1. Founding of a German Society of Visceral Surgery

   • Hans G. Beger
   • Wolfgang Teichmann

   EDITORIAL Pages: 131 - 132

2. Molecular mechanisms of tumor metastasis and angiogenesis

   • A. S. Böhle
   • H. Kalthoff

   REVIEW TOPIC: LYMPH-NODE DISSECTION IN GI CANCER Pages: 133 - 140

3. Lymph-node dissection in squamous cell esophageal cancer – who benefits?

   • J. R. Siewert
   • H. J. Stein

   REVIEW TOPIC: LYMPH-NODE DISSECTION IN GI CANCER Pages: 141 - 148

4. Can sentinel node biopsy indicate rational extent of lymphadenectomy in gastric cancer surgery?

   • K. Maruyama
   • Mitsuru Sasako
   • Hitoshi Katai

   REVIEW TOPIC: LYMPH-NODE DISSECTION IN GI CANCER Pages: 149 - 157

5. Lymph-node dissection in pancreatic cancer – what are the facts?

   • Dieter Birk
   • Hans G. Beger

   REVIEW TOPIC: LYMPH-NODE DISSECTION IN GI CANCER Pages: 158 - 166

6. Actual standards and controversies on operative technique and lymph-node dissection in colorectal cancer

   • H.-P. Bruch
   • O. Schwandner
   • U. J. Roblick

   REVIEW TOPIC: LYMPH-NODE DISSECTION IN GI CANCER Pages: 167 - 175

7. Small bowel tumors: diagnosis, therapy and prognostic factors

   • M. Naef
   • M. Bühlmann
   • H. U. Baer

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 176 - 180

8. K-ras mutations in tissue and stool samples from patients with pancreatic cancer and chronic pancreatitis

   • F. A. Wenger
   • J. Zieren
   • J. M. Müller

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 181 - 186

9. Surgical correction of pectus excavatum: the Münster experience

   • A. K. Saxena
   • Klaus Schaarschmidt
   • Günter H. Willital

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 187 - 193

10. Multivisceral resection of advanced colorectal carcinoma

    • C. Gebhardt
    • W. Meyer
    • U. Meier

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 194 - 199

11. Human hypersensitivity angiitis: an uncommon cause of death after trauma

    • L. Bachmann
    • J. Dressler
    • G. Schackert

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 200 - 203

12. Auxiliary liver transplantation in acute liver failure in the rat – an illustrated description of a new surgical approach

    • Karina Schleimer
    • Reinhard Lange
    • J. Erhard

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 204 - 208

13. Molecular biological observations in some rare neoplasms: DNA ploidy and cell cycle data in liposarcoma and malignant fibrous histiocytoma

    • Martin Lüdemann
    • Andreas Fischer
    • A. Imdahl

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 209 - 215

14. Differential gene expression of CINC, NOS II, and ICAM-1 in endotoxemic liver cells by rG-CSF

    • G. A. Wanner
    • V. Stöckle
    • B. Vollmar

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 216 - 221

15. Leukocytes, the Janus cells in inflammatory disease

    • A. K. Nussler
    • U. A. Wittel
    • H. G. Beger

    EVIDENCE-BASED SURGERY Pages: 222 - 232