1. Laparoscopic management of common bile duct stones

   • C. K. McSherry
   • B. A. Salky

   Editorials Pages: 1161 - 1162

2. Ultrasonography—the stethoscope of the surgeon in the era of endoscopic surgery

   • U. Holthausen
   • H. Troidl
   • A. Paul

   Editorials Pages: 1163 - 1164

3. Halsted's nemesis

   • L. Morgenstern

   Historical Pages: 1165 - 1167

4. Laparoscopic management of common bile duct stones

   • G. Berci
   • L. Morgenstern

   Original Articles Pages: 1168 - 1175

5. Preliminary experience with intracorporeal laparoscopic ultrasonography using a sector scanning probe

   • T. G. John
   • S. W. Banting
   • O. J. Garden

   Original Articles Pages: 1176 - 1181

6. Common bile duct stones after laparoscopic cholecystectomy and its treatment

   • M. Garcia-Caballero
   • A. Martin-Palanca
   • C. Vara-Thorbeck

   Original Articles Pages: 1182 - 1185

7. Endoanal ultrasonography in the follow-up of anal carcinoma

   • U. Herzog
   • M. Boss
   • H. -P. Spichtin

   Original Articles Pages: 1186 - 1189

8. Biofragmentable anastomosis ring for laparoscopic bowel surgery

   • J. M. Sackier
   • G. Jessup
   • F. Ahari

   Original Articles Pages: 1190 - 1194

9. Laparoscopic colon surgery in a rat model

   • R. Berguer
   • C. N. Gutt

   Original Articles Pages: 1195 - 1197

10. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in complicated cholelithiasis

    • J. M. Fabre
    • H. Fagot
    • H. Baumel

    Original Articles Pages: 1198 - 1201

11. Laparoscopic adhesiolysis

    • S. M. Freys
    • K. H. Fuchs
    • A. Thiede

    Original Articles Pages: 1202 - 1207

12. Alternative laparoscopic management of perforated peptic ulcers

    • D. Urbano
    • M. Rossi
    • R. Cortesini

    Original Articles Pages: 1208 - 1211

13. Surgical anatomy of the interior inguinal region

    • H. van Mameren
    • P. M. N. Y. H. Go

    Original Articles Pages: 1212 - 1215

14. Interleukin-6 and coagulation-fibrinolysis fluctuations after laparoscopic and conventional cholecystectomy

    • G. Vander Velpen
    • F. Penninckx
    • J. Arnout

    Original Articles Pages: 1216 - 1220

15. Perforation after endoscopic injection sclerotherapy for bleeding gastric varices

    • E. K. W. Ng
    • S. C. S. Chung
    • A. K. C. Li

    Case Reports Pages: 1221 - 1222

16. Common hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm secondary to pancreatitis

    • M. P. Fava
    • F. O. Cruz
    • S. B. Guzmán

    Case Reports Pages: 1223 - 1226

17. ERCP and laparoscopic cholecystectomy for cholangitis in a 66-year-old male with situs inversus

    • J. P. McDermott
    • P. F. Caushaj

    Case Reports Pages: 1227 - 1229

18. Transmural suture technique for trocar-site bleeding following laparoscopic cholecystectomy

    • S. -H. Chao
    • P. -H. Lee

    Case Reports Pages: 1230 - 1231

19. Metastatic implantation of an oral squamous-cell carcinoma at a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy site

    • P. Sharma
    • S. M. Berry
    • A. S. Fink

    Case Reports Pages: 1232 - 1235

20. EndoScope: world literature reviews

    • J. M. Sackier

    ReviewPaper Pages: 1236 - 1238

21. Routine laparoscopic ultrasonography in biliary surgery

    • R. Orda
    • J. Sayfan
    • Y. Levy

    Technique Pages: 1239 - 1242

22. A simple technique for thoracoscopic resection of lung tumors

    • R. Förster
    • A. Geiger
    • H. H. Scheld

    Technique Pages: 1243 - 1245

23. Slicer and tissue retrieval system for excisional endoscopic surgery

    • A. Cuschieri
    • T. Frank

    Technique Pages: 1246 - 1249

24. Endoscopic microlaparotomic esophagoplasty in the superior and posterior mediastinum with jejunal transplant

    • S. A. Charukhchyan

    Letters To The Editor Pages: 1250 - 1251

25. A purse-string device for laparoscopic surgery

    • J. M. Sackier
    • G. Jessup
    • H. Krenz

    Letters To The Editor Pages: 1252 - 1252

26. News and notices

    News Pages: 1253 - 1255

27. Invited commentary

    • C. Sugawa

    ReviewPaper Pages: 1257 - 1257