Future perspectives for surgical research in Germany Markus K. DienerMichael D. MengerErnst Klar Original Article 11 March 2014 Pages: 253 - 262
Selecting and measuring optimal outcomes for randomised controlled trials in surgery Rhiannon C. MacefieldCaroline E. BoulindJane M. Blazeby Review Article Open access 14 November 2013 Pages: 263 - 272
Insights into surgical trials: methodological challenges and solutions Colette Doerr-HarimThomas BrucknerPhillip Knebel Review Article 18 January 2014 Pages: 273 - 278
Approaches to assessing the benefits and harms of medical devices for application in surgery Stefan SauerlandAnne Catharina BrockhausStefano Saad Review Article 16 February 2014 Pages: 279 - 285
Core muscle size assessed by perioperative abdominal CT scan is related to mortality, postoperative complications, and hospitalization after major abdominal surgery: a systematic review Rune HasselagerIsmail Gögenur Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis 18 February 2014 Pages: 287 - 295
Intraoperative adverse events during laparoscopic colorectal resection—better laparoscopic treatment but unchanged incidence. Lessons learnt from a Swiss multi-institutional analysis of 3,928 patients P. KambakambaD. DindoD. Hahnloser Original Article 30 January 2014 Pages: 297 - 305
Pure laparoscopic liver resection reduces surgical site infections and hospital stay. Results of a case-matched control study in 50 patients Santiago López-BenOscar PalaciosJoan Figueras Original Article 14 February 2014 Pages: 307 - 314
Increased rate of clinically relevant pancreatic fistula after deep enucleation of small pancreatic tumors Kristin HeegerMassimo FalconiDetlef K. Bartsch Original Article 14 February 2014 Pages: 315 - 321
Prognostic factors for primary gastrointestinal stromal tumours: are they the same in the multidisciplinary treatment era? Ferdinando C. M. CananziBruno LorenziSatvinder Mudan Original Article 12 January 2014 Pages: 323 - 332
Predictors of mortality for necrotizing soft-tissue infections: a retrospective analysis of 64 cases Andreas KriegLevent DizdarWolfram Trudo Knoefel Original Article 11 January 2014 Pages: 333 - 341
Survey of compartment syndrome of the lower extremity after gynecological operations Emanuel C. A. BauerNicolina KochMarkus C. Fleisch Original Article 12 February 2014 Pages: 343 - 348
PVA gel as a potential adhesion barrier: a safety study in a large animal model of intestinal surgery Bernhard W. RenzKurt LeitnerReinhold A. Lang Original Article 04 March 2014 Pages: 349 - 357
Simple technique for gasless transumbilical single-incisional laparoscopic-assisted appendectomy Naoya IkedaMasato UenoYoshiyuki Nakajima How-I-Do-It Article 22 January 2014 Pages: 359 - 366
Letter to the editor: Local tissue ischemia is not necessary for suture-induced adhesion formation by Dr. Rajab Ospan A. MynbaevAndrea TinelliMichael Stark Letter to the Editor 31 January 2014 Pages: 367 - 368
Response to the letter to the editor: local tissue ischemia is not necessary for suture-induced adhesion formation Taufiek Konrad Rajab Letter to the Editor 12 February 2014 Pages: 369 - 370