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The American Journal of Surgery

Volume 196, Issue 1, Pages 1-148 (July 2008)

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Editorial Opinion

A cautionary note: the use of vacuum-assisted closure systems in the treatment of gastrointestinal cutaneous fistula may be associated with higher mortality from subsequent fistula development, 25 March 2008
Josef E. Fischer
pages 1-2
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Clinical Surgery-International

Two-stage pancreatojejunostomy in pancreaticoduodenectomy: a retrospective analysis of short-term results, 27 March 2008
Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Norihiro Kokudo, Keiji Sano, Yasuji Seyama, Taku Aoki, Mami Ikeda, Takuya Hashimoto, Yoshifumi Beck, Hiroshi Imamura, Yasuhiko Sugawara, Masatoshi Makuuchi
pages 3-10
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Commentary: Two stage pancreaticojejunostomy in pancreaticoduodenectomy: a retrospective analysis of short-term results, 27 March 2008
Eugene P. Kennedy, Charles J. Yeo
pages 11-12
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Utility of an intraoperative gamma probe in the surgical management of secondary or tertiary hyperparathyroidism, 24 April 2008
Francisca H. Jorna, Pieter L. Jager, Clara Lemstra, Theo Wiggers, Coen A. Stegeman, John T.M. Plukker
pages 13-18
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The role of surgery in the treatment of recurrent gastric cancer, 17 April 2008
Kyo-Young Song, Seung-Man Park, Seung-Nam Kim, Cho-Hyun Park
pages 19-22
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Predictive factors for surgical indication in adhesive small bowel obstruction, 27 March 2008
Shogo Tanaka, Takatsugu Yamamoto, Daisuke Kubota, Mitsuharu Matsuyama, Takahiro Uenishi, Shoji Kubo, Koichi Ono
pages 23-27
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Outcome of chronic pilonidal disease treatment after ambulatory plain midline excision and primary suture
Adriano Tocchi, Gianluca Mazzoni, Marco Bononi, Vittorio Fornasari, Michelangelo Miccini, Andrea Drumo, Lidia Colace
pages 28-33
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Complicated acute appendicitis in diabetic patients, 20 March 2008
Shih-Hung Tsai, Chin-Wang Hsu, Shin-Chieh Chen, Yen-Yue Lin, Shi-Jye Chu
pages 34-39
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Does intraoperative radioguided surgery influence the complication rates and completeness of completion thyroidectomy?, 17 April 2008
Fatih Tunca, Yasemin Giles, Tarik Terzioglu, Ayse Mudun, Isık Adalet, Artur Salmaslioglu, Serdar Tezelman
pages 40-46
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Clinical Surgery-American

Abdominal hernia repair with bridging acellular dermal matrix—an expensive hernia sac, 09 May 2008
Jeffrey Blatnik, Judy Jin, Michael Rosen
pages 47-50
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Sublingual hyoscyamine spray as premedication for colonoscopy: a randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled trial, 25 April 2008
Louis A. Chaptini, Eileen M. Janec, Gregory Seltzer, Steven Peikin, Adam B. Elfant
pages 51-55
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The use of leukoreduced red blood cell products is associated with fewer infectious complications in trauma patients, 30 May 2008
Randall S. Friese, Jason L. Sperry, Herb A. Phelan, Larry M. Gentilello
pages 56-61
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Commentry: Transfusions: weighing the risks and benefits, 30 May 2008
Mark A. Malangoni
pages 62-63
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The effects of race and age on axillary lymph node involvement in breast cancer patients at a Midwestern safety-net hospital, 28 April 2008
Robert J. Kenney, Jacob M. Marszalek, Megan E. McNally, Brook V. Nelson, Amin S. Herati, Glenn E. Talboy
pages 64-69
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Concordance of interrater assessments of surgical methods to achieve source control of intra-abdominal infections, 25 April 2008
Paul N. Suding, Russell P. Orrico, Steven B. Johnson, Samuel E. Wilson
pages 70-73
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Construct validity of an objective assessment method for laparoscopic intracorporeal suturing and knot tying, 17 April 2008
Kent R. Van Sickle, Mercedeh Baghai, Ih-Ping Huang, Adam Goldenberg, C. Daniel Smith, E. Matt Ritter
pages 74-80
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Role of primary tumor characteristics in predicting positive sentinel lymph nodes in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ or microinvasive breast cancer, 25 April 2008
Min Yi, Savitri Krishnamurthy, Henry M. Kuerer, Funda Meric-Bernstam, Isabelle Bedrosian, Merrick I. Ross, Frederick C. Ames, Anthony Lucci, Rosa F. Hwang, Kelly K. Hunt
pages 81-87
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Scientific Paper

Functional capillary density in ischemic conditioning: implications for esophageal resection with the gastric conduit, 27 March 2008
Christof Mittermair, Alexander Klaus, Stephan Scheidl, Manuel Maglione, Martin Hermann, Raimund Margreiter, Ningh Nguyen, Helmut Weiss
pages 88-92
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Clinical Image

Elastofibroma: a subscapular mass, 30 May 2008
James Majeski
pages 93-94
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Reviews

Fistula-in-ano: advances in treatment, 09 May 2008
Samer Deeba, Omer Aziz, Parvinder S. Sains, Ara Darzi
pages 95-99
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Current diagnosis and management of unusual pancreatic tumors, 09 May 2008
Melinda M. Mortenson, Matthew H.G. Katz, Eric P. Tamm, Manoop S. Bhutani, Huamin Wang, Douglas B. Evans, Jason B. Fleming
pages 100-113
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Surgical Education

Examination stress leads to improvements on fundamental technical skills for surgery, 27 March 2008
Vicki LeBlanc, Sarah I. Woodrow, Ravi Sidhu, Adam Dubrowski
pages 114-119
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Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Simulator as a teaching tool for anatomy education, 31 March 2008
Alla Solyar, Hernando Cuellar, Babak Sadoughi, Todd R. Olson, Marvin P. Fried
pages 120-124
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How I Do It

Extensive hilar bile duct resection using a transhepatic approach for patients with hepatic hilar bile duct diseases, 09 May 2008
Masaru Miyazaki, Fumio Kimura, Hiroaki Shimizu, Hiroyuki Yoshidome, Masayuki Otsuka, Atsushi Kato, Yoshitomi Hideyuki, Satoshi Nozawa, Katsunori Furukawa, Noboru Mituhashi, Dan Takeuchi, Kousuke Suda, Shigetsugu Takano
pages 125-129
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A simple and safe anastomosis in pancreaticogastrostomy using mattress sutures, 17 April 2008
Hiroaki Ohigashi, Osamu Ishikawa, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Yo Sasaki, Terumasa Yamada, Kentaro Kishi, Shingo Noura, Ko Takachi, Isao Miyashiro, Masayuki Oue, Masahiko Yano, Shingi Imaoka
pages 130-134
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Brief Report

Adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction after bariatric surgery, 17 April 2008
Laleh G. Melstrom, David J. Bentrem, Michael J. Salvino, Matthew G. Blum, Mark S. Talamonti, Kenneth J. Printen
pages 135-138
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Glycine attenuates endotoxin-induced liver injury by downregulating TLR4 signaling in Kupffer cells
Fa Liang Xu, Hai Bo You, Xu Hong Li, Xian Feng Chen, Zuo Jin Liu, Jian Ping Gong
pages 139-148
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Frontmatter

Editorial board
page A1
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Table of contents
pages A3-A6
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