Prescribing of Sick Leave by Surgeons: A Survey Based on Hypothetical Patient Cases Anni T. KankaanpääMatti K. LaatoRisto J. Tuominen OriginalPaper 07 May 2013 Pages: 2011 - 2017
Prospective Study Examining Clinical Outcomes Associated with a Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System and Barker’s Vacuum Packing Technique Michael L. CheathamDemetrios DemetriadesMichael F. Rotondo OriginalPaper Open access 15 May 2013 Pages: 2018 - 2030
One-Year Follow-up After Open Abdomen Therapy With Vacuum-Assisted Wound Closure and Mesh-Mediated Fascial Traction Thordur BjarnasonA. MontgomeryU. Petersson OriginalPaper 24 May 2013 Pages: 2031 - 2038
Prophylactic Mesh Reinforcement Reduces Stomal Site Incisional Hernia after Ileostomy Closure David Shi Hao LiuElisabeth BanhamSrinivasa Yellapu OriginalPaper 29 May 2013 Pages: 2039 - 2045
Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Technique in the Setting of Complicated Splenectomy: A 9-Year Experience Xin WangYongbin LiBing Peng OriginalPaper 12 June 2013 Pages: 2046 - 2052
Early Enteral Nutrition Prevents Intra-abdominal Hypertension and Reduces the Severity of Severe Acute Pancreatitis Compared with Delayed Enteral Nutrition: A Prospective Pilot Study Jia-kui SunWei-qin LiJie-shou Li OriginalPaper 15 May 2013 Pages: 2053 - 2060
Amebic Acute Appendicitis: Systematic Review of 174 Cases Emrah OtanSami AkbulutCuneyt Kayaalp ReviewPaper 11 May 2013 Pages: 2061 - 2073
Limberg Flap Versus Bascom Cleft Lift Techniques for Sacrococcygeal Pilonidal Sinus: Prospective, Randomized Trial Ali GunerAydin BozErhan Reis OriginalPaper 04 June 2013 Pages: 2074 - 2080
Incidental Findings in Trauma Patients: Dedicated Communication with the Primary Care Physician Ensures Adequate Follow-Up D. Dante YehAyesha M. ImamGeorge C. Velmahos OriginalPaper 24 May 2013 Pages: 2081 - 2085
Trauma in Canada: A Spirit of Equity & Collaboration Tanya ZakrisonChad G. BallAndrew W. Kirkpatrick OriginalPaper 08 May 2013 Pages: 2086 - 2093
Undergraduate Surgery Clerkship and the Choice of Surgery as a Career: Perspective from a Developing Country S. O. EkenzeF. O. UgwumbaO. S. Ekenze OriginalPaper 07 May 2013 Pages: 2094 - 2100
Pattern of Surgical Practice in a Regional Hospital in Cameroon and Implications for Training Alain Chichom MefireJulius AtashiliJosephine Mbuagbaw OriginalPaper 18 June 2013 Pages: 2101 - 2108
Nicaraguan Surgical and Anesthesia Infrastructure: Survey of Ministry of Health Hospitals Carolina SolisPablo LeónKelly McQueen OriginalPaper 12 June 2013 Pages: 2109 - 2121
HIV Testing and Epidemiology in a Hospital-Based Surgical Cohort in Malawi Bryce E. HaacAnthony G. CharlesMina Hosseinipour OriginalPaper 08 May 2013 Pages: 2122 - 2128
Saucerization: A Modified Uncapitonnage Method of Surgery for Pulmonary Hydatidosis Rahim MahmodlouNariman SepehrvandMahya Nasiri OriginalPaper 09 May 2013 Pages: 2129 - 2133
Impact of Preoperative Breast MRI on Surgical Decision Making and Clinical Outcomes: A Systematic Review Armen ParsyanAwadh AlqahtaniSarkis Meterissian ReviewPaper 10 May 2013 Pages: 2134 - 2139
Cancer or No Cancer: The Influence of Trait Anxiety and Diagnosis on Quality of Life With Breast Cancer and Benign Disease: A Prospective, Longitudinal Study Claudia M. G. Keyzer-DekkerJolanda de VriesAlida F. W. van der Steeg OriginalPaper 15 May 2013 Pages: 2140 - 2147
Evaluation of Office Ultrasound Usage among Australian and New Zealand Breast Surgeons Michael T. LawJames KolliasIan Bennett OriginalPaper 07 May 2013 Pages: 2148 - 2154
Relevance of Bilateral Cervical Thymectomy in Patients with Renal Hyperparathyroidism: Analysis of 161 Patients Undergoing Reoperative Parathyroidectomy Ralph SchneiderDetlef K. BartschKatja Schlosser OriginalPaper 15 May 2013 Pages: 2155 - 2161
Patients’ Preferences on Information and Involvement in Decision Making for Gastrointestinal Surgery Emilie UldryMarkus SchäferNicolas Demartines OriginalPaper 15 May 2013 Pages: 2162 - 2171
Preservation of the Celiac Branch of the Vagus Nerve during Laparoscopy-assisted Distal Gastrectomy: Impact on Postprandial Changes in Ghrelin Secretion Shuji TakiguchiYuichiro HiuraYuichiro Doki OriginalPaper 04 May 2013 Pages: 2172 - 2179
Induction Chemotherapy or Chemoradiotherapy Followed by Radical Esophagectomy for T4 Esophageal Cancer: Results of a Prospective Cohort Study Hideaki ShimojiHiroyuki KarimataTadashi Nishimaki OriginalPaper 07 May 2013 Pages: 2180 - 2188
Hepatectomy for Huge Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Single Institute’s Experience Lianyue YangJiangfeng XuZhijun Zeng OriginalPaper 11 May 2013 Pages: 2189 - 2196
Should Diaphragmatic Involvement Preclude Resection of Large Hepatic Tumors? Nikolaos ArkadopoulosMaria A. KyriaziVassilios Smyrniotis OriginalPaper 10 May 2013 Pages: 2197 - 2201
Laparoscopy-Assisted Hybrid Left-Side Donor Hepatectomy Shigeru MarubashiHiroshi WadaHiroaki Nagano OriginalPaper 05 June 2013 Pages: 2202 - 2210
Long-Term Results Using Old Liver Grafts for Transplantation: Sexagenerian Versus Liver Donors Older than 70 Years Carlos Jiménez-RomeroMarta Clemares-LamaEnrique Moreno-González OriginalPaper 24 May 2013 Pages: 2211 - 2221
Usefulness of an Inflammation-Based Prognostic Score (mGPS) for Predicting Survival in Patients with Unresectable Malignant Biliary Obstruction Yoshimi IwasakiMitsuru IshizukaKeiichi Kubota OriginalPaper 09 May 2013 Pages: 2222 - 2228
Centralization of Services and Reduction of Adverse Events in Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Jamie YoungAlistair ThompsonGillian McPhillips OriginalPaper 12 June 2013 Pages: 2229 - 2233
Postoperative Complications Influence Prognosis and Recurrence Patterns in Periampullary Cancer Jai Young ChoHo-Seong HanYoung Ki Kim OriginalPaper 31 May 2013 Pages: 2234 - 2241
First Steps in the Management of Pericardial Effusion: Who Was First to Relieve the Pericardial Sac—Larrey or Romero? Imre TóthRamon Rami-PortaTamás F. Molnár OriginalPaper 31 May 2013 Pages: 2242 - 2245
A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of Semi-mechanical versus Hand-sewn or Circular Stapled Esophagogastrostomy for Prevention of Anastomotic Stricture U. K. FetznerA. H. Hölscher Invited Commentary 05 June 2013 Pages: 2246 - 2247
Inherent Difficulties of Measuring the Burden of Surgical Disease in Resource-Poor Settings Ira L. LeedsLee A. HugarViraj A. Master Letter 29 March 2013 Pages: 2248 - 2249
Inherent Difficulties of Measuring the Burden of Surgical Disease in Resource-Poor Settings: Reply Marc D. ManganielloChristopher D. HughesJohn G. Meara Letter 25 June 2013 Pages: 2250 - 2251
Physical Examination: The First Step in Sophisticated Diagnostic Path of Breast Cancer Zdravkovic DarkoGranic MiroslavIvanovic Nebojsa Letter 20 April 2013 Pages: 2252 - 2253
Self-expandable Metallic Stents in Pregnant Patients with Obstructing Colorectal Cancer Edoardo VirgilioPier Federico SalviGenoveffa Balducci Letter 10 April 2013 Pages: 2254 - 2255
Erratum to: Therapeutic Approach to Patients With a Lower-Pitched Voice After Thyroidectomy Inn-Chul NamJa-Sung BaeDong-Il Sun Erratum 25 July 2013 Pages: 2256 - 2256