1. Editorial

   • V. Vécsei

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 72

2. Intestinal epithelial secretion and barrier function: from bench to bedside

   • K. E. Barrett

   Review Pages: 73 - 86

3. Atrophic hypoganglionosis in the colon of adults with slow-transit constipation: a morphometric histopathological investigation

   • F. Stoss
   • W. A. Meier-Ruge
   • K. Ammann

   Original Scientific Paper Pages: 87 - 93

4. Body fat accumulation and postoperative morbidity in colorectal-cancer surgery

   • K. Tsukada
   • T. Miyazaki
   • H. Kuwano

   Original Scientific Paper Pages: 94 - 98

5. Forearm fillet flap for defect closure after chest wall resection in a breast cancer patient after forequarter amputation

   • H. Piza-Katzer
   • T. Schoeller
   • T. Schmid

   Case Report Pages: 99 - 102

6. Gastric emptying and vagus nerve function after laparoscopic partial fundoplication

   • C. G. Bremner

   Selected Commentary Pages: 103 - 104

7. Treatment of thoracic anastomotic leaks after esophagectomy with self-expanding plastic stents

   • J. Zacherl
   • F. B. Langer

   Selected Commentary Pages: 105 - 106

8. Protected carotid-artery stenting versus endarterectomy in high-risk patients

   • C. M. Domenig
   • T. J. Hölzenbein

   OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 109