1. Surgical therapy of parotid hemangiomas

   • C. Esposito
   • A. Zupi
   • L. Califano

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 335 - 337

2. Surgical closure of patent ductus arteriosus in very-low-birth-weight infants

   • Harri Niinikoski
   • Markku Alanen
   • Pentti Kero

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 338 - 341

3. Cervical cystic hygroma: pre-, intra-, and post-operative morbidity and mortality in Zaria, Nigeria

   • Emmanuel A. Ameh
   • Paul T. Nmadu

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 342 - 343

4. Funnel chest: treatment strategy and follow-up

   • S. Suita
   • Tomoaki Taguchi
   • Tetsuro Kamimura

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 344 - 350

5. Dumping syndrome: a common problem following Nissen fundoplication in young children

   • P. Bufler
   • C. Ehringhaus
   • S. Koletzko

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 351 - 355

6. Silo construction from a sterile adhesive film and polypropylene mesh in the repair of gastroschisis and omphalocele

   • V. Bhatnagar
   • K. Das
   • D. K. Mitra

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 356 - 358

7. The primary management of testicular maldescent in gastroschisis

   • S. K. Chowdhary
   • A. D. Lander
   • P. Gornall

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 359 - 360

8. Multiple gastrointestinal atresias result from disturbed morphogenesis

   • L. Fourcade
   • H. Shima
   • P. Puri

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 361 - 364

9. Splenic injuries in children: Correlation between imaging and clinical management

   • Saud Al-Shanafey
   • Mike Giacomantonio
   • Robert Jackson

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 365 - 368

10. Splenectomy and splenic slice grafting in the management of thalassemia

    • P. K. Sarkar
    • D. K. Bhattacharya
    • D. Sarkar

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 369 - 372

11. Hydatid disease of the liver in childhood: the success of medical therapy and surgical alternatives

    • S. Demirbilek
    • S. Sander
    • G. Aydın

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 373 - 377

12. Extended hepatic resection with transplantation back-up for an “unresectable” tumour

    • A. J. W. Millar
    • P. Hartley
    • H. Rode

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 378 - 381

13. Open method versus capitonnage in management of hepatic hydatidosis in children

    • A. S. Khursheed
    • A. W. Abrar
    • B. Shams

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 382 - 385

14. Beneficial effect of a traditional herbal medicine (inchin-ko-to) in postoperative biliary atresia patients

    • Hiroyuki Kobayashi
    • Kentaro Horikoshi
    • Takeshi Miyano

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 386 - 389

15. Bacterial cholangitis in patients with biliary atresia: impact on short-term outcome

    • E.-T. Wu
    • H.-L. Chen
    • M.-H. Chang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 390 - 395

16. Outcome after laparoscopic cholecystotomy and cholecystectomy in children with symptomatic cholecystolithiasis: a preliminary report

    • B. M. Ure
    • M. M. J. de Jong
    • D. C. van der Zee

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 396 - 398

17. Carcinoid tumors of the appendix in children

    • G. Pelizzo
    • A. La Riccia
    • A. Franchella

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 399 - 402

18. Clinical appraisal of Ascaris lumbricoides, with special reference to surgical complications

    • B. Mukhopadhyay
    • S. Saha
    • S. Das

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 403 - 405

19. Semicircular papillotomy: a new surgical technique for removal of bile stones lodged in the ampulla of Vater

    • P. Schweizer
    • K. Schellinger
    • M. Schweizer

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 406 - 409

20. Rectourinary fistula with a narrow urethra

    • S. K. Chatterjee
    • S. Banerjee
    • S. Das

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 410 - 413

21. Outcome of pull-in procedure in children with severe post-disruption posterior urethral strictures

    • D. Erol
    • L. Emir
    • C. Germiyanoğlu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 414 - 417

22. The effect of the genitofemoral nerve division on the contralateral descended testis in the unilateral cryptorchidism model

    • L. Abbasoglu
    • F. T. Salman
    • M. Bulut

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 418 - 420

23. The ascending testis: is late orchidopexy due to failure of screening or late ascent?

    • Marc Lamah
    • E. S. McCaughey
    • D. M. Burge

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 421 - 423

24. The history of spina bifida, hydrocephalus, paraplegia, and incontinence

    • G. Keys Smith

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 424 - 432

25. Central-venous access through the peripheral route in surgical neonates: an audit of 125 consecutive lines from a regional neonatal centre

    • S. K. Chowdhary
    • K. Parashar
    • J. J. Corkery

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 433 - 435

26. Telemedicine in pediatric surgery

    • A. Inumpudi
    • M. Srinivas
    • D. K. Gupta

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 436 - 441

27. Pediatric surgery in sub-Saharan Africa

    • S. W. Bickler
    • J. Kyambi
    • H. Rode

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 442 - 447

28. Emergency neonatal surgery in a developing country

    • Emmanuel A. Ameh
    • Paul M. Dogo
    • Paul T. Nmadu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 448 - 451

29. Agenesis of the skull bones

    • A. K. Sharma
    • S. K. Kothari
    • A. Sharma

    CASE REPORT Pages: 452 - 454

30. Three-dimensional pressure imaging: a novel method for intraoperative manometry during laparoscopic esophagomyotomy for esophageal achalasia

    • H. Kawahara
    • K. Nakajima
    • A. Okada

    CASE REPORT Pages: 455 - 458

31. Herniation through triple defects of the diaphragm with gastric volvulus

    • H. Chatterjee
    • N. Ravishankar
    • Mahadev

    CASE REPORT Pages: 459 - 460

32. Ectopic intrathoracic liver

    • R. Babu
    • A. Van Der Avoirt

    CASE REPORT Pages: 461 - 462

33. Spontaneous perforation of the extrahepatic bile duct in an infant

    • L. S. Kasat
    • S. S. Borwankar
    • A. Naregal

    CASE REPORT Pages: 463 - 464

34. Wilms' tumor arising in a horseshoe kidney

    • M. C. Talpallikar
    • V. Sawant
    • H. Sanghani

    CASE REPORT Pages: 465 - 466

35. Neonatal intestinal obstruction from solitary intestinal fibromatosis

    • K. L. Choo
    • P. A. Borzi
    • R. J. Mortimore

    CASE REPORT Pages: 467 - 469

36. Application of the Malone antegrade continence enema principle in degenerative leiomyopathy

    • M. Chitnis
    • S. Chowdhary
    • C. Lazarus

    CASE REPORT Pages: 470 - 471

37. Junctional epidermolysis bullosa lethalis with pyloric and anorectal obstruction

    • D. B. Gahukamble
    • L. D. Gahukamble

    CASE REPORT Pages: 472 - 474

38. Adenocarcinoma of the colon as a second malignancy in a child

    • S. Prabakaran
    • S. V. Senthilnathan
    • S. Sridharan

    CASE REPORT Pages: 475 - 477

39. Recurrent cervical abscess: life-threatening presentation of chronic granulomatous disease in twin infants

    • A. A. Mahomed
    • P. Bachoo
    • G. G. Youngson

    CASE REPORT Pages: 478 - 480

40. Epigastric heteropagus twins – a report of four cases

    • D. K. Gupta
    • A. Lall
    • M. Bajpai

    CASE REPORT Pages: 481 - 482

41. Fetus in fetu: report of an additional, well-developed case

    • S. Federici
    • M. Prestipino
    • R. Dòmini

    CASE REPORT Pages: 483 - 485

42. Limb-body wall complex: a compound anomaly pattern in body-wall defects

    • W. Pumberger
    • A. Schaller
    • G. Bernaschek

    CASE REPORT Pages: 486 - 490

43. Mesh hiatal reinforcement in Nissen fundoplication

    • A. W. Lambert
    • S. N. Huddart

    TECHNICAL INNOVATION Pages: 491 - 492

44. Laparoscopic colonic mapping of dysganglionosis

    • J. L. Carvalho
    • M. Campos
    • J. Estevão-Costa

    TECHNICAL INNOVATION Pages: 493 - 495

45. Hypospadias repair using a double onlay preputial flap

    • T. W. Chin
    • C. S. Liu
    • C. F. Wei

    TECHNICAL INNOVATION Pages: 496 - 498

46. LETTER TO THE EDITOR

    • N. P. Sheth

    Pages: 499 - 499

47. LETTER TO THE EDITOR

    Pages: 500 - 500

48. Anterior ectopic anus: an accurate definitive term for choice of treatment?

    • Ö. Herek

    LETTER TO THE EDITOR Pages: 501 - 501

49. LETTER TO THE EDITOR

    • A. J. W. Millar
    • H. Forootan
    • H. Rode

    Pages: 502 - 502

50. BOOK REVIEW

    Pages: 503 - 503