European Surgery

• Editorial

The fascinating spectrum of surgery

F. M. Riegler

• Original Scientific Paper

Factors influencing surgical decisions in chronic pilonidal sinus disease

D. Doll, A. Novotny, K. Wietelmann, E. Matevossian, T. Evers, A. Lieber, W. Düsel, S. Petersen

• Original Scientific Paper

Efficacy of flax oil in preventing postoperative peritoneal adhesions

E. Aysan, H. Bektas, A. Kaygusuz, G. E. Huq

• Case Report

Malignant abdominal paraganglioma with lymph node metastasis: report of a case

P. Kornprat, C. Langner, H. J. Mischinger

• Case Report

Abdominal tuberculosis: experience with three cases from an Austrian centre

I. Stelzmueller, R. Bellmann-Weiler, A. Klaus, G. Weiss, H. Bonatti

• Case Report

Functional recovery and biomechanical evaluation after tumor resection in the shoulder girdle and reconstruction with a split latissimus dorsi muscle

H. Piza-Katzer, Ch. Raschner, B. Del Frari, M. Zeppetzauer, H. P. Platzer

• Case Report

Successful management of osteosynthesis infection caused by Enterococcus faecium after severe leg trauma

W. Tabarelli, H. Bonatti, G. Hartmann, K. Benedetto, O. Naumann

• Short Communication

Laparoscopic partial splenic resection in hydatid disease

G. Bas, O. Alimoglu, M. Sahin, S. Uranues

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