1. Pathogenesis of colonic diverticular disease

   • Burkhard H. A. von Rahden
   • Christoph-Thomas Germer

   Review Article 20 June 2012 Pages: 1025 - 1033

2. Minimally invasive surgical treatment of sigmoid diverticulitis

   • B. D. Barry
   • J. Leroy
   • J. Marescaux

   Review Article 31 May 2012 Pages: 1035 - 1041

3. Current practice and future perspectives in the treatment of short bowel syndrome in children—a systematic review

   • S. Weih
   • M. Kessler
   • S. Holland-Cunz

   Review Article 22 November 2011 Pages: 1043 - 1051

4. Prognostic significance of lymph node ratio in patients undergoing abdominoperineal resection of rectum

   • M. Tayyab
   • A. Sharma
   • J. R. T. Monson

   Original Article 09 August 2012 Pages: 1053 - 1057

5. Locally recurrent colorectal cancer: results of surgical therapy

   • M. Kruschewski
   • M. Ciurea
   • H. J. Buhr

   Original Article 28 June 2012 Pages: 1059 - 1067

   

6. Second surgery or chemotherapy for relapse after radical resection of colorectal cancer metastases

   • Giovanni Brandi
   • Jody Corbelli
   • Guido Biasco

   Original Article 19 June 2012 Pages: 1069 - 1077

   

7. Reduction of wound infections in laparoscopic-assisted colorectal resections by plastic wound ring drapes (REDWIL)?—a randomized controlled trial

   • J. C. Lauscher
   • F. Grittner
   • J. P. Ritz

   Original Article 21 April 2012 Pages: 1079 - 1085

   

8. Sex differences in the epidemiology, seasonal variation, and trends in the management of patients with acute appendicitis

   • Gideon Y. Stein
   • Lea Rath-Wolfson
   • Edward Ram

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 02 June 2012 Pages: 1087 - 1092

   

9. Botulinum toxin injection versus lateral internal sphincterotomy for the treatment of chronic anal fissure: randomized prospective controlled trial

   • Neda Valizadeh
   • Niloufar Yahyapour Jalaly
   • Babak Salehimarzijarani

   Original Article 20 March 2012 Pages: 1093 - 1098

10. Trends in adrenal surgery: institutional review of 528 consecutive adrenalectomies

    • Anja Lachenmayer
    • Kenko Cupisti
    • Wolfram T. Knoefel

    Original Article 22 June 2012 Pages: 1099 - 1107

11. Surgical management of organ-contained unilateral pheochromocytoma: comparative outcomes of laparoscopic and conventional open surgical procedures in a large single-institution series

    • Gaurav Agarwal
    • Dhalapathy Sadacharan
    • Saroj K. Mishra

    Original Article 26 November 2011 Pages: 1109 - 1116

    

12. Vascular clips versus ligatures in thyroid surgery—results of a multicenter randomized controlled trial (CLIVIT Trial)

    • Markus K. Diener
    • Christoph M. Seiler
    • for the CLIVIT Study Group

    Original Article 24 June 2012 Pages: 1117 - 1126

    

13. Impact of surgical technique on operative morbidity and its socioeconomic benefit in thyroid surgery

    • Anita Kurmann
    • Forian Martens
    • Christian A. Seiler

    Original Article 18 July 2012 Pages: 1127 - 1131

    

14. Hypocalcaemia after total thyroidectomy for Graves' disease and for benign atoxic multinodular goitre

    • Páll Hallgrimsson
    • E. Nordenström
    • M. Almquist

    Original Article 14 September 2012 Pages: 1133 - 1137

15. The novel orally active guanylhydrazone CPSI-2364 prevents postoperative ileus in mice independently of anti-inflammatory vagus nerve signaling

    • S. Wehner
    • T. O. Vilz
    • J. C. Kalff

    Original Article 19 August 2012 Pages: 1139 - 1147

    

16. Rectal transection using a curved cutter stapler with an endo-Satinsky clamp during a laparoscopic low anterior resection

    • Tsukasa Hotta
    • Katsunari Takifuji
    • Hiroki Yamaue

    How-I-Do-It Article 03 May 2012 Pages: 1149 - 1155

    

17. Combined Burch urethropexy and anterior rectopexy in pelvic organ prolapse: skip the mesh

    • Daniele Pironi
    • Stefano Pontone
    • Angelo Filippini

    How-I-Do-It article 17 August 2012 Pages: 1157 - 1165

    

18. 31st Annual Meeting of the German Association of Endocrine Surgeons (CAEK)

    Abstracts 18 September 2012 Pages: 1167 - 1192