World Journal of Surgery

Multiple Repeat Resections of Intra- and Extrahepatic Recurrencesin Patients Undergoing Initial Hepatectomy for Colorectal CarcinomaMetastases

Shigenori Nagakura, Yoshio Shirai, Takeyasu Suda, Katsuyoshi Hatakeyama

Differences between Biopsy- or Specimen-related Laurén andWorld Health Organization Classification in Gastric Cancer

Uta Flucke, Stefan P. Mönig, Stephan E. Baldus, Thomas K. Zirbes, Elfriede Bollschweiler, Jürgen Thiele, Hans P. Dienes, Arnulf H. Hölscher

Detection of Disseminated Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Cells inCervical Lymph Nodes by Cytokeratin 20 Reverse Transcription-PolymeraseChain Reaction

Theresia Weber, Kerstin Amann, Helgard Weckauf, Jeannine Lacroix, Jürgen Weitz, Tanja Schönfuss, Thomas Hölting, Ernst Klar, Christian Herfarth, Magnus von Knebel Doeberitz

Ultrasonically Activated Shears in Extended Lymphadenectomyfor Gastric Cancer

Evangelos C. Tsimoyiannis, Mochammed Jabarin, John C. Tsimoyiannis, John P. Betzios, Christos Tsilikatis, George Glantzounis

Metastatic Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma: ClinicopathologicalProfile and Outcome in an Iodine Deficient Area

Anjali Mishra, Saroj Kanta Mishra, Amit Agarwal, Birendra Kishore Das, Gaurav Agarwal, Sanjay Gambhir

New Pancreatic Duct-Invagination Anastomosis Using UltrasonicDissection for Nonfibrotic Pancreas with a Nondilated Duct

Yasuyuki Suzuki, Yasuhiro Fujino, Yonson Ku, Yasuki Tanioka, Tetsuo Ajiki, Takashi Kamigaki, Masahiro Tominaga, Yoshifumi Takeyama, Yoshikazu Kuroda

Prospective Study of Pancreatic b-cell and Exocrine Functionfollowing Duct Decompression in Tropical Calcific Pancreatitis

Ghanshyam Agarwal, Sadiq S. Sikora, Gourdas Choudhuri, Eesh Bhatia

Short-term Effects of Sacral Nerve Stimulation for IdiopathicSlow Transit Constipation

Andrew J. Malouf, Paul H. Wiesel, Tanya Nicholls, R. John Nicholls, Michael A. Kamm

Structural Requirements and Interactions of Transplant Centers

Martin Hertl, Massimo Malagó, Giuliano Testa, Christoph E. Broelsch

Organ Donors: Heartbeating and Non-heartbeating

Gauke Kootstra, Jur Kievit, Arjen Nederstigt

Transplantation: Introduction

Christoph E. Broelsch

Kidney Transplantation: Graft Monitoring and Immunosuppression

Jonathan S. Fisher, E. Steve Woodle, J. Richard Thistlethwaite, Jr.

Bridging Procedures to Heart Transplantation

Bart Meyns, Paul Sergeant, Paul Herijgers, Wim Flameng, Johan Vanhaecke, Johan Van Cleemput, Walter Droogné, Wim Daenen

Technical and Immunosuppressive Advances in Transplantation forInsulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

Jon S. Odorico, Hans W. Sollinger

Heart and Heart-Lung Transplantation: Standards and Improvements

Wolfgang Harringer, Axel Haverich

Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplantation

Tomoaki Kato, Phillip Ruiz, John F. Thompson, Lon B. Eskind, Deborah Weppler, Farrukh A. Khan, Antonio D. Pinna, Jose R. Nery, Andreas G. Tzakis

Living Unrelated Kidney Transplantation

Raffaello Cortesini, Renzo Pretagostini, Paolo Bruzzone, Dario Alfani

Recent Advance in Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Yasuhiko Hashikura, Seiji Kawasaki, Shinichi Miyagawa, Masaru Terada, Toshihiko Ikegami, Yuichi Nakazawa, Koichi Urata, Hisanao Chisuwa, Shiro Ogino, Masatoshi Makuuchi

Liver Transplantation for Malignant Diseases: Selection andPattern of Recurrence

Carlos Margarit, Ramón Charco, Ernest Hidalgo, Helena Allende, Lluis Castells, Itxarone Bilbao

Liver Transplantation for Nonviral, Nonmalignant Diseases:Problem of Recurrence

John F. Renz, Nancy L. Ascher

Split-liver Transplantation: Future Use of Scarce Donor Organs

Massimo Malagó, Martin Hertl, Giuliano Testa, Xavier Rogiers, Christoph E. Broelsch

Auxiliary Liver Transplantation and Bioartificial BridgingProcedures in Treatment of Acute Liver Failure

Karim Boudjema, Philippe Bachellier, Philippe Wolf, Jean-Daniel Tempé, Daniel Jaeck

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