Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Introduction

Aaron S. Fink

Epidemiology and consequences of obesity

June Stevens, Kimberly P. Truesdale

Body weight regulation and obesity

Lee M. Kaplan

Lifestyle modification in the management of obesity

Thomas A. Wadden, Brian G. McGuckin, Rebecca A. Rothman, Stephanie L. Sargent

Medical management of obesity: present and future therapy

Samuel Klein

Open and laparoscopic surgical modalities for the management of obesity

Philip R. Schauer

Treatment of obesity

Harvey J. Sugerman

Overview—Current clinical and preclinical use of robotics for surgery

Mark A. Talamini

Robots in surgery: Advanced gastrointestinal applications and credentialing

W. Scott Melvin

Outcome after pancreaticoduodenectomy for periampullary cancer: An analysis from the veterans affairs national surgical quality improvement program

Kevin G. Billingsley, Kwan Hur, William G. Henderson, Jennifer Daley, Shukri F. Khuri, Richard H. Bell Jr.

Transcystic common bile duct exploration in the management of patients with choledocholithiasis

Sergio Rojas-Ortega, Daniel Arizpe-Bravo, Eduardo R. Marýn López, Rachid Cesin-Sánchez, Gerardo Reed-San Roman, Crispina Gómez

Biliary obstruction reduces hepatic killing and phagocytic clearance of circulating microorganisms in rats

Sumito Hoshino, Zhaoli Sun, Keiichiro Uchikura, Kyoji Tsugane, Eugene Ceppa, Gregory B. Bulkley, Andrew S. Klein

An intravital model to monitor steps of metastatic tumor cell adhesion within the hepatic microcirculation

Jörg Haier, Timo Korb, Birgit Hotz, Hans-Ullrich Spiegel, Norbert Senninger

Identification of optimal harvest sites of ileal stem cells for treatment of bile acid malabsorption in a dog model

Matthias Stelzner, Vicki D. Hoagland, Jacob D. Woolman

Summary of "Current status of robotics in general surgery"

L. William Traverso

Institutional variations in the management of patients with acute appendicitis

Jennefer A. Kieran, Myriam J. Curet, Carol R. Schermer

Reduction in serum pepsinogen I after roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Magnus Sundbom, Erik Maårdh, Sven Maårdh, Margareta Ohrvall, Sven Gustavsson

Benign nonampullary duodenal neoplasms

Alexander Perez, John R. Saltzman, David L. Carr-Locke, David C. Brooks, Robert T. Osteen, Michael J. Zinner, Stanley W. Ashley, Edward E. Whang

Surgical management of pancreaticocutaneous fistula

Miranda Voss, Amjad Ali, W. Steve Eubanks, Theodore N. Pappas

Histologic findings of gallbladder mucosa in 87 patients with morbid obesity without gallstones compared to 87 control subjects

Attila Csendes, Patricio Burdiles, Gladys Smok, Paula Csendes, Ana Burgos, Mauricio Recio

Laparoscopic vs. open biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch: A comparative study

Won-Woo Kim, Michel Gagner, Subhash Kini, William B. Inabnet, Terri Quinn, Daniel Herron, Alfons Pomp

Laparoscopic colectomy in obese and nonobese patients

Anthony J. Senagore, Conor P. Delaney, Khaled Madboulay, Karen M. Brady, C. Victor W. Fazio

Home total parenteral nutrition: An alternative to early surgery for complicated inflammatory bowel disease

Justin P. Evans, A. H. Steinhart, Z. Cohen, Robin S. McLeod

Outcome of patients undergoing ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for left-sided chronic ulcerative colitis

I. Hassan, A. F. Horgan, S. Nivatvongs, J. Harrington, D. R. Larson

Neuronal adrenergic and muscular cholinergic contractile hypersensitivity in canine jejunum after extrinsic denervation

Bruno M. Balsiger, Chong-Liang He, Nicholas J. Zyromski, Michael G. Sarr

Erratum to: Apoptotic and proliferative indexes in esophageal cancer: Predictors of response to neoadjuvant therapy apoptosis and proliferation in esophageal cancer

Duncan M. Beardsmore, Caroline S. Verbeke, Claire L. Davies, Pierre J. Guillou, Geoffrey W. B. Clark

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