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• • ·A nationwide study of conversion from laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy

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    Edward H. Livingston, Robert V. Rege

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• • ·Benefit/risk profile of drotrecogin alfa (activated) in surgical patients with severe sepsis

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    Philip S. Barie, Mark D. Williams, Jill Shwed McCollam, Becky M. Bates, Rebecca L. Qualy, Stephen F. Lowry, Donald E. Fry, PROWESS Surgical Evaluation Committee

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• • ·Progressive adoption of cryoablative therapy for breast fibroadenoma in community practice

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    Michael J. Edwards, Ralph Broadwater, Lorraine Tafra, Daleela Jarowenki, Charles Mabry, Peter Beitsch, Pat Whitworth, Robert C. Martin, Lori Oetting

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• • ·What do surgery residents do on their call nights?

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    John M. Morton, Christopher C. Baker, Timothy M. Farrell, Marielle E. Yohe, Randall J. Kimple, Daniel C. Herman, Pascal Udekwu, Joseph A. Galanko, Kevin E. Behrns, Anthony A. Meyer

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• • ·Study habits of surgery residents and performance on American Board of Surgery In-Training examinations

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    Anna M. Derossis, Debra Da Rosa, Alan Schwartz, Linnea S. Hauge, Georges Bordage

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• • ·Temporary bacteremia due to intraoperative blood salvage during cardiovascular surgery

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    Shunya Shindo, Harunobu Matsumoto, Kenji Kubota, Atsuo Kojima, Masahiko Matsumoto

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• • ·An analysis of 124 surgically managed brachial artery injuries

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    René Zellweger, Florian Hess, Andrew Nicol, Jones Omoshoro-Jones, Delawir Kahn, Pradeep Navsaria

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• • ·Medical student electives in general surgical subspecialties

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    Sheryl G.A. Gabram, Jeremy Hoenig, Steven Creech, Kenneth D. Minks, Richard L. Gamelli

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• • ·The impact of low health literacy on surgical practice

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    Lisa D. Chew, Katharine A. Bradley, David R. Flum, Paul B. Cornia, Thomas D. Koepsell

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• • ·En-bloc esophagectomy for esophageal cancer

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    Mitsuo Tachibana, Shoichi Kinugasa, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Muneaki Shibakita, Yasuhito Tonomoto, Dipok Kumar Dhar, Hideki Tabara, Naofumi Nagasue

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• • ·Salvage esophagectomy after definitive chemotherapy and radiotherapy for advanced esophageal cancer

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    Tsutomu Nakamura, Kazuhiko Hayashi, Masaho Ota, Reiki Eguchi, Hiroko Ide, Ken Takasaki, Norio Mitsuhashi

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• • ·Laparoscopic colorectal surgery in the irradiated pelvis

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    Dan Geisler, John Marks, Gerald Marks

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• • ·Does preoperative rofecoxib (Vioxx) decrease postoperative pain with laparoscopic cholecystectomy?

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    Mark C. Horattas, Steve Evans, Kimberly D. Sloan-Stakleff, Christopher Lee, Joseph W. Snoke

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• • ·Complications after Frey's procedure for chronic pancreatitis

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    Adarsh Chaudhary, Sanjay S. Negi, Shakeel Masood, Mahesh Thombare

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• • ·Role of curative resection in octogenarians with malignancy

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    Rajesh Gupta, Taichi Kawashima, Munemasa Ryu, Tadashi Okada, Akihiro Cho, Wataru Takayama

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• • ·Role of a hyaluronic-acid derivative in preventing surgical adhesions and abscesses related to dropped bile and gallstones in an experimental model

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    Faruk O. Aytekin, Koray Tekin, Burhan Kabay, Ergun Erdem, Halil Erbis, Akin Ozden

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• • ·Ceiling effect in technical skills of surgical residents

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    Yaron Munz, Krishna Moorthy, Simon Bann, Jyoti Shah, Sneizana Ivanova, Sir Ara Darzi

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• • ·Temporary abdominal closure followed by definitive abdominal wall reconstruction of the open abdomen

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    Thomas R. Howdieshell, Charles D. Proctor, Erez Sternberg, Jorge I. Cué, J.Sheppard Mondy, Michael L. Hawkins

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• • ·Closure of long surgical incisions with a new formulation of 2-octylcyanoacrylate tissue adhesive versus commercially available methods

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    Phillip N.V. Blondeel, John W. Murphy, Denis Debrosse, James C. Nix, Larry E. Puls, Nicholas Theodore, Paul Coulthard

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• • ·Temporary closure of the abdomen using a new composite prosthesis (PL-PU99)

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    Juan M. Bellón, Natalio García-Honduvilla, Esmeralda Carnicer, Natalia Serrano, Marta Rodríguez, Julia Buján

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• • ·Video-assisted thoracoscopic decortication for management of postpneumonic pleural empyema

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    Bo-Young Kim, Bong-Suk Oh, Won-chae Jang, Yong-Il Min, Young-Kyu Park, Jong-Cheol Park

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• • ·Emphysematous cholecystitis

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    Hsin-Hui Chiu, Chan-Ming Chen, Lein-Ray Mo

     
• • ·Outcome of surgical treatment for patients with scirrhous carcinoma of the stomach

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    Eigo Otsuji, Yoshiaki Kuriu, Kazuma Okamoto, Toshiya Ochiai, Daisuke Ichikawa, Akeo Hagiwara, Hisakazu Yamagishi

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• • ·Juvenile gigantomastia treated by reduction mammoplasty

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    Gottfried Wechselberger, Petra Pülzl, Maximilian Pichler, Thomas Schoeller, Hildegunde Piza-Katzer

     
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• • ·Emeritus editorial board

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