World Journal of Surgery

Editorial Comment

John G Hunter

Opening Address by the Premier of Kwazulu-Natal, Honourable Sibusiso Ndebele, during the International Surgical Week Held at the International Convention Centre (ICC), Durban

The 41st Congress of the International Society of Surgeons Recently Held in Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, 21–25 August 2005

M.R.Q. Davies

Navigational Maxillofacial Surgery Using Virtual Models

B. Hohlweg-Majert, Ralf Schön, Rainer Schmelzeisen, Nils-Claudius Gellrich, Alexander Schramm

Incidental Parathyroidectomy during Thyroid Surgery: An Underappreciated Complication of Thyroidectomy

George H. Sakorafas, Vania Stafyla, Constantinos Bramis, Nikolaos Kotsifopoulos, Theophilos Kolettis, George Kassaras

Needle Tract Implantation of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma after Fine-needle Aspiration Biopsy

Yasuhiro Ito, Chisato Tomoda, Takashi Uruno, Yuuki Takamura, Akihiro Miya, Kaoru Kobayashi, Fumio Matsuzuka, Kanji Kuma, Akira Miyauchi

Transcatheter Arterial Embolization in the Treatment of Extensive Maxillofacial Hemangioma in Children

Li Jianhong, Hu Xianliang, Jiang Xuewu

Effective Radiation Dose from Radiologic Studies in Pediatric Trauma Patients

Patrick K. Kim, Xiaowei Zhu, Eileen Houseknecht, Delia Nickolaus, Soroosh Mahboubi, Michael L. Nance

Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Study of the Effect of TENS on Postthoracotomy Pain and Pulmonary Function

Mükerrem Erdogan, Abdullah Erdogan, Nazmiye Erbil, Hanife (Kabukcu) Karakaya, Abid Demircan

Percutaneous versus Conventional Tracheostomy in Burned Patients with Inhalation Injury

Andreas I. Gravvanis, Dimosthenis A. Tsoutsos, Thomais G. Iconomou, Stefanos G. Papadopoulos

Low Maruyama Index Surgery for Gastric Cancer: Blinded Reanalysis of the Dutch D1-D2 Trial

K.C.M.J. Peeters, S.A. Hundahl, E. Klein Kranenbarg, H. Hartgrink, C.J.H. van de Velde

Laparoscopy-assisted Gastrectomy for Early Gastric Cancer in Young and Elderly Patients

Erito Mochiki, Testsurou Ohno, Youichi Kamiyama, Rusuke Aihara, Toshihiro Nakabayashi, Takayuki Asao, Hiroyuki Kuwano

Proximal Gastrectomy Reconstructed by Jejunal Pouch Interposition for Upper Third Gastric Cancer: Prospective Randomized Study

Chang Hak Yoo, Byung Ho Sohn, Won Kon Han, Won Kil Pae

Prognostic Significance of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor D in Gastric Carcinoma

Atsuo Shida, Shuichi Fujioka, Yoshio Ishibashi, Katsutoshi Kobayashi, Hiroshi Nimura, Norio Mitsumori, Yutaka Suzuki, Makio Kawakami, Mitsuyoshi Urashima, Katsuhiko Yanaga

Incisional Hernia: Early Complication of Abdominal Surgery

Jacobus W.A. Burger, Johan F. Lange, Jens A. Halm, Gert-Jan Kleinrensink, Hans Jeekel

Escin: Inhibiting Inflammation and Promoting Gastrointestinal Transit to Attenuate Formation of Postoperative Adhesions

Fenghua Fu, Yuezhi Hou, Wanglin Jiang, Ronghua Wang, Ke Liu

Invited Commentary

Iskender Sayek

Antibody Response of Autogenous Splenic Tissue Implanted in the Abdominal Cavity of Mice

Sérgio I. Nunes, Alice B. Rezende, Francisco M. Teixeira, Ana Paula Ferreira, Márcio M.J. Alves, Nelson Jamel, Raimunda V.C. Assis, Henrique C. Teixeira

Gender Differences in Quality of Life of Patients with Rectal Cancer. A Five-Year Prospective Study

Christian E. Schmidt, Beate Bestmann, Thomas Küchler, Walter E. Longo, Volker Rohde, Bernd Kremer

Pancreatic Anastomoses after Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Do We Need Further Studies?

Shailesh V. Shrikhande, Sajid S. Qureshi, Nanda Rajneesh, Parul J. Shukla

Comparison of Resected and Non-resected Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms of the Pancreas

Shin-E Wang, Yi-Ming Shyr, Tien-Hua Chen, Cheng-Hsi Su, Tsann-Long Hwang, Kuo-Shyang Jeng, Jui-Hao Chen, Chew-Wun Wu, Wing-Yiu Lui

Liver Regeneration and Splenic Enlargement in Donors after Living-Donor Liver Transplantation

Salleh Ibrahim, Chao-Long Chen, Chih-Chi Wang, Shih-Ho Wang, Chih-Che Lin, Yeuh-Wei Liu, Chin-Hsiang Yang, Chee-Chien Yong, Allan Concejero, Yu-Fan Cheng

Outcome in Right Living Related Liver Transplantation with Branch-Patch Arterial Reconstruction

F. Di Benedetto, A. Lauro, M. Masetti, N. Cautero, C. Quintini, N. De Ruvo, A. Romano, G. Guerrini, A. Dazzi, G. Molteni, A. Siniscalchi, H. Bertani, C.M. Miller, A.D. Pinna

Results of Surgical, Laparoscopic, and Percutaneous Treatment for Hydatid Disease of the Liver: 10 Years Experience with 355 Patients

Gokhan Yagci, Bahri Ustunsoz, Nihat Kaymakcioglu, Ugur Bozlar, Semih Gorgulu, Abdurrahman Simsek, Ali Akdeniz, Sadettin Cetiner, Turgut Tufan

One-stage Transthoracic Operation for the Treatment of Right Lung and Liver Hydatid Cysts

Abdullah Erdogan, Arife Ayten, Hanife Kabukcu, Abid Demircan

Mirizzi Syndrome: Ten Years Experience from a Teaching Hospital in Riyadh

Mohammed H.A. Al-Akeely, Mohammed K. Alam, Hayan Abdulrahman Bismar, Kamran Khalid, Ibrahim Al-Teimi, Nasser Faleh Al-Dossary

To the Editor

Farah Arshad, P.V. Pradeep, Anjali Mishra

Reply

M. Brauckhoff, O. Gimm, H. Dralle

To the Editor

Moshe Hashmonai

ISW 2005 Durban, South Africa

World Journal of Surgery Acknowledgments for Volume 29/ issue 12

International Society of Surgery Foundation Honor Roll of Donors – 2004