1. The advent of laparoscopy

   • Clément-Claude Abbou

   Invited Commentary Pages: 79 - 80

2. Web alert

   • Jaspreet S. Sandhu

   News Pages: 81 - 82

3. Literature alert

   Abstract Pages: 83 - 84

4. Taking the side of transperitoneal access for surgery in upper urinary tract

   • Mohamad E. Allaf
   • Sam B. Bhayani
   • Louis R. Kavoussi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 92

5. Justification of extraperitoneal laparoscopic access for surgery of the upper urinary tract

   • András Hoznek
   • Laurent Salomon
   • Clément-Claude Abbou

   OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 99

6. The advantages of hand-assisted laparoscopy

   • Ravi Munver
   • Joseph J. Del Pizzo
   • R. Ernest Sosa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 100 - 107

7. Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: The new gold standard?

   • Xavier Cathelineau
   • Carlos Arroyo
   • Guy Vallancien

   OriginalPaper Pages: 108 - 114

8. Does the extraperitoneal laparoscopic approach improve the outcome of radical prostatectomy?

   • Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg
   • Michael C. Truss
   • Wolfgang Dorschner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 122

9. Long-term outcome of XY intersex individuals raised either male or female

   • Kenneth I. Glassberg

   Clinical Trials Report Pages: 125 - 126

10. Cystoscopic correction of reflux

    • Richard N. Schlussel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 131

11. Laparoscopic varicocelectomy in the adolescent male

    • Israel Franco

    OriginalPaper Pages: 132 - 136

12. Current management of bladder exstrophy

    • Arthur Mourtzinos
    • Joseph G. Borer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 141

13. The relationship of cryptorchidism to fertility

    • J. C. Trussell
    • Peter A. Lee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 142 - 148