341-349
Current Concepts in Clinical Surgery
Current concept of pathophysiological understanding and natural course of ulcerative colitis
Martin H. Holtmann and Peter R. Galle
350-353
Current Concepts in Clinical Surgery
Ulcerative colitis: conservative management and long-term effects
Tanja Kühbacher, Stefan Schreiber and Ulrich R. Fölsch
354-360
Current Concepts in Clinical Surgery
Dysplasia in ulcerative colitis—clinical consequences?
Urban Sjöqvist
361-365
Original Article
Chronic pain after hernia repair: a randomized trial comparing Shouldice, Lichtenstein and TAPP
Jörg Köninger, Jens Redecke and Michael Butters
366-370
Original Article
Long-term pain and recurrence after repair of ventral incisional hernias by open mesh: clinical and MRI study
Hannu Paajanen and Heikki Hermunen
371-379
Original Article
Pre-hepatectomy prognostic staging to determine treatment strategy for colorectal cancer metastases to the liver
Kuniya Tanaka, Hiroshi Shimada, Yoshirou Fujii, Itaru Endo and Hitoshi Sekido, et al.
380-386
Original Article
Steroid administration before partial hepatectomy with temporary inflow occlusion does not influence cyclin D1 and Ki-67 related liver regeneration
Matthias Glanemann, Simone Münchow, Anja Schirmeier, Hussein Al-Abadi and Frank Lippek, et al.
387-390
Original Article
Free jejunal graft for hypopharyngeal and esophageal reconstruction
Yasuhiro Shirakawa, Yoshio Naomoto, Kazuhiro Noma, Ryoko Ono and Tetsuji Nobuhisa, et al.
391-395
Original Article
Large contractions in the colonic J-pouch as a possible cause of incomplete evacuation
Hiroyoshi Matsuoka, Tadahiko Masaki, Masanori Sugiyama and Yutaka Atomi
396-399
Original Article
Laparoscopic surgery in situs inversus: a literature review and a report of laparoscopic sigmoidectomy for diverticulitis in situs inversus
Christian Kobus, Eduardo M. Targarona, Galit Even Bendahan, Verónica Alonso and Carmen Balagué, et al.
400-404
Original Article
New aspects and approaches in pre-operative planning of hip reconstruction: a computer simulation
Marco Viceconti, Alessandro Chiarini, Debora Testi, Fulvia Taddei and Barbara Bordini, et al.
405-413
New Surgical Horizons
Thymidylate synthase expression and prognosis of patients with gastrointestinal cancers receiving adjuvant chemotherapy: a review
Andrea Formentini, Doris Henne-Bruns and Marko Kornmann
414-415
Milestones in Surgery
Prof. Dr med. Dr h.c. Hans Wilhelm Schreiber 1924–2004
V. Schumpelick
416-473
Abstracts
8th Annual Meeting on Surgical Research / 8. Chirurgische Forschungstage 2004, 27-30 October 2004, Mannheim, Germany