69-74
Current Concepts in Clinical Surgery
Survival after surgical treatment of early gastric cancer: surgical techniques and long-term survival
Shiro Kikuchi, Natsuya Katada, Shinichi Sakuramoto, Nobuyuki Kobayashi and Hitoshi Shimao, et al.
75-82
Current Concepts in Clinical Surgery
Survival after surgical treatment of breast cancer
Susanne Taucher and Raimund Jakesz
83-91
Original Article
Does eradication of Helicobacter pylori reduce the risk of carcinogenesis in the residual stomach after gastrectomy for early gastric cancer?
Comparison of mucosal lesions in the residual stomach before and after Helicobacter pylori eradication
K. Hamaguchi, K. Ogawa, T. Katsube, S. Konno and M. Aiba
92-96
Original Article
Checking for interviewer bias in outcome assessment: a method for strengthening the design of prospective, randomised trials in surgery
M. Koller, S. Hoffmann, M. Rothmund, W. Lorenz and U. Plaul
97-103
Original Article
Laparoscopic colectomy for recurrent and complicated diverticulitis: a prospective study of 396 patients
O. Schwandner, S. Farke, F. Fischer, C. Eckmann and T.H.K. Schiedeck, et al.
104-109
Original Article
Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: a single European centre experience
Süleyman Yedibela, Thomas Förtsch, Werner Hohenberger and Thomas Meyer
110-113
Original Article
Reconstruction of hepatic or portal veins by use of newly customized great saphenous vein grafts
Yoshihiro Sakamoto, Junji Yamamoto, Akio Saiura, Rintaro Koga and Norihiro Kokudo, et al.
114-121
Original Article
Results of surgical treatment for multiple (=5 nodules) bi-lobar hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer
Hiroshi Shimada, Kuniya Tanaka, Hidenobu Masui, Yasuhiko Nagano and Kenichi Matsuo, et al.
122-127
Original Article
Prognostic significance of the location of intramural metastasis in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Norihiro Yuasa, Hideo Miyake, Tatsuharu Yamada, Koji Oda and Yuji Nimura, et al.
128-133
Original Article
Colon interposition for esophageal replacement: a single-center experience
Pietro Renzulli, Alexander Joeris, Oliver Strobel, Annemarie Hilt and ChristophA. Maurer, et al.
134-144
New Surgical Horizons
Procalcitonin: improved biochemical severity stratification and postoperative monitoring in severe abdominal inflammation and sepsis
B. Rau, C.M. Krüger and M.K. Schilling
145-154
New Surgical Horizons
Bio-ecological control of perioperative and ITU morbidity
Stig Bengmark
155-156
Milestones in Surgery
Professor Dr. med. Dr. med. h. c. Walter Brendel 1922–1989
K. Messmer