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World Journal of Surgery

Issue 3/2007

Content (33 Articles)

EDITORIAL

Barrett’s Esophagus, Fundoplication, and Cancer

David I. Watson, George C. Mayne, Damian J. Hussey

GREY TURNER LECTURE—DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

The Role of Prophylactic Surgery in Cancer Prevention

Y. Nancy You, Vipul T. Lakhani, Samuel A. Wells Jr

Pneumatic Dilatation or Laparoscopic Cardiomyotomy in the Management of Newly Diagnosed Idiopathic Achalasia

S. Kostic, A. Kjellin, M. Ruth, H. Lönroth, E. Johnsson, M. Andersson, L. Lundell

Outcomes of Hepatectomy for Hepatolithiasis

Tung-Yen Lee, Yao-Li Chen, Hung-Chi Chang, Chien-Pin Chan, Shou-Jen Kuo

Impact of Lymph Node Micrometastasis in Patients with Pancreatic Head Cancer

Hiroshi Kurahara, Sonshin Takao, Kousei Maemura, Hiroyuki Shinchi, Shoji Natsugoe, Takashi Aikou

High Expression of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-2 (PAI-2) is a Predictor of Improved Survival in Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Ross Smith, AiQun Xue, Anthony Gill, Christopher Scarlett, Alexander Saxby, Adele Clarkson, Thomas Hugh

Treatment of Bleeding Pseudoaneurysms in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis

Marianne Udd, Ari K. Leppäniemi, Siamak Bidel, Pekka Keto, Wolf-Dieter Roth, Reijo K. Haapiainen

Extended Resections of Liver Metastases from Colorectal Cancer

S. Jonas, A. Thelen, C. Benckert, A. Spinelli, S. Sammain, U. Neumann, B. Rudolph, P. Neuhaus

Factors Predicting Postoperative Infectious Complications and Early Induction of Inflammatory Mediators in Ulcerative Colitis Patients

Chikao Miki, Yukinari Ohmori, Shigeyuki Yoshiyama, Yuji Toiyama, Toshimitsu Araki, Keiichi Uchida, Masato Kusunoki

INVITED COMMENTARY

Steroids and One-Stage Restorative Proctocolectomy in Ulcerative Colitis: Unnatural Bedfellows

Kim C. Lu, Daniel O. Herzig, Karen E. Deveney

End-to-End Compression Anastomosis of The Rectum: A Pig Model

Doron Kopelman, Shlomo Lelcuk, Joel Sayfan, Ibrahim Matter, Ehud P. Willenz, Luis Zaidenstein, Ossama A. Hatoum, Boaz Kimmel, Amir Szold

Special Anoscope for Easy Purse-string Suture Application in Stapled Hemorrhoidopexy

Ali Dogan Bozdag, Okay Nazli, Tugrul Tansug, Hayrullah Derici, Vedat Deniz

Mucocele of the Appendix

J. Ruiz-Tovar, D. García Teruel, V. Morales Castiñeiras, A. Sanjuanbenito Dehesa, P. López Quindós, E. Martínez Molina

Significance of Laparoscopic Splenectomy in Patients with Hypersplenism

Yuji Watanabe, Atsushi Horiuchi, Motohira Yoshida, Yuji Yamamoto, Hiroki Sugishita, Teru Kumagi, Yoichi Hiasa, Kanji Kawachi

Postoperative Complications in Obese and Nonobese Patients

Olumuyiwa A. Bamgbade, Timothy W. Rutter, Olubukola O. Nafiu, Pema Dorje

Surgical and Interventional Visceral Revascularization for the Treatment of Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia—When to Prefer Which?

Matthias Biebl, W. Andrew Oldenburg, Ricardo Paz-Fumagalli, J. Mark McKinney, Albert G. Hakaim

Packing for Control of Hemorrhage in Major Liver Trauma

A. J. Nicol, M. Hommes, R. Primrose, P. H. Navsaria, J. E. J. Krige

Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Resection of a Small Pulmonary Nodule after Computed Tomography–guided Localization with a Hook-wire System

Olivier Pittet, Michel Christodoulou, Edgardo Pezzetta, Sabine Schmidt, Pierre Schnyder, Hans-Beat Ris

Malignant Nonfunctioning Endocrine Tumors of the Pancreas: Predictive Factors for Survival after Surgical Treatment

Jun Chul Chung, Dong Wook Choi, Sung Ho Jo, Jin Seok Heo, Seong Ho Choi, Yong Il Kim

Recurrence after Total Thyroidectomy for Benign Multinodular Goiter

Kylie L. Snook, Peter L. H. Stalberg, Stan B. Sidhu, Mark S. Sywak, Pamela Edhouse, Leigh Delbridge

Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Using a New Bilateral Axillo-Breast Approach

Jun-Ho Choe, Seok Won Kim, Ki-Wook Chung, Kyoung Sik Park, Wonshik Han, Dong-Young Noh, Seung Keun Oh, Yeo-Kyu Youn

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Rural Surgery in Southern Sudan

Sandro Contini, Richard A. Gosselin

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Giuseppe Meo

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Johan Styrud, Lars Granström