Current Issue February 2012, Vol. 203, No. 2

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Carotid stenosis: change of treatment plan based on repeat duplex ultrasonography
February 2012(Vol. 203 | No. 2 | Pages 121-126)
Brett E. Grizzell, Alex D. Ammar, Stephen D. Helmer

The surgical management of abdominal pain in the multiple myeloma patient
February 2012(Vol. 203 | No. 2 | Pages 127-131)
Jared Garrett, V. Suzanne Klimberg, Elias Anaissie, Bart Barlogie, Richard Turnage, Brian D. Badgwell

Outcomes after resection of locally advanced or borderline resectable pancreatic cancer after neoadjuvant therapy
February 2012(Vol. 203 | No. 2 | Pages 132-139)
Giuliano Barugola, Stefano Partelli, Stefano Crippa, Paola Capelli, Mirko D'Onofrio, Paolo Pederzoli, Massimo Falconi

Defining a new paradigm for surgical education
10 February 2012
John Maa
I read with great interest the commentary by Dr Flynn in the September 2011 issue of the American Journal of Surgery. I agree with Dr Flynn's emphasis on the important balance between resident trainin...
Re: “Colon preparation and surgical site infection”
10 February 2012
E. Patchen Dellinger
I write to commend Dr Fry on a timely and important review of the subject of mechanical and oral antibiotic preparation of the colon for colon operations. As Dr Fry so correctly pointed out, there has...
A resident perspective on increasing duty-hour limitations
10 February 2012
Robert M. Cannon, Michael E. Egger, Matthew C. Bozeman
We read the recent group of editorials regarding the quality of surgical resident training with great interest. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education duty-hour limitations imposed i...
Author's reply
10 February 2012
Harry S. Goldsmith
I welcome Dr Fleshman's comments about my report “Pyloric Valve Transposition as Substitute for a Colostomy in Humans: A Preliminary Report” and his follow-up article, “Should We, Not Could We? A Comm...
Reply to the commentary: Should we, not could we? A commentary on “Pyloric valve transposition as substitute for a colostomy in humans: a preliminary report”
10 February 2012
Abhijit Chandra
I read the commentary by Dr Fleshman with great interest. Although I agree with him that our report demonstrates the technical feasibility of pyloric valve (PV) transposition as an anal sphincter and ...

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Prevention of postoperative peritoneal adhesions: a review of the literature
January 2011 (Vol. 201 | No. 1 | Pages 111-121)
Beat Schnüriger, Galinos Barmparas, Bernardino C. Branco, Thomas Lustenberger, Kenji Inaba, Demetrios Demetriades
Effective home laparoscopic simulation training: a preliminary evaluation of an improved training paradigm
January 2012 (Vol. 203 | No. 1 | Pages 1-7)
James R. Korndorffer, Charles F. Bellows, Ara Tekian, Ilene B. Harris, Steven M. Downing
Refinement in the technique of perihepatic packing: a safe and effective surgical hemostasis and multidisciplinary approach can improve the outcome in severe liver trauma
January 2011 (Vol. 201 | No. 1 | Pages e5-e14)
Franco Baldoni, Salomone Di Saverio, Nicola Antonacci, Carlo Coniglio, Aimone Giugni, Nicola Montanari, Andrea Biscardi, Silvia Villani, Giovanni Gordini, Gregorio Tugnoli
Compliance with guidelines to prevent surgical site infections: As simple as 1-2-3?
January 2011 (Vol. 201 | No. 1 | Pages 76-83)
Derek W. Meeks, Kevin P. Lally, Matthew M. Carrick, Debbie F. Lew, Eric J. Thomas, Peter D. Doyle, Lillian S. Kao
Assessment of stress and teamwork in the operating room: an exploratory study
January 2011 (Vol. 201 | No. 1 | Pages 24-30)
Louise Hull, Sonal Arora, Eva Kassab, Roger Kneebone, Nick Sevdalis

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The American Journal of Surgery is a peer-reviewed journal designed for the general surgeon who performs abdominal, cancer, vascular, head and neck, breast, colorectal, and other forms of surgery. AJS is the official journal of seven major surgical societies and publishes their official papers as well as independently submitted clinical studies, editorials, reviews, brief reports, correspondence and book reviews.

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