Issue 1/2009
Content (20 Articles)
A prospective, non-randomized phase II trial of Trastuzumab and Capecitabine in patients with HER2 expressing metastasized pancreatic cancer
Andre Mihaljevic, Peter Büchler, Jan Harder, Ralf Hofheinz, Michael Gregor, Stephan Kanzler, Wolff Schmiegel, Volker Heinemann, Esther Endlicher, Günter Klöppel, Thomas Seufferlein, Michael Geissler
Sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer using methylene blue dye manifests a short learning curve among experienced surgeons: a prospective tabular cumulative sum (CUSUM) analysis
Jeffrey M East, Christopher SP Valentine, Emil Kanchev, Garfield O Blake
Comparison of inpatient vs. outpatient anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a retrospective case series
Jeffrey T Liu, Rudy P Briner, Jonathan A Friedman
Transanal endoscopic microsurgery versus endoscopic mucosal resection for large rectal adenomas (TREND-study)
Frank JC van den Broek, Eelco JR de Graaf, Marcel GW Dijkgraaf, Johannes B Reitsma, Jelle Haringsma, Robin Timmer, Bas LAM Weusten, Michael F Gerhards, Esther CJ Consten, Matthijs P Schwartz, Maarten J Boom, Erik J Derksen, A Bart Bijnen, Paul HP Davids, Christiaan Hoff, Hendrik M van Dullemen, G Dimitri N Heine, Klaas van der Linde, Jeroen M Jansen, Rosalie CH Mallant-Hent, Ronald Breumelhof, Han Geldof, James CH Hardwick, Pascal G Doornebosch, Annekatrien CTM Depla, Miranda F Ernst, Ivo P van Munster, Ignace HJT de Hingh, Erik J Schoon, Willem A Bemelman, Paul Fockens, Evelien Dekker
Direct intra-abdominal pressure monitoring via piezoresistive pressure measurement: a technical note
Jens Otto, Daniel Kaemmer, Marcel Binnebösel, Marc Jansen, Rolf Dembinski, Volker Schumpelick, Alexander Schachtrupp
Long-term recurrence and complication rates after incisional hernia repair with the open onlay technique
Lars Peter Holst Andersen, Mads Klein, Ismail Gögenur, Jacob Rosenberg
Intraoperative angiography should be standard in cerebral aneurysm surgery
Jonathan A Friedman, Ravi Kumar
Current practice of abdominal wall closure in elective surgery – Is there any consensus?
Nuh N Rahbari, Phillip Knebel, Markus K Diener, Christoph Seidlmayer, Karsten Ridwelski, Hartmut Stöltzing, Christoph M Seiler
Diagnostic problems with parasitic and non-parasitic splenic cysts
Gokhan Adas, Oguzhan Karatepe, Merih Altiok, Muharrem Battal, Omer Bender, Deniz Ozcan, Servet Karahan
Radical Prostatectomy: Hospital volumes and surgical volumes – does practice make perfect?
Cydney Urbanek, Ryan Turpen, Charles J Rosser
APACHE III outcome prediction in patients admitted to the intensive care unit after liver transplantation: a retrospective cohort study
Mark T Keegan, Bhargavi Gali, James Y Findlay, Julie K Heimbach, David J Plevak, Bekele Afessa
Development of a clinical decision model for thyroid nodules
Alexander Stojadinovic, George E Peoples, Steven K Libutti, Leonard R Henry, John Eberhardt, Robin S Howard, David Gur, Eric A Elster, Aviram Nissan
Prediction of conversion of laparoscopic cholecystectomy to open surgery with artificial neural networks
Changiz Gholipour, Mohammad Bassir Abolghasemi Fakhree, Rosita Alizadeh Shalchi, Mehrshad Abbasi
Laparoscopic versus open left lateral segmentectomy
Kirstin A Carswell, Filippos G Sagias, Beth Murgatroyd, Mohamed Rela, Nigel Heaton, Ameet G Patel
Evolution of breast cancer management in Ireland: a decade of change
Helen M Heneghan, Ruth S Prichard, Amanda Devaney, Karl J Sweeney, C Malone, Ray McLaughlin, Michael J Kerin
Internal sphincterotomy reduces postoperative pain after Milligan Morgan haemorrhoidectomy
Giuseppe Diana, Giovanni Guercio, Bianca Cudia, Calogero Ricotta
Increased incidence of postoperative infections during prophylaxis with cephalothin compared to doxycycline in intestinal surgery
Gunnar Baatrup, Roy M Nilsen, Rune Svensen, Per E Akselsen
Risk factors for early recurrence after inguinal hernia repair
Petra Lynen Jansen, Uwe Klinge, Marc Jansen, Karsten Junge
Management of gastro-bronchial fistula complicating a subtotal esophagectomy: a case report
James D Martin-Smith, John O Larkin, Finbar O'Connell, Narayanasamy Ravi, John Vincent Reynolds