1. Animal research in pediatric surgery

   • A. F. Schärli

   Main Topic 21 September 2013 Pages: 437 - 437

2. Ethical issues: impact of the animal rights movement on surgical research

   • R. E. Sonnino
   • R. E. Banks

   Main Topic 21 September 2013 Pages: 438 - 443

3. Narrowing the embryologic window of the adriamycin-induced fetal rat model of esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula

   • B. Qi
   • J. A. Diez-Pardo
   • J. A. Tovar

   Main Topic 21 September 2013 Pages: 444 - 447

4. Increased intracellular levels of calcitonin gene-related peptide-like immunoreactivity in pulmonary endocrine cells in an experimental model of congenital diaphragmatic hernia

   • T. Yamataka
   • P. Puri

   Main Topic 21 September 2013 Pages: 448 - 452

5. Bacterial translocation, intestinal morphology, and enzyme activities after ileal ischemia in newborn piglets

   • J. P. Canarelli
   • S. Richard
   • C. Dupont

   Main Topic 21 September 2013 Pages: 453 - 455

6. Cultured urothelium in sheep bladder augmentation

   • C. Lorenz
   • K. Maier-Reif
   • K. L. Wang

   Main Topic 21 September 2013 Pages: 456 - 461

7. Long-gap oesophageal atresia

   • L. Spitz
   • E. M. Kiely
   • A. Pierro

   Original Articles 21 September 2013 Pages: 462 - 465

8. Twenty-four-hour venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation without systemic heparinization in dogs

   • K. Miyasaka
   • M. Takata
   • R. Muto

   Original Articles 21 September 2013 Pages: 466 - 470

9. Cholelithiasis in children with sickle cell disease

   • A. H. Al-Salem
   • S. Qaisaruddin
   • A. Al Jam'a

   Original Articles 21 September 2013 Pages: 471 - 473

10. Reconstruction for duodenal atresia: tapered or non-tapered duodenoplasty?

    • J. Bowen
    • A. Dickson
    • J. Bruce

    Original Articles 21 September 2013 Pages: 474 - 476

11. The omentum-pedicled intestinal segment: an experimental model for bowel lengthening

    • İ. Karaca
    • Z. Altintoprak
    • E. Mir

    Original Articles 21 September 2013 Pages: 477 - 479

12. Initial experience with one-stage endorectal pull-through procedures for Hirschsprung's disease

    • E. D. Skarsgard
    • R. A. Superina
    • D. E. Wesson

    Original Articles 21 September 2013 Pages: 480 - 482

13. A selective approach to the treatment of acute scrotum in children

    • B. Klin
    • L. Zlotkevich
    • I. Vinograd

    Original Articles 21 September 2013 Pages: 483 - 486

14. Preoperative sonography of the inguinal canal prevents unnecessary contralateral exploration

    • I. Erez
    • V. Rathaus
    • S. Katz

    Original Articles 21 September 2013 Pages: 487 - 489

15. Coincidence of congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation and extralobar sequestration of the lung in a newborn

    • S. Loff
    • C. Lorenz
    • K. L. Wang

    Case Reports 21 September 2013 Pages: 490 - 492

16. The Rapunzel syndrome: case report and review of the literature

    • J. P. Bonnet
    • N. El Arbi
    • D. Girodet

    Case Reports 21 September 2013 Pages: 493 - 495

17. Excision of a choledochal cyst and simultaneous hepatic lateral segmentectomy

    • Y. Tsuchida
    • F. Taniguchi
    • J. Nishikawa

    Case reports 21 September 2013 Pages: 496 - 497

18. Infarcted intestinal volvulus detected by prenatal ultrasonography

    • T. Hasegawa
    • Y. Yoshioka
    • T. Dezawa

    Case Reports 21 September 2013 Pages: 498 - 499

19. Neonatal intussusception as a presenting sign of Hirschsprung's disease

    • A. Kugelman
    • D. Bader
    • M. Jaffe

    Case Reports 21 September 2013 Pages: 500 - 501

20. Nissen-type colonic bladder wall ureteral wraparound for reimplantation in a complex reconstructive case

    • R. V. Pieretti
    • R. V. Pieretti-Vanmarcke

    Case Reports 21 September 2013 Pages: 502 - 504

21. Neonatal inguinoscrotal hematocele

    • E. Vlahakis-Miliaras
    • G. Koutsoumis
    • S. Manios

    Case Reports 21 September 2013 Pages: 505 - 506

22. A simple alternative to circumcision

    • M. D. Barber
    • W. G. Scobie

    Technical Innovations 21 September 2013 Pages: 507 - 508

23. Letters to the editor

    • S. Hofmann-von Kap-herr
    • P. Vrsansky

    Letter 21 September 2013 Pages: 509 - 509