Issue 8/2003
Content (27 Articles)
Editorial Update
Radical Surgery for Mesothelioma: How Can We Obtain Evidence?
Tom Treasure, Simon Swift, Carol Tan
Original Scientific Reports
Expression of Elastic Components in Healthy and Varicose Veins
Julia Buján, María J. Gimeno, Jose A. Jiménez, Cay M. Kielty, Robert P. Mecham, Juan M. Bellón
Original Scientific Reports
Quality of Life Improvement after Videothoracoscopic Splanchnicectomy in Chronic Pancreatitis Patients: Case Control Study
Wojciech Makarewicz, Tomasz Stefaniak, Marlena Kossakowska, Andrzej Basiński, Marek Suchorzewski, Aleksander Stanek, Zbigniew B. Gruca
Original Scientific Reports
Transitional Cell Carcinoma in Renal Transplant Recipients
Yu-Lin Kao, Yen-Chuan Ou, Chi-Rei Yang, Hao-Chung Ho, Chung-Kuang Su, Kuo-Hsiung Shu
Surgical Globetrotting
Locally Advanced Breast Cancer in Developing Countries: The Place of Surgery
Justus P. Apffelstaedt
Surgical Globetrotting
Spectrum of Breast Cancer in Malaysian Women: Overview
Abdullah Noor Hisham, Cheng Har Yip
Surgical Globetrotting
Medical and Radiation Oncology for Breast Cancer in Developing Countries with Particular Reference to Locally Advanced Breast Cancer
Elizabeth M. Murray
World Progress in Surgery
Ethical, Social, and Policy Issues: Introduction
Abdallah S. Daar, Martin F. McKneally
World Progress in Surgery
Introducing New Technologies: Protecting Subjects of Surgical Innovation and Research
Martin F. McKneally, Abdallah S. Daar
World Progress in Surgery
Patient Safety in Surgery: Error Detection and Prevention
Edward Etchells, Catherine O’Neill, Mark Bernstein
World Progress in Surgery
Challenges of Teaching Surgery: Ethical Framework
Asad J. Raja, Alex V. Levin
World Progress in Surgery
Qualitative Research on Trauma Surgery: Getting Beyond the Numbers
John A. Rich, Courtney M. Grey
Original Scientific Reports
Priority Setting in Surgery: Improve the Process and Share the Learning
Douglas K. Martin, Nancy Walton, Peter A. Singer
World Progress in Surgery
The Surgeon and Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Jens Mielke, Kazadi K.N. Kalangu
World Progress in Surgery
Collaboration, Communication, Management, and Advocacy: Teaching Surgeons New Skills through the CanMEDS Project
Jason R. Frank, Bernard Langer
Book Review
Atlas of Common Pain Syndromes. Steven D. Waldman. Saunders, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2002, 315 pp., $85.00
Richard K. Nadjarian