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Volume 248; Issue 2

Annals of Surgery

Volume 248; Issue 2

1

Acute Biliary Pancreatitis Without Cholangitis: The Growing Role of EUS

Chong, Vui Heng

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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2

Local Anesthesia for Primary Unilateral Inguinal Hernia in Adults

van Veen, Ruben

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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3

The Effect of Dedicated Breast Surgeons on the Short-Term Outcomes in Breast Cancer

Zork, Noelia M., Komenaka, Ian K., Pennington, Robert E., Bowling, Monet W., Norton, Laura E., Clare, Susan E., Goulet, Robert J.

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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4

Improving Informed Consent of Surgical Patients Using a Multimedia-Based Program?

Bollschweiler, Elfriede, Apitsch, Jonas, Obliers, Rainer, Koerfer, Armin, Mönig, Stefan P., Metzger, Ralf, Hölscher, Arnulf H.

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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5

Resection of Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma

Ito, Fumito, Agni, Rashmi, Rettammel, Robert J., Been, Mark J., Cho, Clifford S., Mahvi, David M., Rikkers, Layton F., Weber, Sharon M.

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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6

A Systematic Review of Skills Transfer After Surgical Simulation Training

Sturm, Lana P., Windsor, John A., Cosman, Peter H., Cregan, Patrick, Hewett, Peter J., Maddern, Guy J.

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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7

Abdominal Trauma After Terrorist Bombing Attacks Exhibits a Unique Pattern of Injury

Bala, Miklosh, Rivkind, Avraham I., Zamir, Gideon, Hadar, Tal, Gertsenshtein, Iryna, Mintz, Yoav, Pikarsky, Alon J., Amar, Dalit, Shussman, Noam, Abu Gazala, Mahmoud, Almogy, Gidon

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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8

Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection or Chemoradiotherapy: Which Is the Procedure of Choice to Reduce Local Recurrence Rate in Lower Rectal Cancer?

Watanabe, Toshiaki, Matsuda, Keiji, Nozawa, Keijiro, Kobunai, Takashi

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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9

Successful Implementation of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Surgical Quality Improvement Program in the Private Sector: The Patient Safety in Surgery Study

Khuri, Shukri F., Henderson, William G., Daley, Jennifer, Jonasson, Olga, Jones, R Scott, Campbell, Darrell A., Fink, Aaron S., Mentzer, Robert M., Neumayer, Leigh, Hammermeister, Karl, Mosca, Cecilia

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

10

The Effect of Colorectal Surgery in Female Sexual Function, Body Image, Self-Esteem and General Health: A Prospective Study

da Silva, Giovanna M., Hull, Tracy, Roberts, Patricia L., Ruiz, Dan E., Wexner, Steven D., Weiss, Eric G., Nogueras, Juan J., Daniel, Norma, Bast, Jane, Hammel, Jeff, Sands, Dana

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

11

Reliability and Validity of Key Feature Cases for the Self-Assessment of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

Trudel, Judith L., Bordage, Georges, Downing, Steven M.

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

12

Acute Biliary Pancreatitis Without Cholangitis: The Growing Role of EUS

Petrov, Maxim S., Besselink, Marc G., van Santvoort, Hjalmar C., Gooszen, Hein G.

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 430 KB

english, 2008

13

Are We Better Than “Certain Others”?

Edwards, Michael J., Lewis, Jaime D.

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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14

Liposome-Encapsulated Hemoglobin Transfusion Rescues Rats Undergoing Progressive Hemodilution From Lethal Organ Hypoxia Without Scavenging Nitric Oxide

Nogami, Yashiro, Kinoshita, Manabu, Takase, Bonpei, Ogata, Yoshitaka, Saitoh, Daizoh, Kikuchi, Makoto, Ishihara, Masayuki, Maehara, Tadaaki

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

15

The Sensitivity and the False Negative Rate of Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy in Thyroid Nodule

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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16

Bias in Surgical Research

Paradis, Carmen

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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17

A Multivariate Analysis of Potential Risk Factors for Intra- and Postoperative Complications in 1316 Elective Laparoscopic Colorectal Procedures

Kirchhoff, Philipp, Dincler, Selim, Buchmann, Peter

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

18

Total Number of Resected Lymph Nodes Predicts Survival in Esophageal Cancer

Altorki, Nasser K., Zhou, Xi Kathy, Stiles, Brendon, Port, Jeffrey L., Paul, Subroto, Lee, Paul C., Mazumdar, Madhu

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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19

Does the Surgical Apgar Score Measure Intraoperative Performance?

Regenbogen, Scott E., Lancaster, R Todd, Lipsitz, Stuart R., Greenberg, Caprice C., Hutter, Matthew M., Gawande, Atul A.

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 325 KB

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20

The Procedure of Choice for Recurrent Inguinal Hernia

Fujita, Tetsuji

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 431 KB

english, 2008

21

The Procedure of Choice for Recurrent Inguinal Hernia

Bisgaard, Thue, Bay-Nielsen, Morten, Kehlet, Henrik

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

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english, 2008

22

Are Many Community Hospitals Undertreating Breast Cancer?

Gutierrez, Juan C., Hurley, Judith D., Housri, Nadine, Perez, Eduardo A., Byrne, Margaret M., Koniaris, Leonidas G.

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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23

Defining Lower Limb Lymphedema After Inguinal or Ilio-Inguinal Dissection in Patients With Melanoma Using Classification and Regression Tree Analysis

Spillane, Andrew J., Saw, Robyn P. M., Tucker, Monica, Byth, Karen, Thompson, John F.

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 290 KB

english, 2008

24

Optimal Surgery Time After Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancers

Lim, Seok-Byung, Choi, Hyo Seong, Jeong, Seung-Yong, Kim, Dae Yong, Jung, Kyung Hae, Hong, Yong Sang, Chang, Hee Jin, Park, Jae-Gahb

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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25

The Impact of Immunostimulating Nutrition on Infectious Complications After Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery

Klek, Stanislaw, Kulig, Jan, Sierzega, Marek, Szybinski, Piotr, Szczepanek, Kinga, Kubisz, Aldona, Kowalczyk, Tomasz, Gach, Tomasz, Pach, Radoslaw, Szczepanik, Antoni M.

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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26

Estrogen Ameliorates Trauma-hemorrhage–induced Lung Injury via Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase-dependent Activation of Protein Kinase G

Kan, Wen-Hong, Hsu, Jun-Te, Schwacha, Martin G., Choudhry, Mashkoor A., Bland, Kirby I., Chaudry, Irshad H.

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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27

The Frequency and Significance of Discrepancies in the Surgical Count

Greenberg, Caprice C., Regenbogen, Scott E., Lipsitz, Stuart R., Diaz-Flores, Rafael, Gawande, Atul A.

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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28

Adjuvant Interferon-based Chemoradiation Followed By Gemcitabine for Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A Single-Institution Phase II Study

Linehan, David C., Tan, Marcus C. B., Strasberg, Steven M., Drebin, Jeffrey A., Hawkins, William G., Picus, Joel, Myerson, Robert J., Malyapa, Robert S., Hull, Michael, Trinkaus, Kathryn, Tan, Benjami

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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29

Cervical Pharyngostomy: An Old Technique Revisited

Kent, Michael S., Awais, Omar, Schuchert, Matthew J., Adusumilli, Prasad S., Keeley, Samuel, Alvelo-Rivera, Miguel, Landreneau, Rodney J., Luketich, James D.

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

30

Variations of Weight Loss Following Gastric Bypass and Gastric Band

Puzziferri, Nancy, Nakonezny, Paul A., Livingston, Edward H., Carmody, Thomas J., Provost, David A., Rush, A John

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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PDF, 1.21 MB

english, 2008

31

Weight Loss Outcome of Revisional Bariatric Operations Varies According to the Primary Procedure

Brolin, Robert E., Cody, Ronald P.

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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32

Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection or Chemoradiotherapy: Which Is the Procedure of Choice to Reduce Local Recurrence Rate in Lower Rectal Cancer?

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 431 KB

english, 2008

33

Cisplatin, Fluorouracil, Interferon-α, and Radiation as Adjuvant Therapy for Resected Pancreatic Cancer: Is There a Future for This Regimen and/or Should We Change our Approach to Research and Treatment of Patients With Pancreatic Cancer?

Pisters, Peter W. T., Evans, Douglas B.

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

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34

Local Anesthesia for Primary Unilateral Inguinal Hernia in Adults

Fujita, Tetsuji

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 431 KB

english, 2008

35

Evidence-Based Surgical Care and the Evolution of Fast-Track Surgery

Kehlet, Henrik, Wilmore, Douglas W.

Journal:

Annals of Surgery

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008