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World Journal of Surgery

Issue 10/2003

Content (16 Articles)

Editorial Update

Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer: Challenge of the Facts

Hans G. Beger, Bettina Rau, Frank Gansauge, Bertram Poch, Karl-Heinz Link

Original Scientific Reports

Prediction of Cardiac Risk prior to Elective Abdominal Aortic Surgery: Role of Multiple Gated Acquisition Scan

Christos D. Karkos, George J.L. Thomson, Robert Hughes, Miland Joshi, Mohamed S. Baguneid, Jonathan C. Hill, Umasankar S. Mukhopadhyay

Original Scientific Reports

Relation of Cytokines to Vasodilation after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Minxin Wei, Pekka Kuukasjärvi, Jari Laurikka, Seppo Kaukinen, Eva-Liisa Honkonen, Riina Metsänoja, Matti Tarkka

Original Scientific Reports

18-Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography in Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Muna M. Baslaim, Siema M. Bakheet, Razan Bakheet, Adnan Ezzat, Mahmoud El-Foudeh, Asma Tulbah

Original Scientific Reports

Positron Emission Tomography for Staging Esophageal Cancer: Does It Lead to a Different Therapeutic Approach?

Werner Kneist, Mathias Schreckenberger, Peter Bartenstein, Frank Grünwald, Katja Oberholzer, Theodor Junginger

Original Scientific Reports

Ideal Reconstruction after Total Gastrectomy by the Interposition of a Jejunal Pouch Considered by Emptying Time

Chiriro Tono, Masanori Terashima, Akinori Takagane, Karoru Abe

Original Scientific Reports

Intraperitoneal Administration of the Angiogenesis Inhibitor Thalidomide Does Not Impair Anastomotic Healing following Large Bowel Resection in a Rabbit Model

Julian W. Mall, Wolfgang Schwenk, Andreas W. Philipp, Rolf Büttemeyer, Christian Pollmann

Original Scientific Reports

Blunt Liver Injuries in Polytrauma: Results from a Cohort Study with the Regular Use of Whole-body Helical Computed Tomography

Gerrit Matthes, Dirk Stengel, Julia Seifert, Grit Rademacher, Sven Mutze, Axel Ekkernkamp

Original Scientific Reports

Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Partial Hepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Kenichi Teramoto, Tohru Kawamura, Susumu Takamatsu, Norio Noguchi, Noriaki Nakamura, Shigeki Arii

Original Scientific Reports

Hepatic Resection Combined with Portal Vein or Hepatic Artery Reconstruction for Advanced Carcinoma of the Hilar Bile Duct and Gallbladder

Hiroshi Shimada, Itaru Endo, Mitsutaka Sugita, Hideki Masunari, Yoshiro Fujii, Kuniya Tanaka, Koichi Misuta, Hitoshi Sekido, Shinji Togo

Original Scientific Reports

Impact of Advanced Age on the Outcome of Liver Resection

Luca Aldrighetti, Marcella Arru, Roberto Caterini, Renato Finazzi, Laura Comotti, Giorgio Torri, Gianfranco Ferla

Original Scientific Reports

Obstructive Jaundice Alters Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen Expression in Rat Small Intestine

Shyr-Ming Sheen-Chen, Hsin-Tsung Ho, Wei-Jen Chen, Hock-Liew Eng

Surgical History

Surgery for Inguinal Hernia in Byzantine Times (A.D. 324–1453): First Scientific Descriptions

John G. Lascaratos, Constantine Tsiamis, Alkiviadis Kostakis