1. Matrix metalloproteinase-9 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1: expression in the lung of fetal rats with nitrofen-induced diaphragmatic hernia

   • Y. Tatekawa
   • H. Kanehiro
   • Y. Nakajima

   Original Article 13 December 2002 Pages: 25 - 28

   

2. Treatment of intestinal pseudo obstruction by segmental resection

   • A. Nayci
   • D. Avlan
   • S. Aksoyek

   Original Article 13 December 2002 Pages: 44 - 46

   

3. When to resect and when not to resect an asymptomatic Meckel's diverticulum: an ongoing challenge

   • Abdurrahman Önen
   • Murat Kemal Çiğdem
   • Ali İhsan Dokucu

   Original Article 17 January 2003 Pages: 57 - 61

4. Acalculous cholecystitis in Nigerian children

   • L. B. Chirdan
   • D. Iya
   • B. T. Ugwu

   Original Article 17 January 2003 Pages: 65 - 67

5. Should cholecystectomy be performed concomitantly with splenectomy in children with sickle-cell disease?

   • Ahmed H. Al-Salem

   Original Article 16 January 2003 Pages: 71 - 74

   

6. Mesenteric lipoblastoma in a 2-year-old child

   • Ahmed H. Al-Salem
   • Mona Al-Nazer

   Case Report 21 March 2003 Pages: 115 - 117

   

7. Adenomatous hyperplastic polyp of the gall bladder associated with cholelithiasis in a child

   • C. Kikiros
   • P. Arunachalam
   • M. H. Lam

   Case Report 22 March 2003 Pages: 118 - 119

   

8. Port-related complications in children

   • Juan Bass

   Letter to the Editor 18 February 2003 Pages: 127 - 127

9. Paediatric surgery in sub-Saharan Africa

   • Emmanuel A. Ameh

   Letter to the Editor 21 March 2003 Pages: 128 - 128

10. Fetus in fetu

    • Jean Claude Hoeffel
    • Christine Hoeffel

    Letter to the Editor 22 February 2003 Pages: 129 - 129

11. Letter to the Editor

    • G. P. Hadley
    • M. Mars

    Letter to the Editor 04 January 2003 Pages: 130 - 130

12. Anomalous pancreaticobiliary union and isolated ventral pancreatitis: a critical appraisal

    • W. T. Ng

    Letter to the Editor 01 April 2003 Pages: 133 - 134

13. Obituary for Prof. Siegfried Hofmann von Kap-herr, Mainz

    • A. F. Schärli

    Obituary 08 March 2003 Pages: 135 - 135

    

14. 2002

    Acknowledgement to referees 23 April 2003 Pages: 136 - 137

15. Joint policy statement of surgical journals

    Announcements 23 April 2003 Pages: 138 - 139

16. Industry-sponsored studies - What are our responsibilities as investigators and as editors

    Announcements 24 April 2003 Pages: 140 - 140