169-173
Current Concepts in Endocrine Surgery
Thyroid surgery: postoperative hematoma—prevention and treatment
Jane Harding, Frederic Sebag, Mauricio Sierra, F. Fausto Palazzo and Jean-François Henry
174-177
Current Concepts in Endocrine Surgery
Video-assisted thyroidectomy: report of a 7-year experience in Rome
Celestino Pio Lombardi, Marco Raffaelli, Pietro Princi, Carmela De Crea and Rocco Bellantone
178-186
Current Concepts in Endocrine Surgery
Radio-guided surgery for persistent differentiated papillary thyroid cancer: case presentations and review of the literature
T. Negele, G. Meisetschläger, T. Brückner, K. Scheidhauer and M. Schwaiger, et al.
187-194
Original Article
Pre-emptive antibiotic treatment vs ‘standard’ treatment in patients with elevated serum procalcitonin levels after elective colorectal surgery: a prospective randomised pilot study
Ansgar Michael Chromik, Frank Endter, Waldemar Uhl, Arnulf Thiede and Hans Bernd Reith, et al.
195-202
Original Article
Early and enduring nutritional and functional results of pylorus preservation vs classic Whipple procedure for pancreatic cancer
Marco Niedergethmann, Edward Shang, Michael Farag Soliman, Jochen Saar and Salih Berisha, et al.
203-208
Original Article
Clinical significance of reconstruction of the right hepatic artery for biliary malignancy
Yoshihiro Sakamoto, Tsuyoshi Sano, Kazuaki Shimada, Tomoo Kosuge and Yoshihiro Kimata, et al.
209-215
Original Article
Modified technique of hepatic vascular exclusion: effect on blood loss during complex mesohepatectomy in hepatocellular carcinoma patients with cirrhosis
Xiao-ping Chen, Zhi-wei Zhang, Bi-xiang Zhang, Yi-fa Chen and Zhi-yong Huang, et al.
216-221
Original Article
Prospective study comparing standard and robotically assisted laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Peter Kornprat, Georg Werkgartner, Herwig Cerwenka, Heinz Bacher and Azab El-Shabrawi, et al.
222-227
Original Article
The diagnostic value of image guided percutaneous fine needle aspiration biopsy in equivocal mediastinal masses
Mine G. Güllüoğlu, Zeki Kılıçaslan, Alper Toker, Göksel Kalaycı and Dilek Yılmazbayhan
228-230
How To Do It
Should the thyroid bed be drained after thyroidectomy?
Nuraydin Ozlem, Mehmet Ozdogan, Ahmet Gurer, Ismail Gomceli and Raci Aydin
231-233
Mastery in Surgery
Michael Trede
Hans-Detlev Saeger
234-235
Consensus Statements
Consensus statement on surgery journal authorship
Hans G. Beger
236-299
Abstracts
2nd Biennial Congress of the European Society of Endocrine Surgeons (ESES), 18-20 May 2006, Kraków, Poland