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The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 196, Issue 4, Pages 463-620 (October 2008)
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The American Society of Breast Surgeons


Presidential Address: Breast surgeons as the leaders of change, 26 August 2008
Jay K. Harness
pages 463-469
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Scientific Impact Recognition Award: Molecular breast imaging: A review of the Mayo Clinic experience, 26 August 2008
Carrie B. Hruska, Judy C. Boughey, Stephen W. Phillips, Deborah J. Rhodes, Dietlind L. Wahner-Roedler, Dana H. Whaley, Amy C. Degnim, Michael K. O'Connor
pages 470-476
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Scientific Presentation Award: The combination of axillary ultrasound and ultrasound-guided biopsy is an accurate predictor of axillary stage in clinically node-negative breast cancer patients, 26 August 2008
Dana M. Holwitt, Mary Ellen Swatske, William E. Gillanders, Barbara S. Monsees, Feng Gao, Rebecca L. Aft, Timothy J. Eberlein, Julie A. Margenthaler
pages 477-482
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A prospective, randomized, controlled, multicenter study of a real-time, intraoperative probe for positive margin detection in breast-conserving surgery
Tanir M. Allweis, Zvi Kaufman, Shlomo Lelcuk, Itzhak Pappo, Tami Karni, Shlomo Schneebaum, Rona Spector, Asher Schindel, Dan Hershko, Moshe Zilberman, Joel Sayfan, Yuri Berlin, Amram Hadary, Oded Olsha, Haim Paran, Mordechai Gutman, Moshe Carmon
pages 483-489
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Internal mammary sentinel node biopsy for breast cancer, 26 August 2008
Eli Avisar, Manuel A. Molina, Michelino Scarlata, Frederick L. Moffat
pages 490-494
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The survival impact of the choice of surgical procedure after ipsilateral breast cancer recurrence
Steven L. Chen, Steve R. Martinez
pages 495-499
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Noncompliance with adjuvant radiation, chemotherapy, or hormonal therapy in breast cancer patients
Aye Moe Thu Ma, Julie Barone, Ashley E. Wallis, Nancy Jade Wu, Luiza Baez Garcia, Alison Estabrook, Sharon M. Rosenbaum-Smith, Paul Ian Tartter
pages 500-504
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Improved breast cancer survival among hormone replacement therapy users is durable after 5 years of additional follow-up
Dara Christante, SuEllen Pommier, Jennifer Garreau, Patrick Muller, Brett LaFleur, Rodney Pommier
pages 505-511
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Immediate latissimus dorsi miniflap volume replacement for partial mastectomy: use of intra-operative frozen sections to confirm negative margins
Jennifer E. Rusby, Nirmala Paramanathan, Siobhan A.M. Laws, Richard M. Rainsbury
pages 512-518
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Impact of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on rate of tissue expander/implant loss and progression to successful breast reconstruction following mastectomy
Jonathan Mitchem, Dave Herrmann, Julie A. Margenthaler, Rebecca L. Aft
pages 519-522
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Effectiveness of a noninvasive digital infrared thermal imaging system in the detection of breast cancer
Nimmi Arora, Diana Martins, Danielle Ruggerio, Eleni Tousimis, Alexander J. Swistel, Michael P. Osborne, Rache M. Simmons
pages 523-526
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Does oncotype DX recurrence score affect the management of patients with early-stage breast cancer?
Juhi Asad, Allyson F. Jacobson, Alison Estabrook, Sharon Rosenbaum Smith, Susan K. Boolbol, Sheldon M. Feldman, Michael P. Osborne, Kwadwo Boachie-Adjei, Wendy Twardzik, Paul I. Tartter
pages 527-529
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Optimal treatment of multiple ipsilateral primary breast cancers
Susanne Carpenter, Jason Fraser, Mark Fleming, Richard Gray, Michele Halyard, Barbara Pockaj
pages 530-536
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Vascular calcifications on screening mammography identify women with increased risk of coronary artery disease and diabetes
Paul S. Dale, Michael Richards, Gavin C. Mackie
pages 537-540
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Sclerotherapy for the treatment of postmastectomy seroma
Alyssa D. Throckmorton, Johanna Askegard-Giesmann, Tanya L. Hoskin, Haraldur Bjarnason, John H. Donohue, Judy C. Boughey, Amy C. Degnim
pages 541-544
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Patient satisfaction and quality of life after MammoSite breast brachytherapy
Anthony E. Dragun, Jennifer L. Harper, Carla E. Taylor, Joseph M. Jenrette
pages 545-548
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Mucinous breast carcinoma: a large contemporary series
Christina R. Barkley, Jennifer A. Ligibel, Julia S. Wong, Stuart Lipsitz, Barbara L. Smith, Mehra Golshan
pages 549-551
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Invasive local recurrence increased after radiation therapy for ductal carcinoma in situ
Lisa E. Guerra, Robina M. Smith, Anna Kaminski, Michael D. Lagios, Melvin J. Silverstein
pages 552-555
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Do additional shaved margins at the time of lumpectomy eliminate the need for re-excision?
Allyson F. Jacobson, Juhi Asad, Susan K. Boolbol, Michael P. Osborne, Kwadwo Boachie-Adjei, Sheldon M. Feldman
pages 556-558
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Treatment and outcomes of patients with primary breast sarcoma, 26 August 2008
Ryan C. Fields, Rebecca L. Aft, William E. Gillanders, Timothy J. Eberlein, Julie A. Margenthaler
pages 559-561
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Sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with multicentric/multifocal breast cancer: low false-negative rate and lack of axillary recurrence, 01 September 2008
Dana M. Holwitt, William E. Gillanders, Rebecca L. Aft, Timothy J. Eberlein, Julie A. Margenthaler
pages 562-565
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Do sentinel node micrometastases predict recurrence risk in ductal carcinoma in situ and ductal carcinoma in situ with microinvasion?, 01 September 2008
Colleen D. Murphy, Julie L. Jones, Sara Hughes Javid, James S. Michaelson, Matthew E. Nolan, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Michelle C. Specht, Beth-Ann Lesnikoski, Kevin S. Hughes, Michele A. Gadd, Barbara L. Smith
pages 566-568
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Improvement in sentinel node biopsy results in a teaching community hospital: results of a multidisciplinary quality improvement program
Richard K. Orr, Kerry L. Wheeler, Devonne D. Barrineau, R. Barry Hird
pages 569-571
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Regional variation in breast cancer treatment throughout the United States
Jack Sariego
pages 572-574
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Nipple-sparing mastectomy—initial experience at a tertiary center
Nicole Sookhan, Judy C. Boughey, Molly F. Walsh, Amy C. Degnim
pages 575-577
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Transaxillary retromammary route approach of video-assisted breast surgery enables the inner-side breast cancer to be resected for breast conserving surgery
Koji Yamashita, Kazuo Shimizu
pages 578-581
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Clinical Surgery-International


Association between persistent symptoms and long-term quality of life after laparoscopic total fundoplication, 09 May 2008
Giuseppe Amato, Paolo Limongelli, Annalisa Pascariello, Gianluca Rossetti, Gianmattia Del Genio, Alberto Del Genio, Paola Iovino
pages 582-586
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The difficult choice between total and proximal gastrectomy in proximal early gastric cancer, 03 June 2008
Ji Yeong An, Ho Geun Youn, Min Gew Choi, Jae Hyung Noh, Tae Sung Sohn, Sung Kim
pages 587-591
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Risk factors for anastomotic leakage after resection for rectal cancer, 24 June 2008
Thomas Eberl, Michael Jagoditsch, Anton Klingler, Jörg Tschmelitsch
pages 592-598
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Review


A review of the management of gallstone disease and its complications in pregnancy, 10 July 2008
R.S. Date, M. Kaushal, A. Ramesh
pages 599-608
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Surgical Education


Competency assessment in simulation-based procedural education, 10 July 2008
James D. Michelson, Lance Manning
pages 609-615
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Book Review



Nikolaus Gravenstein
page 616
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Letters to the Editor


Peritoneal cytology in colorectal cancer: incidence and prognostic value
Sushil Rekhraj, Omer Aziz, Emmanouil Zacharakis, Paul Ziprin
pages 617-618
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Re: does Barrett's esophagus impact outcome after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication?
Attila Csendes
page 618
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Caution when reconsidering empiric antimicrobial therapy for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infections
Leticia Vale Scribel da Silva, Alexandre Prehn Zavascki, Monica Vinhas de Souza, Aline Marcadenti
pages 618-619
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Clinical Images


A rare case of ossification of a celiac cyst, 01 July 2008 Online Only
Yong He, Wei Li
pages e25-e26
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Internal supravesical hernia Online Only
Ya-Ting Jan, Kuo-Shyang Jeng, Yu-Peng Liu, Fei-Shih Yang
pages e27-e28
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Spontaneous gastric decompression of peripancreatic collection, 03 June 2008 Online Only
William C. Conway, Kristian L. Brown, Choichi Sugawa, Charles E. Lucas
pages e29-e30
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Intramural duodenal diverticulum mimicking a periampullary neoplasm, 10 July 2008 Online Only
Gennaro Clemente, Gerardo Sarno, Marco Giordano, Agostino M. De Rose, Gennaro Nuzzo
pages e31-e32
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Proboscis-like Brunner's gland hyperplasia, 01 July 2008 Online Only
Chen-Wang Chang, Wen-Hsiung Chang, Shou-Chuan Shih, Shee-Chan Lin, Tsen-long Yang, Tsang-En Wang
pages e33-e34
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How I Do It


The pleural and human fibrin glue sandwich: a quick and effective post-pneumonectomy bronchial stump coverage technique, 24 July 2008 Online Only
Francesco Leo, Domenico Galetta, Lorenzo Spaggiari
pages e35-e37
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Intrahepatic Glissonian approach for laparoscopic right segmental liver resections, 10 July 2008 Online Only
Marcel Autran C. Machado, Fabio F. Makdissi, Flávio H. Galvão, Marcel C.C. Machado
pages e38-e42
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Frontmatter


Table of contents
pages A2-A5
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