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Editorial
Redefining surgery and surgical profession
Hans G. Beger Ulm
195-200
Controlled Prospective Clinical Trials
Does internal stenting of the pancreaticojejunostomy improve outcomes after pancreatoduodenectomy? A prospective study
Vassilios Smyrniotis, Nikolaos Arkadopoulos, Maria A. Kyriazi, Michael Derpapas and Theodosios Theodosopoulos, et al.
201-206
Original Article
Pancreatic duct anatomy in the corpus area: implications for closure and anastomotic technique in pancreas surgery
Ulrich Steger, Peter Range, Florian Mayer, Jens Waschke and Stephan Timm, et al.
207-210
Original article
Laparoscopic surgery for synchronous gastric and colorectal cancer: a preliminary experience
Masanori Tokunaga, Naoki Hiki, Tetsu Fukunaga, Hiroya Kuroyanagi and Akira Miki, et al.
211-216
Original Article
Impact of difference in the definition of extranodal spread on the outcome of node-positive patients with gastric cancer
Kenji Nakamura, Yuichi Okamoto, Hideo Matsui, Hiroyasu Makuuchi and Kyoji Ogoshi
217-225
Original Article
Expression of thymidylate synthase determines the response of gastric cancer patients undergoing gastrectomy to 5-fluorouracil-based adjuvant chemotherapy
Chun-Nan Yeh, Shih-Ming Jung, Tsung-Wen Chen, Tsann-Long Hwang and Yi-Yin Jan, et al.
227-234
Original Article
Non-colorectal, non-neuroendocrine, and non-sarcoma metastases of the liver: resection as a promising tool in the palliative management
Moritz Schmelzle, Claus F. Eisenberger, Jan Schulte am Esch, Hanno Matthaei and Markus Krausch, et al.
235-239
Original Article
Clinicopathological features of anastomotic recurrence after an anterior resection for rectal cancer
Kenji Matsuda, Tsukasa Hotta, Katsunari Takifuji, Shozo Yokoyama and Yoshimasa Oku, et al.
241-245
Original Article
Hybrid NOTES transvaginal cholecystectomy: operative and long-term results after 18 cases
Raffaele Pugliese, Antonello Forgione, Fabio Sansonna, Giovanni Carlo Ferrari and Stefano Di Lernia, et al.
247-253
Original Article
Postoperative hemorrhagic complications after elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients receiving long-term anticoagulant therapy
Metin Ercan, Erdal B. Bostanci, Ilter Ozer, Murat Ulas and Yusuf B. Ozogul, et al.
255-260
Original Article
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy—comparison of early postoperative results in an Australian rural centre and a German university hospital
Matthias W. Wichmann, Reinhold Lang, Eben Beukes, Shaukat T. Esufali and Karl-Walter Jauch, et al.
261-275
Original Article
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma—pleomorphic sarcoma, NOS gene expression, histology, and clinical course. A pilot study
Daigeler Adrien, Klein-Hitpass Ludger, Stricker Ingo, Müller Oliver and Kuhnen Cornelius, et al.
277-283
Training and Education in Surgery
Sustainability of skill courses for general and visceral surgery—evaluation of the long-term effect
Jörn Gröne, Jörg-Peter Ritz, Heinz J. Buhr and Johannes Christian Lauscher
285-287
Case Management & Clinical Consequences
Retroperitoneal abscess with consecutive acute renal failure caused by a lost gallstone 2 years after laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Christoph Justinger, Jens Sperling, Marcus Katoh, Otto Kollmar and Martin K Schilling, et al.
289-290
Letter to the Editor
Pure red cell aplasia regression after thymus resection
Umair Khalid, Saulat Fatimi and Taimur Saleem
291-292
Letter to the Editor
Monoclonal antibody CAM5.2 can detect the cytokeratin 8, not cytokeratin 18. Comment on: “Occult disseminated tumor cells in lymph nodes of patients with gastric carcinoma. A critical appraisal of assessment and relevance. Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2009 Jan; 394(1): 105-113.”
Chung-Chin Yao, Szu-Wen Tseng and Chih-Ping Han