Development of a Surgical Capacity Index: Opportunities for Assessment and Improvement Steve KwonT. Peter KinghamAdam Kushner OriginalPaper 16 December 2011 Pages: 232 - 239
Erratum to: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Zambia: Epidemiology of 16 Years of Practice Goran JovicD. Scott CorlewKendra G. Bowman Erratum 17 November 2011 Pages: 240 - 240
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Zambia: Epidemiology of 16 Years of Practice Goran JovicD. Scott CorlewKendra G. Bowman OriginalPaper 02 July 2011 Pages: 241 - 246
A Quarter Century Experience in Liver Trauma: A Plea for Early Computed Tomography and Conservative Management for all Hemodynamically Stable Patients Henrik PetrowskySusanne RaederPierre-Alain Clavien OriginalPaper 15 December 2011 Pages: 247 - 254
Effects of Seat Belt Usage on Injury Pattern and Outcome of Vehicle Occupants After Road Traffic Collisions: Prospective Study Fikri M. Abu-ZidanAlaa K. AbbasMichal Grivna OriginalPaper 21 December 2011 Pages: 255 - 259
Management of Delayed Presentation of a Right-Side Traumatic Diaphragmatic Rupture Ali GunerOmer Faruk OzkanErhan Reis OriginalPaper 07 December 2011 Pages: 260 - 265
Chest X-ray after Tracheostomy Is Not Necessary Unless Clinically Indicated William D. Tobler Jr.Juan R. MellaSuresh Agarwal OriginalPaper 14 December 2011 Pages: 266 - 269
Duration of Time on Intensive Insulin Therapy Predicts Severe Hypoglycemia in the Surgically Critically Ill Population Nathan T. MoweryOliver L. GunterAddison K. May OriginalPaper 24 November 2011 Pages: 270 - 277
Erratum to: Incidence and Prevention of Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism: Are They Meaningful Quality Indicators in Japanese Health Care Settings? Susumu KunisawaHiroshi IkaiYuichi Imanaka Erratum 12 October 2011 Pages: 278 - 279
Incidence and Prevention of Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism: Are They Meaningful Quality Indicators in Japanese Health Care Settings? Susumu KunisawaHiroshi IkaiYuichi Imanaka OriginalPaper 31 August 2011 Pages: 280 - 286
Implications of HER2 Amplification in Small, Node-Negative Breast Cancers: Do Asians Differ? Fuh Yong WongConnie Siew Poh YipEu Tiong Chua OriginalPaper 22 November 2011 Pages: 287 - 294
Axillary and Supraclavicular Recurrences are Rare after Axillary Lymph Node Dissection in Breast Cancer Elina T. SiponenLeila A. VaalavirtaMarjut H. K. Leidenius OriginalPaper 28 December 2011 Pages: 295 - 302
The Importance of Preoperative Laryngeal Examination Before Thyroidectomy and the Usefulness of a Voice Questionnaire in Screening Inn-Chul NamJa-Sung BaeDong-Il Sun OriginalPaper 15 November 2011 Pages: 303 - 309
BRAFV600E Mutation is Associated with Tumor Aggressiveness in Papillary Thyroid Cancer Su-jin KimKyu Eun LeeYeo-Kyu Youn OriginalPaper 22 December 2011 Pages: 310 - 317
Initial Parathyroid Surgery in 606 Patients with Renal Hyperparathyroidism Ralph SchneiderEmily P. SlaterKatja Schlosser OriginalPaper 28 December 2011 Pages: 318 - 326
Successful Gastric Submucosal Tumor Resection Using Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Cooperative Surgery Hironori TsujimotoYoshihisa YaguchiKazuo Hase OriginalPaper 21 December 2011 Pages: 327 - 330
Novel Integrated Robotic Approach for Suprapancreatic D2 Nodal Dissection for Treating Gastric Cancer: Technique and Initial Experience Ichiro UyamaSeiichiro KanayaSeiji Satoh OriginalPaper 01 December 2011 Pages: 331 - 337
Impact of Clinical and Pathohistological Characteristics on the Incidence of Recurrence and Survival in Elderly Patients with Gastric Cancer Yves DittmarFalk RauchfussUtz Settmacher OriginalPaper 29 December 2011 Pages: 338 - 345
Is Pretreatment Endoscopic Biopsy a Good Predictor of Signet Ring Cell Histology in Gastric Carcinoma? Guillaume PiessenDavid AmielhChristophe Mariette OriginalPaper 19 November 2011 Pages: 346 - 354
Clinical Implication of Serosal Change in Pathologic Subserosa-Limited Gastric Cancer Joo Mee KimHun JungMyung Hae Jeon OriginalPaper 07 December 2011 Pages: 355 - 361
Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 4 Detected as a Novel Gastric Cancer Suppressor Gene using Double Combination Array Analysis Daisuke KobayashiShuji NomotoAkimasa Nakao OriginalPaper 30 November 2011 Pages: 362 - 372
Effects of Emptying Function of Remaining Stomach on QOL in Postgastrectomy Patients Masaru HayamiAkiyoshi SeshimoShingo Kameoka OriginalPaper 16 December 2011 Pages: 373 - 378
Reappraisal of Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage Tract Recurrence After Resection of Perihilar Bile Duct Cancer Shin HwangGi-Won SongSung-Gyu Lee OriginalPaper 08 December 2011 Pages: 379 - 385
Survival after Lung Metastasectomy in Colorectal Cancer Patients with Previously Resected Liver Metastases Michel GonzalezJohn Henri RobertPascal Gervaz OriginalPaper 14 December 2011 Pages: 386 - 391
Adverse Outcomes in Patients with Postoperative Ascites after Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Kun-Ming ChanChen-Fang LeeMiin-Fu Chen OriginalPaper 01 December 2011 Pages: 392 - 400
Living Donor Right Hepatectomy Using the Hanging Maneuver by Glisson’s Approach Under the Upper Midline Incision Seong Hoon KimYoung Kyu Kim OriginalPaper 30 November 2011 Pages: 401 - 406
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Program Attenuates Stress and Accelerates Recovery in Patients After Radical Resection for Colorectal Cancer: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial Li RenDexiang ZhuZhaoguang Wu OriginalPaper 19 November 2011 Pages: 407 - 414
Enhanced Recovery Program following Colorectal Resection in the Elderly Patient Nikhil PawaPaul L. CathcartRoger W. Motson OriginalPaper 07 December 2011 Pages: 415 - 423
Risk Factors for Postoperative Recurrence in Patients with Pathologically T1 Colorectal Cancer Shuji IidaHirotoshi HasegawaYuko Kitagawa OriginalPaper 21 December 2011 Pages: 424 - 430
Comparison of Limberg Flap and Tension-Free Primary Closure During Pilonidal Sinus Surgery Ahmet OkuşBarış SevinçMehmet A. Eryılmaz OriginalPaper 05 November 2011 Pages: 431 - 435
Lateral Incision Surgery for Pilonidal Sinus: Death of a Dogma Mark Cheetham Invited Commentary 16 December 2011 Pages: 436 - 436
Changing Pattern of Intestinal Obstruction in Northern Jordan Abdulkareem H. OmariLoiy L. AlkhatibMuhammad R. Khammash OriginalPaper 03 December 2011 Pages: 437 - 440
Epiploic Appendagitis: Is There Need for Surgery to Confirm Diagnosis in Spite of Clinical and Radiological Findings? Mustafa HasbahceciCengiz ErolMehmet Seker OriginalPaper 14 December 2011 Pages: 441 - 446
Technical Feasibility of Robot-Assisted Ventral Hernia Repair Nathan AllisonKen TieuErik Wilson OriginalPaper 23 December 2011 Pages: 447 - 452
Technical Feasibility of a Robotic-Assisted Ventral Hernia Repair Guido Beldi Invited Commentary 29 December 2011 Pages: 453 - 454
Value of the Metastatic Lymph Node Ratio for Predicting the Prognosis of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients Chang-Li WangYue LiBing-Sheng Sun OriginalPaper 21 December 2011 Pages: 455 - 462
A Unique Method for Repairing Intraoperative Pulmonary Air Leakage with Both Polyglycolic Acid Sheets and Fibrin Glue Tokujiro YanoAkira HaroYoshihiko Maehara OriginalPaper 17 November 2011 Pages: 463 - 467
Renal Vein Lengthening Using Gonadal Vein Reduces Surgical Difficulty in Living-Donor Kidney Transplantation Jia-Yu FengChi-Bing HuangGen-Fu Zhang OriginalPaper 01 September 2011 Pages: 468 - 472
Renal Vein Lengthening Using Gonadal Vein Reduces Surgical Difficulty in Living-Donor Kidney Transplantation David Scott Invited Commentary 09 December 2011 Pages: 473 - 474
An Elixir for the Troubled Future of General Surgery in South Africa D. M. FavaraD. Kahn Letter 01 December 2011 Pages: 475 - 476
Value of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Laparoscopy for Abdominal Stab Wounds Martin Brand Letter 09 September 2011 Pages: 477 - 477
Value of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Laparoscopy for Abdominal Stab Wounds: Reply Heng-Fu LinJiann-Ming WuHsin-Chin Shih Letter 03 December 2011 Pages: 478 - 479
The Role of Stress in Optimizing Surgical Performance Adam M. Ali Letter 20 October 2011 Pages: 480 - 480
Clarifying Assumptions about Intraoperative Stress during Surgical Performance: More Than a Stab in the Dark: Reply Mark WilsonNeha MalhotraRich Masters Letter Open access 03 December 2011 Pages: 481 - 482
The Necessity and Reliability of Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) Testing in Patients with Mild Hyperparathyroidism and PTH Levels in the Normal Range Sudhi AgarwalAmit AgarwalGyan Chand Letter 23 September 2011 Pages: 483 - 483
The Necessity and Reliability of Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) Testing in Patients with Mild Hyperparathyroidism and PTH Levels in the Normal Range: Reply Amal AlhefdhiHerbert Chen Letter 16 December 2011 Pages: 484 - 485
Male Gender is a Risk Factor for Recurrent Appendicitis Following Nonoperative Treatment Salomone Di SaverioFederico CoccoliniLuca Ansaloni Letter 23 September 2011 Pages: 486 - 487
Male Gender Is a Risk Factor for Recurrent Appendicitis following Nonoperative Treatment: Reply Wan-Ching LienChien-Jen Chen Letter 01 December 2011 Pages: 488 - 489
Erratum to: Controlled Tissue Expansion in the Initial Management of the Short Bowel State F. MurphyB. A. KhalilA. Morabito Erratum 21 December 2011 Pages: 490 - 490