Studies of oncogenes and tumor-suppressor genes in human thyroid carcinomas, and their clinical implications P. E. GoretzkiCornelia DotzenrathHans-Dietrich Röher REVIEW TOPIC: THYROID CANCER Pages: 1 - 8
Compartment-mediated dissection for papillary thyroid cancer Jeffrey F. MoleyS. A. Wells REVIEW TOPIC: THYROID CANCER Pages: 9 - 15
C-cell cancer – prevention and treatment O. GimmH. Dralle REVIEW TOPIC: THYROID CANCER Pages: 16 - 23
Risk factors associated with intraabdominal infections: a prospective multicenter study H. WachaT. Hauand the Peritonitis Study Group ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 24 - 32
Procalcitonin as a marker of severity in septic shock J. SchröderK.-H. StaubachB. Kremer ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 33 - 38
Solid-pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas – a rare and frequently misdiagnosed neoplasm H. BektasU. WernerJ. Klempnauer ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 39 - 43
Cystic neoplasms of the pancreas – cystadenomas and cystadenocarcinomas W. MeyerJ. KöhlerC. Gebhardt ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 44 - 49
Complications associated with different surgical approaches to differentiated thyroid carcinoma T. SteinmüllerJ. KluppP. Neuhaus ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 50 - 53
Expression of wild-type ret, ret/PTC and ret/PTC variants in papillary thyroid carcinoma in Germany B. MayrE. PötterG. Brabant ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 54 - 59
No correlation between RET immunostaining and the codon 918 mutation in sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma M. BockhornA. FrillingC. E. Broelsch ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 60 - 64
Involvement of endothelin/ nitric oxide balance in hepatic ischemia/ reperfusion injury S. ScommotauDirk UhlmannHans-Ullrich Spiegel ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 65 - 70
Is mesh fixation necessary in abdominal hernia repair? J. ZierenEric CastenholzJochen M. Müller ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 71 - 75
Gastric tonometry accurately predicts mortality in experimental peritonitis in both laparoscopic and conventional surgery C. BloechleTim StrateJakob R. Izbicki ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 76 - 83
Fascioliasis observed during laparoscopic cholecystectomy U. BengisunS. ÖzbasU. Sarioglu ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 84 - 87
Temporary closure of full-thickness abdominal-wall defects with mesh grafts G. WechselbergerThomas SchoellerChristoph Papp HOW TO DO IT Pages: 88 - 89