1. Total minimally invasive esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: approaches and outcomes

   • Danica N. Giugliano
   • Adam C. Berger
   • Francesco Palazzo

   REVIEW ARTICLE 11 July 2016 Pages: 747 - 756

   

2. Leaks after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: overview of pathogenesis and risk factors

   • Angelo Iossa
   • Mohamed Abdelgawad
   • Gianfranco Silecchia

   REVIEW ARTICLE 15 June 2016 Pages: 757 - 766

   

3. Indocyanine green fluorescence angiography for intraoperative assessment of gastrointestinal anastomotic perfusion: a systematic review of clinical trials

   • Thea Helene Degett
   • Helene Schou Andersen
   • Ismail Gögenur

   Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 11 March 2016 Pages: 767 - 775

   

4. A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing partial stomach partitioning gastrojejunostomy versus conventional gastrojejunostomy for malignant gastroduodenal obstruction

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   • Ioannis Rouvelas
   • Jon A. Tsai

   Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses 23 June 2016 Pages: 777 - 785

   

5. Perioperative outcomes of esophageal cancer surgery in a mid-volume institution in the era of centralization

   • Silvio Däster
   • Savas D. Soysal
   • Christoph Ackermann

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 19 July 2016 Pages: 787 - 795

   

6. Trainee competence in thoracoscopic esophagectomy in the prone position: evaluation using cumulative sum techniques

   • Taro Oshikiri
   • Takashi Yasuda
   • Yoshihiro Kakeji

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 29 July 2016 Pages: 797 - 804

   

7. Role of endoscopy to predict a leak after esophagectomy

   • Anja Schaible
   • Alexis Ulrich
   • Peter Sauer

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 28 July 2016 Pages: 805 - 812

   

8. Role of frailty and nutritional status in predicting complications following total gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy in patients with gastric cancer: a prospective study

   • Fan-Feng Chen
   • Fei-Yu Zhang
   • Cheng-Le Zhuang

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 02 August 2016 Pages: 813 - 822

9. Predictive factors for recurrence in T2N0 and T3N0 gastric cancer patients

   • Hiroaki Saito
   • Yuki Murakami
   • Masahide Ikeguchi

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 27 July 2016 Pages: 823 - 828

   

10. Risk factors for future repeat abdominal surgery

    • Chema Strik
    • Martijn W. J. Stommel
    • Richard P. G. ten Broek

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11. Ultrasonographic risk factors of malignancy in thyroid nodules

    • A Rios
    • B. Torregrosa
    • P. Parrilla

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 04 June 2016 Pages: 839 - 849

12. Comparison of the harmonic focus and the thunderbeat for open thyroidectomy

    • Sam Van Slycke
    • Jean-Pierre Gillardin
    • Nele Brusselaers

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 25 May 2016 Pages: 851 - 859

13. Glasgow prognostic score and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio are good prognostic indicators after radical neck dissection for advanced squamous cell carcinoma in the hypopharynx

    • Masahide Ikeguchi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 28 May 2016 Pages: 861 - 866

14. Anatomic lung resections for benign pulmonary diseases by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)

    • Martin Reichert
    • Stefanie Kerber
    • Johannes Bodner

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 25 July 2016 Pages: 867 - 875

15. Video-assisted thoracoscopic anatomic lung resections in Germany—a nationwide survey

    • Martin Reichert
    • Andrea Birgitta Gohlke
    • Johannes Bodner

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 July 2016 Pages: 877 - 884

    

16. Bronchial colonization and complications after lung cancer surgery

    • Jelmer E. Oor
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    • Koen J. Hartemink

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 02 August 2016 Pages: 885 - 892

17. Sequential learning of psychomotor and visuospatial skills for laparoscopic suturing and knot tying—a randomized controlled trial “The Shoebox Study” DRKS00008668

    • Felix Nickel
    • Jonathan D Hendrie
    • Beat P Müller-Stich

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 07 April 2016 Pages: 893 - 901

    

18. Transnasal inner drainage: an option for managing anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy

    • Keisuke Kosumi
    • Yoshifumi Baba
    • Hideo Baba

    How-I-Do-It Articles 11 August 2016 Pages: 903 - 908

    

19. Safe and easy access technique for the first trocar in laparoscopic surgery

    • Selman Uranues
    • Orhan Veli Ozkan
    • Gordana Tomasch

    How-I-Do-It Article 08 July 2016 Pages: 909 - 912