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The American Journal of Surgery

Volume 195, Issue 5, Pages 557-718 (May 2008)

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Papers from the North Pacific Surgical Association

09 October 2007 - 10 October 2007

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Presidential Address

Achieving balance in a surgical life: A personal perspective on a Sisyphean task, 27 March 2008
William J. Orrom
pages 557-564
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North Pacific Surgical Association

Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery: initial results of 120 consecutive patients at a single British Columbia surgical center, 27 March 2008
David F. Schaeffer, Conrad H. Rusnak, Bradley J. Amson
pages 565-569
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Does preoperative weight loss predict success following surgery for morbid obesity?
Bushr A. Mrad, Carlene Johnson Stoklossa, Daniel W. Birch
pages 570-574
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Outcomes of the fascial component separation technique with synthetic mesh reinforcement for repair of complex ventral incisional hernias in the morbidly obese, 31 March 2008
Michael Moore, Timothy Bax, Mark MacFarlane, M. Shane McNevin
pages 575-579
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Demographic and socioeconomic trends in the use of laparoscopic appendectomy from 1997 to 2003
Corey Van Hove, Karin Hardiman, Brian Diggs, Clifford Deveney, Brett Sheppard
pages 580-584
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Current management of appendicitis at a community center—how can we improve?, 27 March 2008
Hannah G. Piper, Conrad Rusnak, William Orrom, Allen Hayashi, Johann Cunningham
pages 585-589
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Timing of intervention does not affect outcome in acute appendicitis in a large community practice, 27 March 2008
Courtney Clyde, Timothy Bax, Anders Merg, Mark MacFarlane, Paul Lin, Steven Beyersdorf, M. Shane McNevin
pages 590-593
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Teaching and learning in the operating room is a two-way street: Resident perceptions, 27 March 2008
Elena A. Vikis, Tanis V. Mihalynuk, Dan D. Pratt, Ravi S. Sidhu
pages 594-598
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Objective assessment of surgical decision making in trauma after a laboratory-based course: durability of cognitive skills, 31 March 2008
Tracy M. Scott, S. Morad Hameed, David C. Evans, Richard K. Simons, Ravi S. Sidhu
pages 599-603
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Clinical utility of type 1 growth factor receptor expression in colon cancer
Sher-Ping Leung, Obi L. Griffith, Hamid Masoudi, Allen Gown, Steven Jones, Terry Phang, Sam M. Wiseman
pages 604-610
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Impact of short-course radiotherapy and low anterior resection on quality of life and bowel function in primary rectal cancer, 27 March 2008
Ariana Murata, Carl J. Brown, Manoj Raval, P. Terry Phang
pages 611-615
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Colorectal complications of external beam radiation versus brachytherapy for prostate cancer, 31 March 2008
Richard N. Lesperance, Randy J. Kjorstadt, John B. Halligan, Scott R. Steele
pages 616-620
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OX40 (CD134) expression in sentinel lymph nodes correlates with prognostic features of primary melanomas, 31 March 2008
MaryClare Sarff, David Edwards, Birat Dhungel, Keith W. Wegmann, Christopher Corless, Andrew D. Weinberg, John T. Vetto
pages 621-625
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Targeted breast cancer screening in women younger than 40: results from a statewide program, 31 March 2008
MaryClare Sarff, Katherine Schmidt, John T. Vetto
pages 626-630
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Real-world application of breast-specific gamma imaging, initial experience at a community breast center and its potential impact on clinical care, 31 March 2008
Minhao Zhou, Nathalie Johnson, Deb Blanchard, Sally Bryn, Joanne Nelson
pages 631-635
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Standardized evaluation of regional and institutional breast cancer outcomes, 31 March 2008
J. David Beatty, Justine Rees, Mary Atwood, Matthew Pugliese, Vanessa Bolejack
pages 636-640
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Primary tumor location impacts breast cancer survival
Vance Y. Sohn, Zachary M. Arthurs, James A. Sebesta, Tommy A. Brown
pages 641-644
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Incidence and outcomes of contralateral breast cancers
Glenda Quan, SuEllen J. Pommier, Rodney F. Pommier
pages 645-650
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Inferior gluteal artery perforator flap breast reconstruction
Kevin M. Beshlian, Keith T. Paige
pages 651-653
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A remembrance of Victoria and the Canadian Army Medical Corps in the Great War
Preston L. Carter
pages 654-658
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Early “sham” feeding of neonates promotes oral feeding after delayed primary repair of major congenital esophageal anomalies
Naomi R. Golonka, Allen H. Hayashi
pages 659-662
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Left-sided gastroschisis: higher incidence of extraintestinal congenital anomalies
Dan Suver, Steven L. Lee, Shant Shekherdimian, Stephen S. Kim
pages 663-666
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Evaluation of type 1 growth factor receptor family expression in benign and malignant thyroid lesions
Sam M. Wiseman, Obi L. Griffith, Adrienne Melck, Hamid Masoudi, Allen Gown, Ivan R. Nabi, Steven J.M. Jones
pages 667-673
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Pancreatic islet transplantation into the bone marrow of the rat
Anastasio Salazar-Bañuelos, James R. Wright, David Sigalet, Luis Benítez-Bribiesca
pages 674-678
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Management and outcome of pneumatosis intestinalis
Melanie S. Morris, Arvin C. Gee, S. David Cho, Kevin Limbaugh, Samantha Underwood, Bruce Ham, Martin A. Schreiber
pages 679-683
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Does surgeon fatigue influence outcomes after anterior resection for rectal cancer?
Colin Schieman, Anthony R. MacLean, W. Donald Buie, Luke R. Rudmik, William A. Ghali, Elijah Dixon
pages 684-688
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Clinical Surgery-International

Mapping surgical practice decision making: an interview study to evaluate decisions in surgical care
Ros Jacklin, Nick Sevdalis, Ara Darzi, Charles Vincent
pages 689-696
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Clinical Surgery-American

Model for End-stage Liver Disease score fails to predict perioperative outcome after hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients without cirrhosis, 27 March 2008
Swee H. Teh, Brett C. Sheppard, Jonathan Schwartz, Susan L. Orloff
pages 697-701
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Society of Black Academic Surgeons

Equine-related injury: a retrospective analysis of outcomes over a 10-year period
Callisia N. Clarke, Betty J. Tsuei, Karyn L. Butler
pages 702-704
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Clinical Image

Midgut volvulus in an adult with congenital malrotation, 20 March 2008
Sheng-Der Hsu, Jyh-Cherng Yu, Shao-Jiun Chou, Huan-Fa Hsieh, Tsun-Hou Chang, Yao-Chi Liu
pages 705-707
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How I Do It

Ante-hepatic gastrojejunostomy
George S. Ferzli, Eric D. Edwards
pages 708-710
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Minimally Invasive Surgery

How to improve performance of robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting
Johannes Bonatti, Thomas Schachner, Nikolaos Bonaros, Armin Oehlinger, Elisabeth Ruetzler, Guy Friedrich, Gudrun Feuchtner, Guenther Laufer
pages 711-716
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Letters to the Editor

Re: polyethylene glycol versus sodium phosphate mechanic bowel preparation in elective colorectal surgery
Edward Z. Walworth
page 717
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Re: implications of negative technetium 99m-labeled red blood cell scintigraphy in patients presenting with lower gastrointestinal bleeding
Lionel S. Zuckier
pages 717-718
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Frontmatter

Editorial board
page A1
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Table of contents
pages A4-A7
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