1. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: studies on outcome and etiology

   • A. F. Schärli

   EDITORIAL Pages: 541 - 541

2. Prolonged preoperative stabilization using high-frequency oscillatory ventilation does not improve the outcome in neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

   • S. Kamata
   • N. Usui
   • A. Okada

   MAIN TOPIC Pages: 542 - 546

3. Retinol status of newborn infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

   • D. Major
   • M. Cadenas
   • R. Cloutier

   MAIN TOPIC Pages: 547 - 549

4. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia and chromosomal abnormalities: report of a lethal association

   • M. L. Hilfiker
   • H. L. Karamanoukian
   • P. L. Glick

   MAIN TOPIC Pages: 550 - 552

5. Diaphragmatic hernia in an 8-year-old with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

   • J. L. Iglesias
   • T. Renard

   MAIN TOPIC Pages: 553 - 555

6. Tracheal ring-graft reinforcement in lieu of tracheostomy for tracheomalacia

   • S. Cacciaguerra
   • A. Bianchi

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 556 - 559

7. Median sternotomy for the resection of bilateral pulmonary metastases in children

   • A. Gonçalves de Oliveira-Filho
   • L. Sbragia Neto
   • S. Epelman

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 560 - 563

8. Prediction of outcome in congenital diaphragmatic hernia

   • A. Numanoglu
   • C. Morrison
   • H. Rode

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 564 - 568

9. Postprandial tachygastria is frequent in infants with gastroesophageal reflux

   • A. Siegl
   • J. Mayr
   • E. Uray

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 569 - 571

10. Colonization of intestinal bacteria in ill neonates

    • H.-C. Peng
    • H.-C. Chen

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 572 - 575

11. Fulminanting necrotising enterocolitis: outcome and prognostic factors

    • M. Voss
    • S. W. Moore
    • C. Pieper

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 576 - 580

12. Lack of a docking mechanism for neurotransmitter release in the aganglionic segment of bowel in patients with Hirschsprung's disease

    • Y. Kakita
    • K. Ohshiro
    • D. S. O'Briain

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 581 - 583

13. Management of vesicoureteral reflux secondary to neurogenic bladder

    • A. Morioka
    • T. Miyano
    • G. J. Lane

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 584 - 586

14. In-situ emergency paediatric surgery in the intensive care unit

    • N. F. Fanning
    • W. Casey
    • M. T. Corbally

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 587 - 589

15. Conservative treatment of hemangiomas in infancy and childhood with interferon-alpha 2a

    • G. I. Tryfonas
    • G. Tsikopoulos
    • C. Soultanides

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 590 - 593

16. Congenital granular-cell tumor of the gingiva

    • B. Tokar
    • C. Boneval
    • A. Çelik

    CASE REPORT Pages: 594 - 596

17. Ultrasound features of ectopic cervical thymus in a child

    • S. Cacciaguerra
    • L. Rizzo
    • A. Di Benedetto

    CASE REPORT Pages: 597 - 599

18. Delayed appearance of bilateral Morgagni herniae in a child with Down's syndrome

    • R. Kubiak
    • C. Platen
    • W. Rauh

    CASE REPORT Pages: 600 - 601

19. Portal hypertensive enteropathy in biliary atresia

    • T. Hasegawa
    • Y. Tazuke
    • N. Takahara

    CASE REPORT Pages: 602 - 604

20. Intestinal obstruction caused by caecal volvulus

    • R. B. Singh
    • H. L. Khatri
    • M. Jose

    CASE REPORT Pages: 605 - 606

21. Congenital megalourethra associated with urethral duplication and imperforate anus

    • A. Savanelli
    • A. Schiano
    • H. Dolezalova

    CASE REPORT Pages: 607 - 609

22. Calcified catheter “cast”: a rare complication of indwelling central venous catheters in infants

    • M. A. B. Anderson
    • D. Poenaru
    • I. Kamal

    CASE REPORT Pages: 610 - 612

23. Tubed vaginostomy: a new technique for preliminary drainage of neonatal hydrometrocolpos

    • V. Bhatnagar
    • S. Agarwala
    • D. K. Mitra

    TECHNICAL INNOVATION Pages: 613 - 614

24. Laparoscopy for Crohn's disease in children

    • F. Schier
    • G. Kähler
    • E. Kauf

    TECHNICAL INNOVATION Pages: 615 - 616