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Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 202, Issue 4, Pages 565-714 (April 2006)
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Original Scientific Articles


Evaluating Individual Surgeons Based on Total Hospital Costs: Evidence for Variation in both Total Costs and Volatility of Costs
Bruce L. Hall, Darrell A. Campbell, Laurel R.S. Phillips, Barton H. Hamilton
pages 565-576
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Open Versus Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in VA Hospitals
Ruth L. Bush, Michael L. Johnson, Tracie C. Collins, William G. Henderson, Shukri F. Khuri, Hong-Jen Yu, Peter H. Lin, Alan B. Lumsden, Carol M. Ashton
pages 577-587
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Modern 5-Year Survival of Resectable Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: Single Institution Experience with 263 Patients
Giuseppe Portale, Jeffrey A. Hagen, Jeffrey H. Peters, Linda S. Chan, Steven R. DeMeester, Tasha A.K. Gandamihardja, Tom R. DeMeester
pages 588-596
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Invited Commentary
Carlos A. Pellegrini
pages 596-597
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Reply
Tom R. DeMeester
page 597
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Editorial Comment
Bryan F. Meyers
pages 597-598
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Proficiency Maintenance: Impact of Ongoing Simulator Training on Laparoscopic Skill Retention
Dimitrios Stefanidis, James R. Korndorffer, Sarah Markley, Rafael Sierra, Daniel J. Scott
pages 599-603
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Preoperative Esophageal Cancer Staging: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Lymph Node with Ferumoxtran-10, an Ultrasmall Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide, 20 February 2006
Haruto Nishimura, Nobuhiko Tanigawa, Masako Hiramatsu, Yoshiaki Tatsumi, Mitsuru Matsuki, Isamu Narabayashi
pages 604-611
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Prophylactic Gastrectomy for Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer Syndrome
Erika A. Newman, Michael W. Mulholland
pages 612-617
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Percutaneous Tracheostomy: A Safe Procedure in the Morbidly Obese
Mary Grace Heyrosa, David M. Melniczek, Peter Rovito, Gary G. Nicholas
pages 618-622
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Current Incidence and Outcomes of Gastrointestinal Mesenchymal Tumors Including Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Eduardo A. Perez, Alan S. Livingstone, Dido Franceschi, Caio Rocha-Lima, David J. Lee, Nicole Hodgson, Merce Jorda, Leonidas G. Koniaris
pages 623-629
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Resistance to Change in Surgical Residency: An Ethnographic Study of Work Hours Reform, 16 February 2006
Katherine C. Kellogg, Elizabeth Breen, Stephen J. Ferzoco, Michael J. Zinner, Stanley W. Ashley
pages 630-636
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Three-Step Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis under Total Laparoscopic Approach for Acute or Severe Colitis Complicating Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Mehdi Ouaïssi, Arnaud Alves, Yoram Bouhnik, Patrice Valleur, Yves Panis
pages 637-642
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Does Body Armor Protect from Firearm Injuries?
Kobi Peleg, Avraham Rivkind, Limor Aharonson-Daniel, Israeli Trauma Group
pages 643-648
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Predictors for Resident Success in Otolaryngology, 16 February 2006
Kathleen A. Daly, Samuel C. Levine, George L. Adams
pages 649-654
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Collective Reviews


Making the Case for a Paradigm Shift in Trauma Surgery
Thomas J. Esposito, Michael Rotondo, Philip S. Barie, Patrick Reilly, Michael D. Pasquale
pages 655-667
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The Secondary AbdominalCompartment Syndrome: Iatrogenic or Unavoidable?, 18 January 2006
Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Zsolt Balogh, Chad G. Ball, Najma Ahmed, Rosaleen Chun, Paul McBeth, Ann Kirby, David A. Zygun
pages 668-679
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Update on the Surgical Approach to Mucocele of the Appendix, 16 February 2006
Shubhada Dhage-Ivatury, Paul H. Sugarbaker
pages 680-684
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Recent Clinical and Investigational Applications of Fibrin Sealant in Selected Surgical Specialties, 17 February 2006
David M. Albala, Jeffrey H. Lawson
pages 685-697
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Editorial


Acute Care Surgery: Eraritjaritjaka, 20 February 2006
Ernest E. Moore, Ronald V. Maier, David B. Hoyt, Gregory J. Jurkovich, Donald D. Trunkey
pages 698-701
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Canadian Association of General Surgeons and ACS, Evidence-Based Reviews in Surgery


Canadian Association of General Surgeons and ACS, Evidence-based Reviews in Surgery
Marg McKenzie
pages 702-705
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Images for Surgeons


Free Perforation of the Gallbladder with Pneumoperitoneum, 21 November 2005
Ahmad M. Tarakji, Peter F. Rovito
page 706
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Blunt Ureteropelvic Junction Disruption, 18 January 2006
Khashayar Vaziri, Jason C. Roland, Samir M. Fakhry
page 707
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Surgeon at Work


Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair: 5-mm Port Technique and Alternative Mesh Insertion Method
Abdelrahman A. Nimeri, L. Michael Brunt
pages 708-710
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Surgical Management of Recurrent Liver Tumors Involving Hepatic Venous Outflow
Sonal Asthana, Darren Jones, J. Peter A. Lodge
pages 711-713
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Letters


Esophageal Stoma for Decompression of Malignant Obstruction
Dov Weissberg
page 714
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Frontmatter

Registering Clinical Trials


The Importance of Registering Clinical Trials
Olga Jonasson
pages A30-A32
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Continuing Medical Education Program


JACS CME-1 featured article, Volume 202, April 2006
pages A53-A55
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