The American Surgeon

In Defense of General Surgery: Rewards, Threats, and Challenges
pp. 443-457(15)
Author: Bland, Kirby I.

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Trauma Population: Does Colonization Predict Infection?
pp. 458-462(5)
Authors: Croft, Chasen A.; Mejia, Vicente A.; Barker, Donald E.; Maxwell, Robert A.; Dart, Benjamin W.; Smith, Philip W.; Burns, R. Phillip

Surgical Prophylaxis for Inheritable Malignant Diseases: Colorectal and Gastric Cancer
pp. 463-469(7)
Authors: Benns, Matthew V.; Luk, Tammy; Scoggins, Charles R.

Perioperative Management of Cholelithiasis in Patients Presenting for Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Have we Reached a Consensus?
pp. 470-476(7)
Authors: Patel, Jitesh A.; Patel, Nilesh A.; Piper, Greta L.; Smith, Deane E.; Malhotra, Gautum; Colella, Joseph J.

Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Gut Perforations: When to Wait! When to Operate!
pp. 477-484(8)
Authors: Morgan, Katherine A.; Fontenot, Bennett B.; Ruddy, Jean M.; Mickey, Suzanne; Adams, David B.

Intraoperative Endoscopy and Leaks after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
pp. 485-488(4)
Authors: Alaedeen, Diya; Madan, Atul K.; Ro, Charles Y.; Khan, Khurram A.; Martinez, Jose M.; Tichansky, David S.

Multimodality Treatment for Esophageal Malignancy: The Roles of Surgery and Neoadjuvant Therapy
pp. 489-497(9)
Authors: Malin, Edward; Kiernan, Paul D.; Sheridan, Michael J.; Khandhar, Sandeep J.; Fraser, Cheryl; Hetrick, Vivian

Dual Mechanism for Type-2 Diabetes Resolution after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
pp. 498-503(6)
Authors: Lin, Edward; Davis, S. Scott; Srinivasan, Jahnavi; Sweeney, John F.; Ziegler, Thomas R.; Phillips, Lawrence S.; Gletsu-Miller, Nana

Progressive Preoperative Pneumoperitoneum for Hernias with Loss of Domain
pp. 504-509(6)
Authors: McAdory, R. Stephen; Cobb, William S.; Carbonell, Alfredo M.

False-Positive and Subsequent False Negative Tc-99m Sestamibi Scan in a Case of Mediastinal Thymoma and Hyperparathyroidism
pp. 510-511(2)
Authors: Leung, Anna M.; Merrell, Ronald C.

Pulmonary Hypertension: An Unusual Presentation of an Iatrogenic Hepatic Arterioportal Fistula and its Successful Resolution Post-Embolotherapy
pp. 511-514(4)
Authors: Chua, Dennis Yu-Kim; Pavillion, Gilbert; Tay, Kiang-Hiong; Tan, Ju-Le; Chung, Alexander Yaw-Fui

Cardiac Surgery after Bleomycin Therapy
pp. 514-515(2)
Authors: Mascio, Christopher E.; Ross, Alan F.; Niles, Scott D.; Richenbacher, Wayne E.

Subhepatic Abscess Caused by Retained Appendicolith: A Rare Complication Requiring Surgical Intervention
pp. 515-516(2)
Authors: Boland, Elena; Thompson, Jon S.

Calciphylaxis
pp. 516-518(3)
Authors: Nigliazzo, Anthony; Khoo, Shaun; Saxe, Andrew

Tubular Carcinoid Tumor: A Rare Cause of Appendicitis
pp. 518-519(2)
Authors: Hwang, John; Telem, Dana A.; Nguyen, Scott Q.; Suarez, Yvelisse N; Warner, Richard R. P.; Divino, Celia M.

Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Thyroid and the Parotid Glands
pp. 519-520(2)
Authors: Karakoc, Derya; Ozdemir, Arif; Hamaloglu, Erhan; Ozenc, Ahmet; Sokmensuer, Cenk

Lymphoepithelial Cysts of the Pancreas: A Sheep in Wolves Clothing
pp. 520-522(3)
Authors: Langan, Russell; Paragi, Prakash; Guarino, Robert; Chamberlain, Ronald

Surviving Right Atrial Rupture
pp. 522-523(2)
Authors: Diodato, Michael D.; Grammer, Melissa; Beilman, Gregory; Manshaii, Sapoora

Primary Hepatoid Adenocarcinoma of Retroperitoneum
pp. 523-525(3)
Authors: Nandipati, Kalyana C.; Allamaneni, Shyam; Farjado, Manuel; Sung, Kap-Jae; Azmat, Iqbal; Chandoke, Indrajit

Rupture of a Giant Renal Artery Aneurysm
pp. 525-527(3)
Authors: Reese, Amanda H.; McAllister, Mark S.; Toevs, Christine C.