1. Studies of oncogenes and tumor-suppressor genes in human thyroid carcinomas, and their clinical implications

   • P. E. Goretzki
   • Cornelia Dotzenrath
   • Hans-Dietrich Röher

   REVIEW TOPIC: THYROID CANCER Pages: 1 - 8

2. Compartment-mediated dissection for papillary thyroid cancer

   • Jeffrey F. Moley
   • S. A. Wells

   REVIEW TOPIC: THYROID CANCER Pages: 9 - 15

3. C-cell cancer – prevention and treatment

   • O. Gimm
   • H. Dralle

   REVIEW TOPIC: THYROID CANCER Pages: 16 - 23

4. Risk factors associated with intraabdominal infections: a prospective multicenter study

   • H. Wacha
   • T. Hau
   • and the Peritonitis Study Group

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 24 - 32

5. Procalcitonin as a marker of severity in septic shock

   • J. Schröder
   • K.-H. Staubach
   • B. Kremer

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 33 - 38

6. Solid-pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas – a rare and frequently misdiagnosed neoplasm

   • H. Bektas
   • U. Werner
   • J. Klempnauer

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 39 - 43

7. Cystic neoplasms of the pancreas – cystadenomas and cystadenocarcinomas

   • W. Meyer
   • J. Köhler
   • C. Gebhardt

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 44 - 49

8. Complications associated with different surgical approaches to differentiated thyroid carcinoma

   • T. Steinmüller
   • J. Klupp
   • P. Neuhaus

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 50 - 53

9. Expression of wild-type ret, ret/PTC and ret/PTC variants in papillary thyroid carcinoma in Germany

   • B. Mayr
   • E. Pötter
   • G. Brabant

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 54 - 59

10. No correlation between RET immunostaining and the codon 918 mutation in sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma

    • M. Bockhorn
    • A. Frilling
    • C. E. Broelsch

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 60 - 64

11. Involvement of endothelin/ nitric oxide balance in hepatic ischemia/ reperfusion injury

    • S. Scommotau
    • Dirk Uhlmann
    • Hans-Ullrich Spiegel

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 65 - 70

12. Is mesh fixation necessary in abdominal hernia repair?

    • J. Zieren
    • Eric Castenholz
    • Jochen M. Müller

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 71 - 75

13. Gastric tonometry accurately predicts mortality in experimental peritonitis in both laparoscopic and conventional surgery

    • C. Bloechle
    • Tim Strate
    • Jakob R. Izbicki

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 76 - 83

14. Fascioliasis observed during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

    • U. Bengisun
    • S. Özbas
    • U. Sarioglu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 84 - 87

15. Temporary closure of full-thickness abdominal-wall defects with mesh grafts

    • G. Wechselberger
    • Thomas Schoeller
    • Christoph Papp

    HOW TO DO IT Pages: 88 - 89

16. Abstracts

    Pages: 90 - 129