June 01, 1996

Information for Readers
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ii

Editorial Board
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PREFACE
• CAROL E.H. SCOTT-CONNER
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xv

LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY

LAPAROSCOPIC ANTIREFLUX SURGERY
• William S. Richardson,
• Thadeus L. Trus,
• John G. Hunter
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p437-450

LAPAROSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF ACHALASIA
• Margrét Oddsdóttir
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p451-458

LAPAROSCOPIC SPLENECTOMY
• Robert V. Rege,
• Louis T. Merriam,
• Raymond J. Joehl
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p459-468

LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY AND THE MANAGEMENT OF GYNECOLOGIC PATHOLOGIC CONDITIONS FOUND AT LAPAROSCOPY FOR PRESUMED APPENDICITIS
• Keith N. Apelgren,
• Bryan D. Cowan,
• Amanda M. Metcalf,
• Carol E.H. Scott-Conner
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p469-482
LAPAROSCOPIC HERNIORRHAPHY
• Lee L. Swanstrom
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p483-491
CHANGING INDICATIONS FOR LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY
Stones Without Symptoms and Symptoms Without Stones
• Wayne H. Schwesinger,
• Andrew K. Diehl
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p493-504

ENDOSCOPIC APPROACHES TO COMMON BILE DUCT INJURIES
• Jeffrey L. Ponsky
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p505-513

LAPAROSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE
• Adela T. Casas,
• Thomas R. Gadacz
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p515-522

LAPAROSCOPIC ADRENALECTOMY
• Michel Gagner
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p523-537

LAPAROSCOPIC PANCREATECTOMY
• Barry A. Salky,
• Michael Edye
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p539-545

LAPAROSCOPY IN TRAUMA
• Galen V. Poole,
• Keith R. Thomae,
• Carl J. Hauser
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p547-556

LAPAROSCOPY FOR STAGING AND PALLIATION OF GASTROINTESTINAL MALIGNANCY
• Gregg L. Bogen,
• Anne T. Mancino,
• Carol E.H. Scott-Conner
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p557-569

LAPAROSCOPIC COLON RESECTION
• Bruce David Schirmer
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p571-583

LAPAROSCOPIC PELVIC LYMPHADENECTOMY
• W. Bruce Shingleton
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p585-593

FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPY AS AN ADJUNCT TO LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY
• Thomas A. Stellato
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p595-602

THE DIFFICULT LAPAROSCOPY
• Norman B. Halpern
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p603-613
TRAINING AND PRIVILEGING FOR NEW PROCEDURES
• Thomas L. Dent
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p615-621
REPORTING RESULTS OF LAPAROSCOPIC PROCEDURES
The State-Wide Registry Approach
• Karen Deveney
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p623-630

THE LAPAROSCOPIC SURGICAL VALUE PACKAGE AND HOW SURGEONS CAN INFLUENCE COSTS
• L. William Traverso
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p631-639