1. Inguinal Hernia in the New Millennium

   • Jorge Cervantes

   Editorial Update 17 March 2004 Pages: 343 - 347

   

2. International Federation of Surgical Colleges and International Society of Surgery

   • S. William A. Gunn

   Highlights of ISS/SIC History 04 March 2004 Pages: 348 - 349

   

3. High-Energy Laser Therapy of Barrett’s Esophagus: Preliminary Results

   • Lorenzo Norberto
   • Lino Polese
   • Davide F. D’Amico

   Original Scientific Reports 17 March 2004 Pages: 350 - 354

   

4. Quality of Life Associated with Surgery for Esophageal Cancer: Differences between Collar and Intrathoracic Anastomoses

   • Christian E. Schmidt
   • Beate Bestmann
   • Bernd Kremer

   Original Scientific Reports 04 March 2004 Pages: 355 - 360

   

5. Sternocleidomastoid Muscle Flap Preventing Frey Syndrome following Parotidectomy

   • Wail Queiroz Filho
   • Rogério A. Dedivitis
   • André V. Guimarães

   Original Scientific Reports 17 March 2004 Pages: 361 - 364

   

6. Gastric Partitioning Gastrojejunostomy in Unresectable Distal Gastric Cancer Patients

   • Sung Joon Kwon
   • Ha Gyoon Lee

   Original Scientific Reports 04 March 2004 Pages: 365 - 368

   

7. Palliation of Metastatic Gastric Cancer: Impact of Preoperative Symptoms and the Type of Operation on Survival and Quality of Life

   • Volker Kahlke
   • Beate Bestmann
   • Bernd Kremer

   Original Scientific Reports 17 March 2004 Pages: 369 - 375

   

8. Micrometastases of Solitary Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Appropriate Resection Margin

   • Ming Shi
   • Chang-Qing Zhang
   • Jin-Qing Li

   Original Scientific Reports 17 March 2004 Pages: 376 - 381

   

9. Resection of Peritoneal Implantation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Hepatic Resection: Risk Factors and Prognostic Analysis

   • Chun-Nan Yeh
   • Miin-Fu Chen

   Original Scientific Reports 04 March 2004 Pages: 382 - 386

   

10. Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumors: Factors that Predict Outcome

    • Jamie J. Van Gompel
    • Rebecca S. Sippel
    • Herbert Chen

    Original Scientific Reports 04 March 2004 Pages: 387 - 392

    

11. Insular Carcinoma: Infrequent Subtype of Thyroid Cancer with Aggressive Clinical Course

    • Tzu-Chieh Chao
    • Jen-Der Lin
    • Miin-Fu Chen

    Original Scientific Reports 04 March 2004 Pages: 393 - 396

12. Incidentally Found Medullary Thyroid Cancer: Treatment Rationale for Small Tumors

    • Andreas Raffel
    • Kenko Cupisti
    • Hans-Dietrich Röher

    Original Scientific Reports 04 March 2004 Pages: 397 - 401

    

13. Ballistic Study of the SAPL GC27 Gun: Is It Really “Nonlethal”?

    • Eric J. Voiglio
    • Benoît Frattini
    • Jean-Louis Caillot

    Original Scientific Reports 17 March 2004 Pages: 402 - 405

    

14. New Operative Method for Fundal Variceal Bleeding: Fundectomy with Periesophagogastric Devascularization

    • Ho-Seong Han
    • Nam-Joon Yi
    • Gary D. Fleischer

    Original Scientific Reports 04 March 2004 Pages: 406 - 410

    

15. Diverticular Disease: Electrophysiologic Study and a New Concept of Pathogenesis

    • Ahmed Shafik
    • Ismail Ahmed
    • Olfat El Sibai

    Original Scientific Reports 04 March 2004 Pages: 411 - 415

    

16. “On Table” Positioning for Optimal Access for Cancer Excision in the Lower Rectum

    • Koutarou Maeda
    • Morito Maruta
    • Hiroyuki Aoyama

    Original Scientific Reports 17 March 2004 Pages: 416 - 419

    

17. Vaccination

    • S. William A. Gunn

    The Surgeon’s Word 17 March 2004 Pages: 420 - 420

18. Fishing Line Suture: Cost-saving Alternative for Atraumatic Intracutaneous Skin Closure—Randomized Clinical Trial in Rwanda

    • Sebastian Freudenberg
    • Martin Nyonde
    • Stefan Post

    Surgical Globetrotting 17 March 2004 Pages: 421 - 424

    

19. Trauma Management in Ancient Greece: Value of Surgical Principles through the Years

    • Emmanouil A. Pikoulis
    • John C.B. Petropoulos
    • Norman M. Rich

    Surgical History 04 March 2004 Pages: 425 - 430

    

20. To the Editor (DOI: 10.1007/s00268-003-7093-6)

    • Eduardo A. Santiago-Delpín

    Letters to the Editor 17 March 2004 Pages: 431 - 433

21. Reply (DOI: 10.1007/s00268-003-1037-z)

    • Denis W. Harkin

    Letters to the Editor 17 March 2004 Pages: 431 - 433

22. To the Editor (DOI: 10.1007/s00268-003-7318-8)

    • Gregory Kouraklis

    Letters to the Editor 04 March 2004 Pages: 431 - 433

23. Reply (DOI: 10.1007/s00268-003-1038-y)

    • Vassilios E. Smyrniotis
    • Elias K. Kostopanagiotou
    • Constantionos I. Katis

    Letters to the Editor 04 March 2004 Pages: 431 - 433