1. Editorial

   • A. Wasler
   • K. H. Tscheliessnigg

   Main Topic Pages: 209 - 209

2. Heart transplantation in adults

   • A. Wasler
   • G. Prenner
   • K. H. Tscheliessnigg

   Main Topic Pages: 210 - 212

3. Mechanical circulatory support for advanced heart failure

   • B. Radovancevic
   • B. Vrtovec
   • I. Gregoric

   Main Topic Pages: 213 - 216

4. Cellular cardiomyoplasty for myocardial support and regeneration

   • J. C. Chachques
   • O. Schussler
   • A. Carpentier

   Main Topic Pages: 217 - 221

5. Impact of Batista surgical ventricular restoration on heart failure surgery

   • S. Gradinac

   Main Topic Pages: 222 - 225

6. Cardiac resynchronization therapy

   • G. Prenner
   • S. Gabor
   • A. Wasler

   Main Topic Pages: 226 - 232

7. Telerobotics in laparoscopic general surgery

   • C. Wullstein
   • M. Golling
   • W. O. Bechstein

   Review Pages: 233 - 238

8. Histological grading and prognosis in locally invasive papillary thyroid cancer

   • S. Roka
   • C. Armbruster
   • M. Hermann

   Original Scientific Paper Pages: 239 - 241

9. Mediastinothoracic approaches in surgery for thyroid cancer

   • S. Roka
   • R. Roka
   • M. Hermann

   Original Scientific Paper Pages: 242 - 245

10. Surgical approach to primary hyperparathyroidism – impact of preoperative findings on surgical strategy: minimally invasive vs. conventional parathyroidectomy

    • S. Timm
    • W. Hamelmann
    • W. Timmermann

    Original Scientific Paper Pages: 246 - 252

11. Extraperitoneal endometriosis: a diagnosis to be considered

    • F. M. González Valverde
    • F. Mauri Barberá
    • J. L. Vázquez Rojas

    Original Scientific Paper Pages: 253 - 256

12. Gunshot to the head with brain injury: report of an attempted murder

    • M. Murabito
    • H. Seitz

    Case Report Pages: 257 - 261

13. Open mesh versus laparoscopic mesh repair of inguinal hernia

    • H. Pokorny
    • G. Bischof

    Selected Commentary Pages: 262 - 263

14. Incidentally found medullary thyroid cancer: treatment rationale for small tumors

    • C. Scheuba

    Selected Commentary Pages: 264 - 265

15. Prospective evaluation of vacuum-assisted fascial closure after open abdomen: planned ventral hernia rate is substantially reduced

    • S. Stremitzer
    • C. Zeisel
    • T. Wild

    Selected Commentary Pages: 266 - 267