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World Journal of Surgery

Issue 10/2004

Content (27 Articles)

Original Scientific Reports

Efficacy of Pre-incisional Bupivacaine Infiltration on Postoperative Pain Relief after Appendectomy: Prospective Double-blind Randomized Trial

Varut Lohsiriwat, Narong Lert-akyamanee, Winchai Rushatamukayanunt

Original Scientific Reports

Selective Venous Sampling in Recurrent and Persistent Hyperparathyroidism: Indication, Technique, and Results

Philippe C.J. Chaffanjon, David Voirin, Ashok Vasdev, Olivier Chabre, Norman M. Kenyon, Pierre Yves Brichon

Original Scientific Reports

Extended Thymectomy in Patients with Myasthenia Gravis with High Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia Alone

Yoshio Tsunezuka, Makoto Oda, Isao Matsumoto, Masaya Tamura, Go Watanabe

Invited Commentary

Invited Commentary

Donald G. Mulder

Original Scientific Reports

Altered Serum Transforming Growth Factor-ß1 and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Levels in Obstructive Jaundice

Shyr-Ming Sheen-Chen, Hock-Liew Eng, Kuo-Sheng Hung

Original Scientific Reports

Serum Hyaluronate Level for Predicting Subclinical Liver Dysfunction after Hepatectomy

Toru Mizuguchi, Tadashi Katsuramaki, Takayuki Nobuoka, Masaki Kawamoto, Hideki Oshima, Hiroyuki Kawasaki, Hitoshi Kikuchi, Chihiro Shibata, Koichi Hirata

Original Scientific Reports

Changes in Splenic Volume during Liver Regeneration

Hideya Ando, Masato Nagino, Toshiyuki Arai, Hideki Nishio, Yuji Nimura

Original Scientific Reports

Risk Factors for Postoperative Delirium after Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Yasuko Yoshimura, Shoji Kubo, Kumiko Shirata, Kazuhiro Hirohashi, Hiromu Tanaka, Taichi Shuto, Shigekazu Takemura, Hiroaki Kinoshita

Original Scientific Reports

Long-term Survival of Patients with Unresectable Colorectal Liver Metastases treated by Percutaneous Interstitial Laser Thermotherapy

Christopher Christophi, Mehrdad Nikfarjam, Caterina Malcontenti-Wilson, Vijayaragavan Muralidharan

Original Scientific Reports

Immunohistochemical Study of DPC4 and p53 Proteins in Gallbladder and Bile Duct Cancers

Shih-Chang Chuang, King-Teh Lee, Kun-Bow Tsai, Pai-Ching Sheen, Eishi Nagai, Kazuhiro Mizumoto, Masao Tanaka

Original Scientific Reports

Spiegel’s Lobe Bile Ducts Often Drain into the Right Hepatic Duct or Its Branches: Study Using Drip-Infusion Cholangiography-Computed Tomography in 179 Consecutive Patients

Masahiro Kitami, Gen Murakami, Saiho Ko, Kei Takase, Masahiro Tuboi, Haruo Saito, Yoshiyuki Nakajima, Shoki Takahashi

Original Scientific Reports

Resection of the Colon Simultaneously with Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Tumors of the Pancreas and Periampullary Region: Short-term and Long-term Results

Yasuyuki Suzuki, Yasuhiro Fujino, Yasuki Tanioka, Tetsuya Sakai, Tetsuo Ajiki, Takashi Ueda, Masahiro Tominaga, Yoshikazu Kuroda

Original Scientific Reports

Effect of Chemoradiotherapy with Gemcitabine and Cisplatin on Locoregional Control in Patients with Primary Inoperable Pancreatic Cancer

Ralf Wilkowski, Martin Thoma, Rolf Schauer, Andreas Wagner, Volker Heinemann

Original Scientific Reports

Decreased Identification Rate of Sentinel Lymph Node after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

Seok Hyung Kang, Seok-Ki Kim, Youngmee Kwon, Han-Sung Kang, Jae Hee Kang, Jungsil Ro, Eun Sook Lee

Original Scientific Reports

Penetrating Cardiac Wounds: Principles for Surgical Management

Jin-mou Gao, Yun-han Gao, Gong-bin Wei, Guo-long Liu, Xian-yang Tian, Ping Hu, Chang-hua Li

Original Scientific Reports

Improved Health-related Quality of Life after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Is Unrelated to Use of Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Otso Järvinen, Timo Saarinen, Juhani Julkunen, Jari Laurikka, Heini Huhtala, Matti R. Tarkka

Original Scientific Reports

Coronary Bypass before Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplants for Type 1 Diabetics in Renal Failure

J. Ernesto Molina, David E.R. Sutherland, Yang Wang, Angelika C. Gruessner, Barbara J. Bland

Original Scientific Reports

Cytoreductive Surgery and Intraperitoneal Chemohyperthermia for Recurrent Peritoneal Carcinomatosis from Ovarian Cancer

Claudio Zanon, Renzo Clara, Isabella Chiappino, Massimiliano Bortolini, Silvia Cornaglia, Paolo Simone, Francesco Bruno, Leonarda De Riu, Mario Airoldi, Fulvia Pedani

Original Scientific Reports

Patterns and Clinical Outcomes Associated with Routine Intravenous Sodium and Fluid Administration after Colorectal Resection

Andrew L. Tambyraja, Fergus Sengupta, Alasdair B. MacGregor, David C.C. Bartolo, Kenneth C.H. Fearon

Invited Commentary

Invited Commentary

Moshe Schein

Surgical Globetrotting

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Is It a Conscious Preference among Turkish Patients with Symptomatic Gallstones? — Prospective Study

Asım Cingi, Fikret Düşünceli, Bahadır M. Güllüoğlu, Cumhur Yeğen, A. ızdemir Aktan, Rıfat Yalın

Surgical History

Medicine’s Greatest Gifts to Surgery

Nancy D. Perrier, Michael S. Boger

Surgical History

Edoardo Bassini and the Wound That Inspires

Andrew D. Thomas, Ann Rogers

Surgical History

Jan Mikulicz-Radecki (1850–1905): Pioneer of Endoscopy and Surgery of the Sinuses, Throat, and Digestive Tract

Jerzy Kuczkowski, Czeslaw Stankiewicz, Andrzej Kopacz, Waldemar Narozny, Boguslaw Mikaszewski, Kamil Drucis

Letters to the Editor

To the Editor

Waldemar Narożny, Jerzy Kuczkowski, Bogusław Mikaszewski

Letters to the Editor

Reply

Finn Gottrup