Editor's Journal Review About the editors:  Dana K. Andersen, MD   Timothy R. Billiar, MD, FACS   F. Charles Brunicardi, MD   David L. Dunn, MD, PhD   William E. Fisher, MD   John G. Hunter, MD, FACS   Jeffrey B. Matthews, MD   Kyle A. Perry, MD   Thai H. Pham, MD   Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD, FACS Joel A. Rodriguez, MD, BA   Seymour I. Schwartz, MD   Kerrington D. Smith, MD   Roger Smith, MD 1/2010 Current Trends in Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms. Arch Surg 144(5):448-454, 2009. [PubMed: 19451487] Read review by Seymour I. Schwartz, MD 12/2009 The International Position on Laparoscopic Liver Surgery: The Louisville Statement, 2008. Ann Surg 250(5):818-824, November 2009. [PubMed: 19916210] Read review by Seymour I. Schwartz, MD 10/2009 Complete Cytoreduction Offers Long-Term Survival in Patients with Peritoneal Carcinomatosis from Appendiceal Tumors of Unfavorable Histology. J Am Coll Surg 2009 Sep;209(3):308-12. Epub 2009 Jul 9. [PubMed: 19717034] Read review by Seymour I. Schwartz, MD 8/2009 Randomized Trial of Emergency Endoscopic Sclerotherapy versus Emergency Portacaval Shunt for Acutely Bleeding Esophageal Varices in Cirrhosis. J Am Coll Surg 2009;25-40. [PubMed: 19651060] Read review by Seymour I. Schwartz, MD 6/2009 Laparoscopic Colorectal Resection for Bowel Endometriosis. Arch Surg 2009;Mar;144:234-239. [PubMed: 19289662] Read review by Seymour I. Schwartz, MD 4/2009 Lichtenstein Hernioplasty versus Totally Extraperitoneal Laparoscopic Hernioplasty in Treatment of Recurrent Inguinal Hernia—A Prospective Randomized Trial. Arch Surg 2009;Mar;249(3):384-387. [PubMed: 19247022] Read review by Seymour I. Schwartz, MD 2/2009 Prognosis of Patients with Colorectal Cancer Is Associated with Lymph Node Ratio: A Single-Center Analysis of 3026 Patients Over at 25-Year Time Period. Arch Surg 2008;248:968-978. [PubMed: 19092341] and The Ratio of Metastatic to Examined Lymph Nodes Is a Powerful Independent Prognostic Factor in Rectal Cancer. Arch Surg 2008;248:1067-1073. [PubMed: 19092352] Read review by Seymour I. Schwartz, MD 12/2008 Hepatectomy for Stage B and Stage C Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer Classification. Arch Surg 2008;143(11):1082-1090. [PubMed: 19015467] Read review by Seymour I. Schwartz, MD 10/2008 Prognostic Stratification of High-Risk Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors in the Era of Targeted Therapy. Ann Surg 2008 Jun;247(6):1011-1018. [PubMed: 18520229] Read review by Seymour I. Schwartz, MD 9/2008 Omloo JM, Lagarde SM, Hulscher JB, et al: Extended Transthoracic Resection Compared with Limited Transhiatal Resection for Adenocarcinoma of the Mid/distal Esophagus: Five-Year Survival of a Randomized Clinical Trial. Ann Surg 2007 Dec;246(6):992-1000; discussion 1000-1.[PubMed: 18043101] Read review by Thai H. Pham, MD and John G. Hunter, MD, FACS 8/2008 Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Role of Extrahepatic Biliary Resection. J Am Coll Surg 2008; 206: 822-832. [PubMed: 18471705] Read review by Seymour I. Schwartz, MD 7/2008 Michael E. DeBakey—A Tribute F. Charles Brunicardi, MD, with additional contributions from Katie Elsbury and Ruth D. Sorelle, pays a special tribute to the life and pioneering work of Michael E. DeBakey, MD. 6/2008 Carbon Nanotube-Enhanced Thermal Destruction of Cancer Cells in a Noninvasive Radiofrequency Field. Cancer 2007 110;2654-2665. [PubMed: 17960610] Read review by Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD, FACS 3/2008 Benefits of Reoperation of T2 and More Advanced Incidental Gall Bladder Carcinoma: Analysis of the German Registry. Ann Surg 2008 Jan;247(1):104-108. [PubMed: 18156929] Read review by Seymour I. Schwartz, MD 2/2008 Is there still a role for total pancreatectomy? Ann Surg 2007 Dec;246(6): 966-974; discussion 974-975. [PubMed: 18043098] Read review by Seymour I. Schwartz, MD 12/2007 Optimizing treatment of desmoid tumors. J Clin Oncol 2007; 25: 1785-1791 [PubMed: 17470870] Read review by F. Charles Brunicardi, MD 09/2007 Chronic pain after inguinal herniorrhaphy. J Am Coll Surg 2007 August;205:333-341 [PubMed: 17660082] Read review by Seymour I. Schwartz 08/2007 Prospective trial of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication versus proton pump inhibitor therapy for gastroesophageal reflux disease: Seven year follow-up. J Gastrointest Surg 2006 Nov;10(9):1312-1316. [PubMed: 17114017] Read review by Kyle A. Perry, MD and John G. Hunter, MD, FACS 07/2007 A physical map of the human genome. Nature 2001;409(6822):934-941. [PubMed: 11237014] Read review by F. Charles Brunicardi, MD, Joel A. Rodriguez, MD, and William E. Fisher, MD 06/2007 Endoscopic versus surgical drainage of the pancreatic duct in chronic pancreatitis. N Engl J Med 2007:356(7);676-684. [PubMed: 17301298] Read review by Kerrington D. Smith, MD, and Jeffrey B. Matthews, MD 05/2007 Strategies for safer liver surgeries and partial liver transplantation. N Engl J Med 2007:356;1545-1559. [PubMed: 17429086] Read review by Seymour I. Schwartz, MD 04/2007 Pneumatic dilatation or laparoscopic cardiomyotomy in the management of newly diagnosed idiopathic achalasia: Results of a randomized controlled trial. World J Surg 2007:31(3);470478. [PubMed: 17308851] Read review by John G. Hunter, MD, FACS 03/2007 Pancreaticojejunostomy versus pancreaticogastrostomy: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Surg 2007:193(2);171-183. [PubMed: 17236843] Read review by David L. Dunn, MD, PhD 02/2007 Operative strategies for diverticular peritonitis: A decision analysis between primary resection and anastomosis versus Hartmanns procedures. Ann Surg 2007:254(1);94-103. [PubMed: 17197971] Read review by Seymour I. Schwartz, MD 01/2007 The consensus coding sequences of human breast and colorectal cancers. Science 2006;314:268-274. [PubMed: 16959974] Read review by Joel A. Rodriguez, MD, BA, William E. Fisher, MD, and F. Charles Brunicardi, MD 01/2007 Surgical risk factors, morbidity, and mortality in elderly patients. J Am Coll Surg 2006:203;865-877. [PubMed: 17116555] Read review by Seymour I. Schwartz, MD 12/2006 Management of pain in small duct chronic pancreatitis. J Gastrointest Surg 2006:10;227-233. [PubMed: 16455455] Read review by Dana K. Andersen, MD 11/2006 Hepatic resection for noncolorectal nonendocrine liver metastases: Analysis of 1452 patients and development of a prognostic model. Ann Surg 2006;244:524-535. [PubMed: 16998361] Read review by Seymour I. Schwartz, MD 11/2006 Whole body imaging in blunt multisystem trauma patients without obvious signs of injury. Arch Surg. 2006; 141:468-475. [PubMed: 16702518] Read review by Timothy Billiar, MD, FACS 10/2006 Chemotherapy regimen predicts steatohepatitis and an increase in 90-day mortality after surgery for hepatic colorectal metastases. J Clin Oncol. 2006;24(13):2065-2072. [PubMed: 16648507] Read review by Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD, FACS 9/2006 Minimally invasive video-assisted parathyroidectomy versus open minimally invasive parathyroidectomy for a solitary parathyroid adenoma: a prospective, randomized, blinded trial. World J Surg. 2006;30(5):721-731. [PubMed: 16547619] Read review by F. Charles Brunicardi, MD and Roger Smith 8/2006 Evidence-based treatment of acute pancreatitis: a look at established paradigms. Ann Surg. Vol. 243 No. 2 pp 154-166. [PubMed: 16432347] Read review by Seymour I. Schwartz, MD 8/2006 Long-term outcomes of laparoscopic resection of gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Ann Surg. 2006 Jun;243(6):738-45; discussion 745-7. [PubMed: 16772777] Read review by Seymour I. Schwartz, MD 7/2006 Management of pancreatic fistulas after pancreaticoduodenectomy: results in 437 consecutive patients. Arch Surg. 2005 Sep;140(9):849-54; discussion 854-6. [PubMed: 16172293] Read review by Seymour I. Schwartz, MD

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