Issue 4/2006
Content (29 Articles)
Posttraumatic Thromboprophylaxis Revisited: An Argument Against the Current Methods of DVT and PE Prophylaxis after Injury
George C. Velmahos
Civilian Duodenal Gunshot Wounds: Surgical Management Made Simpler
Peep Talving, Andrew J. Nicol, Pradeep H. Navsaria
Rural Surgery in Southern Sudan
Giuseppe Meo, Dario Andreone, Umberto De Bonis, Giorgio Cometto, Stefano Enrico, Guido Giustetto, Alberto Kiss, Marino Landra, Maria Palmas, Laura Sacchi, Peter Taliente, Guido Vergnano
Cost/DALY Averted in a Small Hospital in Sierra Leone: What Is the Relative Contribution of Different Services?
Richard A. Gosselin, Amardeep Thind, Andrea Bellardinelli
Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Appendicitis in Children: A Survey Among Dutch Surgeons and Comparison with Evidence-based Practice
E.C.T.H. Tan, R.S.V.M. Severijnen, C. Rosman, G.J van der Wilt, H. van Goor
Re: Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Appendicitis in Children: A Survey among Dutch Surgeons and Comparison with Evidence Based Practice
Bradley M. Rodgers
Impact of Overweight and Pneumoperitoneum on Hemodynamics and Oxygenation during Prolonged Laparoscopic Surgery
Dirk Meininger, Bernhard Zwissler, Christian Byhahn, Michael Probst, Klaus Westphal, Dorothee H. Bremerich
Competence Assessment of Laparoscopic Operative and Cognitive Skills: Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) or Observational Clinical Human Reliability Assessment (OCHRA)
B. Tang, G. B. Hanna, F. Carter, G. D. Adamson, J. P. Martindale, A. Cuschieri
Laparoscopic Lysis of Adhesions
Samuel Szomstein, Emanuele Lo Menzo, Conrad Simpfendorfer, Nathan Zundel, Raul J. Rosenthal
Which Octogenarians Do Poorly After Major Open Abdominal Surgery in Our Asian Population?
Kok-Yang Tan, Chung-Ming Chen, Chin Ng, Su-Ming Tan, Khoon-Hean Tay
Factors Predicting Long-term Responses to Splenctomy in Patients with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Hitoshi Ojima, Toshihide Kato, Kenichirou Araki, Kaori Okamura, Ryokuhei Manda, Isao Hirayama, Yasuo Hosouchi, Yasuji Nishida, Hiroyuki Kuwano
Benign Peritoneal Cystic Mesothelioma
Jon Arne Søreide, Kjetil Søreide, Hartwig Körner, Håvard Søiland, Ole Jacob Greve, Einar Gudlaugsson
Indication of Hepatopancreatoduodenectomy for Biliary Tract Cancer
Seiko Hirono, Masaji Tani, Manabu Kawai, Shinomi Ina, Kazuhisa Uchiyama, Hiroki Yamaue
Indication for Hepatopancreatoduodenectomy in Biliary Tract Cancer
John A. Windsor
Sequential Preoperative Ipsilateral Portal and Arterial Embolization in Patients with Colorectal Liver Metastases
Salvatore Gruttadauria, Angelo Luca, Lucio Mandala’, Roberto Miraglia, Bruno Gridelli
Peritoneal Cytology Does Not Increase the Prognostic Information Provided by TNM in Gastric Cancer
G. de Manzoni, G. Verlato, A. Di Leo, A. Tomezzoli, C. Pedrazzani, F. Pasini, Q. Piubello, C. Cordiano
Does Resection Line Involvement Affect Prognosis in Early Gastric Cancer Patients? An Italian Multicentric Study
Paolo Morgagni, Domenico Garcea, Daniele Marrelli, Giovanni de Manzoni, Giovanni Natalini, Hayato Kurihara, Alberto Marchet, Giovanni Vittimberga, Luca Saragoni, Franco Roviello, Alberto Di Leo, Francesco De Santis, Valerio Panizza, Donato Nitti
Total Colectomy Improves Altered Distribution of Regulatory T Cells in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis
Makoto Furihata, Tokihiko Sawada, Toshie Okada, Mitsuru Ishizuka, Toru Horie, Kazutoshi Takagi, Hitoshi Nagata, Keiichi Kubota
Outcomes of Surgery for Mid and Distal Rectal Cancer in the Elderly
Wai Lun Law, Hok Kwok Choi, Judy WC Ho, Yee Man Lee, Chi Leung Seto
The Use of Preoperative Endoscopic Tattooing in Laparoscopic Colorectal Cancer Surgery for Endoscopically Advanced Tumors: A Prospective Comparative Clinical Study
Ivan Arteaga-González, Antonio Martín-Malagón, Eudaldo M. López-Tomassetti Fernández, Javier Arranz-Durán, Adolfo Parra-Blanco, David Nicolas-Perez, Enrique Quintero-Carrión, Hermogenes Díaz Luis, Angel Carrillo-Pallares
Effect of Temporary Abdominal Closure on Colonic Anastomosis and Postoperative Adhesions in Experimental Secondary Peritonitis
Cagatay Aydin, Faruk O. Aytekin, Koray Tekin, Burhan Kabay, Cigdem Yenisey, Goksel Kocbil, Akin Ozden
Intraoperative Jugular Venous Sampling Aids Detection of an Undescended Parathyroid Adenoma
Lawrence S. Lee, Robert J. Canter, Douglas L. Fraker
The Role of Adrenal Venous Sampling in the Surgical Management of Primary Aldosteronism
Antonio Toniato, Paolo Bernante, Gian Paolo Rossi, Maria Rosa Pelizzo
Expression of Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen in Normal and Malignant Human Tissues
Yoshihisa Kinoshita, Katsuyuki Kuratsukuri, Steve Landas, Katsumi Imaida, Peter M. Rovito Jr., Ching Y. Wang, Gabriel P. Haas
Re: “Highlights in Surgery through Outstanding ISS/SIC Surgeons”
Tamas F. Molnar, Laszlo Lukacs
To the Editor: Atherosclerosis May Be Caused by Inadequate Levels of Turbulence and Mixing
Lewis S. Coleman
Regional Anesthesia Has a Role in Hernia Surgery
Richard K. Baumgarten, Cheryl A. Wesen, John E. Boccaccio