1. 145 years of Langenbeck’s Archives: the oldest journal worldwide in scientific surgery

   • Hans G. Beger

   Editorial 22 February 2005 Pages: 75 - 76

2. Laparoscopic hernia repair—TAPP or/and TEP?

   • B. J. Leibl
   • C. Jäger
   • R. Bittner

   Current Concepts in Clinical Surgery 15 February 2005 Pages: 77 - 82

3. Colon cancer: survival after curative surgery

   • K. H. Link
   • T. A. Sagban
   • L. Staib

   Current Concepts in Clinical Surgery 28 September 2004 Pages: 83 - 93

4. Survival after surgical management of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: does curative and radical surgery truly exist?

   • H. G. Smeenk
   • T. C. K. Tran
   • J. Jeekel

   Current Concepts in Clinical Surgery 14 May 2004 Pages: 94 - 103

5. Synbiotics reduce postoperative infectious complications: a randomized controlled trial in biliary cancer patients undergoing hepatectomy

   • Hidetoshi Kanazawa
   • Masato Nagino
   • Yuji Nimura

   Original Article 12 February 2005 Pages: 104 - 113

   

6. Effectiveness of a new carrier-bound fibrin sealant versus argon beamer as haemostatic agent during liver resection: a randomised prospective trial

   • Andrea Frilling
   • Gregor A. Stavrou
   • Christoph E. Broelsch

   Original Article 19 February 2005 Pages: 114 - 120

   

7. A randomised study on a new cost-effective algorithm of quick intraoperative intact parathyroid hormone assay in secondary hyperparathyroidism

   • Marcin Barczyński
   • Stanisław Cichoń
   • Wojciech Cichoń

   Original Article 15 February 2005 Pages: 121 - 127

8. Bleeding remains a major complication during laparoscopic surgery: analysis of the SALTS database

   • Isabelle Opitz
   • Walter Gantert
   • for the Swiss Association of Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Surgery (SALTS) Study Group

   Original Article 08 February 2005 Pages: 128 - 133

   

9. Laparoscopic approach for solitary insulinoma: a multicentre study

   • A. Ayav
   • L. Bresler
   • AFCE (Association Francophone de Chirurgie Endocrinienne)

   Original Article 18 December 2004 Pages: 134 - 140

10. Nissen or partial posterior fundoplication: which antireflux procedure has a lower rate of side effects?

    • Heinz Wykypiel
    • Michael Gadenstaetter
    • Gerold J. Wetscher

    Original Article 12 February 2005 Pages: 141 - 147

11. Subtotal or total gastrectomy for gastric cancer: impact of the surgical procedure on morbidity and prognosis—analysis of a 10-year experience

    • Ines Gockel
    • Sebastian Pietzka
    • Theodor Junginger

    Original Article 12 February 2005 Pages: 148 - 155

    

12. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography in acute pancreatitis: does contrast medium worsen its course due to impaired microcirculation?

    • Jan A. Plock
    • Joachim Schmidt
    • Antoine Roggo

    Original Article 12 February 2005 Pages: 156 - 163

    

13. A diagnostic score for children with suspected appendicitis

    • Hannu Lintula
    • Erkki Pesonen
    • Matti Eskelinen

    Original Article 19 February 2005 Pages: 164 - 170

14. The Study Centre of the German Surgical Society—rationale and current status

    • Hanns-Peter Knaebel
    • Markus K. Diener
    • Christoph M. Seiler

    New Surgical Horizons 22 February 2005 Pages: 171 - 177

    

15. Comment on the publication ‘Impact of FDG-PET for staging of oesophageal cancer’ by A. Imdahl et al.

    • T. Junginger
    • W. Kneist

    Letter to the Editor 03 February 2005 Pages: 178 - 179

16. Reply to the comments by Dr Junginger and Dr Kneist regarding our publication “Impact of FDG-PET for staging of oesophageal cancer”

    • A. Imdahl
    • I. Brink

    Letter to the Editor 03 February 2005 Pages: 180 - 181

17. Professor von Mikulicz-Radecki, Breslau: 100 years since his death

    • Sumiko Hiki
    • Yoshiki Hiki

    Mastery in Surgery 03 March 2005 Pages: 182 - 185

    

18. April 2005

    Announcements 11 March 2005 Pages: 186 - 186