Swissperfusion is the official organ for the Swiss Perfusion Society. Swissperfusion publishes papers concerned with perfusion and related fields. Each annual volume consists of 2 regular issues and appropriate supplements. Contributions in German, French, and English are accepted. The summaries are divided into standard sections (see below). Only papers that have not previously appeared in or been submitted to other periodicals are published. Submitted manuscripts are subject to peer review.

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• the worldwide right to assign the above-mentioned rights to other parties as well as to the VG WORT Reproduction Rights Organization including the respective rights to remuneration. Submission of papers: one copy of the manuscript and a diskette (format: PC, Wind 95+Word) should be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief at the address given below (for figures: one original). The pages of the manuscript should be numbered in their proper order at the top right-hand corner, starting with the title page and containing the page number as well as the name of the first author.

Original papers should be a maximum of 8-10 A4 pages long (double spaced), including tables, figures and legends, and references. Upon acceptance of a paper by the editors, all rights and copyright will be transferred to the publisher.

The title page of each paper should include, in the following order: Name of the institute or clinic, including the name of the director(s) (if there is more than one author or institution, affiliations should be indicated using arabic numerals); title of the article: author name(s) (preceded by initials, but with no academic titles): and an address for correspondence. The abstract in the language of the article should be a maximum of 250 words long, printed on a separate sheet, and should be divided into the following sections: Aims; Methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusions. They should summarize the significant content of the paper. Frequently used abbreviations should be written out upon being employed the first time in the summary, followed by the proper abbreviation (in parentheses).

More infrequently appearing abbreviations should always be written out in the text. A maximum of six key words (only in English) should be included after the summary. The paper itself should be divided according to the internationally accepted conventions (eg. Vancouver) into the following sections: Introduction, Aims, Patients, Material and Methods; Results, Discussion, Conclusions. Subheadings may be used if necessary.

Reference citations in the text should have the following form: "Landau et al. [13] found that ..." or "A recent study by Smith & Watson carried out in 1993 [2] showed that ..." or "The differing results obtained in various studies [1,2.4] indicate ...".

Pharmaceuticals should be referred to solely by their generic and not their trade names. Tables should be numbered using roman numerals. Each table should be printed on a separate sheet. Beneath the table number, a brief descriptive title should be given; this should then be followed by the body of the table. It is recommended that each table also include a brief explanatory legend.

Figures (maximum of 8 per paper) should be numbered using arabic numerals. They must be submitted in a form suitable for reproduction (unscreened original photographs, glossy black-and-white prints, original drawings, laser printouts of graphs, slides). Each figure must be accompanied by a legend. The legends should be printed on a separate sheet. Figures will normally be reproduced in black and white. It is possible to reproduce color illustrations, but the authors will be invoiced the extra cost involved.

The reference list should contain only references that are cited in the text. The references should be numbered in the order of their appearance in the text. Examples are as follows:

References

1. McQuillan T., Manolas S.C., Hayman J.A. et al. The Surgical significance of the bile duct of Luschka. Br J. Surg 1989; 76:745-7.
2. Martin J.P. Hospitals in trouble. Oxford: Blackwell, 1993.
3. Ministers act on mental care. Homeless former hospital patients an affront to society, Heseltine says. Independant 1992 Jan 20.
4. Scheibe O. Qualitätssicherung Chirurgie, Baden-Würtemberg. Swiss Surg 1995; 1:12-16.

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Complimentary copies: The publisher will provide each author of an article with two complimentary copies of the issue in which the article appeared.

Offprints can be ordered at cost price, provided that the order is sent in at the same time as the proofs are returned.