Issue 9/2013
Content (27 Articles)
Current Concepts and Controversies in Foregut Motility: The 2012 Kelly and Carlos Pellegrini SSAT/SAGES Joint Symposium
Jeffrey B. Matthews, W. Scott Melvin
What is the Best Primary Therapy for Achalasia: Medical or Surgical Treatment? Who Owns Achalasia?
Marco E. Allaix, Marco G. Patti
Biliary Dyskinesia: Does It Exist? If So, How Do We Diagnose It? Is Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Effective or a Sham Operation?
David B. Adams
Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction: How Is It Diagnosed? How Is It Classified? How Do We Treat It Medically, Endoscopically, and Surgically?
Attila Nakeeb
Surgical Management of Gastroparesis: Gastrostomy/Jejunostomy Tubes, Gastrectomy, Pyloroplasty, Gastric Electrical Stimulation
Edward C. Borrazzo
Extent of Lymphadenectomy Does Not Predict Survival in Patients Treated with Primary Esophagectomy
Joyce Wong, Jill Weber, Khaldoun Almhanna, Sarah Hoffe, Ravi Shridhar, Richard Karl, Kenneth L. Meredith
Laparoscopic Transgastric Resection of Gastric Submucosal Tumors Located Near the Esophagogastric Junction
Xiaowu Xu, Ke Chen, Wei Zhou, Renchao Zhang, Jie Wang, Di Wu, Yiping Mou
Effect of Donor Right Hepatectomy on Splenic Volume and Platelet Count for Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Say-June Kim, Gun-Hyung Na, Ho-Joong Choi, Youngkyoung You, Dong-Goo Kim
A Prospective Proteomic-Based Study for Identifying Potential Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Cholangiocarcinoma
Yuan Shi, Xiaxing Deng, Qian Zhan, Baiyong Shen, Xiaolong Jin, Zhecheng Zhu, Hao Chen, Hongwei Li, Chenghong Peng
Does Preoperative Portal Vein Embolization Have Any Impact on the Outcome of Right-Side Hepatectomy for Klatskin Tumor?
Mee Joo Kang, Jin-Young Jang, Wooil Kwon, Jae Woo Park, Ye Rim Chang, Sun-Whe Kim
Patterns of Consultation and Treatment of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Presenting to a Large Academic Medical Center in the US
Sylvie Stacy, Omar Hyder, David Cosgrove, Joseph M. Herman, Ihab Kamel, Jean-Francois H. Geschwind, Ahmet Gurakar, Robert Anders, Andrew Cameron, Timothy M. Pawlik
Dendritic Cell-Based Immunotherapy Targeting Synthesized Peptides for Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer
Masanori Kobayashi, Tomoyo Sakabe, Hirofumi Abe, Mitsugu Tanii, Hidenori Takahashi, Asako Chiba, Eri Yanagida, Yuta Shibamoto, Masahiro Ogasawara, Shun-ichi Tsujitani, Shigeo Koido, Kazuhiro Nagai, Shigetaka Shimodaira, Masato Okamoto, Yoshikazu Yonemitsu, Noboru Suzuki, Masaki Nagaya
Predictors of Recurrence in Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm: Experience with 183 Pancreatic Resections
Megan Winner, Irene Epelboym, Helen Remotti, James L. Lee, Beth A. Schrope, John A. Chabot, John D. Allendorf
Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Treatment of Infected Pancreatic Necrosis: More Arguments to Change the Paradigm
Isabel Pascual, Luis Sabater, Ramón Añón, Julio Calvete, Gema Pacheco, Elena Muñoz, Javier Lizarraga, Juan Sastre, Andrés Peña, Francisco Mora, Jaime Pérez-Griera, Joaquin Ortega, Adolfo Benages
Five-Year Cohort Study of Open Pancreatic Necrosectomy for Necotizing Pancreatitis Suggests It Is a Safe and Effective Operation
Shanmiao Gou, Jiongxin Xiong, Heshui Wu, Feng Zhou, Jing Tao, Tao Liu, Chunyou Wang
An Envirogenomic Signature Is Associated with Risk of IBD-Related Surgery in a Population-Based Crohn’s Disease Cohort
Bushra F Nasir, Lyn R Griffiths, Aslam Nasir, Rebecca Roberts, Murray Barclay, Richard B Gearry, Rodney A Lea
Influence of Age on Clinical Outcome of Acute Diverticulitis
Ç. Ünlü, B. J. van de Wall, M. F. Gerhards, M. Wiezer, W. A. Draaisma, E. C. Consten, M. A. Boermeester, B. C. Vrouenraets
Significant Changes in the Intestinal Environment After Surgery in Patients with Colorectal Cancer
Seiji Ohigashi, Kazuki Sudo, Daiki Kobayashi, Takuya Takahashi, Koji Nomoto, Hisashi Onodera
Multilayer Myofascial-Mesh Repair for Giant Midline Incisional Hernias: A Novel Advantageous Combination of Old and New Techniques
Joaquín Picazo-Yeste, Antonio Morandeira-Rivas, Carlos Moreno-Sanz
Diagnostic Value of Abdominal Free Air Detection on a Plain Chest Radiograph in the Early Postoperative Period: a Prospective Study in 648 Consecutive Patients Who Have Undergone Abdominal Surgery
Marco Milone, Matteo Nicola Dario Di Minno, Giuseppe Bifulco, Paola Maietta, Loredana Maria Sosa Fernandez, Mario Musella, Vittorio Iaccarino, Claudio Buccelli, Carmine Nappi, Francesco Milone
Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy with Extracorporeal Gastric Conduit Creation—How I Do It
Francesco Palazzo, Nathaniel R. Evans III, Ernest L. Rosato
Factors Associated with Lymph Node Metastasis in Radically Resected Rectal Carcinoids: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Xin Zhou, Haiting Xie, Lingduo Xie, Jing Li, Wei Fu
Do We Really Know Why Colorectal Anastomoses Leak?
Benjamin D. Shogan, Erica M. Carlisle, John C. Alverdy, Konstantin Umanskiy
Ectopic Bone in the Abdominal Cavity: A Surgical Nightmare
Zachary Torgersen, Angela Osmolak, Jai Bikhchandani, Armour R. Forse
Evidence-Based Management of Colorectal Trauma
Eric K. Johnson, Scott R. Steele
Bouveret Syndrome
Shinil K. Shah, Peter A. Walker, Uwe M. Fischer, Burzeen E. Karanjawala, Saleem A. Khan