Founding of a German Society of Visceral Surgery Hans G. BegerWolfgang Teichmann EDITORIAL Pages: 131 - 132
Molecular mechanisms of tumor metastasis and angiogenesis A. S. BöhleH. Kalthoff REVIEW TOPIC: LYMPH-NODE DISSECTION IN GI CANCER Pages: 133 - 140
Lymph-node dissection in squamous cell esophageal cancer – who benefits? J. R. SiewertH. J. Stein REVIEW TOPIC: LYMPH-NODE DISSECTION IN GI CANCER Pages: 141 - 148
Can sentinel node biopsy indicate rational extent of lymphadenectomy in gastric cancer surgery? K. MaruyamaMitsuru SasakoHitoshi Katai REVIEW TOPIC: LYMPH-NODE DISSECTION IN GI CANCER Pages: 149 - 157
Lymph-node dissection in pancreatic cancer – what are the facts? Dieter BirkHans G. Beger REVIEW TOPIC: LYMPH-NODE DISSECTION IN GI CANCER Pages: 158 - 166
Actual standards and controversies on operative technique and lymph-node dissection in colorectal cancer H.-P. BruchO. SchwandnerU. J. Roblick REVIEW TOPIC: LYMPH-NODE DISSECTION IN GI CANCER Pages: 167 - 175
Small bowel tumors: diagnosis, therapy and prognostic factors M. NaefM. BühlmannH. U. Baer ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 176 - 180
K-ras mutations in tissue and stool samples from patients with pancreatic cancer and chronic pancreatitis F. A. WengerJ. ZierenJ. M. Müller ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 181 - 186
Surgical correction of pectus excavatum: the Münster experience A. K. SaxenaKlaus SchaarschmidtGünter H. Willital ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 187 - 193
Multivisceral resection of advanced colorectal carcinoma C. GebhardtW. MeyerU. Meier ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 194 - 199
Human hypersensitivity angiitis: an uncommon cause of death after trauma L. BachmannJ. DresslerG. Schackert ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 200 - 203
Auxiliary liver transplantation in acute liver failure in the rat – an illustrated description of a new surgical approach Karina SchleimerReinhard LangeJ. Erhard ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 204 - 208
Molecular biological observations in some rare neoplasms: DNA ploidy and cell cycle data in liposarcoma and malignant fibrous histiocytoma Martin LüdemannAndreas FischerA. Imdahl ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 209 - 215
Differential gene expression of CINC, NOS II, and ICAM-1 in endotoxemic liver cells by rG-CSF G. A. WannerV. StöckleB. Vollmar ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 216 - 221
Leukocytes, the Janus cells in inflammatory disease A. K. NusslerU. A. WittelH. G. Beger EVIDENCE-BASED SURGERY Pages: 222 - 232