1. The compromised gut: what do we really know and what is clinically relevant?

   • John Hutson

   EDITORIAL Pages: 153 - 154

2. “Gut-feeling” or evidence-based approaches in the evaluation and treatment of human short-bowel syndrome

   • M. Piena-Spoel
   • M. Sharman-Koendjbiharie
   • D. Tibboel

   MAIN TOPIC Pages: 155 - 164

3. Regulation of bacterial translocation by nitric oxide

   • Evan P. Nadler
   • Henri R. Ford

   MAIN TOPIC Pages: 165 - 168

4. The effects of intravenous epidermal growth factor on bacterial translocation and central venous catheter infection in the rat total parenteral nutrition model

   • H. F. McAndrew
   • D. A. Lloyd
   • H. K. F. van Saene

   MAIN TOPIC Pages: 169 - 173

5. Growth-factor enhancement of compromised gut function following massive small-bowel resection

   • Marshall Z. Schwartz
   • Yoshifumi Kato
   • Jeff R. Lukish

   MAIN TOPIC Pages: 174 - 175

6. Maternal cocaine abuse resulting in necrotizing enterocolitis. An experimental study in a rat model. II. Results of perfusion studies

   • Nizamettin Kilic
   • Cenk Büyükünal
   • Enis Altiok

   MAIN TOPIC Pages: 176 - 178

7. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy in children using the laryngeal mask airway

   • C. Lesmes
   • L. Siplovich
   • Y. Katz

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 179 - 181

8. Peritonitis in childhood: aspects of pathogenesis and therapy

   • F. -M. Haecker
   • D. Berger
   • P. Schweizer

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 182 - 188

9. Outcome analysis of pyeloplasty in infants

   • C. H. Houben
   • A. Wischermann
   • E. Slany

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 189 - 193

10. Factors responsible for successful primary closure in bladder exstrophy

    • Laxmikant S. Kasat
    • S. S. Borwankar

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 194 - 198

11. Surgical management of enlarged prostatic utricle

    • I. V. Meisheri
    • S. S. Motiwale
    • V. V. Sawant

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 199 - 203

12. Antenatal identification of a cervical oesophageal duplication

    • Majella McCullagh
    • A. S. Bhuller
    • L. Spitz

    CASE REPORT Pages: 204 - 205

13. Congenital pyloric atresia and junctional epidermolysis bullosa: a report of two cases

    • Akhter Nawaz
    • Hilal Matta
    • Ahmed Al-Salem

    CASE REPORT Pages: 206 - 208

14. Extra-hepatic biliary-ductal necrosis in acute pancreatitis: a rare complication

    • J. C. Dhall
    • S. Marwah
    • S. K. Mathur

    CASE REPORT Pages: 209 - 210

15. Multiple gastrointestinal atresias with cystic dilatation of the biliary duct

    • Charles L. Snyder
    • Matthew L. Mancini
    • Raymond A. Amoury

    CASE REPORT Pages: 211 - 213

16. An antenatally-diagnosed solitary, non-parasitic hepatic cyst with duodenal obstruction

    • S. Raja Shankar
    • Sandesh V. Parelkar
    • Ashok B. Mathure

    CASE REPORT Pages: 214 - 215

17. Macrodystrophia lipomatosa with associated fibrolipomatous hamartoma of the median nerve

    • Brian K. Brodwater
    • Nancy M. Major
    • Lester J. Layfield

    CASE REPORT Pages: 216 - 218

18. Abdominal expansion using a polytetrafluoroethylene prosthesis in the treatment of Pepper syndrome

    • J. Y. Mabrut
    • R. Dubois
    • J. P. Chappuis

    CASE REPORT Pages: 219 - 221

19. Renal salvage procedure for synchronous bilateral Wilms' tumor

    • K. Nakada
    • H. Kitagawa
    • J. Koike

    CASE REPORT Pages: 222 - 225

20. Penoscrotal hypospadias and coarctation of the aorta with mixed gonadal dysgenesis

    • D. Konrad
    • R. Sossai
    • A. F. Schärli

    CASE REPORT Pages: 226 - 228

21. Letter to the Editor

    • N. P. Sheth

    Pages: 229 - 229

22. The 13th International Symposium on Pediatric Surgical Research

    ANNOUNCEMENT Pages: 230 - 230