1. The endosurgery evolution: no place for sacred cows

   • Theodore R. Schrock

   OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 168

2. Retrospective and prospective multi-institutional laparoscopic cholecystectomy study organized by the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons

   • M. Airan
   • M. Appel
   • B. Wolfe

   Original Articles Pages: 169 - 176

3. Invited commentaries

   • Charles K. McSherry
   • Ronald K. Tompkins

   Original Articles Pages: 177 - 178

4. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for complicated gallstone disease

   • D. R. Fletcher
   • R. M. Jones
   • K. J. Hardy

   Original Articles Pages: 179 - 182

5. Laparoscopic splenectomy

   • Brendan J. Carroll
   • Edward H. Phillips
   • Leon Morgenstern

   Original Articles Pages: 183 - 185

6. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the obese patient

   • D. Collet
   • M. Edye
   • J. Perissat

   Original Articles Pages: 186 - 188

7. Thoracoscopic wedge resection

   • Rolf Inderbitzi
   • Markus Furrer
   • Ulrich Althaus

   Original Articles Pages: 189 - 192

8. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a renal transplant recipient

   • Hilton M. Hudson II
   • Albert G. Hakaim
   • Desmond H. Birkett

   Case Reports Pages: 193 - 194

9. Chest drain penetration into the transposed stomach after Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy: diagnosis by early postoperative endoscopy

   • W. T. Siu
   • S. C. S. Chung
   • A. K. C. Li

   Case Reports Pages: 195 - 196

10. A safe and simple method to maintain a clear field of vision during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

    • S. Kitano
    • M. Tomikawa
    • K. Sugimachi

    Technique Pages: 197 - 198

11. Minitracheotomy: a new interventional technique for treatment of sputum retention

    • N. M. Merkle
    • M. Schlüter
    • Th. Foitzik

    Technique Pages: 199 - 204

12. 1991 Scientific session and postgraduate course: advances in laparoscopic surgery

    Resident's corner Pages: 205 - 210

13. News and notices

    News Pages: 211 - 211