Passion and commensurability: both are needed for a concurrence of surgery and research W. E. ThaslerA. KleespiesK.-W. Jauch Editorial 17 April 2013 Pages: 485 - 486
Biobanking for research in surgery: are surgeons in charge for advancing translational research or mere assistants in biomaterial and data preservation? Wolfgang E. ThaslerReinhard M. K. ThaslerKarl-Walter Jauch Review Article 22 February 2013 Pages: 487 - 499
Navigation in surgery Uli MezgerClaudia JendrewskiMichael Bartels Review Article Open access 22 February 2013 Pages: 501 - 514
Video-assisted thoracoscopy as an important tool for trauma surgeons: a systematic review Adrian T. BilleterDevin DruenJ. David Richardson Review Article 04 April 2013 Pages: 515 - 523
Increased costs of perioperative risk assessment for thyroid surgery in elderly people (over 80 years) presenting with benign disease Paolo MiccoliLorenzo FregoliGabriele Materazzi Original Article 04 April 2013 Pages: 525 - 530
Perioperative and long-term outcomes after pancreaticoduodenectomy in elderly patients 80 years of age and older Seiji OguroKazuaki ShimadaTomoo Kosuge Original Article 06 March 2013 Pages: 531 - 538
Surgical outcomes of pancreaticoduodenectomy for periampullary tumors in elderly patients Yo-ichi YamashitaKen ShirabeYoshihiko Maehara Original Article 15 February 2013 Pages: 539 - 545
Early and late postoperative changes in the quality of life after pancreatic surgery Orlin BelyaevTorsten HerzogWaldemar Uhl Original Article 16 March 2013 Pages: 547 - 555
Early analgesic treatment regimens for patients with acute abdominal pain: a nationwide survey among general surgeons C. VillainH. WyenE. A. Neugebauer Original Article 27 February 2013 Pages: 557 - 564
Resection rectopexy—laparoscopic neuromapping reveals neurogenic pathways to the lower segment of the rectum: preliminary results Werner KneistDaniel W. KauffHauke Lang Original Article 23 February 2013 Pages: 565 - 570
Long-term results of transvaginal/transumbilical versus classical laparoscopic cholecystectomy—an analysis of 88 patients Dirk R. BulianLinda TrumpMarkus M. Heiss Original Article 01 March 2013 Pages: 571 - 579
Impact of surgical training and surgeon’s experience on early outcome in kidney transplantation Michael ThomasMarkus RentschMarkus Guba Original Article 22 March 2013 Pages: 581 - 585
Publishing in surgery: how and why? Christophe MarietteGuillaume PiessenWilliam B. Robb Original Article 12 August 2012 Pages: 587 - 593
Endolumenal colon occlusion device for transanal and transrectal surgery—a porcine feasibility study Georg R. LinkeBenedict CarstensenBeat P. Müller-Stich Original Article 13 March 2013 Pages: 595 - 601
Induction of tumor stem cell differentiation—novel strategy to overcome therapy resistance in gastric cancer Derek ZiekerSarah BühlerJörg Glatzle Rapid Communication 15 February 2013 Pages: 603 - 608
Cornelius Celsus—ancient encyclopedist, surgeon–scientist, or master of surgery? F. KöckerlingD. KöckerlingC. Lomas Review Article Open access 24 January 2013 Pages: 609 - 616
Response: don’t give up on wound protectors yet J. C. LauscherM. E. Kreis Letter to the editor 08 March 2013 Pages: 619 - 620