1. Letter from the editor-in-chief

   • A. F. Schärli

   Letter Pages: 1 - 2

2. Circulatory disturbances of the small bowel

   • Michael Höllwarth

   Main topic Pages: 3 - 5

3. Effects of luminal distension and obstruction on the intestinal circulation

   • Ulf Öhman
   • Henrik Ehrén

   Main topic Pages: 4 - 9

4. Toxic effects in intestinal strangulation

   • Ulf Haglund

   Main topic Pages: 10 - 14

5. Role of oxygen radicals in ischemic bowel disorders

   • D. Neil Granger
   • Dale A. Parks
   • Michael Höllwarth

   Main topic Pages: 15 - 20

6. Transaxillary sympathectomy for primary hyperhidrosis palmaris in children

   • Heinz Rode
   • Sidney Cywes
   • Folkert Siemens

   Original Articles Pages: 21 - 25

7. Surgical treatment of nesidioblastosis

   • L. Spitz
   • R. G. Buick
   • J. R. Pincott

   Original Articles Pages: 26 - 29

8. Treatment of extrahepatic bile duct atresia: results and long-term prognosis after hepatic portoenterostomy

   • P. Schweizer

   Original Articles Pages: 30 - 36

9. The epidemiology and enzyme histotopochemical characterization of ultrashort-segment Hirschsprung's disease

   • W. Meier-Ruge
   • A. F. Schärli

   Original Articles Pages: 37 - 42

10. Results of the smooth-muscle fold-over double-plasty (SMFD)

    • S. Hofmann-von Kap-herr
    • R. Grüssner
    • J. L. Koltai

    Original Articles Pages: 43 - 45

11. An international survey of gastroschisis and omphalocele (490 cases)

    • Thomas C. Moore
    • Khalid Nur

    Original Articles Pages: 46 - 50

12. Ileocaecocolic conduit in the management of exstrophy of the bladder

    • Subir K. Chatterjee
    • D. Basak

    Original Articles Pages: 51 - 54

13. Relevance of high-frequency ventilation in neonatal surgery

    • M. Schmitt
    • J. Prevot
    • J. P. Fossard

    Original Articles Pages: 55 - 59

14. Double-tube enterostomy for temporary small-bowel decompression

    • Michael W. L. Gauderer

    Technical innovations Pages: 60 - 62

15. Bronchial mucoepidermoid tumor in childhood

    • Joseph N. El-Jabbour
    • Michel S. Slim
    • Philip Issa

    Case reports Pages: 63 - 67

16. Cystic fibrosis manifesting as prolonged conjugated hyperbilirubinaemia in infancy

    • R. A. Brown
    • R. J. Stunden
    • S. Cywes

    Case reports Pages: 68 - 71

17. Biliary cystadenoma in a young child

    • Spencer W. Beasley
    • Margaret de Campo
    • Alexander W. Auldist

    Case reports Pages: 72 - 73

18. Separation of pygopagus twins

    • Subir K Chatterjee
    • T. Debmaulik
    • B. K. Sarangi

    Case reports Pages: 74 - 78