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The American Journal of Surgery

Volume 194, Issue 5, Pages 567-700 (November 2007)

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Papers of the Association of VA Surgeons

10 May 2007 - 12 May 2007

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Presidential Address

Attrition: our biggest continuing challenge
Walter E. Longo
pages 567-575
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Pre-Meeting Symposium

Minimizing risk in colon and rectal surgery
Robert A. Kozol, Neil Hyman, Scott Strong, R. Lawrence Whelan, Charles Cha, Walter E. Longo
pages 576-587
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Presentations

Quality of pancreatic cancer care at Veterans Administration compared with non-Veterans Administration hospitals
Karl Y. Bilimoria, David J. Bentrem, James S. Tomlinson, Ryan P. Merkow, Andrew K. Stewart, Clifford Y. Ko, Jay B. Prystowsky, Mark S. Talamonti
pages 588-593
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Expression patterns of lymphangiogenic and angiogenic factors in a model of breast ductal carcinoma in situ
Minghuan Yu, Zhuo Tang, Sarah Alousi, Richard S. Berk, Fred Miller, Mary Ann Kosir
pages 594-599
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The management of ischemic heel ulcers and gangrene in the endovascular era
Hasan H. Dosluoglu, Bashir Attuwaybi, Gregory S. Cherr, Linda M. Harris, Maciej L. Dryjski
pages 600-605
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Increasing incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infections: reconsideration of empiric antimicrobial therapy
Samir S. Awad, Saleem I. Elhabash, Liz Lee, Buckmister Farrow, David H. Berger
pages 606-610
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Factors associated with postoperative complications and hernia recurrence for patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair: a report from the VA Cooperative Hernia Study Group
Richard D. Matthews, Thomas Anthony, Lawrence T. Kim, Jia Wang, Robert J. Fitzgibbons, Anita Giobbie-Hurder, Domenic J. Reda, Kamal M.F. Itani, Leigh A. Neumayer, Veterans Affairs Cooperative 456 Studies Program Investigators
pages 611-617
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Cytoskeletal signaling by way of α-actinin-1 mediates ERK1/2 activation by repetitive deformation in human Caco2 intestinal epithelial cells
David H. Craig, Jianhu Zhang, Marc D. Basson
pages 618-622
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Decreased bile acid synthesis with total parenteral nutrition
Lillian G. Dawes, Harrison C. Laut, Marilyn Woodruff
pages 623-627
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Keyhole limpet hemocyanin: an effective adjunct against melanoma in vivo
Irfan Rizvi, Dale R. Riggs, Barbara J. Jackson, David W. McFadden
pages 628-632
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Training general surgery residents to avoid postoperative cardiac events
Thomas R. McLean, Jennifer McGoldrick, Sheryl Fox, Chris C. Haller, Jane Arevalo
pages 633-638
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Causes of high mortality in colorectal surgery: a review of episodes of care in Veterans Affairs hospitals
Kamal M.F. Itani, Robin Denwood, Tracy Schifftner, Raymond J. Joehl, Creighton Wright, William G. Henderson, Ralph G. DePalma
pages 639-645
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Outcomes of Veterans Affairs patients older than age 80 after surgical procedures for colon malignancies
Liz Lee, Madhukaran Jannapureddy, Daniel Albo, Samir S. Awad, Buckminster Farrow, Charles C. Bellows, David H. Berger
pages 646-651
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Morphologic characterization of early ligation–induced acute pancreatitis in rats
David K. Meyerholz, Isaac Samuel
pages 652-658
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Current opinions about laparoscopic incisional hernia repair: a survey of practicing surgeons
Adam C. Alder, Stephen C. Alder, Edward H. Livingston, Charles F. Bellows
pages 659-662
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Open-heart operations in patients with a spinal cord injury
Danny Chu, Faisal G. Bakaeen, Salwa A. Shenaq, Miran Ribati, Prasad V. Atluri, Sally A. Holmes, David H. Berger, Joseph Huh
pages 663-667
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Hemodialysis access success: beyond the operating room
Gary W. Barone, Candace F. Wright, Michelle W. Krause, Godela M. Brosnahan, Didier Portilla, Satyaki Banerjee, Timothy C. McCowan, William C. Culp, Muhammad Yousaf
pages 668-671
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Percutaneous cholecystostomy for acute cholecystitis in high-risk patients: experience of a surgeon-initiated interventional program
Eric J. Silberfein, Wei Zhou, Panagiotis Kougias, Hosam F. El Sayed, Tam T. Huynh, Daniel Albo, David H. Berger, F. Charles Brunicardi, Peter H. Lin
pages 672-677
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Clinical Surgery-International

Reoperation for dysphagia after cardiomyotomy for achalasia
Brechtje A. Grotenhuis, Bas P.L. Wijnhoven, Jennifer C. Myers, Glyn G. Jamieson, Peter G. Devitt, David I. Watson
pages 678-682
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Clinical Image

Adrenal ganglioneuroma
Sylvie Maweja, Roland Materne, Nancy Detrembleur, Laurence de Leval, Thierry Defechereux, Michel Meurisse, Etienne Hamoir
pages 683-684
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How I Do It

Totally laparoscopic right hepatectomy
Brice Gayet, Davide Cavaliere, Eric Vibert, Thierry Perniceni, Hugues Levard, Christine Denet, Christos Christidis, Antoine Blain, Frédéric Mal
pages 685-689
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The boomerang incision for periareolar breast malignancies, 03 August 2007
Mona P. Tan
pages 690-693
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Laparoscopy

Transanal endoscopic microsurgery for rectal tumors: the St. Mary’s experience
Emmanouil Zacharakis, Simon Freilich, Sushil Rekhraj, Thanos Athanasiou, Paraskeva Paraskeva, Paul Ziprin, Ara Darzi
pages 694-698
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Letters to the Editor

Cephalic vein cut-down verses percutaneous access: A retrospective study of complications of implantable venous access devices, 16 August 2007
Janahan Sarveswaran, Dermot Burke, Andrew Bodenham
page 699
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Comparison of different validation studies on the use of the Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center nomogram predicting nonsentinel node involvement in sentinel node–positive breast cancer patients, 11 July 2007
Gábor Cserni
pages 699-700
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Frontmatter

Editorial board
page A1
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Table of Contents
pages A5-A7
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