1. Achilles' heel and laparoscopic surgery

   • L. Morgenstern

   Editorials Pages: 383 - 383

2. Minimal-access versus open adrenalectomy

   • D. Pertsemlidis

   Editorials Pages: 384 - 386

3. Laparoscopic adrenal surgery

   • M. E. Stoker
   • N. Patwardhan
   • B. S. Maini

   Original Articles Pages: 387 - 391

4. Acute biliary pancreatitis

   • A. V. DeIorio Jr.
   • G. C. Vitale
   • G. M. Larson

   Original Articles Pages: 392 - 396

5. Endoscopic evaluation of gastric inflammatory fibroid polyp

   • K. Hizawa
   • M. Iida
   • M. Fujishima

   Original Articles Pages: 397 - 400

6. Costs of laparoscopic cholecystectomy

   • B. M. Ure
   • R. Lefering
   • H. Troidl

   Original Articles Pages: 401 - 406

7. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in cirrhotic patients

   • A. M. Lacy
   • C. Balaguer
   • J. Visa

   Original Articles Pages: 407 - 408

8. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts

   • D. W. D. Collure
   • H. L. Bumpers
   • E. L. Hoover

   Original Articles Pages: 409 - 410

9. The treatment of internal fistulae that complicate diverticular disease of the sigmoid colon by laparoscopically assisted colectomy

   • P. J. Hewett
   • R. Stitz

   Original Articles Pages: 411 - 413

10. Laparoscopic abdominoperineal excision of the rectum

    • A. Darzi
    • C. Lewis
    • J. R. T. Monson

    Original Articles Pages: 414 - 417

11. Comparative evaluation of classical intrafascial-supracervical hysterectomy (CISH) with transuterine mucosal resection as performed by pelviscopy and laparotomy—our first 200 cases

    • L. Mettler
    • K. Semm
    • R. Sharma

    Original Articles Pages: 418 - 423

12. Outpatient laparoscopic appendectomy

    • A. Jain
    • P. D. Mercado
    • R. A. Dorazio

    Original Articles Pages: 424 - 425

13. Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication is less expensive than open Belsey Mark IV

    • W. S. Laycock
    • M. Oddsdottir
    • J. G. Hunter

    Original Articles Pages: 426 - 429

14. Invited commentary

    • C. B. Futch

    Original Articles Pages: 430 - 430

15. Laparoscopic removal of pheochromocytoma

    • M. Meurisse
    • J. Joris
    • C. Charlier

    Case Reports Pages: 431 - 436

16. Laparoscopic treatment of a perinephric abscess

    • A. Bickel
    • I. Waxman
    • A. Eitan

    Case Reports Pages: 437 - 438

17. Thoracoscopic pericardial fenestration after cardiac transplantation

    • M. Brückner
    • D. Schröder
    • R. Elfeldt

    Case Reports Pages: 439 - 441

18. Laparoscopic pericystectomy of a liver hydatid cyst

    • L. Guibert
    • F. Gayral

    Case Reports Pages: 442 - 443

19. New anastomosis technique for (laparoscopic) instrumental small-diameter anastomosis

    • O. Schöb
    • R. Schmid
    • F. Largiadèr

    Technique Pages: 444 - 449

20. How to avoid esophageal perforation while performing laparoscopic dissection of the hiatus

    • G. B. Cadière
    • J. Himpens
    • J. Bruyns

    Technique Pages: 450 - 452

21. Invited commentary

    • A. Sicular

    Technique Pages: 453 - 453

22. Book reviews

    • J. F. Bealer
    • N. S. Adzick
    • G. V. Stiegmann

    BookReview Pages: 454 - 454

23. Usefulness of dilator of the abdominal wall incision in laparoscopic surgery

    • N. Kano

    Letters To The Editor Pages: 455 - 455

24. Vegetable seed simulating colon polyp

    • V. Velanovich

    Letters To The Editor Pages: 456 - 456