1. Molecular mechanisms of sepsis

   • A. Woltmann
   • L. Hamann
   • E. T. Rietschel

   REVIEW TOPIC: SEPSIS Pages: 2 - 10

2. Clinical relevance of sepsis scores

   • E. J. van Nieuwenhoven
   • R. Lefering
   • R. J. A. Goris

   REVIEW TOPIC: SEPSIS Pages: 11 - 14

3. Scope and limitations of antimicrobial therapy of sepsis in surgery

   • D. H. Wittmann
   • A. Wittmann-Tylor

   REVIEW TOPIC: SEPSIS Pages: 15 - 25

4. Thirty years of anti-mediator treatment in sepsis and septic shock – what have we learned?

   • E. Neugebauer
   • D. Rixen
   • U. Schäfer

   REVIEW TOPIC: SEPSIS Pages: 26 - 34

5. Management of abdominal sepsis

   • D. Berger
   • K. Buttenschoen

   REVIEW TOPIC: SEPSIS Pages: 35 - 43

6. Outcome of patients with sepsis and septic shock after ICU treatment

   • M. H. Schoenberg
   • M. Weiss
   • P. Radermacher

   REVIEW TOPIC: SEPSIS Pages: 44 - 48

7. Laparoscopic versus conventional colorectal resection: a prospective randomised study of postoperative ileus and early postoperative feeding

   • W. Schwenk
   • B. Böhm
   • J. M. Müller

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 49 - 55

8. Cystic tumours of the pancreas: diagnostic accuracy, pathologic observations and surgical consequences

   • Marco Siech
   • Kerstin Tripp
   • H. G. Beger

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 56 - 61

9. Treatment of liver metastases in patients with neuroendocrine tumors

   • Andreja Frilling
   • Xavier Rogiers
   • C. E. Broelsch

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 62 - 70

10. Reduced TNF⋅ and IL-6 production in patients who mount a preoperative acute phase response

    • W. Haupt
    • H. Zirngibl
    • W. Hohenberger

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 71 - 74

11. Failure of Kupffer cell blockade to prevent disseminated intravascular coagulation in endotoxemic rats despite improved survival

    • D. Rüttinger
    • Brigitte Vollmar
    • Konrad Messmer

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 75 - 80

12. De novo expression of the cell adhesion molecule E-selectin on gastric cancer endothelium

    • B. Mayer
    • H. Spatz
    • F. W. Schildberg

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 81 - 86

13. Role of HLA antigens in liver transplantation with special reference to cellular immune reactions

    • B. H. Markus
    • Rene J. Duquesnoy
    • Albrecht Encke

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 87 - 94

14. The impact of donor organ quality on postoperative liver function after orthotopic rat liver transplantation

    • M. Knoop
    • U. Neumann
    • P. Neuhaus

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 95 - 98

15. Significance of retinoblastoma and mdm2 gene expression as prognostic markers for soft-tissue sarcoma

    • Peter Würl
    • Axel Meye
    • H. Taubert

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 99 - 103

16. Erratum: Langenbecks Arch Chir (1997) 382:359–366

    Pages: 104 - 104