Current Issue: Vol. 143, No. 12, December 2008
Commentary
CME: Original Article
- Perioperative Carcinoembryonic Antigen Measurements to Predict Curability After Liver Resection for Colorectal Metastases: A Prospective Study
- CME Course
- Invited Critique
Original Articles
- Effect of Race and Insurance Status on Presentation, Treatment, and Mortality in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Diverticulitis
- Invited Critique
- Improved Survival Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy to Treat Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas: The Influence of Operative Blood Loss
- Attrition During Graduate Medical Education: Medical School Perspective
- Invited Critique
- Cystic Duct Stump Leaks: After the Learning Curve
- Roux-en-Y Reconstruction After Pancreaticoduodenectomy
- Benchmarking Surgical Incident Reports Using a Database and a Triage System to Reduce Adverse Outcomes
- Underuse of Esophagectomy as Treatment for Resectable Esophageal Cancer
- Invited Critique
Review Article
Resident's Forum
Complete Table of Contents
Top Content
Most Viewed Articles
- The Impact of Video Games on Training Surgeons in the 21st Century
- Severe Acute Gastrointestinal Graft-vs-Host Disease
- Impact of Preoperative Briefings on Operating Room Delays
- Gastrointestinal Tract Recovery in Patients Undergoing Bowel Resection
- Enteral Nutrition and the Risk of Mortality and Infectious Complications in Patients With Severe Acute Pancreatitis
- Routine Interval Appendectomy Is Not Justified After Initial Nonoperative Treatment of Acute Appendicitis
- Organ Preconditioning
- Wrong-Side/Wrong-Site, Wrong-Procedure, and Wrong-Patient Adverse Events
- Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy Update
- Race and Insurance Status as Risk Factors for Trauma Mortality
Most Sent Articles
- Impact of Preoperative Briefings on Operating Room Delays
- Initial Clinical Evaluation of a Handheld Device for Detecting Retained Surgical Gauze Sponges Using Radiofrequency Identification Technology
- Early Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Is the Preferred Management of Acute Cholecystitis
- The Safety of Intra-abdominal Surgery in Patients With Cirrhosis
- Variation in the Use of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Elderly Patients With Acute Cholecystitis
- Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery
- Adult-Onset Nesidioblastosis Causing Hypoglycemia
- Quantitative Short-term Study of Anal Sphincter Function After Chemoradiation for Rectal Cancer
- Totally Implantable Venous Access Devices Implanted Surgically
- β-Blockade in Noncardiac Surgery
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Image of the Month—Quiz Case
A 41-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with a history of an acute onset of central colicky abdominal pain associated with nausea and vomiting.
Disparities in Health Care
Archives of Surgery is publishing a rolling theme issue on Disparities in Health Care. View the list of articles in the theme issue.
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Call for Papers: Disparities in Health Care
During 2008, Archives of Surgery is publishing a rolling theme issue on Disparities in Health Care. Read the current collection of articles here.
To submit a manuscript for consideration for the rolling theme issue, indicate in your cover letter that your manuscript is to be considered for this theme.