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• • ·Am I still proud to be a surgeon?

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    Conrad H. Rusnak

     
• • ·The utility of routine preoperative computed tomography scanning in the management of veterans with colon cancer

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    Jared B. Barton, Lorrie A. Langdale, Justin S. Cummins, Matthias Stelzner, Dana C. Lynge, Charles N. Mock, Katie S. Nason, Kevin G. Billingsley

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• • ·Effects of positive resection margin and tumor distance from anus on rectal cancer treatment outcomes

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    P.Terry Phang, John K. MacFarlane, Robert H. Taylor, Rona E. Cheifetz, Noelle Davis, John H. Hay, Greg McGregor, Caroline Speers, Barry J. Sullivan, Janet Pitts, Andrew J. Coldman

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• • ·Short-course preoperative radiation therapy for operable rectal cancer

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    Keith Tankel, John Hay, Roy Ma, Elizabeth Toy, Stephan Larsson, John MacFarlane

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• • ·Survival in human colorectal cancer correlates with expression of the T-cell costimulatory molecule OX-40 (CD134)

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    John K. Petty, Ken He, Christopher L. Corless, John T. Vetto, Andrew D. Weinberg

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• • ·Initial experience with stapled anoplasty in the operative management of prolapsing hemorrhoids and mucosal rectal prolapse

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    William Orrom, Allen Hayashi, Conrad Rusnak, James Kelly

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• • ·Surgical management of acute sigmoid diverticulitis

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    N.P. Blair, E. Germann

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• • ·Morbidity and mortality associated with intraperitoneal chemotherapy for Pseudomyxoma peritonei

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    Sonia A. Butterworth, O.Neely M. Panton, David J. Klaassen, Greg I. McGregor

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• • ·An institutional experience with laparoscopic gastric bypass complications seen in the first year compared with open gastric bypass complications during the same period

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    Craig See, Preston L Carter, David Elliott, Philip Mullenix, William Eggebroten, Clifford Porter, David Watts

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• • ·Surgical management of gastroesophageal reflux and outcome after laryngectomy in patients using tracheoesophageal speech

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    Blair A. Jobe, Eben Rosenthal, Tracy T. Wiesberg, James I. Cohen, John S. Domreis, Clifford W. Deveney, Brett Sheppard

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• • ·Management of long-term failure after colon interposition for benign disease

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    John S. Domreis, Blair A. Jobe, Ralph W. Aye, Karen E. Deveney, Brett C. Sheppard, Clifford W. Deveney

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• • ·The rational use of computed tomography scans in the diagnosis of appendicitis

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    Katherine T. Morris, Maihgan Kavanagh, Paul Hansen, Mark H. Whiteford, Karen Deveney, Blayne Standage

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• • ·Prevention of postoperative pneumothorax in patients undergoing cardiac surgery

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    James M. Douglas, Susan Spaniol

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• • ·Should bilateral inguinal hernias be repaired during one operation?

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    Rami A. Dakkuri, Deron J. Ludwig, L.William Traverso

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• • ·A comparison of rates of lymph node metastases between patients undergoing sentinel and axillary lymphadenectomy

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    Ravi Moonka, Jeffrey A Hunter, William K Cray, Mona Duncan, Debra G Wechter

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• • ·Perspective on reconstruction after mastectomy

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    Carmen Baker, Nathalie Johnson, Joanne Nelson, Louis Homer, Deb Walts, Kathleen Waldorf, Karen Boardman

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• • ·Identifying patients at risk for intracranial and extracranial blunt carotid injuries

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    Elaine C. McKevitt, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Leslie Vertesi, Robert Granger, Richard K. Simons

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• • ·Traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta: third decade of experience

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    W.R.Eric Jamieson, Michael T. Janusz, Virginia M. Gudas, Lawrence H. Burr, Guy J. Fradet, Charmaine Henderson

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• • ·Endoscopic greater saphenous vein harvesting reduces the morbidity of coronary artery bypass surgery

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    Chance D. Felisky, Daniel L. Paull, Mark E. Hill, R.Alan Hall, Mary Ditkoff, William G. Campbell, Steven W. Guyton

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• • ·Carotid endarterectomy remains the gold standard

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    Philip S. Mullenix, Charles A. Andersen, Stephen B. Olsen, David F.J. Tollefson

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• • ·Argon ion beam hemostasis with albumin after liver resection

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    Ronald F. Wolf, Hua Xie, John Petty, Jeff S. Teach, Scott A. Prahl

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• • ·A role for matrix metalloproteinases and tumor host interaction in hepatocellular carcinomas

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    Gregory J. McKenna, Yongliang Chen, R.Matt Smith, Adam Meneghetti, Christopher Ong, Robert McMaster, Charles H. Scudamore, Stephen W. Chung

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• • ·Immunosuppression impact on long-term cardiovascular complications after liver transplantation

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    John M. Rabkin, Christopher L. Corless, Hugo R. Rosen, Ali J. Olyaei

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• • ·Salvage of failed stent-graft: expanded indication for percutaneous thrombin injection

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    Karthikeshwar Kasirajan

     
• • ·The reply

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    Steven S. Gale

    
• • ·“Separation of parts” technique: is it the only alternative for autologous repair of challenging abdominal wall defects?

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    Julian E. Losanoff, James W. Jones, Bruce W. Richman

     
• • ·The reply

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    Gregory A. Dumanian, Samir Sukkar

    
• • ·Late infection after mesh-plug inguinal hernioplasty

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    Paolo Negro, Linda D’Amore, Francesco Gossetti, Delia Proposito, Manlio Carboni

    
• • ·Correction to “A comparison of the hemodynamic and metabolic effects of extraperitoneal carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide insufflation” [Am J Surg 2001;182:486–490]

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