European Surgery

The semiotics of disease

• Editorial

F. M. Riegler

Rectal cancer: the impact of lymph node dissection and preoperative radiation in the era of total mesorectal excision

• Review

M. Maak, U. Nitsche, L. Wert, M. Shibayama, K.-P. Janssen, H. Friess, R. Rosenberg

Tissue Engineering Generation of adipose tissue: an overview of current standards and possibilities

• Review

M. Keck, L.-P. Kamolz, M. Frey

Spray application of fibrin sealant with an angled spray tip device in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair

• Original Scientific Paper

R. H. Fortelny, A. H. Petter-Puchner, Z. Khakpour, C. May, K. Mika, K. S. Glaser, H. Redl

Adenoviral transfer in the liver: a novel in vivo simulation model in the rat

• Original Scientific Paper

E. Matevossian, V. Assfalg, A. Novotny, D. Reim, Ch. Schmaderer, H. D. Kern, J. Nährig, D. Doll, N. Hüser

Emergency surgery for enteric and colonic intussusception in adults

• Original Scientific Paper

B. Franz, C. Rabl, D. Neureiter, D. Öfner, K. Emmanuel

Laparoscopic management of associated abdominal complications of ventriculoperitoneal shunt: case report

• Case Report

G. Ghidirim, I. Mishin, G. Zastavnitsky, V. Spataru, M. Brinza

Osteomyelitis of the body of the iliac bone as a late complication of perforated appendicitis with abscess formation

• Case Report

T. P. Saltzherr, A. A. W. Van Geloven

Jejunogastric intussusceptions

• Case Report

N. Panda, M. Gumta, M. Karmakar, R. Das, M. M. Nandi

Ectopic thymoma mimicking a pleuropericardial cyst: a case report

• Case Report

L. Ionescu, Cr. Dragomir, R. Dănilă, C. Rădulescu, I. Trifescu, D. Butcovan

Book Reviews

• Book Reviews

Hubert Hauser

Announcements

• Announcements