Issue 4/2004
Content (23 Articles)
International Federation of Surgical Colleges and International Society of Surgery
S. William A. Gunn
High-Energy Laser Therapy of Barrett’s Esophagus: Preliminary Results
Lorenzo Norberto, Lino Polese, Imerio Angriman, Francesca Erroi, Attilio Cecchetto, Davide F. D’Amico
Quality of Life Associated with Surgery for Esophageal Cancer: Differences between Collar and Intrathoracic Anastomoses
Christian E. Schmidt, Beate Bestmann, Thomas Küchler, Andreas Schmid, Bernd Kremer
Sternocleidomastoid Muscle Flap Preventing Frey Syndrome following Parotidectomy
Wail Queiroz Filho, Rogério A. Dedivitis, Abrão Rapoport, André V. Guimarães
Gastric Partitioning Gastrojejunostomy in Unresectable Distal Gastric Cancer Patients
Sung Joon Kwon, Ha Gyoon Lee
Palliation of Metastatic Gastric Cancer: Impact of Preoperative Symptoms and the Type of Operation on Survival and Quality of Life
Volker Kahlke, Beate Bestmann, Andreas Schmid, Julius Marek Doniec, Thomas Küchler, Bernd Kremer
Micrometastases of Solitary Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Appropriate Resection Margin
Ming Shi, Chang-Qing Zhang, Ya-Qi Zhang, Xiao-Man Liang, Jin-Qing Li
Resection of Peritoneal Implantation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Hepatic Resection: Risk Factors and Prognostic Analysis
Chun-Nan Yeh, Miin-Fu Chen
Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumors: Factors that Predict Outcome
Jamie J. Van Gompel, Rebecca S. Sippel, Tom F. Warner, Herbert Chen
Insular Carcinoma: Infrequent Subtype of Thyroid Cancer with Aggressive Clinical Course
Tzu-Chieh Chao, Jen-Der Lin, Miin-Fu Chen
Incidentally Found Medullary Thyroid Cancer: Treatment Rationale for Small Tumors
Andreas Raffel, Kenko Cupisti, Markus Krausch, Achim Wolf, Klaus-Martin Schulte, Hans-Dietrich Röher
Ballistic Study of the SAPL GC27 Gun: Is It Really “Nonlethal”?
Eric J. Voiglio, Benoît Frattini, Jean-Jacques Dörrzapf, Jacques Breteau, Alain Miras, Jean-Louis Caillot
New Operative Method for Fundal Variceal Bleeding: Fundectomy with Periesophagogastric Devascularization
Ho-Seong Han, Nam-Joon Yi, Young-Woo Kim, Gary D. Fleischer
Diverticular Disease: Electrophysiologic Study and a New Concept of Pathogenesis
Ahmed Shafik, Ismail Ahmed, Ali A. Shafik, Olfat El Sibai
“On Table” Positioning for Optimal Access for Cancer Excision in the Lower Rectum
Koutarou Maeda, Morito Maruta, Harunobu Sato, Koji Masumori, Hiroyuki Aoyama
Fishing Line Suture: Cost-saving Alternative for Atraumatic Intracutaneous Skin Closure—Randomized Clinical Trial in Rwanda
Sebastian Freudenberg, Martin Nyonde, Charles Mkony, Fatma Bay, Torsten Wilhelm, Stefan Post
Trauma Management in Ancient Greece: Value of Surgical Principles through the Years
Emmanouil A. Pikoulis, John C.B. Petropoulos, Christos Tsigris, Nikolaos Pikoulis, Ari K. Leppäniemi, Emmanouil Pavlakis, Evgenia Gavrielatou, David Burris, Elias Bastounis, Norman M. Rich
Reply (DOI: 10.1007/s00268-003-1038-y)
Vassilios E. Smyrniotis, Elias K. Kostopanagiotou, Constantionos I. Katis