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World Journal of Surgery

Issue 9/2005

Content (26 Articles)

Scientific Review

Should We Deny Surgery for Malignant Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Tumors to Elderly Patients?

Henrik Petrowsky, Pierre–Alain Clavien

Original Scientific Reports

Hepatectomy as Treatment of Choice for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Elderly Cirrhotic Patients

Alessandro Ferrero, Luca Viganò, Roberto Polastri, Dario Ribero, Roberto Lo Tesoriere, Andrea Muratore, Lorenzo Capussotti

Original Scientific Report

Long-term Survival of Patients with Gallbladder Cancer Detected during or after Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Tomotaka Akatsu, Masakazu Ueda, Motohide Shimazu, Go Wakabayashi, Koichi Aiura, Minoru Tanabe, Shigeyuki Kawachi, Hiromu Kido, Masaki Kitajima

Invited Commentary

John L. McCall

Invited Commentary

Ross C. Smith

Omental Flap in Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Protection of Splanchnic Vessels

Atsuyuki Maeda, Tomoki Ebata, Hideyuki Kanemoto, Kazuya Matsunaga, Etsuro Bando, Shigeki Yamaguchi, Katsuhiko Uesaka

Gastric Cancer Precursor Lesions and Helicobacter pylori Infection in Patients with Partial Gastrectomy for Peptic Ulcer

Andrea Giuliani, Alessandro Caporale, Martino Demoro, Eugenio Benvenuto, Massimo Scarpini, Sebastiano Spada, Francesco Angelico

When Is Curative Gastrectomy Justified for Gastric Cancer with Positive Peritoneal Lavage Cytology but Negative Macroscopic Peritoneal Implant?

Isao Miyashiro, Ko Takachi, Yuichiro Doki, Osamu Ishikawa, Hiroaki Ohigashi, Kohei Murata, Yo Sasaki, Shingi Imaoka, Akihiko Nakaizumi, Akemi Takenaka, Hiroshi Furukawa, Masahiro Hiratsuka

Prevalence of Prothrombotic Abnormalities in Patients with Acute Mesenteric Ischemia

Nazım Ağaoğlu, Serdar Türkyılmaz, Ercüment Ovalı, Fahri Uçar, Celal Ağaoğlu

Abdominal Angina in Patients with a Midgut Carcinoid, a Sign of Severe Pathology

Harry de Vries, Rob T. M. Wijffels, Pax H. B. Willemse, René C. J. Verschueren, Ido P. Kema, Arend Karrenbeld, Ted R. Prins, Elisabeth G. E. de Vries

Glucose Intolerance Modifies the Inflammatory Response After Intestinal Ischemia-Reperfusion

Juan C. Garcia-Perez, Javier Arias-Diaz, Elena Vara, Jose L. Balibrea

A New Approach to Accurate Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis

Nikolaos E. Tzanakis, Stamatis P. Efstathiou, Kecaris Danulidis, Georgios E. Rallis, Dimitrios I. Tsioulos, Anthimos Chatzivasiliou, Georgios Peros, Nikolaos I. Nikiteas

Invited Commentary

C. Ohmann, C. Franke

Umbilical Pilonidal Sinus Disease: Predisposing Factors and Treatment

Ramazan Eryilmaz, Mustafa Sahin, Ismail Okan, Orhan Alimoglu, Adnan Somay

Hydatid Disease of the Abdomen and Other Locations

Alexandra K. Tsaroucha, Alexandros C. Polychronidis, Nikolaos Lyrantzopoulos, Michail S. Pitiakoudis, Anastasios J.Karayiannakis, Konstantinos J. Manolas, Constantinos E. Simopoulos

Ex Vivo Sentinel Lymph Node Study For Rectal Adenocarcinoma: Preliminary Study

Olivier Baton, Philippe Lasser, Jean-Christophe Sabourin, Valérie Boige, Pierre Duvillard, Dominique Elias, David Malka, Michel Ducreux, Marc Pocard

Invited Commentary

Peter M. Schlag

Detection of Lymph Node Micrometastases and Isolated Tumor Cells in Sentinel and Nonsentinel Lymph Nodes of Colon Cancer Patients

Andreas Bembenek, Ulrike Schneider, Stephan Gretschel, Joerg Fischer, Peter M. Schlag

Impact of Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone Levels on Surgical Results in Patients with Renal Hyperparathyroidism

Theresia Weber, Martin Zeier, Ulf Hinz, Tobias Schilling, Markus W. Büchler

Prevalence of Thyroid Nodules and Carcinomas in Patients Operated on for Renal Hyperparathyroidism: Experience with 339 Consecutive Patients and Review of the Literature

Daniel Seehofer, Nada Rayes, Jochen Klupp, Natascha C. Nüssler, Frank Ulrich, Klaus-Jürgen Graef, Ralph Schindler, Thomas Steinmüller, Ulrich Frei, Peter Neuhaus

Normotensive Pheochromocytoma: Institutional Experience

Amit Agarwal, Sushil Gupta, Anand Kumar Mishra, Nikhil Singh, Saroj K. Mishra

Do Germans Keep Patients Too Long in Hospital? A Prospective Randomized Trial

Cornelia M. E. Dotzenrath, Kenko Cupisti, Andreas Raffel, Birgit Aust, Quh Yang, Björn Krüger, Christian Ohmann, Hans Dietrich Röher, Peter E. Goretzki