487-488
Editorial
12 years Editor-in-Chief: Hans G. Beger
Thilo Welsch and Markus W. Büchler
489-494
Overview
Early source control in sepsis
Jan J. De Waele
495-500
Controlled Prospective Clinical Trials
Diagnostic score in acute appendicitis. Validation of a diagnostic score (Lintula score) for adults with suspected appendicitis
Hannu Lintula, Hannu Kokki, Jukka Pulkkinen, Riikka Kettunen and Oskari Gröhn, et al.
501-504
Controlled Prospective Clinical Trials
Gallbladder bed irrigation with bupivacaine improves pulmonary functions after laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Hunsu Alptekin and Mustafa Sahin
505-513
Original Article
Assessing the safety, effectiveness, and quality of life after the STARR procedure for obstructed defecation: results of the German STARR registry
Oliver Schwandner, Alois Fürst and on behalf of the German STARR Registry Study Group
515-525
Original Article
Expression and regulation of hedgehog signaling pathway in pancreatic cancer
Yinmo Yang, Xiaodong Tian, Xuehai Xie, Yan Zhuang and Wenhan Wu, et al.
527-534
Original Article
Preoperative risk factors for mortality after relaparotomy: analysis of 254 patients
Isidro Martínez-Casas, Juan J. Sancho, Esther Nve, Maria-José Pons and Estela Membrilla, et al.
535-543
Original Article
Effects of the amniotic membrane on healing of colonic anastomoses in experimental left-sided colonic obstruction
Mehmet Uludag, Bulent Citgez, Ozay Ozkaya, Gurkan Yetkin and Omer Ozcan, et al.
545-549
Original Article
Improving prediction of lateral node spread in low rectal cancers—multivariate analysis of clinicopathological factors in 1,046 cases
Kok-Yang Tan, Seiichiro Yamamoto, Shin Fujita, Takayuki Akasu and Yoshihiro Moriya
551-556
Original article
Risk of death after emergency repair of abdominal wall hernias. Still waiting for improvement
M. Ángeles Martínez-Serrano, José A. Pereira, Juan J. Sancho, Manuel López-Cano and Ernest Bombuy, et al.
557-562
Original article
Transinguinal preperitoneal memory ring patch versus Lichtenstein repair for unilateral inguinal hernias
Frederik Berrevoet, Leander Maes, Koen Reyntjens, Xavier Rogiers and Roberto Troisi, et al.
563-568
Original Article
Prosthetic repair of acutely incarcerated groin hernias: a prospective clinical observational cohort study
Koray Atila, Sanem Guler, Abdullah Inal, Selman Sokmen and Sedat Karademir, et al.
569-574
Mesh fixation with fibrin glue (Tissucol/Tisseel®) in hernia repair dependent on the mesh structure—is there an optimum fibrin–mesh combination?—Investigations on a biomechanical model
Christine Schug-Pass, Hans Lippert and Ferdinand Köckerling
575-579
Original Article
Prosthetic repair of incarcerated inguinal hernias: is it a reliable method?
Hayrullah Derici, Haluk R. Unalp, Okay Nazli, Erdinc Kamer and Murat Coskun, et al.
581-588
Original Article
Face, content and construct validity of a new realistic trainer for conventional techniques in digestive surgery
Jörn Gröne, Johannes C. Lauscher, Heinz J. Buhr and Joerg-Peter Ritz
589-592
Case Management and Clinical Consequences
Widespread and multifocal carcinomas in situ (CISs) through almost the entire pancreas: report of a case with preoperative cytological diagnosis
Makoto Seki, Eiji Ninomiya, Ken Hayashi, Hiroaki Gotoh and Rintaro Koga, et al.
593-594
Mastery in Surgery
Open AccessHoward A. Reber, M.D., Distinguished Professor of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine
O. Joe Hines
595-596
Letter to the Editor
FAST and undertriage
Xavier de Kerangal, Jean-Pierre Tourtier, Sophie Cotez-Gacia, Bertrand Grand and Marc Borne