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The American Journal of Surgery

Volume 196, Issue 6, Pages 801-1004 (December 2008)

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The Southwestern Surgical Congress

President's address: A subspecialist's view of the specialty of general surgery
Alan G. Thorson
pages 801-808
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Best poster award: Accuracy of surgery residents' interpretation of computed tomography scans in trauma
Candy Arentz, John A. Griswold, Ari Halldorsson, Frank Quattromani, Sharmila Dissanaike
pages 809-812
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Jack Barney award: The effect of fatigue on cognitive and psychomotor skills of trauma residents and attending surgeons
Jodi Gerdes, Kanav Kahol, Marshall Smith, Mario J. Leyba, John J. Ferrara
pages 813-820
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The recent decline in mammography rates is limited to low- to average-risk women
Beatrix A. Slomiany, Kelly M. McMasters, Anees B. Chagpar
pages 821-826
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Utility of frozen-section analysis of sentinel lymph node biopsy specimens for melanoma in surgical decision making
Weesam Alkhatib, Casey Hertzenberg, William Jewell, Mazin F. Al-Kasspooles, Ivan Damjanov, Mark S. Cohen
pages 827-833
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Factors influencing time between biopsy and definitive surgery for malignant melanoma: do they impact clinical outcome?
Susanne Carpenter, Barbara Pockaj, Amylou Dueck, Richard Gray, David Kurtz, Aleksander Sekulic, William Casey
pages 834-843
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Breast cancer tumor size: correlation between magnetic resonance imaging and pathology measurements
Jill K. Onesti, Barry E. Mangus, Stephen D. Helmer, Jacqueline S. Osland
pages 844-850
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Selective use of intraoperative sentinel lymph node pathological evaluation in breast cancer
Ute Gawlick, Mary C. Mone, Heidi J. Hansen, Rafe C. Connors, Edward W. Nelson
pages 851-856
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Screening cervical spine MRI after normal cervical spine CT scans in patients in whom cervical spine injury cannot be excluded by physical examination
Megan Steigelman, Peter Lopez, Daniel Dent, John Myers, Michael Corneille, Ronald Stewart, Stephen Cohn
pages 857-863
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Risk factors for delirium after major trauma
Erik M. Angles, Thomas N. Robinson, Walter L. Biffl, Jeff Johnson, Marc Moss, Zung V. Tran, Ernest E. Moore
pages 864-870
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The utility of diagnostic laparoscopy in the evaluation of anterior abdominal stab wounds
Tammy R. Kopelman, Patrick J. O'Neill, Luis H. Macias, Jordy C. Cox, Marc R. Matthews, David A. Drachman
pages 871-877
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Practice management education during surgical residency
Kory Jones, Ricardo A. Lebron, Alicia Mangram, Ernest Dunn
pages 878-882
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Impact of a patient care pathway protocol on surgical site infection rates in cardiothoracic surgery patients
Joshua Trussell, Richard Gerkin, Brian Coates, Jared Brandenberger, Pierre Tibi, Jennifer Keuth, Kerry Montefour, Helen Salisbury, John Ferrara
pages 883-889
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A 2-minute pre-extubation protocol for ventilated intensive care unit patients
Abraham Avi Nisim, Daniel R. Margulies, Matthew T. Wilson, Rodrigo F. Alban, Catherine M. Dang, Alexander D. Allins, M. Michael Shabot
pages 890-895
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A proposed staging system for small bowel carcinoid tumors based on an analysis of 6,380 patients
Christine S. Landry, Guy Brock, Charles R. Scoggins, Kelly M. McMasters, Robert C.G. Martin
pages 896-903
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How important is rigid proctosigmoidoscopy in localizing rectal cancer?
Hans F. Schoellhammer, Armen C. Gregorian, Grant G. Sarkisyan, Beverley A. Petrie
pages 904-908
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Preoperative performance status predicts outcome following heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy
Nathaniel P. Reuter, Jay M. MacGregor, Charles E. Woodall, Robert P. Sticca, C. William, M.B. Helm, Charles R. Scoggins, Kelly M. McMasters, Robert C.G. Martin
pages 909-914
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Association of tobacco and alcohol use with earlier development of colorectal cancer: should we modify screening guidelines?
Alison A. Acott, Sue A. Theus, Kathyrn E. Marchant-Miros, Anne T. Mancino
pages 915-919
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The effect of preoperative corticosteroids on peritoneal macrophage function after laparoscopic and open abdominal surgery in a rat model
Thomas M. Schmelzer, Jessica J. Heath, William W. Hope, Ana Mostafari, Yuri W. Novitsky, B. Todd Heniford
pages 920-925
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Low sensitivity of physical examination findings in necrotizing soft tissue infection is improved with laboratory values: a prospective study
Tony Chan, Arezou Yaghoubian, David Rosing, Amy Kaji, Christian de Virgilio
pages 926-930
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Gamma probe identification of normal parathyroid glands during central neck surgery can facilitate parathyroid preservation
Elizabeth G. Grubbs, Elizabeth A. Mittendorf, Nancy D. Perrier, Jeffrey E. Lee
pages 931-936
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Reoperative parathyroidectomy in 228 patients during the era of minimal-access surgery and intraoperative parathyroid hormone monitoring
Melanie L. Richards, Geoff B. Thompson, David R. Farley, Clive S. Grant
pages 937-943
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Vena cava filter retrieval in therapeutically anticoagulated patients
Thomas M. Schmelzer, A. Britton Christmas, Dennis A. Taylor, B. Todd Heniford, Ronald F. Sing
pages 944-947
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Is there a role for aggressive use of fresh frozen plasma in massive transfusion of civilian trauma patients?
Frederick A. Moore, Teresa Nelson, Bruce A. McKinley, Ernest E. Moore, Avery B. Nathens, Peter Rhee, Juan Carlos Puyana, Gregory J. Beilman, Stephen M. Cohn, StO2 Study Group
pages 948-960
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Noninvasive Doppler ultrasonography for assessing cardiac function: can it replace the Swan-Ganz catheter?
Saurabh Jain, Alexander Allins, Ali Salim, Amir Vafa, Matthew T. Wilson, Daniel R. Margulies
pages 961-968
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Clinical outcomes of complicated diverticulitis managed nonoperatively
R. Scott Nelson, B. Mark Ewing, Timothy J. Wengert, Alan G. Thorson
pages 969-974
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Management of duodenal and pancreaticobiliary perforations associated with periampullary endoscopic procedures
Kelly Knudson, Christopher D. Raeburn, Robert C. McIntyre, Raj J. Shaw, Yang K. Chen, William R. Brown, Gregory Stiegmann
pages 975-982
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Morbidity associated with laparoscopic repair of suprapubic hernias
Brandon Varnell, Sharon Bachman, Jacob Quick, Michelle Vitamvas, Bruce Ramshaw, Dmitry Oleynikov
pages 983-988
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Laparoscopic improves perioperative outcomes of antireflux surgery at US academic centers
J. Esteban Varela, Marcelo W. Hinojosa, Ninh T. Nguyen
pages 989-993
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Risk of late bleeding following hemorrhoidal banding in patients on antithrombotic prophylaxis
R. Scott Nelson, B. Mark Ewing, Charles Ternent, Maniamparampil Shashidharan, Garnet J. Blatchford, Alan G. Thorson
pages 994-999
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Hemicorporectomy: back to front
Carlton C. Barnett, Jamil Ahmad, Jeffrey E. Janis, Joshua A. Lemmon, Kevin C. Morrill, Robert N. McClelland
pages 1000-1002
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Letters to the Editor

Equestrian injuries: incidence, injury patterns and risk factors for 10 years of major traumatic injuries, 17 April 2008
Rory Molloy, Gary Cousin
page 1003
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Postoperative antibiotic therapy for children with perforated appendicitis, 17 April 2008
Sherif Emil
pages 1003-1004
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Laparoscopic colorectal surgery in the complicated patient, 31 March 2008
Ziya Salihoglu, Fatih Aydogan
page 1004
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Author Index Online Only
pages e65-e69
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Subject Index Online Only
pages e70-e86
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Table of contents
pages A2-A5
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