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World Journal of Surgery

Issue 1/2014

Content (40 Articles)

Mandatory Resection of Strangulation Marks in Small Bowel Obstruction?

Samuel Andreas Käser, Niels Willi, Christoph Andreas Maurer

Introduction of a New Policy of no Nighttime Appendectomies: Impact on Appendiceal Perforation Rates and Postoperative Morbidity

Beat Schnüriger, Jessica Laue, Dino Kröll, Daniel Inderbitzin, Christian A. Seiler, Daniel Candinas

Biologic Versus Nonbiologic Mesh in Ventral Hernia Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Ali Darehzereshki, Melanie Goldfarb, Joerg Zehetner, Ashkan Moazzez, John C. Lipham, Rodney J. Mason, Namir Katkhouda

A Prospective Randomized Single-Blind Control Study of Volume Threshold for Chest Tube Removal Following Lobectomy

Ye Zhang, Hui Li, Bin Hu, Tong Li, Jin-bai Miao, Bin You, Yi-li Fu, Wen-qian Zhang

Thyroid Lobectomy for Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Long-term Follow-up Study of 1,088 Cases

Kenichi Matsuzu, Kiminori Sugino, Katsuhiko Masudo, Mitsuji Nagahama, Wataru Kitagawa, Hiroshi Shibuya, Keiko Ohkuwa, Takashi Uruno, Akifumi Suzuki, Syunsuke Magoshi, Junko Akaishi, Chie Masaki, Michikazu Kawano, Nobuyasu Suganuma, Yasushi Rino, Munetaka Masuda, Kaori Kameyama, Hiroshi Takami, Koichi Ito

Predictive Factors of Thyroid Cancer in Patients with Graves’ Disease

Meng Ren, Mu Chao Wu, Chang Zhen Shang, Xiao Yi Wang, Jing Lu Zhang, Hua Cheng, Ming Tong Xu, Li Yan

Ultrasound-Guided Methylene Blue Dye Injection for Parathyroid Localization in the Reoperative Neck

Leah Candell, Michael J. Campbell, Wen T. Shen, Jessica E. Gosnell, Orlo H. Clark, Quan-Yang Duh

Defining Anatomical Landmarks for Robotic Facelift Thyroidectomy

Michael C. Singer, Andrew Heffernan, David J. Terris

Management of Early-stage Esophageal Neoplasia (MESEN) Consensus

Alejandro Nieponice, Adolfo E. Badaloni, Blair A. Jobe, Toshitaka Hoppo, Carlos Pellegrini, Vic Velanovich, Gary W. Falk, Kevin Reavis, Lee Swanstrom, Virender K. Sharma, Fabio Nachman, Franco F. Ciotola, Luis E. Caro, Cecilio Cerisoli, Demetrio Cavadas, Luis Durand Figueroa, Daniel Pirchi, Michael Gibson, Santiago Elizalde, Henry Cohen

Location of Lymph Node Involvement in Patients with Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Predicts Survival

Aaldert K. Talsma, Chin-Ann J. Ong, Xinxue Liu, Pieter van Hagen, Jan J. B. Van Lanschot, Huug W. Tilanus, Richard H. Hardwick, Nicholas R. Carroll, Manon C. W. Spaander, Rebecca C. Fitzgerald, Bas P. L. Wijnhoven

Intrathoracic Anastomotic Leakage after Gastroesophageal Cancer Resection Is Associated with Reduced Long-term Survival

Steen Christian Kofoed, Dan Calatayud, Lone Susanne Jensen, Marianne Vinbaek Jensen, Lars Bo Svendsen

Oncologic Outcomes of Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy with Extended Lymph Node Dissection: 10-year Experience from a Single Center

Itasu Ninomiya, Kouichi Okamoto, Takashi Fujimura, Sachio Fushida, Harushi Osugi, Tetsuo Ohta

Immunological Changes After Minimally Invasive or Conventional Esophageal Resection for Cancer: A Randomized Trial

K. W. Maas, S. S. A. Y. Biere, I. M. W. van Hoogstraten, D. L. van der Peet, M. A. Cuesta

Hemodynamics of the Reconstructed Gastric Tube During Esophagectomy: Assessment of Outcomes with Indocyanine Green Fluorescence

Youichi Kumagai, Toru Ishiguro, Norihiro Haga, Koki Kuwabara, Tatsuyuki Kawano, Hideyuki Ishida

Open Access

The Use of Short Segment Free Jejunal Transfer as Salvage Surgery for Cervical Esophageal and Hypopharyngeal Cancer

Shuhei Mayanagi, Tetsuro Onitsuka, Masahiro Nakagawa, Hiroshi Sato, Yuko Kitagawa, Yasuhiro Tsubosa

The Impact of Posthepatectomy Liver Failure on the Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Kohta Iguchi, Etsuro Hatano, Kenya Yamanaka, Shiro Tanaka, Kojiro Taura, Shinji Uemoto

The Determination of Bile Leakage in Complex Hepatectomy Based on the Guidelines of the International Study Group of Liver Surgery

Yoshiro Taguchi, Tomoki Ebata, Yukihiro Yokoyama, Tsuyoshi Igami, Gen Sugawara, Toshio Kokuryo, Kenji Wakai, Masato Nagino

Clinical Outcomes After Unplanned Extubation in a Surgical Intensive Care Population

Ji-Hyun Lee, Hyung-Chul Lee, Young-Tae Jeon, Jung-Won Hwang, Hannah Lee, Hye-Won Oh, Hee-Pyoung Park

A Straight Left Heart Border: A New Radiological Sign of a Hemopericardium

Andrew John Nicol, Pradeep Harkison Navsaria, Steve Beningfield, Delawir Kahn

Motorised Two-Wheeler Crash and Helmets: Injury Patterns, Severity, Mortality and the Consequence of Gender Bias

Amit Gupta, Jiten Jaipuria, Amit Bagdia, Subodh Kumar, Sushma Sagar, Mahesh C. Misra

Open Access

A Prospective Evaluation of Missed Injuries in Trauma Patients, Before and After Formalising the Trauma Tertiary Survey

Gerben B. Keijzers, Don Campbell, Jeffrey Hooper, Nerolie Bost, Julia Crilly, Michael Craig Steele, Chris Del Mar, Leo M. G. Geeraedts Jr.

Monitoring the Practice of Vascular Surgery: Findings from a National Registry (1996–2011)

Francisco S. Lozano, Josep Marinello, Rosa M. Moreno, Maria D. Aguilar, Alfonso López-Quintana, Jose R. Gonzalez-Porras, Javier Alvarez, Antonio Giménez-Gaibar, Rafael Alguacil, Marc A. Cairols, Miguel A. Marco-Luque, Fernando Vaquero, José M. Callejas

Cost-effectiveness of Surgery in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Systematic Review

Caris E. Grimes, Jaymie Ang Henry, Jane Maraka, Nyengo C. Mkandawire, Michael Cotton

Recurrence Following Pulmonary Hydatid Disease Surgery

Mohsen Sokouti, Samad E. J. Golzari, Servet Kayhan, Babak Sabermarouf