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• • ·Editorial board, new version to come

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• • ·Emeritus editorial board, new version to come

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• Editorials

  • ·Introduction of the new Editor-in-Chief of The American Journal of Surgery, Kirby I. Bland, M.D., F.A.C.S

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    Hiram C. Polk

     
  • ·A salute to the Journal’s former Editor-in-Chief, Hiram C. Polk, Jr., M.D

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    Kirby I. Bland

    

• Physician Leadership

  • ·Overview of physician-hospital ventures

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    Kenneth H. Cohn, Thomas R. Allyn, Robert H. Rosenfield, Richard Schwartz

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• Surgical Education

  • ·Program directors in surgery agree that residents should be formally trained in business and practice management

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    Vincent C. Lusco, Serge A. Martinez, Hiram C. Polk

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• Review

  • ·Prophylaxis and treatment of deep vein thrombosis in general surgery

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    Carsten N. Gutt, Traian Oniu, Frédéric Wolkener, Ari Mehrabi, Shilu Mistry, Markus W. Büchler

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• Scientific Paper

  • ·Use of D-dimer to aid in excluding deep venous thrombosis in ambulatory patients

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    Scott Diamond, Robert Goldbweber, Steven Katz

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• Rapid Communication

  • ·Weight loss and improvement of obesity-related illness in 500 U.S. patients following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding procedure

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    Hadar Spivak, Mary F. Hewitt, Amir Onn, Elizabeth E. Half

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• Scientific Papers

  • ·Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and the role of the surgical resident

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    Peter F. Rovito, Keith Kreitz, T. Daniel Harrison, M. Todd Miller, Richard Shimer

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  • ·Quick recovery of serum diamine oxidase activity in patients undergoing total gastrectomy by oral enteral nutrition

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    Hideya Kamei, Takehiro Hachisuka, Makoto Nakao, Kenji Takagi

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• Association for Surgical Education

  • ·Impact of education on smoking cessation counseling by surgical residents

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    Susan Steinemann, Timur Roytman, Janice Chang, Jennifer Holzman, Earl Hishinuma, Michael Nagoshi, Elizabeth Tam, Sara Murakami, Jan Wong

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• Clinical Image

  • ·Malposition of femoral venous cannulation

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    Kunihiko Izuishi, Shinichiro Hashimoto, Satoshi Uchinomura, Hisashi Usuki, Tsutomu Masaki, Hajime Maeta

     

• How I Do It

  • ·Duodenal dearterialization and stapling for severe hemorrhage from duodenal varices with portal vein thrombosis

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    Vivian C. McAlister, Noha A. Al-Saleh

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• Brief Report

  • ·Preoperative assessment of the aberrant bile duct using multislice computed tomography cholangiography

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    Kunihiko Izuishi, Yoshihiro Toyama, Satoru Nakano, Fuminori Goda, Hisashi Usuki, Tsutomu Masaki, Hajime Maeta

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• Scientific Paper

  • ·Randomized controlled trial to compare the early and mid-term results of stapled versus open hemorrhoidectomy

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    Jai Bikhchandani, P.N. Agarwal, Ravi Kant, V.K. Malik

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• Clinical Image

  • ·Malignant transformation of chronic perianal Crohn’s fistula

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    Anil M. Bahadursingh, Walter E. Longo

     

• Scientific Paper

  • ·Substance P and vasoactive intestinal peptide in rat small-bowel isografts

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    Ryouichi Tomita, Shigeru Fujisaki, Eichi Park, Taro Ikeda, Tugumichi Koshinaga

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• Laparoscopy

  • ·Laparoscopic fenestration for the treatment of patients with severe adult polycystic liver disease

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    Manousos M. Konstadoulakis, Ilias P. Gomatos, Kostantinos Albanopoulos, Nikolaos Alexakis, Emmanuel Leandros

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  • ·Video-assisted surgery represents more than a loss of three-dimensional vision

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    Anthony G. Gallagher, E. Matt Ritter, Andrew B. Lederman, David A. McClusky, C. Daniel Smith

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• Association for Surgical Education

  • ·Objective assessment of videoconferenced lectures in a surgical clerkship

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    Steven C. Stain, Marcia Mitchell, Rhonda Belue, Vicki Mosley, Shari Wherry, Carlton Z. Adams, Kim Lomis, Pamela C. Williams

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• Rapid Communication

  • ·The effect of shock resuscitation fluids on apoptosis

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    G. Tom Shires, Leslie K. Browder, Trina P.V. Steljes, Shelley J. Williams, Timothy D. Browder, Annabel E. Barber

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• Scientific Paper

  • ·Reduction of ischemia/reperfusion injury by antithrombin III after experimental pancreas transplantation

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    Thilo Hackert, Jens Werner, Waldemar Uhl, Martha-Maria Gebhard, Markus W. Büchler, Jan Schmidt

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• Review

  • ·Clinical outcomes of extended esophagectomy with three-field lymph node dissection for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

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

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• Scientific Papers

  • ·Significance of immunohistochemical expression of cyclooxygenase-2 in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus

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    Tadahiro Nozoe, Takahiro Ezaki, Akira Kabashima, Hideo Baba, Yoshihiko Maehara

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  • ·Clinicopathologic characteristics and prognosis of synchronous multifocal gastric carcinomas

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

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  • ·Clinicopathologic features and prognosis of combined hepatocellular cholangiocarcinoma

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    Kwang Cheol Koh, Hyuk Lee, Moon Seok Choi, Joon Hyoek Lee, Seung Woon Paik, Byung Chul Yoo, Jong Chul Rhee, Jae Won Cho, Cheol Keun Park, Hong Joo Kim

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Meta-analysis of the risk of metachronous hernia in infants and children: An updated analysis

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    Adrian G. Barnett

     
  • ·Meta-analysis of the risk of metachronous hernia in infants and children: An updated analysis

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    Brent W. Miedema

    
  • ·Predictors of nonsentinel lymph node metastases in breast cancer patients

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    Robbie K. George, Amit Agrawal, S.K. Mishra