1. Langenbeck’s archives of surgery 2011: new concepts and design

   • T. Welsch
   • M. Schneider
   • M. W. Büchler

   Editorial 01 December 2010 Pages: 1 - 1

2. Intestinal ischemia: current treatment concepts

   • Philipp Renner
   • Klaus Kienle
   • Hans J. Schlitt

   Review Article 12 November 2010 Pages: 3 - 11

   

3. Intestinal ischemia/reperfusion: microcirculatory pathology and functional consequences

   • Brigitte Vollmar
   • Michael D. Menger

   Review Article 19 November 2010 Pages: 13 - 29

   

4. The formal requirements of algorithms and their implications in clinical medicine and quality management

   • Philipe N. Khalil
   • Axel Kleespies
   • Karl-Georg Kanz

   Overview 02 November 2010 Pages: 31 - 40

   

5. Risk–benefit assessment of closed intra-abdominal drains after pancreatic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis assessing the current state of evidence

   • Markus K. Diener
   • Keyvan-Tadjalli Mehr
   • Christoph M. Seiler

   Original Article 21 October 2010 Pages: 41 - 52

   

6. Primary closure versus T-tube drainage after common bile duct exploration for choledocholithiasis

   • Qian D. Zhu
   • Chong L. Tao
   • Qi Y. Zhang

   Original Article 27 June 2010 Pages: 53 - 62

   

7. Prevention of infectious complications after laparoscopic appendectomy for complicated acute appendicitis—the role of routine abdominal drainage

   • Pierre Allemann
   • Herve Probst
   • Markus Schäfer

   Original Article 10 September 2010 Pages: 63 - 68

   

8. Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy—quality of life 7 years after surgery

   • Matthias Kapischke
   • Florian Friedrich
   • Amke Caliebe

   Original Article 07 October 2010 Pages: 69 - 75

   

9. Diagnostic value of thyroglobulin measurement in fine-needle aspiration biopsy for detecting metastatic lymph nodes in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma

   • Artür Salmaslıoğlu
   • Yeşim Erbil
   • Selçuk Özarmağan

   Original Article 30 October 2010 Pages: 77 - 81

   

10. Results of surgery for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism in patients with preoperatively negative sestamibi scintigraphy and ultrasound

    • Anders O. J. Bergenfelz
    • Göran Wallin
    • Eva Reihnér

    Original Article 09 November 2010 Pages: 83 - 90

    

11. A grading system can predict clinical and economic outcomes of pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy: results in 755 consecutive patients

    • Despoina Daskalaki
    • Giovanni Butturini
    • Claudio Bassi

    Original Article 03 November 2010 Pages: 91 - 98

12. Safety and efficacy of early postoperative hyperbaric oxygen therapy with restriction of transfusions in patients with HCC who have undergone partial hepatectomy

    • Shinichi Ueno
    • Masahiko Sakoda
    • Shoji Natsugoe

    Original Article 11 November 2010 Pages: 99 - 106

    

13. Mechanical bowel preparation and antimicrobial prophylaxis in elective colorectal surgery in Switzerland—a survey

    • Adrian Businger
    • Gabriela Grunder
    • Markus von Flüe

    Original Paper 24 October 2010 Pages: 107 - 113

14. Mesenchymal stem cells improve the healing of ischemic colonic anastomoses (experimental study)

    • Gokhan Adas
    • Soykan Arikan
    • Duran Ustek

    Original Article 17 October 2010 Pages: 115 - 126

    

15. Reduction of adhesion formation by an angiotensin type 1 receptor antagonist

    • Yasuyuki Tokinaga
    • Yoshiki Kimoto
    • Yoshio Hatano

    Original Article 01 July 2010 Pages: 127 - 132

    

16. Influence of small intestinal serosal defect closure on leakage rate and adhesion formation: a pilot study using rabbit models

    • Marcel Binnebösel
    • Christian D. Klink
    • Karsten Junge

    Original Article 08 July 2010 Pages: 133 - 137