World Journal of Surgery

Introduction

J.L. Rombeau

Malnutrition: Organic and Functional Consequences

Rafael J.F. Mora

Nutritional Depletion and Dietary Manipulation: Effects on the Immune Response

Karel W.E. Hulsewé, Bernadette A.C. van Acker, Maarten F. von Meyenfeldt, Peter B. Soeters

Postoperative Protein Sparing

Douglas W. Wilmore

Hypocaloric Support in the Critically Ill

José Félix Patiño, Sonia Echeverri de Pimiento, Arturo Vergara, Patricia Savino, Mario Rodríguez, Jaime Escallón

Perioperative Nutrition Support for Patients Undergoing Gastrointestinal Surgery: Critical Analysis and Recommendations

Michael H. Torosian

Artificial Nutritional Support in Patients with Gastrointestinal Fistulas

Stanley J. Dudrick, Ashwin R. Maharaj, Alicia A. McKelvey

Postoperative Total Parenteral Nutrition

Dan L. Waitzberg, Caio Plopper, Ricardo M. Terra

Artificial Nutrition in Cancer Patients: Which Route, What Composition?

Federico Bozzetti, Cecilia Gavazzi, Luigi Mariani, Flavio Crippa

Pancreatic Cancer as a Model: Inflammatory Mediators, Acute-phase Response, and Cancer Cachexia

Kenneth C.H. Fearon, Matthew D. Barber, J.S. Falconer, Donald C. McMillan, James A. Ross, Tom Preston

Jejunostomy: Techniques, Indications, and Complications

Jesus Tapia, Ricardo Murguia, Gabriel Garcia, Pedro Espinoza de los Monteros, Edgardo Oñate

Use of Gastrostomy and Combined Gastrojejunostomy Tubes for Enteral Feeding

Mark B. Faries, John L. Rombeau

Laparoscopic Assisted Cystectomy and Lymphadenectomy for Bladder Cancer: Initial Experience

A. Denewer, S. Kotb, O. Hussein, M. El-Maadawy

Tailoring Antireflux Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Lars Rydberg, Magnus Ruth, Hasse Abrahamsson, Lars Lundell

Book Reviews

Erratum

Catheter-related Bloodstream Infections

Antonio Sitges-Serra, Meritxell Girvent