301-303
Editorial
Randomized controlled clinical trials—support but not substitute of decision-making in surgery
H. G. Beger and B. M. Rau
304-321
Current Concepts in Clinical Surgery
Surgical treatment of superficial esophageal cancer
Mitsuo Tachibana, Shoichi Kinugasa, Muneaki Shibakita, Yasuhito Tonomoto and Shinji Hattori, et al.
322-329
Current Concepts in Clinical Surgery
Gastrointestinal stromal tumours: a regular origin in the muscularis propria, but an extremely diverse gross presentation
A review of 200 cases to critically re-evaluate the concept of so-called extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumours
Abbas Agaimy and Peter H. Wünsch
330-337
Original Article
Randomized trial of the efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy for colon cancer with combination therapy incorporating the oral pyrimidine 1-hexylcarbamoyl-5-fluorouracil
Masahiko Watanabe, Susumu Kodaira, Takashi Takahashi, Takeshi Tominaga and Keiichi Hojo, et al.
338-342
Original Article
Prospective randomised comparison of organ-preserving pancreatic head resection with pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy
Gyula Farkas, László Leindler, Mária Daróczi and Gyula Farkas
343-349
Original Article
Prehospital triage and survival of major trauma patients in a Dutch regional trauma system: relevance of trauma registry
Leontien M. Sturms, Josephine M. Hoogeveen, Saskia Le Cessie, Peter E. Schenck and Paul V. M. Pahlplatz, et al.
350-354
Original Article
Predictive factors of liver injury in blunt multiple trauma
Gerrit Matthes, Dirk Stengel, Kai Bauwens, Julia Seifert and Grit Rademacher, et al.
355-358
Original Article
The treatment of intrahepatic calculosis by applying helix hydro-jet lithotripsy under video choledochoscope: a report of 30 cases
Yi-Wu Wu, Yong-Ping Jian, Jian-Shen Liang, Wei Zhong and Zhi-Wei Yang
359-363
Original Article
Hydrodissection with adrenaline–lidocaine–saline solution in laparoscopic cholecystectomy
K. Caliskan, T. Z. Nursal, S. Yildirim, G. Moray and N. Torer, et al.
364-368
Original Article
Short-term preoperative radiotherapy in rectal cancer patients leads to a reduction of the detectable number of lymph nodes in resection specimens
K. Maschuw, R. Kress, A. Ramaswamy, I. Braun and P. Langer, et al.
369-375
Original Article
Assessment of risk-independent follow-up to detect asymptomatic recurrence after curative resection of colorectal cancer
Matthias Zitt, Gilbert Mühlmann, Helmut Weiss, Reinhold Kafka-Ritsch and Michael Oberwalder, et al.
376-382
Original Article
A comparative analysis of phenotype expression in human osteoblasts from heterotopic ossification and normal bone
Alexander E. Handschin, Marcus Egermann, Volker Wedler, Otmar Trentz and Sonja Hemmi, et al.
383-389
Original Article
Electrical impedance tomography: changes in distribution of pulmonary ventilation during laparoscopic surgery in a porcine model
T. Meier, T. Leibecke, C. Eckmann, U. W. Gosch and M. Grossherr, et al.
390-395
Original Article
Retained surgical sponge (gossypiboma) after intraabdominal or retroperitoneal surgery: 14 cases treated at a single center
Sedat Yildirim, Akin Tarim, Tarik Z. Nursal, Tulin Yildirim and Kenan Caliskan, et al.
396-402
Original Article
Management of cervical paragangliomas: review of a 15-year experience
Polichronis Antonitsis, Nikolaos Saratzis, Ioannis Velissaris, Ioannis Lazaridis and Nikolaos Melas, et al.
403-408
Original Article
Dynamic patchplasty—a tension-free reconstruction of incisional hernias
Christine Schug-Paß, Yvonne Trommer, Carsten Tamme, Hans Lippert and Ferdinand Köckerling
409-410
Commentary
Dynamic patchplasty—a tension-free reconstruction of incisional hernias
J. Conze, U. Klinge and V. Schumpelick
411-417
Original Article
The iliopsoas abscess: aetiology, therapy, and outcome
P. K. Baier, G. Arampatzis, A. Imdahl and U. T. Hopt
418-427
Original Article
Evaluation of the McPeek postoperative outcome score in three trials
Artur Bauhofer, Wilfried Lorenz, Michael Koller, Henrik Menke and Daniel I. Sessler, et al.
428-434
New Surgical Horizons
Robotic-assisted transhiatal esophagectomy
Carsten N. Gutt, Vasile V. Bintintan, Jörg Köninger, Beat P. Müller-Stich and Michael Reiter, et al.
435-438
Case Management and Clinical Consequences
Successful doxycycline treatment of lymphatic fistulas: report of five cases and review of the literature
Thilo Hackert, Jens Werner, Martin Loos, Markus W. Büchler and Jürgen Weitz
439
Letter to the Editor
Comments on the publication “A comparative analysis of phenotype expression in human osteoblasts from heterotopic ossification and normal bone”
Christophe Chauveau, Jean-Christophe Devedjian, Pierre Hardouin and Odile Broux
440
Letter to the Editor
Reply to the letter by C. Chauveau et al. on our publication “A comparative analysis of phenotype expression in human osteoblasts from heterotopic ossification and normal bone”
Alexander E. Handschin