1. Surgical evaluation and knowledge transfer—methods of clinical research in surgery

   • Markus K. Diener
   • Thomas Simon
   • Christoph M. Seiler

   Review Article 22 March 2011 Pages: 1193 - 1199

   

2. Closing midline abdominal incisions

   • Leif A. Israelsson
   • Daniel Millbourn

   Review Article 11 November 2012 Pages: 1201 - 1207

   

3. Evidence-based assessment of the period of physical inactivity required after inguinal herniotomy

   • Hartmut Buhck
   • Mireille Untied
   • Wolf O. Bechstein

   Review Article 30 September 2012 Pages: 1209 - 1214

4. Chronic pain after open inguinal hernia surgery: suture fixation versus self-adhesive mesh repair

   • A. J. Quyn
   • K. M. Weatherhead
   • T. Daniel

   Original Article 02 May 2012 Pages: 1215 - 1218

5. Validation of a questionnaire for the assessment of pain following ventral hernia repair—the VHPQ

   • Leonard Clay
   • Ulf Fränneby
   • Karin Strigård

   Original Article 24 March 2012 Pages: 1219 - 1224

6. A randomised, multi-centre, prospective, observer and patient blind study to evaluate a non-absorbable polypropylene mesh vs. a partly absorbable mesh in incisional hernia repair

   • A. Rickert
   • P. Kienle
   • M. W. Büchler

   Original Article Open access 03 October 2012 Pages: 1225 - 1234

   

7. Complications and outcome after laparoscopic bariatric surgery: LAGB versus LRYGB

   • Nikolaus P. Zuegel
   • Reinhold A. Lang
   • Martin Kox

   Original Article 20 March 2012 Pages: 1235 - 1241

   

8. Management of the difficult duodenal stump in penetrating duodenal ulcer disease: a comparative analysis of duodenojejunostomy with “classical” stump closure (Nissen–Bsteh)

   • Yogesh K. Vashist
   • Emre F. Yekebas
   • Jakob R. Izbicki

   Original Article 19 August 2012 Pages: 1243 - 1249

9. Long-term results of primary and secondary resections in patients with retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcoma

   • Alexandra M. Koenig
   • Matthias Reeh
   • Maximilian Bockhorn

   Original Article 10 March 2012 Pages: 1251 - 1259

   

10. Is simultaneous splenectomy an additive risk factor in surgical treatment for active endocarditis?

    • Payam Akhyari
    • Arianeb Mehrabi
    • Arjang Ruhparwar

    Original Article 01 March 2012 Pages: 1261 - 1266

    

11. Morphological risk factors of stroke during thoracic endovascular aortic repair

    • Drosos Kotelis
    • Moritz S. Bischoff
    • Dittmar Böckler

    Original Article 08 September 2012 Pages: 1267 - 1273

    

12. Risk of wound hematoma at carotid endarterectomy under dual antiplatelet therapy

    • Andreas Oldag
    • Stephan Schreiber
    • Michael Goertler

    Original Article 08 June 2012 Pages: 1275 - 1282

    

13. Central hepatectomy under sequential hemihepatic control

    • Nikolaos Arkadopoulos
    • Maria A. Kyriazi
    • Vassilios Smyrniotis

    Original Article 01 August 2012 Pages: 1283 - 1288

    

14. A comparative study of patients with and without associated digestive surgery in a two-stage hepatectomy setting

    • Mattia Stella
    • Aurélien Dupre
    • Michel Rivoire

    Original Article 29 September 2012 Pages: 1289 - 1296

    

15. Function and volume recovery after partial hepatectomy: influence of preoperative liver function, residual liver volume, and obesity

    • Johan Friso Lock
    • Maciej Malinowski
    • Martin Stockmann

    Original Article 24 June 2012 Pages: 1297 - 1304

    

16. Laparoscopic versus open liver surgery: a single center analysis of post-operative in-hospital and post-discharge results

    • Abdallah Slim
    • Mattia Garancini
    • Luciano De Carlis

    Original Article 24 August 2012 Pages: 1305 - 1311

17. Deficiency of the oxygen sensor PHD1 augments liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy

    • Martin Mollenhauer
    • Judit Kiss
    • Martin Schneider

    Original Article 11 September 2012 Pages: 1313 - 1322

    

18. HTK-N, a modified HTK solution, decreases preservation injury in a model of microsteatotic rat liver transplantation

    • Qinlong Liu
    • Helge Bruns
    • Peter Schemmer

    Original Article 01 November 2012 Pages: 1323 - 1331

    

19. The impact of ischemic preconditioning on hemodynamic, biochemical and inflammatory alterations induced by intra-abdominal hypertension: an experimental study in a porcine model

    • Alexandra Avraamidou
    • Athanasios Marinis
    • Eriphili Argyra

    Original Article 04 July 2012 Pages: 1333 - 1341

    

20. Totally extraperitoneal repair of inguinal hernia: techniques and pitfalls of a challenging procedure

    • Soni Putnis
    • Christophe R. Berney

    How-I-Do-It article 13 October 2012 Pages: 1343 - 1351

    

21. Negative pressure wound therapy for children with an open abdomen

    • Ivan M. Gutierrez
    • Gerald Gollin

    How-I-Do-It Article 01 March 2012 Pages: 1353 - 1357

    

22. Treatment options for postoperatively infected abdominal wall wounds healing by secondary intention

    • Julia Mees
    • Wolf Arif Mardin
    • Soeren Torge Mees

    How-I-Do-It article 10 August 2012 Pages: 1359 - 1366