441-447
Overview
Bile leaks from the duct of Luschka (subvesical duct): a review
Constantine P. Spanos and Theodore Syrakos
449-454
Original article
Preoperative evaluation of pelvic lateral lymph node of patients with lower rectal cancer: comparison study of MR imaging and CT in 53 patients
Kazuo Arii, Katsunari Takifuji, Shozo Yokoyama, Kenji Matsuda and Takashi Higashiguchi, et al.
455-460
Original Article
Preoperative risk analysis—a reliable predictor of postoperative outcome after transthoracic esophagectomy?
W. Schröder, E. Bollschweiler, C. Kossow and A. H. Hölscher
461-466
Original Article
Release of band cells from the bone marrow is impaired by preoperative chemoradiation in patients with esophageal carcinoma: increased risk of postoperative pneumonia
Tatsushi Suwa, Yuko Kitagawa, Takahiro Sasaki, Tomoo Shatari and Masayoshi Sakuma, et al.
467-471
Original Article
Laparoscopic management of appendicitis and symptomatic cholelithiasis during pregnancy
Nermin Halkic, Adrien A. Tempia-Caliera, Riadh Ksontini, Michel Suter and Jean-François Delaloye, et al.
473-482
Original article
Infectiological diagnostic problems in tertiary peritonitis
G. Weiss, F. Meyer and H. Lippert
483-488
Original Article
Thrombosis of the splenoportal axis after splenectomy
Fabrizio Romano, Roberto Caprotti, Matteo Conti, Maria Gaia Piacentini and Fabio Uggeri, et al.
489-494
Original Article
Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI)—an important, severe transfusion-related complication
Marco Bueter, Andreas Thalheimer, Frank Schuster, Markus Böck and Christina von Erffa, et al.
495-498
New Surgical Horizons
Future perspectives and research initiatives in fast-track surgery
Henrik Kehlet
499-510
New Surgical Horizons
Chronic inflammation and oxidative stress in the genesis and perpetuation of cancer: role of lipid peroxidation, DNA damage, and repair
Helmut Bartsch and Jagadeesan Nair
511-512
Mastery in Surgery
Dr. Wilhelm Heim
J. Rüdiger Siewert
513-543
Abstracts
10th Annual Meeting on Surgical Research / 10. Chirurgische Forschungstage - Sektion Chirurgische Forschung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Chirurgie, 21–23 September 2006, Münster, Germany