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Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Issue 10/2015

Content (24 Articles)

Original Article

Does Quality of Care Matter? A Study of Adherence to National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines for Patients with Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer

Daniela Molena, Benedetto Mungo, Miloslawa Stem, Amy K. Poupore, Sophia Y. Chen, Anne O. Lidor

Original Article

Prospective Comprehensive Swallowing Evaluation of Minimally Invasive Esophagectomies with Cervical Anastomosis: Silent Versus Vocal Aspiration

Kfir Ben-David, Amy Fullerton, Georgios Rossidis, Michael Michel, Ryan Thomas, George Sarosi, Jeff White, Christopher Giordano, Steven Hochwald

Original Article

High-Resolution Manometry Evaluation of the Pharynx and Upper Esophageal Sphincter Motility in Patients with Achalasia

Mariano A. Menezes, Fernando A. M. Herbella, Marco G. Patti

Original Article

Ideal Body Weight Calculation in the Bariatric Surgical Population

Michael R. Kammerer, Michelle M. Porter, Alec C. Beekley, David S. Tichansky

Original Article

Hospital Readmission Following Surgery for Gastric Cancer: Frequency, Timing, Etiologies, and Survival

Shaila J. Merchant, Philip H. G. Ituarte, Audrey Choi, Virginia Sun, Joseph Chao, Byrne Lee, Joseph Kim

Original Article

Gastroesophageal Reflux Management with the LINX® System for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

Kenneth Desart, Georgios Rossidis, Michael Michel, Tamara Lux, Kfir Ben-David

Original Article

Feasibility and Safety of Urgent Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis After 4 Days from Symptom Onset

Go Shinke, Takehiro Noda, Hisanori Hatano, Junzo Shimizu, Masashi Hirota, Akihiro Takata, Kazuteru Oshima, Tsukasa Tanida, Takamichi Komori, Shunji Morita, Hiroshi Imamura, Takashi Iwazawa, Kenzo Akagi, Keizo Dono

Original Article

Adjuvant Therapy for Gallbladder Cancer: an Analysis of the National Cancer Data Base

Richard S. Hoehn, Koffi Wima, Audrey E. Ertel, Alexandra Meier, Syed A. Ahmad, Shimul A. Shah, Daniel E. Abbott

Original Article

Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy and Surgery Versus Surgery Alone in Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: A Single-Center Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial Which Failed to Achieve Accrual Targets

Riccardo Casadei, Mariacristina Di Marco, Claudio Ricci, Donatella Santini, Carla Serra, Lucia Calculli, Marielda D’Ambra, Alessandra Guido, Antonio Maria Morselli-Labate, Francesco Minni

Original Article

Initial Misdiagnosis of Proximal Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Is Associated with Delay in Diagnosis and Advanced Stage at Presentation

Douglas S. Swords, Mary C. Mone, Chong Zhang, Angela P. Presson, Sean J. Mulvihill, Courtney L. Scaife

Original Article

The Prognostic Importance of the Number of Metastatic Lymph Nodes for Patients Undergoing Curative Resection Followed by Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer

Byoung Hyuck Kim, Kyubo Kim, Eui Kyu Chie, Jeanny Kwon, Jin-Young Jang, Sun Whe Kim, Sae-Won Han, Do-Youn Oh, Seock-Ah Im, Tae-You Kim, Yung-Jue Bang, Sung W. Ha

Original Article

Penetrating Disease, Narcotic Use, and Loop Ostomy Are Associated with Ostomy and IBD-related Complications After Ostomy Surgery in Crohn’s Disease Patients

Ayal Hirsch, Andres J. Yarur, Hou Dezheng, Dylan Rodriquez, Noa Krugliak Cleveland, Tauseef Ali, Roger D. Hurst, Konstantin Umanskiy, Neil Hyman, Janice Colwell, David T. Rubin

Original Article

Trends in the Surgical Management of Crohn’s Disease

Cristina B. Geltzeiler, Kyle D. Hart, Kim C. Lu, Karen E. Deveney, Daniel O. Herzig, Vassiliki L. Tsikitis

Original Article

Outcome of Laparoscopic Versus Open Resection for Transverse Colon Cancer

Wei-gen Zeng, Meng-jia Liu, Zhi-xiang Zhou, Hui-rong Hou, Jian-wei Liang, Zheng Wang, Xing-mao Zhang, Jun-jie Hu

Original Article

SILS v SILS+1: a Case-Matched Comparison for Colorectal Surgery

Deborah S. Keller, Juan R. Flores-Gonzalez, Jaideep Sandhu, Sergio Ibarra, Nisreen Madhoun, Eric M. Haas

Review Article

Perioperative Management of Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma

Katherine E. Poruk, Timothy M. Pawlik, Matthew J. Weiss

Review Article

Duct-to-Mucosa Versus Invagination Pancreaticojejunostomy Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Jie Hua, Zhigang He, Daohai Qian, Hongbo Meng, Bo Zhou, Zhenshun Song

Evidence-Based Current Surgical Practice

Fecal Incontinence: Etiology, Diagnosis, and Management

Karim Alavi, Sook Chan, Paul Wise, Andreas M. Kaiser, Ranjan Sudan, Liliana Bordeianou

GI Image

Duodeno-jejunal Intussusception with Acute Pancreatitis in Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome: The First Case Presentation in Childhood

Jiro Kimura, Kiyoshi Sasaki, Takehiro Okabayashi, Yasuo Shima, Jun Iwata, Sojiro Morita

GI Image

Laparoscopic Views of Obturator Hernia

Yohnosuke Wada, Hideo Ohtsuka, Kensuke Adachi