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World Journal of Surgery

Issue 6/2002

Content (26 Articles)

Original Scientific Reports

Atrial fibrillation and minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting: Risk factor analysis

Xavier M. Mueller, Hendrik T. Tevaearai, Patrick Ruchat, Frank Stumpe, Ludwig K. von Segesser

Original Scientific Reports

Granulocyte elastase release and pulmonary hemodynamics in patients with mitral valvular disease

Hidenori Gohra, Akihito Mikamo, Haruhiko Okada, Kimikazu Hamano, Nobuya Zempo, Kensuke Esato

Original Scientific Reports

Risk indicators for varicose veins in forty- to sixty-year-olds in the tampere varicose vein study

Jari O. Laurikka, Tero Sisto, Matti R. Tarkka, Ossi Auvinen, Matti Hakama

Original Scientific Reports

Progesterone inhibits chloride transport in human intestinal epithelial cells

Julio M. Mayol, Ana Arbeo-Escolar, Pilar Alarma-Estrany, Yolanda Adame-Navarrete, Jesús A. Fernández-Represa

Original Scientific Reports

Evaluation of a new composite prosthesis (PL-PU99) for the repair of abdominal wall defects in terms of behavior at the peritoneal interface

Juan M. Bellón, Alberto García-Carranza, Francisca Jurado, Natalio García-Honduvilla, Antonio Carrera-San Martín, Julia Buján

Original Scientific Reports

Short- and long-term outcome and health-related quality of life after severe peritonitis

Stefan Scheingraber, Tanja Kurz, Henning Dralle

Original Scientific Reports

Impact of the latest TNM classification for gastric cancer: Retrospective analysis on 94 D2 gastrectomies

Domenico D’Ugo, Fabio Pacelli, Roberto Persiani, Vito Pende, Andrea lanni, Valerio Papa, Giovanni Battista Doglietto, Aurelio Picciocchi

Original Scientific Reports

Higher morbidity and mortality after combined total gastrectomy and pancreaticosplenectomy for gastric cancer

Su-Shun Lo, Chew-Wun Wu, King-Han Shen, Mao-Chie Hsieh, Wing-Yiu Lui

Original Scientific Reports

Inhibitory effect of epigallocatechin-3-gallate on growth and invasion in human biliary tract Carcinoma cells

Moriatsu Takada, Yonson Ku, Kazuto Habara, Tetsuo Ajiki, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Yoshikazu Kuroda

Original Scientific Reports

Clinicopathological prognostic factors and impact of surgical treatment of mass-forming intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Shohachi Suzuki, Takanori Sakaguchi, Yoshihiro Yokoi, Kazuya Okamoto, Kiyotaka Kurachi, Yasuo Tsuchiya, Takuya Okumura, Hiroyuki Konno, Satoshi Baba, Satoshi Nakamura

Original Scientific Reports

Clinical characteristics of hepatitis B core antibody-positive hepatocellular Carcinoma

Takuya Nakai, Kenzo Koh, Takashi Kawabe, Osamu Shiraishi, Kiyotaka Okuno, Masayuki Yasutomi

Original Scientific Reports

Significance of bile leaks complicating conservative surgery for liver hydatidosis

George Skroubis, Constantine Vagianos, Andreas Polydorou, Evangelos Tzoracoleftherakis, John Androulakis

Original Scientific Reports

Impact of grade of dysplasia in villous adenomas of vater’s papilla

Claus-Dieter Heidecke, Robert Rosenberg, Markus Bauer, Martin Werner, Norbert Weigert, Kurt Ulm, Jürgen D. Roder, Jórg-Rüdiger Siewert

Original Scientific Reports

Pain management of patients with unresectable peripancreatic carcinoma

Rutger C. I. van Geenen, Claudia M. G. Keyzer-Dekker, Geertjan van Tienhoven, Huug Obertop, Dirk J. Gouma

Original Scientific Reports

Minilaparotomy approach to terminal ileal Crohn’s disease

Tohru Nakagoe, Terumitsu Sawai, Takashi Tsuji, Masa-aki Jibiki, Atsushi Nanashima, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Toru Yasutake, Hiroyoshi Ayabe

Original Scientific Reports

Metallothionein: Early marker in the carcinogenesis of ulcerative colitis-associated colorectal carcinoma

Matthias Bruewer, Kurt W. Schmid, Christian F. Krieglstein, Norbert Senninger, Guido Schuermann

Original Scientific Reports

Results of long-term follow-up after curative resection of Dukes a colorectal cancer

Matthias W. Wichmann, Christian Müller, Hans M. Hornung, Ulla Lau-Werner, Friedrich-Wilhelm Schildberg

Original Scientific Reports

Parasympathetic extrinsic reflex: Role in defecation mechanism

Ahmed Shafik, Olfat El-Sibai, Ismail Ahmed

Original Scientific Reports

Invited commentary

Robert Talac, John H. Pemberton

Surgical Globetrotting

Surgical results in patients with hepatitis virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma in Taiwan

Miin-Fu Chen, Long-Bin Jeng, Wei-Chen Lee

Surgical History

History of treatment of groin hernia

W. Y. Lau

Letters To The Editor

To the editor

George Savanis

Letters To The Editor

Reply

Richard Carter