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• • ·Editorial board

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• • ·Table of contents

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• • ·Author Index

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• • ·Subject Index

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• The Southwestern Surgical Congress

  • ·President's address: A subspecialist's view of the specialty of general surgery

    Page :801-808

    Alan G. Thorson

     
  • ·Best poster award: Accuracy of surgery residents' interpretation of computed tomography scans in trauma

    Page :809-812

    Candy Arentz, John A. Griswold, Ari Halldorsson, Frank Quattromani, Sharmila Dissanaike

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  • ·Jack Barney award: The effect of fatigue on cognitive and psychomotor skills of trauma residents and attending surgeons

    Page :813-820

    Jodi Gerdes, Kanav Kahol, Marshall Smith, Mario J. Leyba, John J. Ferrara

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  • ·The recent decline in mammography rates is limited to low- to average-risk women

    Page :821-826

    Beatrix A. Slomiany, Kelly M. McMasters, Anees B. Chagpar

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  • ·Utility of frozen-section analysis of sentinel lymph node biopsy specimens for melanoma in surgical decision making

    Page :827-833

    Weesam Alkhatib, Casey Hertzenberg, William Jewell, Mazin F. Al-Kasspooles, Ivan Damjanov, Mark S. Cohen

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  • ·Factors influencing time between biopsy and definitive surgery for malignant melanoma: do they impact clinical outcome?

    Page :834-843

    Susanne Carpenter, Barbara Pockaj, Amylou Dueck, Richard Gray, David Kurtz, Aleksander Sekulic, William Casey

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  • ·Breast cancer tumor size: correlation between magnetic resonance imaging and pathology measurements

    Page :844-850

    Jill K. Onesti, Barry E. Mangus, Stephen D. Helmer, Jacqueline S. Osland

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  • ·Selective use of intraoperative sentinel lymph node pathological evaluation in breast cancer

    Page :851-856

    Ute Gawlick, Mary C. Mone, Heidi J. Hansen, Rafe C. Connors, Edward W. Nelson

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  • ·Screening cervical spine MRI after normal cervical spine CT scans in patients in whom cervical spine injury cannot be excluded by physical examination

    Page :857-863

    Megan Steigelman, Peter Lopez, Daniel Dent, John Myers, Michael Corneille, Ronald Stewart, Stephen Cohn

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  • ·Risk factors for delirium after major trauma

    Page :864-870

    Erik M. Angles, Thomas N. Robinson, Walter L. Biffl, Jeff Johnson, Marc Moss, Zung V. Tran, Ernest E. Moore

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  • ·The utility of diagnostic laparoscopy in the evaluation of anterior abdominal stab wounds

    Page :871-877

    Tammy R. Kopelman, Patrick J. O'Neill, Luis H. Macias, Jordy C. Cox, Marc R. Matthews, David A. Drachman

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  • ·Practice management education during surgical residency

    Page :878-882

    Kory Jones, Ricardo A. Lebron, Alicia Mangram, Ernest Dunn

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  • ·Impact of a patient care pathway protocol on surgical site infection rates in cardiothoracic surgery patients

    Page :883-889

    Joshua Trussell, Richard Gerkin, Brian Coates, Jared Brandenberger, Pierre Tibi, Jennifer Keuth, Kerry Montefour, Helen Salisbury, John Ferrara

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  • ·A 2-minute pre-extubation protocol for ventilated intensive care unit patients

    Page :890-895

    Abraham Avi Nisim, Daniel R. Margulies, Matthew T. Wilson, Rodrigo F. Alban, Catherine M. Dang, Alexander D. Allins, M. Michael Shabot

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  • ·A proposed staging system for small bowel carcinoid tumors based on an analysis of 6,380 patients

    Page :896-903

    Christine S. Landry, Guy Brock, Charles R. Scoggins, Kelly M. McMasters, Robert C.G. Martin

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  • ·How important is rigid proctosigmoidoscopy in localizing rectal cancer?

    Page :904-908

    Hans F. Schoellhammer, Armen C. Gregorian, Grant G. Sarkisyan, Beverley A. Petrie

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  • ·Preoperative performance status predicts outcome following heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy

    Page :909-914

    Nathaniel P. Reuter, Jay M. MacGregor, Charles E. Woodall, Robert P. Sticca, C. William, M.B. Helm, Charles R. Scoggins, Kelly M. McMasters, Robert C.G. Martin

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  • ·Association of tobacco and alcohol use with earlier development of colorectal cancer: should we modify screening guidelines?

    Page :915-919

    Alison A. Acott, Sue A. Theus, Kathyrn E. Marchant-Miros, Anne T. Mancino

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  • ·The effect of preoperative corticosteroids on peritoneal macrophage function after laparoscopic and open abdominal surgery in a rat model

    Page :920-925

    Thomas M. Schmelzer, Jessica J. Heath, William W. Hope, Ana Mostafari, Yuri W. Novitsky, B. Todd Heniford

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  • ·Low sensitivity of physical examination findings in necrotizing soft tissue infection is improved with laboratory values: a prospective study

    Page :926-930

    Tony Chan, Arezou Yaghoubian, David Rosing, Amy Kaji, Christian de Virgilio

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  • ·Gamma probe identification of normal parathyroid glands during central neck surgery can facilitate parathyroid preservation

    Page :931-936

    Elizabeth G. Grubbs, Elizabeth A. Mittendorf, Nancy D. Perrier, Jeffrey E. Lee

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  • ·Reoperative parathyroidectomy in 228 patients during the era of minimal-access surgery and intraoperative parathyroid hormone monitoring

    Page :937-943

    Melanie L. Richards, Geoff B. Thompson, David R. Farley, Clive S. Grant

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  • ·Vena cava filter retrieval in therapeutically anticoagulated patients

    Page :944-947

    Thomas M. Schmelzer, A. Britton Christmas, Dennis A. Taylor, B. Todd Heniford, Ronald F. Sing

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  • ·Is there a role for aggressive use of fresh frozen plasma in massive transfusion of civilian trauma patients?

    Page :948-960

    Frederick A. Moore, Teresa Nelson, Bruce A. McKinley, Ernest E. Moore, Avery B. Nathens, Peter Rhee, Juan Carlos Puyana, Gregory J. Beilman, Stephen M. Cohn, StO2 Study Group

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  • ·Noninvasive Doppler ultrasonography for assessing cardiac function: can it replace the Swan-Ganz catheter?

    Page :961-968

    Saurabh Jain, Alexander Allins, Ali Salim, Amir Vafa, Matthew T. Wilson, Daniel R. Margulies

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  • ·Clinical outcomes of complicated diverticulitis managed nonoperatively

    Page :969-974

    R. Scott Nelson, B. Mark Ewing, Timothy J. Wengert, Alan G. Thorson

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  • ·Management of duodenal and pancreaticobiliary perforations associated with periampullary endoscopic procedures

    Page :975-982

    Kelly Knudson, Christopher D. Raeburn, Robert C. McIntyre, Raj J. Shaw, Yang K. Chen, William R. Brown, Gregory Stiegmann

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  • ·Morbidity associated with laparoscopic repair of suprapubic hernias

    Page :983-988

    Brandon Varnell, Sharon Bachman, Jacob Quick, Michelle Vitamvas, Bruce Ramshaw, Dmitry Oleynikov

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  • ·Laparoscopic improves perioperative outcomes of antireflux surgery at US academic centers

    Page :989-993

    J. Esteban Varela, Marcelo W. Hinojosa, Ninh T. Nguyen

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  • ·Risk of late bleeding following hemorrhoidal banding in patients on antithrombotic prophylaxis

    Page :994-999

    R. Scott Nelson, B. Mark Ewing, Charles Ternent, Maniamparampil Shashidharan, Garnet J. Blatchford, Alan G. Thorson

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  • ·Hemicorporectomy: back to front

    Page :1000-1002

    Carlton C. Barnett, Jamil Ahmad, Jeffrey E. Janis, Joshua A. Lemmon, Kevin C. Morrill, Robert N. McClelland

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Equestrian injuries: incidence, injury patterns and risk factors for 10 years of major traumatic injuries

    Page :1003

    Rory Molloy, Gary Cousin

    
  • ·Postoperative antibiotic therapy for children with perforated appendicitis

    Page :1003-1004

    Sherif Emil

    
  • ·Laparoscopic colorectal surgery in the complicated patient

    Page :1004

    Ziya Salihoglu, Fatih Aydogan