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World Journal of Surgery

Issue 6/2007

Content (42 Articles)

Invited Commentary

One-step Surgery for Breast Cancer: Back to the Future?

Hiram S. Cody III

Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Two Mastectomy Techniques

Caroline D. Rodd, Vamsi R. Velchuru, Frances Holly-Archer, Allan Clark, Jerome H. Pereira

Filling a Void: Thyroid Cancer Surgery Information on the Internet

Heather Yeo, Sanziana Roman, Mamie Air, Christina Maser, Tara Trapasso, Barbara Kinder, Julie Ann Sosa

Invited Commentary

Invited commentary

Janice L. Pasieka

Extranodal Tumor Extension to Adjacent Organs Predicts a Worse Cause-specific Survival in Patients with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Yasuhiro Ito, Mitsuyoshi Hirokawa, Tomoo Jikuzono, Takuya Higashiyama, Yuuki Takamura, Akihiro Miya, Kaoru Kobayashi, Fumio Matsuzuka, Kanji Kuma, Akira Miyauchi

Effect of Parathyroidectomy on Quality of Life and Neuropsychological Symptoms in Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Theresia Weber, Monika Keller, Isabella Hense, Alexander Pietsch, Ulf Hinz, Tobias Schilling, Peter Nawroth, Ernst Klar, Markus W. Büchler

Systemic Inflammation and Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Andrew L. Tambyraja, Raymond Dawson, Domenico Valenti, John A. Murie, Roderick T. Chalmers

Left Renal Vein Graft for Vascular Reconstruction in Abdominal Malignancy

Susumu Ohwada, Kunihiro Hamada, Susumu Kawate, Yutaka Sunose, Naoki Tomizawa, Tatsuya Yamada, Toshihiko Okabe, Testushi Ogawa, Yoshihiro Sato

Chronic Viral Hepatitis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Yagil Barazani, Jonathan R. Hiatt, Myron J. Tong, Ronald W. Busuttil

Surgical Resection of Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma: Analysis of Survival and Postoperative Complications

Suguru Hasegawa, Iwao Ikai, Hideaki Fujii, Etsuro Hatano, Yasuyuki Shimahara

Attenuation of Kupffer Cell Function in Acute on Chronic Liver Injury Enhanced Engraftment of Transplanted Hepatocytes

Ray-Hwang Yuan, Hui-Ling Chen, Huey-Ling Chen, Ming-Kung Hsu, Po-Huang Lee, Mei-Hwei Chang

Effects of Octenidine HCl on Liver Tissue: Could It Be an Alternative Scolicidal for Hidatid Disease?

Yüksel Arikan, Gökhan Akbulut, Dursun Ali Sahin, Fatma Hüsniye Dilek, Volkan Saykol, Osman Nuri Dilek

Peritoneal Perforation of Liver Hydatid Cysts: Clinical Presentation, Predisposing Factors, and Surgical Outcome

Alper Akcan, Hizir Akyildiz, Tarik Artis, Ahmet Ozturk, Mehmet Ali Deneme, Engin Ok, Erdogan Sozuer

Gallstone Ileus: Diagnosis and Management

A. A. Ayantunde, A. Agrawal

Original Article

Delay from Symptom Onset Increases the Conversion Rate in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis

Sirwan M. Hadad, Jayant S. Vaidya, Lee Baker, Hoey C. Koh, Timothy P. Heron, Alastair M. Thompson

Is Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in Colorectal Cancer a Future Prognostic Factor? A Meta-analysis

Gaëtan Des Guetz, Bernard Uzzan, Patrick Nicolas, Michel Cucherat, Philippe de Mestier, Jean-François Morere, Jean-Luc Breau, Gérard Perret

Original Article

Variations in Pelvic Dimensions Do Not Predict the Risk of Circumferential Resection Margin (CRM) Involvement in Rectal Cancer

G. Salerno, I. R. Daniels, G. Brown, A. R. Norman, B. J. Moran, R. J. Heald

Stapled Transanal Rectal Resection (Starr) to Reverse the Anatomic Disorders of Pelvic Floor Dyssynergia

George Pechlivanides, John Tsiaoussis, Elias Athanasakis, Nikolaos Zervakis, Nikolaos Gouvas, George Zacharioudakis, Evaghelos Xynos

To the Editor

Konstantinos Tepetes, Paraskevi Liakou, Ioannis Balogiannis

Letters to Editor

Laparoscopic Surgery of the Spleen

Eduardo M. Targarona, Manuel Trias

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