293-294
Editorial
150 years Langenbeck's Archives—from case-based to evidence-based to personalized surgery
Hans G. Beger
295-308
Current Concepts in Clinical Surgery
Molecular mechanism of pancreatic cancer—understanding proliferation, invasion, and metastasis
André L. Mihaljevic, Christoph W. Michalski, Helmut Friess and Jörg Kleeff
309-316
Current Concepts in Clinical Surgery
Evidence-based use of enteral nutrition in acute pancreatitis
Attila Oláh and László Romics
317-322
Controlled Prospective Clinical Trials
Self-fixating mesh for the Lichtenstein procedure—a prestudy
Matthias Kapischke, Heiko Schulze and Amke Caliebe
323-326
Original Article
Minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT): what is the real advantage?
Paolo Del Rio, Maria Francesca Arcuri, Paola Pisani, Belinda De Simone and Mario Sianesi
327-331
Original Article
Postoperative laryngoscopy in thyroid surgery: proper timing to detect recurrent laryngeal nerve injury
Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Luigi Boni, Francesca Rovera, Stefano Rausei and Paolo Castelnuovo, et al.
333-340
Original article
Effects of a clinical pathway for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) on quality and cost of care
Matthias H. M. Schwarzbach, Ulrich Ronellenfitsch, Qian Wang, Eric D. Rössner and Christof Denz, et al.
341-346
Original Article
Clinical course and outcome after esophagectomy with three-field lymphadenectomy in esophageal cancer
Shoji Natsugoe, Masataka Matsumoto, Hiroshi Okumura, Yasuto Uchikado and Tetsuro Setoyama, et al.
347-350
Original Article
Successful evaluation of a new animal model using mice for esophageal adenocarcinoma
Matthias Raggi, Rupert Langer, Markus Feith, Helmut Friess and Matthias Schauer, et al.
351-357
Original Article
NALP expression in Paneth cells provides a novel track in IBD signaling
Nadia Slavova, Anja Drescher, Alexander Visekruna, Sonja Dullat and Anton J. Kroesen, et al.
359-364
Original Article
Multiple primary malignancies involving colorectal cancer—clinical characteristics and prognosis with reference to surveillance
Won-Suk Lee, Jung Nam Lee, Sangtae Choi, Min Jung and Jeong-Heum Baek, et al.
365-371
Original Article
Generation of highly pure fusions of colorectal carcinoma and antigen-presenting cells
Ulrike Klier, Claudia Maletzki, Ernst Klar and Michael Linnebacher
373-379
Original Article
Immunohistochemical detection of receptor tyrosine kinases c-kit, EGF-R, and PDGF-R in colorectal adenocarcinomas
Jan Friederichs, Claus W. H. von Weyhern, Robert Rosenberg, Dietrich Doll and Raymonde Busch, et al.
381-386
Original Article
Balanced management of hepatic trauma is associated with low liver-related mortality
Christoph Benckert, Armin Thelen, Gereon Gaebelein, Pierre Hepp and Christoph Josten, et al.
387-394
Original Article
Heme oxygenase (HO)-1 protects from lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-mediated liver injury by inhibition of hepatic leukocyte accumulation and improvement of microvascular perfusion
Jonas Roller, Matthias W. Laschke, Claudia Scheuer and Michael D. Menger
395-405
Original Article
Deregulation of HIF1-alpha and hypoxia-regulated pathways in hepatocellular carcinoma and corresponding non-malignant liver tissue—influence of a modulated host stroma on the prognosis of HCC
Frank Simon, Maximilian Bockhorn, Christian Praha, Hideo A. Baba and Christoph E. Broelsch, et al.
407-411
Original Article
Role of the vagus nerve on the development of postoperative ileus
Zhirong Gao, Mario H. Müller, Martina Karpitschka, Sarah Mittler and Michael S. Kasparek, et al.
413-420
Original Article
Impact of gentamicin-supplemented polyvinylidenfluoride mesh materials on MMP-2 expression and tissue integration in a transgenic mice model
Marcel Binnebösel, Christina Ricken, Christian D. Klink, Karsten Junge and Marc Jansen, et al.
421-428
Original Article
The dynamic locking screw (DLS) can increase interfragmentary motion on the near cortex of locked plating constructs by reducing the axial stiffness
Stefan Döbele, Carsten Horn, Stefan Eichhorn, Arne Buchholtz and Andreas Lenich, et al.
429-435
Original Article
Absence of circulating aldosterone attenuates foreign body reaction around surgical sutures
Uwe Klinge, Stefanie Theuer, Ellen Krott and Anette Fiebeler
437-443
Original Article
Management of isolated spontaneous dissection of superior mesenteric artery
Philippe Zerbib, Céline Perot, Marc Lambert, Mohamad Seblini and François René Pruvot, et al.
445-450
Training and Education in Surgery
Variability of surgical knot tying techniques: do we need to standardize?
Lars Fischer, Thomas Bruckner, Beat P. Müller-Stich, Jörg Höer and Hanns-Peter Knaebel, et al.
451-458
Original Article
Open AccessThe mesopancreas is the primary site for R1 resection in pancreatic head cancer: relevance for clinical trials
J. Gaedcke, B. Gunawan, M. Grade, R. Szöke and T. Liersch, et al.
459-461
How To Do It
Laparoscopic Toupet fundoplication
Christopher Wenck and Carsten Zornig
463-464
Mastery in Surgery
Jörg-Friedrich Vollmar, M.D., Professor em. of Surgery, University Ulm, Mastery in Vascular Surgery
Helmlut Chr. Kogel
465-469
Case Management and Clinical Consequences
A study of the incidence of implantation cyst at anastomotic sites after low anterior resection of the rectum with the double stapling technique
K. Katsumata, Y. Mori, H. Kawakita, D. Matsuda and M. Enomoto, et al.
471-485
Abstracts
4th Biennial Congress of the European Society of Endocrine Surgeons (ESES)