1. Western diseases: current concepts and implications for pediatric surgery research and practice

   • Stephen W. Bickler
   • Antonio DeMaio

   Review Article 18 December 2007 Pages: 251 - 255

2. Congenital cardiovascular defects in children with intestinal malrotation

   • M. Kouwenberg
   • R. S. V. M. Severijnen
   • L. Kapusta

   Original Article Open access 11 December 2007 Pages: 257 - 263

3. Histological assessment of bile lake formation after hepatic portoenterostomy for biliary atresia

   • Takahisa Tainaka
   • Kenitiro Kaneko
   • Hisami Ando

   Original Article 20 December 2007 Pages: 265 - 269

   

4. Heterotopic pancreas in children: review of the literature and report of 12 cases

   • Hiromi Ogata
   • Takehito Oshio
   • Minoru Yagi

   Original Article 08 January 2008 Pages: 271 - 275

   

5. Recurrent abdominal pain in young pre-menarchal female: clinical and surgical observations

   • Nicola Zampieri
   • Carla Zamboni
   • Francesco Saverio Camoglio

   Original Article 17 November 2007 Pages: 277 - 281

6. Rectus sheath tunnels for continent stomas

   • Alan P. Dickson
   • Basem A. Khalil
   • Raimondo M. Cervellione

   Original Article 08 January 2008 Pages: 283 - 286

   

7. Infantile myofibromatosis

   • Milan Gopal
   • Gurdip Chahal
   • Shawqui Nour

   Original Article 12 December 2007 Pages: 287 - 291

   

8. Postoperative psychological status of children with anorectal malformations

   • Shintaro Amae
   • Junko Hayashi
   • Yutaka Hayashi

   Original Article 29 November 2007 Pages: 293 - 298

9. Laparoscopic appendectomy after conservative management of appendix mass

   • J. Gillick
   • N. Mohanan
   • P. Puri

   Original Article 16 January 2008 Pages: 299 - 301

10. Laparoscopic appendectomy is recommended for the treatment of complicated appendicitis in children

    • Maria Menezes
    • Laxman Das
    • Prem Puri

    Original Article 16 January 2008 Pages: 303 - 305

11. Is there a role for routine abdominal imaging in predicting postoperative intraabdominal abscess formation after appendectomy for pediatric ruptured appendix?

    • Sigmund H. Ein
    • Paul Wales
    • Alan Daneman

    Original Article 11 January 2008 Pages: 307 - 309

12. Air enema for intussusception: Is predicting the outcome important?

    • P. Ramachandran
    • A. Gupta
    • S. Sridharan

    Original Article 21 December 2007 Pages: 311 - 313

13. Ischemia-reperfusion injury of rabbit ovary and protective effect of trapidil: an experimental study

    • Salih Somuncu
    • Murat Cakmak
    • Murat Kaya

    Original Article 30 November 2007 Pages: 315 - 318

14. The effects of varicocele and its surgical correction on vas deferens motility

    • Arzu Demirtola
    • I. Onur Ozen
    • Yusuf Sarioglu

    Original Article 27 November 2007 Pages: 319 - 323

    

15. Hepatobiliary effects of cholic and lithocholic acids: experimental study in hamsters

    • Ivonete Siviero
    • Saulo M. R. Ferrante
    • Vera L. Chagas

    Original Article 17 November 2007 Pages: 325 - 331

    

16. Prevention of lipopolysaccharide-induced intussusception in mice by the COX2 inhibitor rofecoxib

    • Mahmoud Badriyyah
    • Haggi Mazeh
    • Menachem Hanani

    Original Article 06 November 2007 Pages: 333 - 336

    

17. Orchiectomy or testosterone receptor blockade reduces intestinal mucosal damage caused by ischemia-reperfusion insult

    • Bülent Akçora
    • Enes Altuğ
    • Abdulkerim Temiz

    Original Article 01 November 2007 Pages: 337 - 341

    

18. Do children tolerate thoracoscopic sympathectomy better than adults?

    • Zvi Steiner
    • Zahavi Cohen
    • Jorge Mogilner

    Original Article 13 November 2007 Pages: 343 - 347

19. Non-endoscopic percutaneous gastrostomy placement in children with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa

    • Wolfgang Stehr
    • Michael K. Farrell
    • Richard G. Azizkhan

    Technical Innovation 20 December 2007 Pages: 349 - 354

    

20. Exomphalos major suspension: a novel technique

    • C. H. Houben
    • M. K. Farrugia
    • D. P. Drake

    Technical Innovation 21 December 2007 Pages: 355 - 356

    

21. Spontaneous perforation of the biliary tract and portal vein thrombosis in infancy

    • Emily Livesey
    • Mark Davenport

    Case Report 17 July 2007 Pages: 357 - 359

22. Crohn’s disease in a Meckel’s diverticulum: report of a case

    • Ivan R. Diamond
    • Andrea Hayes-Jordan
    • Jacob C. Langer

    Case Report 20 June 2007 Pages: 361 - 363

    

23. Bochdaleck diaphragmatic hernia, complicated by an antenatal gastric perforation, presenting as a pneumothorax and a perforative peritonitis

    • C. Esposito
    • A. Settimi
    • G. Esposito

    Case Report 28 August 2007 Pages: 365 - 369

    

24. Transverse testicular ectopia: correlation of embryology with laparoscopic findings

    • C. R. Thambidorai
    • A. Khaleed

    Case Report 10 May 2007 Pages: 371 - 374

    

25. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia in CHARGE syndrome

    • G. Casaccia
    • M. C. Digilio
    • P. Bagolan

    Case Report 19 June 2007 Pages: 375 - 378

    

26. Post traumatic prepubertal high-flow priapism: a rare occurrence

    • Eric Chung
    • John McKnight
    • Bruce Hosken

    Case Report 15 May 2007 Pages: 379 - 381

    

27. Slide thyrocricotracheoplasty: a novel surgical technique for congenital laryngeal atresia

    • Seong Min Kim
    • Seok Joo Han
    • Seung Hoon Choi

    Case Report 24 May 2007 Pages: 383 - 386

    

28. Comment on Kubota et al.: Focal intestinal perforation in extremely-low-birth-weight neonates: etiological consideration from histological findings

    • Andrew J. A. Holland

    Letter to the Editor 30 November 2007 Pages: 387 - 387

29. Uncommon causes of postoperative chronic diarrhoea mimicking enterocolitis in Hirschsprung’s disease: is there a role for digestive endoscopy?

    • A. Pini Prato
    • Enrico Felici
    • Vincenzo Jasonni

    Erratum 20 December 2007 Pages: 389 - 389