperative Vocal Function Evaluation After Thyroidectomy Using Thyroidectomy Related Voice Questionnaire Byung-Joon ChunJa-Sung BaeDong-Il Sun OriginalPaper 08 June 2012 Pages: 2503 - 2508
Preoperative Ultrasonography Assessment of Vocal Cord Movement During Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Shih-Ping ChengJie-Jen LeeChien-Liang Liu OriginalPaper 12 June 2012 Pages: 2509 - 2515
A New Classification of Positive Sestamibi and Ultrasound Scans in Parathyroid Localization Orhan AgcaogluShamil AliyevEren Berber OriginalPaper 07 June 2012 Pages: 2516 - 2521
Value of Adrenal Venous Sampling for Lesion Localization in Primary Aldosteronism Eun Mee OhKyu Eun LeeYeo-Kyu Youn OriginalPaper 27 June 2012 Pages: 2522 - 2527
Effect of Triclosan-Coated Sutures on the Incidence of Surgical Wound Infection After Lower Limb Revascularization Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial Johanna TurtiainenEija I. T. SaimanenTapio Hakala OriginalPaper 23 May 2012 Pages: 2528 - 2534
Effect of Triclosan-Coated Sutures on Incidence of Surgical Wound Infection after Lower Limb Revascularization Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. By Turtiainen et al. DOI:10.1007/s00268-012-1655-4 Paul Rogers Invited Commentary 20 July 2012 Pages: 2535 - 2536
Avenzoar (1092–1162 AD) and Averroes (1126–1198 AD): Andalusian Muslim Physicians Samad E. J. GolzariMir Mousa MirinejadKamyar Ghabili Letter 06 July 2012 Pages: 2537 - 2537
Avenzoar (1092–1162 ad) and Averroes (1126–1198 ad) and Origin of the Cannula for Tracheotomy: Reply Paolo MissoriMaurizio Domenicucci Letter 23 August 2012 Pages: 2538 - 2538
Diagnosing Appendicitis at Different Time Points in Children with Right Lower Quadrant Pain: Comparison Between Pediatric Appendicitis Score and the Alvarado Score Rahman SenocakOner Mentes Letter 28 April 2012 Pages: 2539 - 2539
Diagnosing Appendicitis at Different Time Points in Children with Right Lower Quadrant Pain: Comparison Between Pediatric Appendicitis Score and the Alvarado Score: Reply Han-Ping WuYun-Ching Fu Letter 29 June 2012 Pages: 2540 - 2540
Inclusion of Predeposit Autologous Blood Donation and 33 % Hypertonic Saline Solution in the Surgical Management of Patients with Peritoneal Echinococcosis Edoardo VirgilioTommaso BocchettiGenoveffa Balducci Letter 27 April 2012 Pages: 2541 - 2542
The Only Warrant of Peritoneal Hydatid Cyst Surgery Success Is the Best Choice of the Safest Surgical Approach: Reply Mohammed Anass MajbarAmine SouadkaMohamed Ahallat Letter 21 June 2012 Pages: 2543 - 2544