Swiss Surgery publishes papers concerned with surgery and related fields. Each annual volume consists of six regular issues and appropriate supplements. Contributions in German, French, and English are accepted, and each paper includes summaries in the language in which it appears and in English. Only papers that have not previously appeared in or been submitted to other periodicals are published.
Submitted manuscripts are subject to peer review.
The author assigns to the Publisher all rights to the article, including those above and beyond its publication in Swiss Surgery . These exclusive rights, unlimited in time, scope, and amount and extending to the statute of limitations for the respective copyright, encompass the copying and reproduction of the article, physically or virtually, as the Publisher sees fit. 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. Upon acceptance of a paper by the editors, all rights and copyright will be transferred to the publisher. They should summarize the significant content of the paper.