1. Recent developments in breast-conserving surgery for breast cancer patients

   • F. Fitzal
   • O. Riedl
   • R. Jakesz

   Overview 10 September 2008 Pages: 591 - 609

   

2. Esophagectomy without thoracotomy: 25 years of experience over 750 patients

   • Panagiotis Yannopoulos
   • Panagiotis Theodoridis
   • Konstantinos Manes

   Original Article Open access 07 April 2009 Pages: 611 - 616

   

3. Total laparoscopic gastric mobilization for esophagectomy

   • Hiroyuki Kitagawa
   • Toyokazu Akimori
   • Kazuhiro Hanazaki

   Original Article 10 June 2008 Pages: 617 - 621

4. Esophageal resection for giant leiomyoma: report of two cases and a review of the literature

   • Emile Rijcken
   • Christian M. Kersting
   • Matthias Bruewer

   Original Article 02 July 2008 Pages: 623 - 629

   

5. Does tumor size have an impact on gastric cancer? A single institute experience

   • Kyong Hwa Jun
   • Hun Jung
   • Woo Bae Park

   Original Article 13 September 2008 Pages: 631 - 635

   

6. Effects of reconstruction methods on a patient’s quality of life after a proximal gastrectomy: subjective symptoms evaluation using questionnaire survey

   • Masanori Tokunaga
   • Naoki Hiki
   • Toshiharu Yamaguchi

   Original Article 10 December 2008 Pages: 637 - 641

7. Emergency spontaneous gastric perforations: ulcus versus cancer

   • Emre Ergul
   • Erdal Ozgur Gozetlik

   Original Article 17 April 2008 Pages: 643 - 646

   

8. Analysis of the prognostic factors and evaluation of surgical treatment for synchronous liver metastases from gastric cancer

   • Kentaro Ueda
   • Makoto Iwahashi
   • Hiroki Yamaue

   Original Article 15 March 2008 Pages: 647 - 653

   

9. Microscopic cancer cell spread in gastric cancer: whole-section analysis of mesogastrium

   • Atsuko Nagatomo
   • Nobutsugu Abe
   • Yutaka Atomi

   Original Article 18 October 2008 Pages: 655 - 660

   

10. Lack of death receptor 4 (DR4) expression through gene promoter methylation in gastric carcinoma

    • Kyung Hwa Lee
    • Sang Woo Lim
    • Jae Hyuk Lee

    Original Article 07 April 2009 Pages: 661 - 670

    

11. Which parameters are needed for targeting a multitined radiofrequency device—an approach to a simple algorithm

    • Dirk L. Stippel
    • Christopher Bangard
    • Arnulf H. Hölscher

    Original Article 21 February 2008 Pages: 671 - 679

    

12. Extended liver resection after preoperative chemotherapy: influence on regeneration and endoplasmic reticulum stress response

    • Steffen Manekeller
    • Alexandra Seinsche
    • Andreas Hirner

    Original Article 08 August 2008 Pages: 681 - 688

    

13. Long-term experience on surgical treatment of alveolar echinococcosis

    • Klaus Buttenschoen
    • Daniela Carli Buttenschoen
    • Stefan Reuter

    Original Article 24 July 2008 Pages: 689 - 698

14. Hepatic infestation of Echinococcus multilocularis with extension to regional lymph nodes

    • Klaus Buttenschoen
    • Peter Kern
    • Thomas F. E. Barth

    Original Article 17 April 2009 Pages: 699 - 704

    

15. Reconstruction of the thoracic wall—long-term follow-up including pulmonary function tests

    • Adrien Daigeler
    • Daniel Druecke
    • Hans-Ulrich Steinau

    Original Article 02 August 2008 Pages: 705 - 715

    

16. Pleural and pericardial morbidity after minimal access repair of pectus excavatum

    • C. Castellani
    • A. K. Saxena
    • M. E. Hoellwarth

    Original Article 18 December 2008 Pages: 717 - 721

17. Quality of care and emotional support from the inpatient cancer patient’s perspective

    • S. Singer
    • H. Götze
    • J. Hauss

    Original Article 28 March 2009 Pages: 723 - 731

    

18. Totally laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy for locally advanced gastric cancer

    • Toshihiko Shinohara
    • Ichiro Uyama
    • Shuichi Miyakawa

    How To Do It 29 April 2009 Pages: 733 - 737

    

19. A new simple and safe technique of end-to-end invaginated pancreaticojejunostomy with transpancreatic U-sutures—early postoperative outcomes in consecutive 88 cases

    • Xiao-Ping Chen
    • Fa-Zu Qiu
    • Wan-Guang Zhang

    How To Do It 15 April 2009 Pages: 739 - 744

    

20. Unusual case of massive hemorrhage of a gastric duplication cyst in a very advanced age

    • Serafeim Klimopoulos
    • Dimitrios Gialvalis
    • Catherine Pantelidaki

    Case Management and Clinical Consequences 01 July 2008 Pages: 745 - 747

    

21. A case with synchronous multiple liver metastases from gastric carcinoma: postoperative long-term disease-free survival

    • Masaya Munekage
    • Takehiro Okabayashi
    • Kazuhiro Hanazaki

    Case Management and Clinical Consequences 11 November 2008 Pages: 749 - 753

    

22. External validation of a US-derived nomogram that predicts individual survival after gastric cancer resection

    • Mahmut Koc
    • Hayrettin Dizen
    • Mesut Tez

    Letter to the Editor 08 October 2008 Pages: 755 - 756

23. Reply to Dr. Milito's letter to the Editor concerning “Fournier’s gangrene: is the female gender a risk factor?”

    • Ralf Czymek
    • Philine Frank
    • Peter Kujath

    Letter to the Editor 25 March 2009 Pages: 757 - 758

24. Fournier’s gangrene wound therapy: our experience using VAC device

    • Gianfranco Tucci
    • Dalia Amabile
    • Giovanni Milito

    Letter to the Editor 25 March 2009 Pages: 759 - 760