Issue 3/2012
Content (30 Articles)
Complex Abdominal Wall Defects and Enterocutaneous Fistulae in the Era of Biological Mesh: Did We Make any Real Progress?
Rifat Latifi, Ari Leppäniemi
Surgical Strategies for Management of the Open Abdomen
Justin L. Regner, Leslie Kobayashi, Raul Coimbra
Enterocutaneous Fistulas and a Hostile Abdomen: Reoperative Surgical Approaches
R. Latifi, B. Joseph, N. Kulvatunyou, J. L. Wynne, T. O’Keeffe, A. Tang, R. Friese, P. M. Rhee
Metabolic and Nutritional Support of the Enterocutaneous Fistula Patient: A Three-Phase Approach
Travis M. Polk, C. William Schwab
Long-Term Outcomes of Abdominal Wall Reconstruction. What are the Real Numbers?
Ruben Peralta, Rifat Latifi
Involvement of Surgical Residents in the Management of Trauma Patients in the Emergency Room: Does the Presence of an Attending Physician Affect Outcomes?
Robert Cohen, Bruria Adini, Irina Radomislensky, Adi Givon, Avraham I. Rivkind, Kobi Peleg
Trauma and Burn Education: A Global Survey
David Zonies, Ronald V. Maier, Ian Civil, Anas Eid, Benjamin P. Geisler, Alejandro Guerrero, Charles Mock
Primary Surgery in Rural Areas of Southern Sudan
Giorgio Cometto, Edoardo Belgrano, Umberto De Bonis, Guido Giustetto, Alberto Kiss, Peter Taliente, Giuseppe Meo
Comparison of Outcomes of Laparoscopic Versus Open Appendectomy in Children: Data from The Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), 2006–2008
Hossein Masoomi, Steven Mills, Matthew O. Dolich, Noor Ketana, Joseph C. Carmichael, Ninh T. Nguyen, Michael J. Stamos
Multiple Lymphatic Basin Drainage from Cutaneous Melanoma as a Prognostic Factor
Antonio Piñero, Carlos de Torre, Jorge Martínez-Escribano, Juana Campillo, Manuel Canteras, Francisco Nicolás
How to Manage Thyroid Nodules With Two Consecutive Non-Diagnostic Results on Ultrasonography-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration
Hee Jung Moon, Jin Young Kwak, Yoon Seong Choi, Eun-Kyung Kim
Lymph Node Recurrence in Patients With N1b Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Who Underwent Unilateral Therapeutic Modified Radical Neck Dissection
Yasuhiro Ito, Takumi Kudo, Yuuki Takamura, Kaoru Kobayashi, Akihiro Miya, Akira Miyauchi
Fungating Thyroid Cancer: A Complex Clinical Scenario
A. S. Nabawi, H. F. Al Wagih, M. A. Hemeida, T. Y. Koraitim, M. Moussa, Tarek Ezzat
Breast Radiation Correlates with Side of Parathyroid Adenoma
Monica L. Woll, Haggi Mazeh, Bethany M. Anderson, Herbert Chen, Rebecca S. Sippel
Validation of the “Perrier” Parathyroid Adenoma Location Nomenclature
Haggi Mazeh, Samantha J. Stoll, Jessica B. Robbins, Rebecca S. Sippel, Herbert Chen
Correlation Between the Pretherapeutic Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio and the Pathologic Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients With Advanced Esophageal Cancer
Hiroshi Sato, Yasuhiro Tsubosa, Tatsuyuki Kawano
Metastasis-associated Protein 1 Nuclear Expression is Closely Associated with Tumor Progression and Angiogenesis in Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Cancer
Shu-Hai Li, Hui Tian, Wei-Ming Yue, Lin Li, Cun Gao, Wen-Jun Li, Wen-Si Hu, Bin Hao
Morbidity and Mortality Results From a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Billroth I and Roux-en-Y Reconstructive Procedures After Distal Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer
Hiroshi Imamura, Shuji Takiguchi, Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, Motohiro Hirao, Junya Fujita, Isao Miyashiro, Yukinori Kurokawa, Yoshiyuki Fujiwara, Masaki Mori, Yuichiro Doki
Multivariable Analysis of Cholecystectomy after Gastrectomy: Laparoscopy is a Feasible Initial Approach even in the Presence of Common Bile Duct Stones or Acute Cholecystitis
Joohyun Kim, Jeong Nam Cho, Sun Hyung Joo, Bum Soo Kim, Sang Mok Lee
Invasion of the Hepatic Artery is a Crucial Predictor of Poor Outcomes in Gallbladder Carcinoma
Akihiko Kobayashi, Tatsuya Oda, Kiyoshi Fukunaga, Ryoko Sasaki, Nobuhiro Ohkohchi
No Impact of Perioperative Blood Transfusion on Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Hepatectomy
Shintaro Kuroda, Hirotaka Tashiro, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Akihiko Oshita, Hironobu Amano, Hideki Ohdan
Long-term Results with the Modified Sugiura Procedure for the Management of Variceal Bleeding: Standing the Test of Time in the Treatment of Bleeding Esophageal Varices
D. Voros, A. Polydorou, G. Polymeneas, I. Vassiliou, A. Melemeni, K. Chondrogiannis, V. Arapoglou, G. P. Fragulidis
Log Odds of Positive Lymph Nodes in Colon Cancer: A Meaningful Ratio-based Lymph Node Classification System
Roberto Persiani, Ferdinando C. M. Cananzi, Alberto Biondi, Giuseppe Paliani, Andrea Tufo, Francesco Ferrara, Vincenzo Vigorita, Domenico D’Ugo
Partial Pathologic Response and Nodal Status as Most Significant Prognostic Factors for Advanced Rectal Cancer Treated With Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy
Marianne Huebner, Bruce G. Wolff, Thomas C. Smyrk, Jeremiah Aakre, David W. Larson
The Life of John Wishart (1850–1926): Study of an Academic Surgical Career Prior to the Flexner Report
Emily Claydon, Vivian C. McAlister
The Best Therapy for Pilonidal Disease: Which Management for Which Type?
Oktay İrkörücü, Hasan Erdem, Enver Reyhan
Erratum to: Single-Photon-Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) with Technetium-99m Sestamibi in the Diagnosis of Small Breast Cancer and Axillary Lymph Node Involvement
Alessandro DeCesare, Giuseppe DeVincentis, Stefano Gervasi, Giacomo Crescentini, Enrico Fiori, Marco Bonomi, Alessandro Crocetti, Antonio V. Sterpetti