1. New ideas and improved instrumentation for laparoscopic cholecystectomy

   • George Berci
   • Jonathan M. Sackier
   • Margaret Paz-Partlow

   Original Articles Pages: 1 - 3

2. Palliation of esophageal cancer — operative resection versus laser and afterloading therapy

   • T. Hölting
   • P. Friedl
   • C. Herfarth

   Original Articles Pages: 4 - 8

3. Early and long-term results of pneumatic dilation in the treatment of oesophageal achalasia

   • Antonio Cusumano
   • Luigi Bonavina
   • Alberto Peracchia

   Original Articles Pages: 9 - 10

4. Endoscopic treatment of gastric cancer

   • Y. Hiki
   • Y. Sakakibara
   • N. Katada

   Original Articles Pages: 11 - 13

5. The use of endoscopic ultrasound in determining the depth of cancer invasion in patients with gastric cancer

   • Naoya Saito
   • Kimiya Takeshita
   • Mitsuo Endo

   Original Articles Pages: 14 - 19

6. Endoscopic diagnosis of submucosal gastric lesions

   • Jan L. Hedenbro
   • Mats Ekelund
   • Peter Wetterberg

   Original Articles Pages: 20 - 23

7. The current role of endoscopy in Mallory-Weiss syndrome

   • Gianfranco Di Felice

   Original Articles Pages: 24 - 27

8. Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy in non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding

   • Giorgio Benedetti
   • Renato Sablich
   • Teresa Lacchin

   Original Articles Pages: 28 - 30

9. Duodenal varicose veins

   • S. Linder
   • K. -L. Wiechel

   Original Articles Pages: 31 - 35

10. Intraoperative ultrasonographic detection of occult liver metastases in colorectal cancer

    • J. Stadler
    • A. H. Hölscher
    • J. Adolf

    Original Articles Pages: 36 - 40

11. Value of sonography for follow-up examination after allogenic kidney transplantation

    • A. El Mouaaouy
    • J. Mellert
    • U. T. Hopt

    Original Articles Pages: 41 - 45

12. The cholecystogastric fistula

    • E. Nessler
    • F. Stoß
    • L. Riedler

    Case Reports Pages: 46 - 47

13. Endoscopic placement of a prosthesis for benign anastomotic stenosis after oesophagectomy and colonic interposition

    • C. Köchling
    • T. Müller-Schwefer
    • M. Thermann

    Case Reports Pages: 48 - 49

14. Easy, non-traumatic insertion of a transparent overtube during endoscopic esophageal surgery

    • Haruhiro Inoue
    • Kimiya Takeshita
    • Mitsuo Endo

    Letter To The Editors Pages: 50 - 50