1. Passion and commensurability: both are needed for a concurrence of surgery and research

   • W. E. Thasler
   • A. Kleespies
   • K.-W. Jauch

   Editorial 17 April 2013 Pages: 485 - 486

2. Biobanking for research in surgery: are surgeons in charge for advancing translational research or mere assistants in biomaterial and data preservation?

   • Wolfgang E. Thasler
   • Reinhard M. K. Thasler
   • Karl-Walter Jauch

   Review Article 22 February 2013 Pages: 487 - 499

   

3. Navigation in surgery

   • Uli Mezger
   • Claudia Jendrewski
   • Michael Bartels

   Review Article Open access 22 February 2013 Pages: 501 - 514

   

4. Video-assisted thoracoscopy as an important tool for trauma surgeons: a systematic review

   • Adrian T. Billeter
   • Devin Druen
   • J. David Richardson

   Review Article 04 April 2013 Pages: 515 - 523

   

5. Increased costs of perioperative risk assessment for thyroid surgery in elderly people (over 80 years) presenting with benign disease

   • Paolo Miccoli
   • Lorenzo Fregoli
   • Gabriele Materazzi

   Original Article 04 April 2013 Pages: 525 - 530

6. Perioperative and long-term outcomes after pancreaticoduodenectomy in elderly patients 80 years of age and older

   • Seiji Oguro
   • Kazuaki Shimada
   • Tomoo Kosuge

   Original Article 06 March 2013 Pages: 531 - 538

   

7. Surgical outcomes of pancreaticoduodenectomy for periampullary tumors in elderly patients

   • Yo-ichi Yamashita
   • Ken Shirabe
   • Yoshihiko Maehara

   Original Article 15 February 2013 Pages: 539 - 545

   

8. Early and late postoperative changes in the quality of life after pancreatic surgery

   • Orlin Belyaev
   • Torsten Herzog
   • Waldemar Uhl

   Original Article 16 March 2013 Pages: 547 - 555

   

9. Early analgesic treatment regimens for patients with acute abdominal pain: a nationwide survey among general surgeons

   • C. Villain
   • H. Wyen
   • E. A. Neugebauer

   Original Article 27 February 2013 Pages: 557 - 564

   

10. Resection rectopexy—laparoscopic neuromapping reveals neurogenic pathways to the lower segment of the rectum: preliminary results

    • Werner Kneist
    • Daniel W. Kauff
    • Hauke Lang

    Original Article 23 February 2013 Pages: 565 - 570

    

11. Long-term results of transvaginal/transumbilical versus classical laparoscopic cholecystectomy—an analysis of 88 patients

    • Dirk R. Bulian
    • Linda Trump
    • Markus M. Heiss

    Original Article 01 March 2013 Pages: 571 - 579

    

12. Impact of surgical training and surgeon’s experience on early outcome in kidney transplantation

    • Michael Thomas
    • Markus Rentsch
    • Markus Guba

    Original Article 22 March 2013 Pages: 581 - 585

    

13. Publishing in surgery: how and why?

    • Christophe Mariette
    • Guillaume Piessen
    • William B. Robb

    Original Article 12 August 2012 Pages: 587 - 593

14. Endolumenal colon occlusion device for transanal and transrectal surgery—a porcine feasibility study

    • Georg R. Linke
    • Benedict Carstensen
    • Beat P. Müller-Stich

    Original Article 13 March 2013 Pages: 595 - 601

    

15. Induction of tumor stem cell differentiation—novel strategy to overcome therapy resistance in gastric cancer

    • Derek Zieker
    • Sarah Bühler
    • Jörg Glatzle

    Rapid Communication 15 February 2013 Pages: 603 - 608

    

16. Cornelius Celsus—ancient encyclopedist, surgeon–scientist, or master of surgery?

    • F. Köckerling
    • D. Köckerling
    • C. Lomas

    Review Article Open access 24 January 2013 Pages: 609 - 616

    

17. Don't give up on wound protectors yet

    • K. Slim

    Letter to the Editor 01 March 2013 Pages: 617 - 617

18. Response: don’t give up on wound protectors yet

    • J. C. Lauscher
    • M. E. Kreis

    Letter to the editor 08 March 2013 Pages: 619 - 620

19. 130th Congress of the German Society for Surgery

    Abstracts 17 April 2013 Pages: 621 - 659