591-609
Overview
Recent developments in breast-conserving surgery for breast cancer patients
F. Fitzal, O. Riedl and R. Jakesz
611-616
Original Article
Open AccessEsophagectomy without thoracotomy: 25 years of experience over 750 patients
Panagiotis Yannopoulos, Panagiotis Theodoridis and Konstantinos Manes
617-621
Original Article
Total laparoscopic gastric mobilization for esophagectomy
Hiroyuki Kitagawa, Toyokazu Akimori, Takehiro Okabayashi, Tsutomu Namikawa and Tekeki Sugimoto, et al.
623-629
Original Article
Esophageal resection for giant leiomyoma: report of two cases and a review of the literature
Emile Rijcken, Christian M. Kersting, Norbert Senninger and Matthias Bruewer
631-635
Original Article
Does tumor size have an impact on gastric cancer? A single institute experience
Kyong Hwa Jun, Hun Jung, Jong Min Baek, Hyung Min Chin and Woo Bae Park
637-641
Original Article
Effects of reconstruction methods on a patient’s quality of life after a proximal gastrectomy: subjective symptoms evaluation using questionnaire survey
Masanori Tokunaga, Naoki Hiki, Shigekazu Ohyama, Souya Nunobe and Akira Miki, et al.
643-646
Original Article
Emergency spontaneous gastric perforations: ulcus versus cancer
Emre Ergul and Erdal Ozgur Gozetlik
647-653
Original Article
Analysis of the prognostic factors and evaluation of surgical treatment for synchronous liver metastases from gastric cancer
Kentaro Ueda, Makoto Iwahashi, Mikihito Nakamori, Masaki Nakamura and Teiji Naka, et al.
655-660
Original Article
Microscopic cancer cell spread in gastric cancer: whole-section analysis of mesogastrium
Atsuko Nagatomo, Nobutsugu Abe, Hirohisa Takeuchi, Osamu Yanagida and Tadahiko Masaki, et al.
661-670
Original Article
Lack of death receptor 4 (DR4) expression through gene promoter methylation in gastric carcinoma
Kyung Hwa Lee, Sang Woo Lim, Ho Gun Kim, Dong Yi Kim and Seong Yeob Ryu, et al.
671-679
Original Article
Which parameters are needed for targeting a multitined radiofrequency device—an approach to a simple algorithm
Dirk L. Stippel, Christopher Bangard, Klaus Prenzel, Selim Yavuzyasar and Jürgen H. Fischer, et al.
681-688
Original Article
Extended liver resection after preoperative chemotherapy: influence on regeneration and endoplasmic reticulum stress response
Steffen Manekeller, Alexandra Seinsche, Maria Sioutis and Andreas Hirner
689-698
Original Article
Long-term experience on surgical treatment of alveolar echinococcosis
Klaus Buttenschoen, Daniela Carli Buttenschoen, Beate Gruener, Peter Kern and Hans G. Beger, et al.
699-704
Original Article
Hepatic infestation of Echinococcus multilocularis with extension to regional lymph nodes
Klaus Buttenschoen, Peter Kern, Stefan Reuter and Thomas F. E. Barth
705-715
Original Article
Reconstruction of the thoracic wall—long-term follow-up including pulmonary function tests
Adrien Daigeler, Daniel Druecke, Mitra Hakimi, Hans-Werner Duchna and Ole Goertz, et al.
717-721
Original Article
Pleural and pericardial morbidity after minimal access repair of pectus excavatum
C. Castellani, A. K. Saxena, D. Zebedin and M. E. Hoellwarth
723-731
Original Article
Quality of care and emotional support from the inpatient cancer patient’s perspective
S. Singer, H. Götze, C. Möbius, H. Witzigmann and R-D. Kortmann, et al.
733-737
How To Do It
Totally laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy for locally advanced gastric cancer
Toshihiko Shinohara, Ichiro Uyama, Seiichiro Kanaya, Kazuki Inaba and Jun Isogaki, et al.
739-744
How To Do It
A new simple and safe technique of end-to-end invaginated pancreaticojejunostomy with transpancreatic U-sutures—early postoperative outcomes in consecutive 88 cases
Xiao-Ping Chen, Fa-Zu Qiu, Zhi-Wei Zhang, Yi-Fa Chen and Zhi-Yong Huang, et al.
745-747
Case Management and Clinical Consequences
Unusual case of massive hemorrhage of a gastric duplication cyst in a very advanced age
Serafeim Klimopoulos, Dimitrios Gialvalis, Meletios Marougas, Dionysios Zotos and Nikolaos Orfanos, et al.
749-753
Case Management and Clinical Consequences
A case with synchronous multiple liver metastases from gastric carcinoma: postoperative long-term disease-free survival
Masaya Munekage, Takehiro Okabayashi, Norihiro Hokimoto, Takeki Sugimoto and Hiromichi Maeda, et al.
755-756
Letter to the Editor
External validation of a US-derived nomogram that predicts individual survival after gastric cancer resection
Mahmut Koc, Hayrettin Dizen, Necdet Ozalp, Mehmet Keskek and Nazile Karakose, et al.
757-758
Letter to the Editor
Reply to Dr. Milito's letter to the Editor concerning “Fournier’s gangrene: is the female gender a risk factor?”
Ralf Czymek, Philine Frank, Lena Unger and Peter Kujath
759-760
Letter to the Editor
Fournier’s gangrene wound therapy: our experience using VAC device
Gianfranco Tucci, Dalia Amabile, Federica Cadeddu and Giovanni Milito