1. Multimodality treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis from colorectal cancer: first results of a new German centre for peritoneal surface malignancies

   • P. Piso
   • M. H. Dahlke
   • H. J. Schlitt

   Original Article 01 November 2007 Pages: 1295 - 1300

   

2. The prognostic factors of stage IV colorectal cancer and assessment of proper treatment according to the patient’s status

   • Hae Ran Yun
   • Woo Yong Lee
   • Ho-Kyung Chun

   Original Article 01 November 2007 Pages: 1301 - 1310

   

3. Effect of neoadjuvant chemoradiation on postoperative fecal continence and anal sphincter function in rectal cancer patients

   • Alexander P. Pietsch
   • Rainer Fietkau
   • Ernst Klar

   Original Article 01 November 2007 Pages: 1311 - 1317

   

4. The efficacy and adverse effects of topical phenylephrine for anal incontinence after low anterior resection in patients with rectal cancer

   • Jun-Seok Park
   • Sung-Bum Kang
   • Hye-Lin Kim

   Original Article 01 November 2007 Pages: 1319 - 1324

   

5. Long-term oncologic results of patients with distal rectal cancer treated by local excision with or without adjuvant treatment

   • Byung Soh Min
   • Nam Kyu Kim
   • Seung Kook Sohn

   Original Article 01 November 2007 Pages: 1325 - 1330

   

6. Transforming growth factor beta-1 in rectal tumour, mucosa and plasma in relation to radiotherapy and clinical outcome in rectal cancer patients

   • Eva Angenete
   • Marcus Langenskiöld
   • Marie-Louise Ivarsson

   Original Article 01 November 2007 Pages: 1331 - 1338

   

7. Anatomical considerations in TNM staging and therapeutical procedures for low rectal cancer

   • Felix Aigner
   • Thomas Trieb
   • Helga Fritsch

   Original Article 01 November 2007 Pages: 1339 - 1346

   

8. Rectal adenocarcinoma and transanal endoscopic microsurgery. Diagnostic challenges, indications and short term results in 142 consecutive patients

   • G. Baatrup
   • H. Elbrønd
   • N. Qvist

   Original Article 01 November 2007 Pages: 1347 - 1352

9. The effect of neo-rectal wall properties on functional outcome after colonic J-pouch-anal anastomosis

   • Martijn P. Gosselink
   • David D. Zimmerman
   • W. Rudolph Schouten

   Original Article Open access 01 November 2007 Pages: 1353 - 1360

   

10. The blind colonic J-pouch: an original technique to reduce the surgical risk in the treatment of extra-peritoneal rectal cancer

    • Gabriele Valenti
    • Costantino Campisi
    • Giovanni Torino

    Original Article 01 November 2007 Pages: 1361 - 1367

    

11. Methodological quality of randomised controlled trials comparing short-term results of laparoscopic and conventional colorectal resection

    • Wolfgang Schwenk
    • Oliver Haase
    • Jens Neudecker

    Original Article 01 November 2007 Pages: 1369 - 1376

    

12. Laparoscopic colonoscopic rendezvous procedures for the treatment of polyps and early stage carcinomas of the colon

    • H. Winter
    • R. A. Lang
    • T. P. Hüttl

    Original Article 01 November 2007 Pages: 1377 - 1381

    

13. Magnifying colonoscopy: interobserver agreement in the assessment of colonic pit patterns and its correlation with histopathological findings

    • Esdras Camargo Andrade Zanoni
    • Raul Cutait
    • Luiz H. Câmara Lopes

    Original Article 01 November 2007 Pages: 1383 - 1388

    

14. Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome: clinical findings, surgical treatment, and outcomes

    • Carlos Torres
    • Marat Khaikin
    • Steven D. Wexner

    Original Article 01 November 2007 Pages: 1389 - 1393

15. Intermittent hepatic portal vein gas complicating diverticulitis—a case report and literature review

    • Franz Sellner
    • Babak Sobhian
    • Stefan Staettner

    Case Report 01 November 2007 Pages: 1395 - 1399

    

16. Localised massive tumourous xanthomatosis of the small intestine

    • N. Melling
    • E. Bruder
    • T. Aigner

    Case Report 01 November 2007 Pages: 1401 - 1404

    

17. Ethnical differences in HLA-II genotyping results of North-Eastern Polish ulcerative colitis patients

    • Beata Puzanowska
    • Slawomir Ziarko
    • Piotr Radziwon

    Letter to the Editor 01 November 2007 Pages: 1405 - 1406

18. Implantation of adenocarcinoma on hemorrhoidectomy wound

    • Tzu-Chi Hsu
    • I-Lin Lu

    Letter to the Editor 01 November 2007 Pages: 1407 - 1408

19. Depressed type of inflammatory fibroid polyp of the colon

    • Kazuya Iwamoto
    • Masanori Sakashita
    • Yoshinori Okabayashi

    Letter to the Editor 01 November 2007 Pages: 1409 - 1409

20. Long-term survival after resection of extrahepatic recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma at the right colon

    • Danny S. C. Ng
    • Kenneth S. H. Chok
    • Sheung-Tat Fan

    Letter to the Editor 01 November 2007 Pages: 1411 - 1412

21. Pull-through procedure as treatment for coloanal anastomotic dehiscence following laparoscopic total mesorectal excision

    • A. A. F. A. Veenhof
    • D. L. van der Peet
    • M. A. Cuesta

    Letter to the Editor 01 November 2007 Pages: 1413 - 1414

22. Hereditary angioedema—a forgotten cause of the ‘medical’ acute abdomen

    • W. Baraza
    • J. P. Garner
    • S. N. Amin

    Letter to the Editor 01 November 2007 Pages: 1415 - 1416

23. Jejunal Dieulafoy lesion with massive lower intestinal bleeding

    • Min En Nga
    • Shaik Ahmad Buhari
    • Gangaraju C. Raju

    Letter to the Editor 01 November 2007 Pages: 1417 - 1418

24. A case of cytomegalovirus-associated multiple gastric ulcers in ulcerative colitis

    • Byong Duk Ye
    • Sang Gyun Kim
    • In Sung Song

    Letter to the Editor 01 November 2007 Pages: 1419 - 1420