1. Education and entertainment: fun at do!

   • Franz Martin Riegler

   Editorial Pages: 89 - 90

2. Editorial: NOTES – the next step in minimally invasive surgery

   • E. Sporn
   • K. Thaler

   Main Topic Pages: 91 - 93

3. Access and closure for NOTES

   • E. Sporn
   • B. W. Miedema
   • K. Thaler

   Main Topic Pages: 94 - 102

4. NOTES Techniques: present and future

   • B. W. Miedema
   • J. A. Astudillo
   • K. Thaler

   Main Topic Pages: 103 - 110

5. Transluminal endoscopic cholecystectomy: changing the paradigm

   • J. A. Astudillo
   • E. Sporn
   • K. Thaler

   Main Topic Pages: 111 - 116

6. Epilogue: the future of NOTES

   • B. W. Miedema
   • E. Sporn
   • K. Thaler

   Main Topic Pages: 117 - 119

7. Eating behavior in laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: Correlation between plasma ghrelin levels and hunger

   • F. B. Langer
   • A. Bohdjalian
   • G. Prager

   Original Scientific Paper Pages: 120 - 124

8. Three none: A new technique for open appendectomy. Prospective non-randomized comparative study

   • A. Hussain
   • H. Mahmood
   • A. James

   Original Scientific Paper Pages: 125 - 129

9. Fluid resuscitation in the treatment of uncontrolled hemorrhagic shock

   • Y. Yagmur
   • H. Ozturk
   • E. Guneli

   Original Scientific Paper Pages: 130 - 134

10. Announcement

    Announcement Pages: 135 - 136

11. Obituary

    • Selman Uranues

    OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 137