1. Editorial: Surgeon between cases

   • F. M. Riegler

   Editorial Pages: 327 - 330

2. Editorial: Development of surgery in Graz. On the occasion of the 65th birthday of Karlheinz Tscheliessnigg, MD, Professor of Surgery^*

   • H. Hauser
   • H. J. Mischinger

   Main Topic Pages: 331 - 332

3. Serum cystatin C, serum creatinine and the MDRD as predictors for renal function defined by the inulin clearance after orthotopic liver transplantation^*

   • D. Wagner
   • D. Kniepeiss
   • K. H. Tscheliessnigg

   Main Topic Pages: 333 - 337

4. There is no significant difference in the operative risk between octogenarians compared with patients younger than 60 years in cardiac surgery^*

   • H. Mächler
   • L. Salaymeh
   • D. Dacar

   Main Topic Pages: 338 - 341

5. Management of bile duct injury after laparoscopic cholecystectomy^*

   • H. J. Mischinger
   • G. Bernhard
   • H. Bacher

   Main Topic Pages: 342 - 350

6. Gastric surgery at the department of surgery in Graz^*

   • H. Hauser
   • K. Strohmeyer
   • H. J. Mischinger

   Main Topic Pages: 351 - 354

7. Photodynamic therapy for esophageal carcinoma^*

   • J. Lindenmann
   • A. Maier
   • F. M. Smolle-Juettner

   Main Topic Pages: 355 - 365

8. Hyperbaric oxygenation of UW solution positively impacts on the energy state of porcine pancreatic tissue^*

   • P. Stiegler
   • V. Stadlbauer-Köllner
   • K. H. Tscheliessnigg

   Main Topic Pages: 366 - 373

9. Technique and outcome of 2 mm needlescopic cholecystectomy^*

   • S. Uranues
   • G. Tomasch
   • D. Nagele-Moser

   Main Topic Pages: 374 - 377

10. Painful neuroma – mid-term results of resection and nerve stump transposition into veins^*

    • H. Koch

    Main Topic Pages: 378 - 381

11. Vascular surgery for penetrating injury of the neck^*

    • T. U. Cohnert
    • S. Koter
    • A. Baumann

    Main Topic Pages: 382 - 386

12. Swedish adjustable gastric banding – an underestimated risk factor for the development of esophageal cancer?

    • P. Gehwolf
    • J. Bodner
    • H. Wykypiel

    Case Report Pages: 387 - 389

13. Esophageal leiomyomatosis 25 years after myotomy for achalasia

    • A. Perathoner
    • E. Laimer
    • H. Wykypiel

    Case Report Pages: 390 - 394