European Surgery

Editorial: Surgical treatment of GERD: facts, discrepancies and recommendations

H. Wykypiel, G. J. Wetscher

Diagnosis of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)

Johannes Lenglinger, Claudia Ringhofer, Margit Eisler, Elena Devyatko, Enrico Cosentini, Fritz Wrba, Johannes Zacherl, Martin Riegler

The laparoscopic fundoplications: Nissen and partial posterior (Toupet) fundoplication

H. Wykypiel, H. Bonatti, R. A. Hinder, K. Glaser, G. J. Wetscher

Review on the current status of refundoplication

W. W. Nields, H. Bonatti, J. Stauffer, R. A. Hinder

Review on extraesophageal reflux disease

H. Bonatti, D. Ferguson, H. Wykypiel, J. Aranda-Michel, S. R. Achem, R. A. Hinder, K. DeVault

Endoscopic treatment modalities for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)

B. H. A. von Rahden, H. J. Stein

HMGB1 as a key mediator of tissue response to injury: roles in inflammation and tissue repair

A. O'Callaghan, J. Wang, H. P. Redmond

Video-endoscopy for evaluation of columnar lined esophagus in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease

J. Lenglinger, M. Eisler, C. Ringhofer, R. Sedivy, F. Wrba, J. Zacherl, E. P. Cosentini, G. Prager, M. Haefner, M. Riegler

Minimal invasive surgery for Crohn's disease – indication, technique and results

L. Mirow, O. Schwandner, F. Fischer, S. Farke, H. P. Bruch

Gallstone ileus – a rare disease and still many discrepancies

J. Šimša, J. Leffler, D. Charvát, P. Grabec, J. Hoch

Axial computed tomography and duplex scanning for the determination of maximal abdominal aortic diameter in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms

I. Dalainas, G. Nano, P. Bianchi, R. Casana, T. Lupattelli, S. Stegher, G. Malacrida, D. G. Tealdi

Spontaneous vaginal evisceration and intraabdominal small bowel strangulation: a report of the first case and review of the literature

Wael Magdy Elsaify

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