1. 12 years Editor-in-Chief: Hans G. Beger

   • Thilo Welsch
   • Markus W. Büchler

   Editorial 09 June 2010 Pages: 487 - 488

2. Early source control in sepsis

   • Jan J. De Waele

   Overview 02 June 2010 Pages: 489 - 494

3. Diagnostic score in acute appendicitis. Validation of a diagnostic score (Lintula score) for adults with suspected appendicitis

   • Hannu Lintula
   • Hannu Kokki
   • Matti Eskelinen

   Controlled Prospective Clinical Trials 09 April 2010 Pages: 495 - 500

4. Gallbladder bed irrigation with bupivacaine improves pulmonary functions after laparoscopic cholecystectomy

   • Hunsu Alptekin
   • Mustafa Sahin

   Controlled Prospective Clinical Trials 31 March 2010 Pages: 501 - 504

5. Assessing the safety, effectiveness, and quality of life after the STARR procedure for obstructed defecation: results of the German STARR registry

   • Oliver Schwandner
   • Alois Fürst
   • on behalf of the German STARR Registry Study Group

   Original Article 13 June 2010 Pages: 505 - 513

   

6. Expression and regulation of hedgehog signaling pathway in pancreatic cancer

   • Yinmo Yang
   • Xiaodong Tian
   • Weimin Wang

   Original Article 25 April 2009 Pages: 515 - 525

   

7. Preoperative risk factors for mortality after relaparotomy: analysis of 254 patients

   • Isidro Martínez-Casas
   • Juan J. Sancho
   • Luis Grande

   Original Article 18 July 2009 Pages: 527 - 534

   

8. Effects of the amniotic membrane on healing of colonic anastomoses in experimental left-sided colonic obstruction

   • Mehmet Uludag
   • Bulent Citgez
   • Adnan Isgor

   Original Article 10 December 2008 Pages: 535 - 543

   

9. Improving prediction of lateral node spread in low rectal cancers—multivariate analysis of clinicopathological factors in 1,046 cases

   • Kok-Yang Tan
   • Seiichiro Yamamoto
   • Yoshihiro Moriya

   Original Article 02 April 2010 Pages: 545 - 549

10. Risk of death after emergency repair of abdominal wall hernias. Still waiting for improvement

    • M. Ángeles Martínez-Serrano
    • José A. Pereira
    • the Study Group of Abdominal Hernia Surgery of the Catalan Society of Surgery

    Original article 10 June 2009 Pages: 551 - 556

    

11. Transinguinal preperitoneal memory ring patch versus Lichtenstein repair for unilateral inguinal hernias

    • Frederik Berrevoet
    • Leander Maes
    • Bernard de Hemptinne

    Original article 31 July 2009 Pages: 557 - 562

12. Prosthetic repair of acutely incarcerated groin hernias: a prospective clinical observational cohort study

    • Koray Atila
    • Sanem Guler
    • Seymen Bora

    Original Article 29 August 2008 Pages: 563 - 568

13. Mesh fixation with fibrin glue (Tissucol/Tisseel®) in hernia repair dependent on the mesh structure—is there an optimum fibrin–mesh combination?—Investigations on a biomechanical model

    • Christine Schug-Pass
    • Hans Lippert
    • Ferdinand Köckerling

    OriginalPaper 31 January 2009 Pages: 569 - 574

    

14. Prosthetic repair of incarcerated inguinal hernias: is it a reliable method?

    • Hayrullah Derici
    • Haluk R. Unalp
    • Ali D. Bozdag

    Original Article 27 May 2008 Pages: 575 - 579

15. Face, content and construct validity of a new realistic trainer for conventional techniques in digestive surgery

    • Jörn Gröne
    • Johannes C. Lauscher
    • Joerg-Peter Ritz

    Original Article 31 March 2010 Pages: 581 - 588

    

16. Widespread and multifocal carcinomas in situ (CISs) through almost the entire pancreas: report of a case with preoperative cytological diagnosis

    • Makoto Seki
    • Eiji Ninomiya
    • Hiroyoshi Okamura

    Case Management and Clinical Consequences 16 December 2009 Pages: 589 - 592

    

17. Howard A. Reber, M.D., Distinguished Professor of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine

    • O. Joe Hines

    Mastery in Surgery Open access 10 April 2010 Pages: 593 - 594

18. FAST and undertriage

    • Xavier de Kerangal
    • Jean-Pierre Tourtier
    • Marc Borne

    Letter to the Editor 29 May 2010 Pages: 595 - 596