1 Concepts in Surgical Education and Practice.- B 10 How to Define General Surgery?.- B 18 Trauma Surgery, a Speciality - if Yes, Whose?.- B 17 Transplantation - a Full-Time Job?.- L 29 Surgical Oncology - a Speciality?.- B 19 How to Teach Surgical Skills and How to Qualify a Surgeon in Training?.- B 9 When, How, and How Much Research During Surgical Training?.- B 11 Aequanimitas and "Autosabotage" as a Challenge in Self-Education.- L 28 How Can We Solve the Language Problem at International Medical Meetings?.- B 42 Motivation of the Surgeon - What Incentives Make Him Function "Optimally" in the Interest of the Community He Serves?.- 2 Surgery of the Gastrointestinal Tract.- B 20 Optimal Procedure in Peptic Esophageal Stenosis.- B 44 Optimal Method of Replacement of the Esophagus in Cancer.- L 30 Operative Tactics in Gastric Cancer - Problems of Gastric Replacement.- B 7 Dealing with the Perforated Gastroduodenal Ulcer.- B 37 Is Intraoperative Testing for Completeness of Vagotomy Any Good?.- B 38 Modern Approach to the Diagnosis of Prolonged Jaundice.- B 5 Total Pancreatectomy: Indication and Early and Late Postoperative Problems.- B 3 Hemobilia: Diagn. Procedures and Surgical Strategy.- B 40 Tactical Steps in Liver Resection - Use of Laser.- L 26 When and How to Plan Operations in Crohn's Disease.- B 15 How Extensive Should Surgery of Colon Malignancies Be?.- L 27 Dealing with the Perforated Colon.- L 25 Local Procedures for Anorectal Malignancies.- B 39 Stoma Problems.- B 16 Sphincterotomy in Benign Anal Diseases - When and How?.- B 8 Abdominal Drainage Procedures After Operation - When, Where, and by What Means?.- 3 Endocrine Surgery, Metabolism, Shock.- B 12 Evaluation and Decisions During Surgery of "Cold Nodules" in Thyroid Surgery.- B 36 Evaluation and Decisions During Parathyroid Surgery.- B 41 What Approach to Use and What Pitfalls to Avoid in Surgery of the Suprarenals?.- B 2 How Do You Get a Diabetic Patient Ready for Emergency Surgery?.- B 35 Criteria for Evaluating Acute Shock States.- L 31 Colloids or Not for Resuscitation?.- 4 Bronchial Carcinoma.- B 22 What Is Left of Mediastinoscopy?.- L 32 Principles of Radicality in Resection of Bronchial Carcinoma.- 5 Breast Cancer.- B 4 Preservation of the Breast in the Treatment of Breast Cancer.- 6 Microsurgery.- L 33 Reconstructive Microsurgery.- 7 Trauma.- B 21 How to Stabilize the Crushed Thorax.- B 1 Priorities in Preoperative Treatment and Timing of Operation in the Patient with Fracture of the Proximal Femur.- L 24 Strategy in Approaching and Dealing with the Abdomen After Blunt Trauma.- L 23 Is There Any Merit in Different Treatment in the Acutely Burned?.- B 14 How to Avoid Ugly Scars - How to Treat Keloids?.- 8 Suture Material, Infection, Thromboembolism.- B 6 What Suture Material Do You Use for What Tissue?.- B 34 Skin Preparation for Surgery.- B 13 Prevention of Postoperative Infection in Major Surgery - Recent Advances.- B 43 What Should I Do for Prevention of Thromboembolic Complications?.