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The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 195, Issue 2, Pages 141-278 (February 2008)
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Society of Black Academic Surgeons


Postoperative antibiotic therapy for children with perforated appendicitis: long course of intravenous antibiotics versus early conversion to an oral regimen, 10 December 2007
Obinna O. Adibe, Karen Barnaby, Jennifer Dobies, Monica Comerford, Antoinette Drill, Natalie Walker, Peter Mattei
pages 141-143
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Use of organotypic coculture to study keloid biology, 10 December 2007
Paris D. Butler, Daphne P. Ly, Michael T. Longaker, George P. Yang
pages 144-148
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The influence of organ acceptance criteria on long-term graft survival: outcomes of a kidney transplant program, 21 December 2007
Clarence E. Foster, Renee R. Weng, Craig V. Smith, David K. Imagawa
pages 149-152
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Basal cell–like (triple-negative) breast cancer, a predictor of distant metastasis in African American women, 17 December 2007
Chukwuemeka U. Ihemelandu, Tammey J. Naab, Haile M. Mezghebe, Kepher H. Makambi, Suryanarayana M. Siram, LaSalle D. Leffall, Robert L. DeWitty, Wayne A. Frederick
pages 153-158
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Utility of bilateral bronchoalveolar lavage for the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill surgical patients, 21 December 2007
Sha-Ron Jackson, Neil E. Ernst, Eric W. Mueller, Karyn L. Butler
pages 159-163
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Patterns of care analysis among women with ductal carcinoma in situ in North Carolina, 21 December 2007
LeRon C. Jackson, Fabian Camacho, Edward A. Levine, Roger T. Anderson, John H. Stewart
pages 164-169
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Cervical spine fractures in geriatric blunt trauma patients with low-energy mechanism: are clinical predictors adequate?, 21 December 2007
Sherwin P. Schrag, Lori J. Toedter, Nathaniel McQuay
pages 170-173
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Alpha lipoic acid attenuates microvascular endothelial cell hyperpermeability by inhibiting the intrinsic apoptotic signaling, 21 December 2007
Binu Tharakan, Juliet G. Holder-Haynes, Felicia A. Hunter, Ed W. Childs
pages 174-178
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Association for Surgical Education


Randomized double-blinded trial investigating the impact of a curriculum focused on error recognition on laparoscopic suturing training, 21 December 2007
Juliane Bingener, Tanner Boyd, Kent Van Sickle, Inkyung Jung, Arup Saha, John Winston, Peter Lopez, Herminio Ojeda, Wayne Schwesinger, Dimitri Anastakis
pages 179-182
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Judgment analysis: a method for quantitative evaluation of trainee surgeons’ judgments of surgical risk, 10 December 2007
Ros Jacklin, Nick Sevdalis, Clare Harries, Ara Darzi, Charles Vincent
pages 183-188
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Effective instruction of vascular anastomosis in the surgical skills laboratory, 10 December 2007
Aaron R. Jensen, Richard Milner, Olga Achildi, John Gaughan, Douglas B. Wilhite, Harsh Grewal
pages 189-194
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Effect of fatigue on psychomotor and cognitive skills
Kanav Kahol, Mario J. Leyba, Mary Deka, Vikram Deka, Stephanie Mayes, Marshall Smith, John J. Ferrara, Sethuraman Panchanathan
pages 195-204
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Surgeons outperform normative controls on neuropsychologic tests, but age-related decay of skills persists, 03 January 2008
Zackary Boom-Saad, Scott A. Langenecker, Linas A. Bieliauskas, Christopher J. Graver, Jillian R. O’Neill, Angela F. Caveney, Lazar J. Greenfield, Rebecca M. Minter
pages 205-209
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Do novices display automaticity during simulator training?, 10 December 2007
Dimitrios Stefanidis, Mark W. Scerbo, Cathy Sechrist, Ana Mostafavi, B. Todd Heniford
pages 210-213
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Clinical Surgery-International


Effect of graft steatosis on liver function and organ survival after liver transplantation, 03 January 2008
Martin K. Angele, Markus Rentsch, Wolfgang H. Hartl, Benedikt Wittmann, Christian Graeb, Karl Walter Jauch, Florian Loehe
pages 214-220
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Factors influencing survival after bypass procedures in patients with advanced pancreatic adenocarcinomas, 03 January 2008
Michael W. Müller, Helmut Friess, Jörg Köninger, David Martin, Moritz N. Wente, Ulf Hinz, Güralp O. Ceyhan, Pavel Blaha, Jörg Kleeff, Markus W. Büchler
pages 221-228
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Clinicopathological features and medical management of early gastric cancer, 17 December 2007
Takehiro Okabayashi, Michiya Kobayashi, Isao Nishimori, Takeki Sugimoto, Tsutomu Namikawa, Saburo Onishi, Kazuhiro Hanazaki
pages 229-232
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Results of laparoscopic anterior resection for rectal adenocarcinoma: retrospective analysis of 157 cases, 17 December 2007
Raffaele Pugliese, Stefano Di Lernia, Fabio Sansonna, Ildo Scandroglio, Dario Maggioni, Giovanni Carlo Ferrari, Andrea Costanzi, Carmelo Magistro, Stefano De Carli
pages 233-238
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Clinical Surgery-American


Prognostic factors and preoperative radiation therapy associated with sphincter preservation in patients with resectable rectal cancer, 03 January 2008
J. Harrison Howard, Quintin Gonzalez, J. Pablo Arnoletti, Suzanne Russo, John B. Fiveash, Kirby I. Bland, Martin J. Heslin
pages 239-243
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Subungual melanoma: management considerations, 17 December 2007
Tzeela Cohen, Klaus J. Busam, Ami Patel, Mary S. Brady
pages 244-248
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Scientific Papers


The ultrastructural research of liver in experimental obstructive jaundice and effect of honey, 17 December 2007
Bulent Kılıcoglu, Cem Gencay, Kemal Kısmet, Sibel Serin Kılıcoglu, Imge Erguder, Serap Erel, Asli Elif Sunay, Esra Erdemli, Ilker Durak, Mehmet Ali Akkus
pages 249-256
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Clinical Image


Fournier’s gangrene, 17 December 2007
Shin Kobayashi
pages 257-258
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Review


Endarterectomy or carotid artery stenting: the quest continues, 03 January 2008
Michiel G. van der Vaart, Robbert Meerwaldt, Michel M.P.J. Reijnen, René A. Tio, Clark J. Zeebregts
pages 259-269
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How I Do It


Ultrasonic-mediated laparoscopic liver transection, 03 January 2008
Luca Aldrighetti, Carlo Pulitanò, Marcella Arru, Marco Catena, Eleonora Guzzetti, Massimiliano Casati, Gianfranco Ferla
pages 270-272
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Novel sutureless cholangiojejunostomy: initial experience with 11 cases, 17 December 2007
Xiujun Cai, Hui Lin, Hong Yu, Xiao Liang, Linghua Zhu, Zhifei Wang, Shuyou Peng
pages 273-276
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Letters to the Editor


The Zuckerkandl tubercle
Antonio Toniato, Isabella Merante Boschin
page 277
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A comparison of the adverse reactions associated with isosulfan blue versus methylene blue dye in sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer
Fatih Aydogan, Varol Celik, Cihan Uras, Ziya Salihoglu, Ufuk Topuz
pages 277-278
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Frontmatter


Editorial board
page A1
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Table of Contents
pages A4-A6
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