Issue 4/2015
Content (31 Articles)
Readmission and Risk Factors for Readmission Following Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer
Abhishek Sundaram, Ananth Srinivasan, Sarah Baker, Sumeet K. Mittal
Locally Advanced Esophageal Carcinoma: Is There Still a Role of Surgery Alone Without Neoadjuvant Treatment?
Matthias Reeh, Michael F. Nentwich, Samir Asani, Faik G. Uzunoglu, Maximilian Bockhorn, Guido Sauter, Thomas Rösch, Jakob R. Izbicki, Dean Bogoevski
Bariatric Outcomes are Significantly Improved in Hospitals with Fellowship Council-Accredited Bariatric Fellowships
Pamela S. Kim, Dana A. Telem, Maria S. Altieri, Mark Talamini, Jie Yang, Qiao Zhang, Aurora D. Pryor
Non-operative Management of Symptomatic Cholelithiasis in Pregnancy is Associated with Frequent Hospitalizations
April M. Jorge, Rajesh N. Keswani, Anna Veerappan, Nathaniel J. Soper, Andrew J. Gawron
Is Antisecretory Therapy After Pancreatoduodenectomy Necessary? Meta-analysis and Contemporary Practices of Pancreatic Surgeons
James R. Butler, Tyrone Rogers, George Eckart, Gregory R. Martens, Eugene P. Ceppa, Michael G. House, Attila Nakeeb, C. Max Schmidt, Nicholas J. Zyromski
Rising C-Reactive Protein and Procalcitonin Levels Precede Early Complications After Esophagectomy
Sandra H. Hoeboer, A. B. Johan Groeneveld, Noel Engels, Michel van Genderen, Bas P. L. Wijnhoven, Jasper van Bommel
Laparoscopic Conversion of Failed Silastic Ring Vertical Gastroplasty (SRVG) and Vertical Banded Gastroplasty (VBG) Into Biliopancreatic Diversion (BPD)
Samir Abu-Gazala, Eran Sadot, Ilanit Maler, Inbal Golomb, Idan Carmeli, Andrei Keidar
Preoperative Predictive Factors for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Analysis of 375 Surgically Resected Gastric Subepithelial Tumors
Yang Won Min, Ha Na Park, Byung-Hoon Min, Dongil Choi, Kyoung-Mee Kim, Sung Kim
Osteopontin (OPN) Isoforms, Diabetes, Obesity, and Cancer; What Is One Got to Do with the Other? A New Role for OPN
Konrad Sarosiek, Elizabeth Jones, Galina Chipitsyna, Mazhar Al-Zoubi, Christopher Kang, Shivam Saxena, Ankit V. Gandhi, Jocelyn Sendiky, Charles J. Yeo, Hwyda A. Arafat
Primary Lymph Node Gastrinoma: 2 Cases and a Review of the Literature
Simon Harper, Richard W. Carroll, Andrea Frilling, Susrutha K. Wickremesekera, Simon Bann
Smoking Is Not Associated with Severe Dysplasia or Invasive Carcinoma in Resected Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms
Neda Rezaee, Saami Khalifian, John L. Cameron, Timothy M. Pawlik, Ralph H. Hruban, Elliot K. Fishman, Martin A. Makary, Anne Marie Lennon, Christopher L. Wolfgang, Matthew J. Weiss
Suggestions for Improving Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma Staging Based on an Evaluation of the Seventh Edition AJCC System
Wooil Kwon, Jin-Young Jang, Ye Rim Chang, Woohyun Jung, Mee Joo Kang, Sun-Whe Kim
Resection and Reconstruction of the Hepatic Artery for Advanced Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma: Result of Arterioportal Shunting
Takehiro Noji, Takahiro Tsuchikawa, Keisuke Okamura, Toru Nakamura, Eiji Tamoto, Toshiaki Shichinohe, Satoshi Hirano
The Value of the Combination of Fibrosis Index Based on the Four Factors and Future Liver Remnant Volume Ratios as a Predictor on Posthepatectomy Outcomes
Jian Dong, Xu-feng Zhang, Ying Zhu, Feng Ma, Chang Liu, Wan-li Wang, Xue-ming Liu, Bo Wang, Yi Lv
Laparoscopic Liver Resection for Lesions Adjacent to Major Vasculature: Feasibility, Safety and Oncological Efficiency
Mohammad Abu Hilal, Marcel J. van der Poel, Morsal Samim, Marc G. H. Besselink, David Flowers, Brian Stedman, Neil W. Pearce
Intraoperative Surgical Margin Re-resection for Colorectal Liver Metastasis: Is It Worth the Effort?
Georgios A. Margonis, Gaya Spolverato, Yuhree Kim, Aslam Ejaz, Timothy M. Pawlik
En Bloc Resection of the Hepatoduodenal Ligament for Advanced Biliary Malignancy
Yuji Kaneoka, Atsuyuki Maeda, Masatoshi Isogai
Skeletal Muscle Percentage: A Protective Factor for Postoperative Morbidity in Crohn’s Disease Patients with Severe Malnutrition
Wei Zhang, Weiming Zhu, Jianan Ren, Lugen Zuo, Xiuwen Wu, Jieshou Li
A Randomized Trial of Goal Directed vs Standard Fluid Therapy in Cytoreductive Surgery with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy
Luca Colantonio, Claudia Claroni, Luana Fabrizi, Maria Elena Marcelli, Maria Sofra, Diana Giannarelli, Alfredo Garofalo, Ester Forastiere
Acute Appendicitis in the Elderly in the Twenty-First Century
Lior Segev, Andrei Keidar, Ilan Schrier, Shlomi Rayman, Nir Wasserberg, Eran Sadot
Segmental Duodenal Resection: Indications, Surgical Techniques and Postoperative Outcomes
D. Dorcaratto, H. M. Heneghan, B. Fiore, F. Awan, D. Maguire, J. Geoghegan, K. Conlon, E. Hoti
The Rise in Appendiceal Cancer Incidence: 2000–2009
Schelomo Marmor, Pamela R. Portschy, Todd M. Tuttle, Beth A. Virnig
The Value of Serial Serum Lactate Measurements in Predicting the Extent of Ischemic Bowel and Outcome of Patients Suffering Acute Mesenteric Ischemia
Peter Studer, Adrian Vaucher, Daniel Candinas, Beat Schnüriger
Is laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Beneficial for Elderly Patients? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Ryo Seishima, Koji Okabayashi, Hirotoshi Hasegawa, Masashi Tsuruta, Kohei Shigeta, Shimpei Matsui, Toru Yamada, Yuko Kitagawa
Laparoscopic Versus Open Distal Pancreatectomy for Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Claudio Ricci, Riccardo Casadei, Giovanni Taffurelli, Fabrizio Toscano, Carlo Alberto Pacilio, Selene Bogoni, Marielda D’Ambra, Nico Pagano, Maria Cristina Di Marco, Francesco Minni
Current Status of Management of Malignant Disease: Current Management of Gastric Cancer
Roderich E. Schwarz
A Case of Splenic Rupture Within an Umbilical Hernia with Loss of Domain
Emil J. Fernando, Alfredo D. Guerron, Michael J. Rosen
Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm of the Liver: GI Image
Andrew Mo, Gabriel Brat, Gaya Spolverato, Timothy M. Pawlik
Risk for Bowel Obstruction Following Laparoscopic and Open Appendectomy
Stavros A. Antoniou, George A. Antoniou, Frank-Alexander Granderath
Appendiceal Inflammatory Mass. Letter to the Editor
Antonio Jesús González-Sánchez, Jose Manuel Aranda-Narváez, Alberto Titos-García, Custodia Montiel-Casado, Julio Santoyo-Santoyo