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The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 194, Issue 1, Pages 1-142 (July 2007)
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Editorial board
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Editorial Opinion


Forgive and remember revisited, 11 May 2007
Robert E. Condon
pages 1-2
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Clinical Surgery - International


Hemorrhage after pancreaticoduodenectomy: when is surgery still indicated?
Thomas Blanc, Alexandre Cortes, Diane Goere, Annie Sibert, Patrick Pessaux, Jacques Belghiti, Alain Sauvanet
pages 3-9
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Editorial Comment


Evidence-based management of hemorrhage after pancreaticoduodenectomy
Edwin Christopher Ellison
pages 10-12
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Clinical Surgery - International


Internal anal sphincterolysis for chronic anal fissure: a prospective, clinical, and manometric study
Pravin J. Gupta
pages 13-16
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Risk factors for intrahepatic recurrence after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma, 25 April 2007
Salleh Ibrahim, Anupama Roychowdhury, Tay Khoon Hean
pages 17-22
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Bilateral thoracoscopic splanchnicectomy with sympathectomy for managing abdominal pain in cancer patients
Chang Moo Kang, Hye Yeon Lee, Hee Jun Yang, Han Jung Jang, Young Chun Gil, Kyung Sik Kim, Jin Sub Choi, Woo Jung Lee, Byong Ro Kim
pages 23-29
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Computed tomography severity index and C-reactive protein values predicting mortality in emergency and intensive care units for patients with severe acute pancreatitis
Jyrki T. Mäkelä, Heinonen Eila, Heikki Kiviniemi, Jouko Laurila, Seppo Laitinen
pages 30-34
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Use of procalcitonin for early prediction of lethal outcome of postoperative sepsis, 17 May 2007
Alexander Novotny, Klaus Emmanuel, Edouard Matevossian, Monika Kriner, Kurt Ulm, Holger Bartels, Bernhard Holzmann, Heike Weighardt, Jörg-Rüdiger Siewert
pages 35-39
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Long-term outcome, colonic motility, and sphincter performance after Swenson’s procedure for Hirschsprung’s disease: a single-center 2-decade experience with 346 cases, 11 May 2007
Shu-Cheng Zhang, Yu-Zuo Bai, Wei Wang, Wei-Lin Wang
pages 40-47
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Clinical Surgery - American


Assessment of comorbid conditions in veteran patients after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Sergio Huerta, Don Kohan, Ali Siddiqui, Thomas Anthony, Edward H. Livingston
pages 48-52
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Mediastinal hyperfunctioning parathyroids: incidence, evolving treatment, and outcome
Naris Nilubol, Todd Beyer, Richard A. Prinz, Carmen C. Solorzano
pages 53-56
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Explaining insurance-related and racial disparities in the surgical management of patients with acute appendicitis
Fredric M. Pieracci, Soumitra R. Eachempati, Paul J. Christos, Philip S. Barie, Alvin I. Mushlin
pages 57-62
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Treatment and prognosis of gastric stump carcinoma in comparison with primary proximal gastric cancer
Nico Schaefer, Christoph Sinning, Jens Standop, Marcus Overhaus, Andreas Hirner, Martin Wolff
pages 63-67
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Scientific Paper


Partially absorbable meshes for hernia repair offer advantages over nonabsorbable meshes, 10 May 2007
Juan M. Bellón, Marta Rodríguez, Natalio García-Honduvilla, Gemma Pascual, Julia Buján
pages 68-74
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Clinical Images


Intrapancreatic splenunculus, 17 May 2007
Goswin Y. Meyer-Rochow, Andrew J. Gifford, Jaswinder S. Samra, Mark S. Sywak
pages 75-76
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Spontaneous rupture of adrenocortical carcinoma
Koichi Suyama, Toru Beppu, Takatoshi Isiko, Shin-ichi Sugiyama, Katsutaka Matsumoto, Koichi Doi, Toshiro Masuda, Chitoshi Ohara, Hiroshi Takamori, Kei-ichiro Kanemitsu, Masahiko Hirota, Hideo Baba
pages 77-78
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Review


A primer on transarterial, chemical, and thermal ablative therapies for hepatic tumors
Sean Garrean, Justin Hering, W. Scott Helton, N. Joseph Espat
pages 79-88
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Association for Surgical Education


Preliminary evaluation of the Web Initiative for Surgical Education (WISE-MD), 10 May 2007
Adina L. Kalet, Sarah H. Coady, Mary Ann Hopkins, Marc S. Hochberg, Thomas S. Riles
pages 89-93
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How I Do It


Wrapping of skeletonized and divided vessels using the falciform ligament in distal pancreatectomy
Nobutsugu Abe, Masanori Sugiyama, Osamu Yanagida, Tadahiko Masaki, Toshiyuki Mori, Yutaka Atomi
pages 94-97
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Open anterior approaches for lumbar spine procedures
Andrew A. Gumbs, Norman D. Bloom, Fabian D. Bitan, Scott H. Hanan
pages 98-102
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A management algorithm for esophageal perforation, 17 May 2007
Jon Kiev, Michael Amendola, Doumit Bouhaidar, Bimaljit S. Sandhu, Xian Zhao, James Maher
pages 103-106
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Tape-guided living donor left hepatectomy, 17 May 2007
Mitsuhisa Takatsuki, Yujo Kawashita, Susumu Eguchi, Yoshitsugu Tajima, Takashi Kanematsu
pages 107-109
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Surgical Education


Postoperative video debriefing reduces technical errors in laparoscopic surgery, 17 May 2007
Giselle G. Hamad, Matthew T. Brown, Julio A. Clavijo-Alvarez
pages 110-114
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Laparoscopy


Comparison of learning curves and skill transfer between classical and robotic laparoscopy according to the viewing conditions: implications for training, 31 March 2007
Adélaïde Blavier, Quentin Gaudissart, Guy-Bernard Cadière, Anne-Sophie Nyssen
pages 115-121
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Research


Effects of retrograde gastric electrical stimulation with pulse trains on gastric emptying of solids and plasma hormones in dogs
Geng-Qing Song, Xiaohua Hou, Yan Sun, Bin Yang, Wei Qian, Jiande D.Z. Chen
pages 122-127
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T-cell cytokines affect mucosal immunoglobulin A transport
Parth B. Amin, Lawrence N. Diebel, David M. Liberati
pages 128-133
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Book Review



Donald E. Fry
page 134
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Letters to the Editor


Basic science career development, 26 May 2007
Charles M. Ferguson
page 135
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Sentinel nodes might not reflect nodal status after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, 12 January 2007
Arnim A. Bader, Karl F. Tamussino
pages 135-136
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Good science requires sound biostatistical principles, 12 January 2007
Stephen P. Povoski, Donn C. Young
pages 136-137
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Correspondence to “good science requires sound biostatistical principles”, 24 March 2007
King-Teh Lee
pages 137-139
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Regarding “basic science career development”, 19 April 2007
Andrew J. Meltzer
page 139
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A multicenter trial of sentinel lymph node mapping in colorectal cancer: prognostic implications for nodal staging and recurrence, 31 March 2007
Ronan A. Cahill
pages 139-140
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Sentinel node mapping in colorectal cancer, 24 March 2007
Thomas E. Read
pages 140-141
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Venous bleeding from traction of transverse mesocolon, 24 March 2007
Dejan Ignjatovic, Roberto Bergamaschi
page 141
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Laparoscopy as an educational and recruiting tool, 31 March 2007
Prakash, Latha V. Prabhu, Sampath Madhyastha, Arunachalum Kumar, Gajendra Singh
page 142
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Management of splenic pseudocyst, 02 April 2007
Anies Mahomed, Simon Blackburn
page 142
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