European Surgery

Editorial

V. Vécsei

Intestinal epithelial secretion and barrier function: from bench to bedside

• Review

K. E. Barrett

Atrophic hypoganglionosis in the colon of adults with slow-transit constipation: a morphometric histopathological investigation

• Original Scientific Paper

F. Stoss, W. A. Meier-Ruge, N. A. Knecht, H. Müller-Lobeck, K. Ammann

Body fat accumulation and postoperative morbidity in colorectal-cancer surgery

• Original Scientific Paper

K. Tsukada, T. Miyazaki, H. Katoh, N. Masuda, H. Ojima, M. Fukuchi, R. Manda, Y. Fukai, M. Nakajima, M. Ishizaki, M. Motegi, H. Ohsawa, A. Mogi, A. Okamura, Y. Tsunoda, M. Sohda, T. Ohno, T. Moteki, Y. Sekine, H. Kuwano

Forearm fillet flap for defect closure after chest wall resection in a breast cancer patient after forequarter amputation

• Case Report

H. Piza-Katzer, T. Schoeller, T. Schmid

Gastric emptying and vagus nerve function after laparoscopic partial fundoplication

• Selected Commentary

C. G. Bremner

Treatment of thoracic anastomotic leaks after esophagectomy with self-expanding plastic stents

• Selected Commentary

J. Zacherl, F. B. Langer

Protected carotid-artery stenting versus endarterectomy in high-risk patients

C. M. Domenig, T. J. Hölzenbein