European Surgery

• Editorial

The semiotics of disease

F. M. Riegler

• Review

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

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

• Review

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

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

• Original Scientific Paper

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

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

• Original Scientific Paper

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

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

• Original Scientific Paper

Emergency surgery for enteric and colonic intussusception in adults

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

• Case Report

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

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

• Case Report

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

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

• Case Report

Jejunogastric intussusceptions

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

• Case Report

Ectopic thymoma mimicking a pleuropericardial cyst: a case report

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

• Book Reviews

Book Reviews

Hubert Hauser

• Announcements

Announcements