Issue 8/2006
Content (41 Articles)
Review of the Pathophysiology and Management of Postoperative Ileus
Peter Mattei, John L. Rombeau
“To Afford the Wounded Speedy Assistance”: Dominique Jean Larrey and Napoleon
Panagiotis N. Skandalakis, Panagiotis Lainas, Odyseas Zoras, John E. Skandalakis, Petros Mirilas
Tolstoy’s Report of Five Cases of Chest Trauma: Its Relevance to Contemporary Military Surgical Experience
Tamas F. Molnar, Laszlo Lukacs
Granulomatous Lobular Mastitis: A Complex Diagnostic and Therapeutic Problem
Alper Akcan, Hızır Akyıldız, Mehmet Ali Deneme, Hulya Akgun, Yucel Arıtas
Necrotic Complications after Nipple- and Areola-Sparing Mastectomy
Andrzej L. Komorowski, Vittorio Zanini, Lea Regolo, Adriana Carolei, Wojciech M. Wysocki, Alberto Costa
Phyllodes Tumor of the Breast: The Challenge Persists
Shih-Ping Cheng, Yuan-Ching Chang, Tsang-Pai Liu, Jie-Jen Lee, Chi-Yuan Tzen, Chien-Liang Liu
The Role of Whole-Body Fluorine-18-FDG Positron Emission Tomography in the Detection of Recurrence in Symptomatic Patients with Stages II and III Breast Cancer
Ryan M. Wolfort, Benjamin D.L. Li, Lester W. Johnson, Richard H. Turnage, David Lilien, Fred Ampil, Gary Burton, Quyen D. Chu
Identification of Patients at Low Risk for Thyroidectomy-Related Hypocalcemia by Intraoperative Quick PTH
Francesco Di Fabio, Claudio Casella, Giovanna Bugari, Carmelo Iacobello, Bruno Salerni
Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy for Cancer: Prospective Evaluation of Laparoscopic Gastric Mobilization
Gaelle Godiris-Petit, Nicolas Munoz-Bongrand, Isabelle Honigman, Pierre Cattan, Emile Sarfati
Impact of the Number and Extent of Positive Lymph Nodes in 200 Patients with Thoracic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma after Three-field Lymph Node Dissection
Hideaki Shimada, Shin-ichi Okazumi, Hisahiro Matsubara, Yoshihiro Nabeya, Tooru Shiratori, Takanori Shimizu, Kiyohiko Shuto, Hideki Hayashi, Takenori Ochiai
Covering the Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) Tube Prevents Peristomal Infection
Yutaka Suzuki, Mitsuyoshi Urashima, Yoshio Ishibashi, Masahiro Abo, Hiroshi Mashiko, Yukimoto Eda, Toshiro Kusakabe, Naruo Kawasaki, Katsuhiko Yanaga
Duodenal Interdigestive Migrating Motor Complex in Patients 5 Years or More after Pylorus-preserving Gastrectomy for Early Gastric Cancer
Ryouichi Tomita, Tugumichi Koshinaga, Taro Ikeda, Shigeru Fujisaki, Katsuhisa Tanjoh
Gastric Cancer Surgery in Elderly Patients
Stephen Gretschel, Lope Estevez-Schwarz, Michael Hünerbein, Ulrike Schneider, Peter M. Schlag
New Type of Jejunal Interposition Method after Gastrectomy
Georgy Zherlov, Andrey Koshel, Yuliya Orlova, Dmitry Zykov, Sergey Sokolov, Nataliya Rudaya, Alexander Karpovitch
Incurable Stenosing Colorectal Carcinoma: Endoscopic Stent Implantation or Palliative Surgery?
Henry Ptok, Frank Marusch, Ralf Steinert, Lutz Meyer, Hans Lippert, Ingo Gastinger
Predictors for Complications after Loop Stoma Closure in Patients with Rectal Cancer
Herwig Pokorny, Harald Herkner, Raimund Jakesz, Friedrich Herbst
Can Biliary Carcinoembryonic Antigen Identify Colorectal Cancer Patients with Occult Hepatic Metastases?
Giovanni Li Destri, Raffaele Lanteri, Marco Santangelo, Benedetto Torrisi, Antonio Di Cataldo, Stefano Puleo
Transabdominal Modified Devascularization Procedure with or without Esophageal Stapler Transection—An Operation Adequate for Effective Control of a Variceal Bleed. Is Esophageal Stapler Transection Necessary?
M. Johnson, S. Rajendran, T.G. Balachandar D. Kannan, S. Jeswanth, P. Ravichandran, R. Surendran
Hand-assisted Laparoscopic Splenectomy and Devascularization of the Upper Stomach in the Management of Gastric Varices
Joji Yamamoto, Motoki Nagai, Barry Smith, Satoshi Tamaki, Tadao Kubota, Ken Sasaki, Toshihiro Ohmori, Kiyotaka Maeda
Pancreaticoduodenectomy with Mesentericoportal Vein Resection for Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreatic Head
Nicolas Carrère, Alain Sauvanet, Diane Goere, Reza Kianmanesh, Marie-Pierre Vullierme, Anne Couvelard, Philippe Ruszniewski, Jacques Belghiti
Surgical Treatment of Metastatic Tumors to the Pancreas: A Single Center Experience and Review of the Literature
Stefano Crippa, Carlo Angelini, Chiara Mussi, Claudia Bonardi, Fabrizio Romano, Paola Sartori, Franco Uggeri, Giorgio Bovo
Specific Targeting of Pancreatic Islet Cells In Vivo by Insulin-Promoter-Driven Adenoviral Conjugated Reporter Genes
Xiaoping Wang, Elizabeth Olmsted-Davis, Alan Davis, Shihe Liu, Zhijun Li, Jie Yang, F. Charles Brunicardi
Pancreatic Serous Oligocystic Adenomas: Clinicopathologic Features and a Comparison with Serous Microcystic Adenomas and Mucinous Cystic Neoplasms
Brian K.P. Goh, Yu-Meng Tan, Wai-Ming Yap, Peng-Chung Cheow, Pierce K.H. Chow, Yaw-Fui Alexander Chung, Wai-Keong Wong, London L.P.J. Ooi
Biliary Cystadenoma and Other Complicated Cystic Lesions of The Liver: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges
Anthony Y.B. Teoh, Simon S.M. Ng, K.F. Lee, Paul B.S. Lai
Improved Long-term Survival after Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Modern Era: Retrospective Study from HCV-endemic Areas
Atsushi Sasaki, Yukio Iwashita, Kohei Shibata, Toshifumi Matsumoto, Masayuki Ohta, Seigo Kitano
Identification of Risk Factors for Perioperative Mortality in Acute Mesenteric Ischemia
Maria Asuncion Acosta-Merida, Joaquin Marchena-Gomez, Marion Hemmersbach-Miller, Cristina Roque-Castellano, Juan Maria Hernandez-Romero
Experimental Comparison of Monofile Light and Heavy Polypropylene Meshes: Less Weight Does Not Mean Less Biological Response
Dirk Weyhe, Inge Schmitz, Orlin Belyaev, Robert Grabs, Klaus-Michael Müller, Waldemar Uhl, Volker Zumtobel
Postsurgical Infections are Reduced with Specialized Nutrition Support
Dan L. Waitzberg, Hideaki Saito, Lindsay D. Plank, Glyn G. Jamieson, Palepu Jagannath, Tsann-Long Hwang, Juan M. Mijares, David Bihari
Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheters Are Not Superior to Central Venous Catheters in the Acute Care of Surgical Patients on the Ward
Simon Turcotte, Serge Dubé, Gilles Beauchamp
In Our World of Ready, Rapid, Expanded Communication—Why Can’t (Don’t) We Communicate?
Michael Sarr