Evidence-Based Surgery: Barriers, Solutions, and the Role of Evidence Synthesis George GarasAmel IbrahimThanos Athanasiou OriginalPaper 26 April 2012 Pages: 1723 - 1731
Comparison of Fresh-Frozen Cadaver and High-Fidelity Virtual Reality Simulator as Methods of Laparoscopic Training Mitesh SharmaAlan Horgan OriginalPaper 07 April 2012 Pages: 1732 - 1737
Effects of Preoperative Oral Carbohydrate Supplementation on Postoperative Metabolic Stress Response of Patients Undergoing Elective Abdominal Surgery Jacopo ViganòEmanuele CeredaPaolo Dionigi OriginalPaper 07 April 2012 Pages: 1738 - 1743
Diagnostic Role of Procalcitonin in Patients with Suspected Appendicitis Jiunn-Yih WuHang-Cheng ChenShy-Shin Chang OriginalPaper 11 April 2012 Pages: 1744 - 1749
Role of Antibiotic Therapy in Mild Acute Calculus Cholecystitis: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial Haggi MazehIdo MizrahiAhmed Eid OriginalPaper 29 March 2012 Pages: 1750 - 1759
A Preliminary Comparison Study of Two Noncrosslinked Biologic Meshes Used in Complex Ventral Hernia Repairs Mona JanfazaMaureen MartinRuby Skinner OriginalPaper 31 March 2012 Pages: 1760 - 1764
Open Abdomen Treatment with Dynamic Sutures and Topical Negative Pressure Resulting in a High Primary Fascia Closure Rate Reinhold Kafka-RitschMatthias ZittAlexander Perathoner OriginalPaper 07 April 2012 Pages: 1765 - 1771
Biochemical Profile and Outcomes in Trauma Patients Subjected to Open Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Prospective Observational Pilot Study Beat SchnürigerPeep TalvingDemetrios Demetriades OriginalPaper 10 April 2012 Pages: 1772 - 1778
Esophagogastric Trauma in Scotland Richard J. E. SkipworthOlivia M. B. McBrideSimon Paterson-Brown OriginalPaper 20 April 2012 Pages: 1779 - 1784
Does Obesity Affect Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Esophagectomy for Cancer? A Meta-analysis Babar KayaniKoji OkabayashiEmmanouil Zacharakis OriginalPaper 24 April 2012 Pages: 1785 - 1795
Circular Stapler Size and Risk of Anastomotic Complications in Gastroduodenostomy for Gastric Cancer Dae Hoon KimCheong Ah OhSung Kim OriginalPaper 21 April 2012 Pages: 1796 - 1799
The Clinical Value of Non-curative Resection Followed by Chemotherapy for Incurable Gastric Cancer Kyung Jai KoJung Ho ShimKyo Young Song OriginalPaper 27 March 2012 Pages: 1800 - 1805
Clinical Significance of Gastric Cancer Surveillance in Renal Transplant Recipients In-Seob LeeTae-Hwan KimDuck-Jong Han OriginalPaper 24 April 2012 Pages: 1806 - 1810
Patients with Multiple Hepatocellular Carcinomas Within the UCSF Criteria Have Outcomes After Curative Resection Similar to Patients Within the BCLC Early-Stage Criteria Wen-Chao ZhaoNing YangGuang-Shun Yang OriginalPaper 24 April 2012 Pages: 1811 - 1823
Impact of Preoperative α-Fetoprotein Level on Disease-Free Survival After Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Fabrice MuscariJean-Pascal GuinardBertrand Suc OriginalPaper 25 April 2012 Pages: 1824 - 1831
Timing of Two-stage Liver Resection during Chemotherapy for Otherwise Unresectable Colorectal Metastases Kuniya TanakaTakafumi KumamotoItaru Endo OriginalPaper 07 April 2012 Pages: 1832 - 1841
Preoperative Cholangitis and Metastatic Lymph Node Have a Negative Impact on Survival After Resection of Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer Jai Young ChoHo-Seong HanHaeryoung Kim OriginalPaper 20 April 2012 Pages: 1842 - 1847
Prolonged Portal Triad Clamping Increases Postoperative Sepsis after Major Hepatectomy in Patients with Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome and/or Steatohepatitis Masato NaritaElie OussoultzoglouPhilippe Bachellier OriginalPaper 29 March 2012 Pages: 1848 - 1857
Preoperative Pancreas CT/MRI Characteristics Predict Fistula Rate after Pancreaticoduodenectomy F. FrozanporL. LoizouN. Albiin OriginalPaper 27 March 2012 Pages: 1858 - 1865
Stapler and Nonstapler Closure of the Pancreatic Remnant After Distal Pancreatectomy: Multicenter Retrospective Analysis of 388 Patients Daisuke BanKazuaki ShimadaKatsuhiko Uesaka OriginalPaper 24 April 2012 Pages: 1866 - 1873
Fast-Track Surgery Improves Postoperative Clinical Recovery and Immunity After Elective Surgery for Colorectal Carcinoma: Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Dongjie YangWeiling HeYulong He OriginalPaper Open access 24 April 2012 Pages: 1874 - 1880
MicroRNAs: Relevant Tools for a Colorectal Surgeon? Oliver PeacockAndrew C. LeeJonathan N. Lund ReviewPaper 24 April 2012 Pages: 1881 - 1892
Is Intravenous Iron Useful for Reducing Transfusions in Surgically Treated Colorectal Cancer Patients? José Carlos Titos-ArcosVictoriano Soria-AledoEnrique Pellicer-Franco OriginalPaper 03 May 2012 Pages: 1893 - 1897
Diagnostic Value of FDG-PET/CT for Lymph Node Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer Jae Young KwakJae Seung KimJin Cheon Kim OriginalPaper 13 April 2012 Pages: 1898 - 1905
Evaluation of Lymph Nodes in Patients with Colon Cancer Undergoing Colon Resection: A Population-based Study Yun-Jau ChangYao-Jen ChangMei-Shu Lai OriginalPaper 07 April 2012 Pages: 1906 - 1914
Incidence and Risk Factors of the Intraoperative Localization Failure of Nonpalpable Breast Lesions by Radio-guided Occult Lesion Localization: A Retrospective Analysis of 579 Cases Sergio BernardiSerena BertozziArnalda Carbone OriginalPaper 18 April 2012 Pages: 1915 - 1921
Decreased Total MKP-1 Protein Levels Predict Poor Prognosis in Breast Cancer Ming-Feng HouChien-Wei ChangYao-Tsung Yeh OriginalPaper 01 May 2012 Pages: 1922 - 1932
Risk Factors for Medically Treated Hypocalcemia after Surgery for Graves’ Disease: A Swedish Multicenter Study of 1,157 Patients P. HallgrimssonE. NordenströmA. O. J. Bergenfelz OriginalPaper 04 April 2012 Pages: 1933 - 1942
Management of Grave’s Disease Is Improved by Total Thyroidectomy Maria AnnerboPeter StålbergPer Hellman OriginalPaper 01 May 2012 Pages: 1943 - 1946
Endocrine Surgeon-Performed US Guided Thyroid FNAC is Accurate and Efficient Dhafir Al-azawiG. Bruce MannJulie A. Miller OriginalPaper 18 April 2012 Pages: 1947 - 1952
The Role of Simple Renal Cysts, Abdominal Wall Hernia, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease as Predictive Factors for Aortoiliac Aneurysmatic Disease Georgios A. PitouliasKonstantinos P. DonasDimitrios K. Papadimitriou OriginalPaper 27 April 2012 Pages: 1953 - 1957
Feasibility of Emergency Laparoscopic Colectomy for Children with Acute Colonic Perforations and Fibropurulent Peritonitis Yu-Tang ChangJui-Ying LeeJaw-Yuan Wang OriginalPaper 03 April 2012 Pages: 1958 - 1962
Success and Failure for Children Born with Facial Clefts in Africa: A 15-Year Follow-up Anthony S. de Buys RoessinghMirko DolciJudith Hohlfeld OriginalPaper 27 April 2012 Pages: 1963 - 1969
A Tool and Index to Assess Surgical Capacity in Low Income Countries: An Initial Implementation in Sierra Leone Reinou S. GroenThaim B. KamaraAdam L. Kushner OriginalPaper 10 April 2012 Pages: 1970 - 1977
Trauma Quality Improvement in Low and Middle Income Countries of the Asia–Pacific Region: A Mixed Methods Study Henry Thomas StelfoxManjul JoshipuraRussell L. Gruen OriginalPaper 13 April 2012 Pages: 1978 - 1992
Francis Sibson (1814–1876): The Unsung Hero of Modern Surgery and Anesthesia Stephen OsiroErin DownsMarios Loukas OriginalPaper 30 March 2012 Pages: 1993 - 1997
Surgery, Fame, and Misfortune: The Life of Bronisław Kader Anita Magowska OriginalPaper Open access 10 April 2012 Pages: 1998 - 2002