1. Journey of the carbon-literate and climate-conscious endosurgeon having a head, heart, hands, and holistic sense of responsibility

   • Brij B. Agarwal

   Editorial 31 October 2008 Pages: 2539 - 2540

2. Is smaller necessarily better? A systematic review comparing the effects of minilaparoscopic and conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy on patient outcomes

   • Rory McCloy
   • Delia Randall
   • Edmund A. M. Neugebauer

   Review 20 September 2008 Pages: 2541 - 2553

   

3. Bands and bypasses: 30-day morbidity and mortality of bariatric surgical procedures as assessed by prospective, multi-center, risk-adjusted ACS-NSQIP data

   • Robert T. Lancaster
   • Matthew M. Hutter

   OriginalPaper 20 September 2008 Pages: 2554 - 2563

4. Laparoscopic versus open liver segmentectomy: prospective, case-matched, intention-to-treat analysis of clinical outcomes and cost effectiveness

   • Francesco M. Polignano
   • Aaron J. Quyn
   • Iain S. Tait

   OriginalPaper 24 September 2008 Pages: 2564 - 2570

5. A study of intragastric and intravesicular pressure changes during rest, coughing, weight lifting, retching, and vomiting

   • Atif Iqbal
   • Mumnoon Haider
   • Charles J. Filipi

   OriginalPaper 23 September 2008 Pages: 2571 - 2575

   

6. Laparoscopic resection for endoscopically unresectable colorectal polyps: analysis of 525 patients

   • Frank Benedix
   • Ferdinand Köckerling
   • Hubert Scheidbach

   OriginalPaper 15 July 2008 Pages: 2576 - 2582

   

7. Laparoscopic gastric resection for gastrointestinal stromal tumors

   • Jennifer A. Sexton
   • Richard A. Pierce
   • Brent D. Matthews

   OriginalPaper 06 March 2008 Pages: 2583 - 2587

8. Feasibility of laparoscopic techniques as the surgical approach of choice for primary colorectal cancer

   • Seok-Byung Lim
   • Hyo Seong Choi
   • Jae-Gahb Park

   OriginalPaper 06 March 2008 Pages: 2588 - 2595

   

9. Does the extraction-site location in laparoscopic colorectal surgery have an impact on incisional hernia rates?

   • Ravinder Singh
   • Alex Omiccioli
   • Craig McKinley

   OriginalPaper 18 March 2008 Pages: 2596 - 2600

10. Obesity should not influence the management of appendicitis

    • S. Towfigh
    • F. Chen
    • R. J. Mason

    OriginalPaper 18 March 2008 Pages: 2601 - 2605

11. Routine ileal intubation during screening colonoscopy: a useful maneuver?

    • Gregory Kennedy
    • David Larson
    • Mark Larson

    OriginalPaper 18 March 2008 Pages: 2606 - 2608

    

12. Incorporation of proficiency criteria for basic laparoscopic skills training: how does it work?

    • E. G. G. Verdaasdonk
    • J. Dankelman
    • L. P. S. Stassen

    OriginalPaper Open access 04 April 2008 Pages: 2609 - 2615

    

13. Cold nebulization used to prevent heat loss during laparoscopic surgery: an experimental study in pigs

    • Herve Schlotterbeck
    • Roland Schaeffer
    • Pierre Diemunsch

    OriginalPaper 18 March 2008 Pages: 2616 - 2620

    

14. Time-efficient laparoscopic skills assessment using an augmented-reality simulator

    • J. Adam Oostema
    • Matthew P. Abdel
    • Jon C. Gould

    OriginalPaper 18 March 2008 Pages: 2621 - 2624

15. Impact of conversion on the long-term outcome in laparoscopic resection of colorectal cancer

    • Albert C. Y. Chan
    • Jensen T. C. Poon
    • Wai Lun Law

    OriginalPaper 23 February 2008 Pages: 2625 - 2630

    

16. Conversion of laparoscopic colon resection does not affect survival in colon cancer

    • Jan Franko
    • Steven A. Fassler
    • D. Mark Zebley

    OriginalPaper 23 February 2008 Pages: 2631 - 2634

    

17. Thrombosis of the Lap-Band system

    • Danny A. Sherwinter
    • Colin J. Powers
    • June Warman

    OriginalPaper 23 February 2008 Pages: 2635 - 2637

    

18. Limb performance and patient satisfaction after radial artery harvesting: endoscopic versus open techniques

    • Benjamin Medalion
    • Avraham Fuks
    • Eyal Porat

    OriginalPaper 21 February 2008 Pages: 2638 - 2642

19. A defunctioning stoma significantly prolongs the length of stay in laparoscopic colorectal resection

    • Mark T. Cartmell
    • Oliver M. Jones
    • T. D. Cecil

    OriginalPaper 23 February 2008 Pages: 2643 - 2647

    

20. CO₂ pneumoperitoneum increases systemic but not local tumor spread after intraperitoneal murine neuroblastoma spillage in mice

    • Martin Metzelder
    • Joachim Kuebler
    • Benno Manfred Ure

    OriginalPaper 13 February 2008 Pages: 2648 - 2653

    

21. Transparent hood attached to the colonoscope: does it really work for all types of colonoscopes?

    • Takashi Shida
    • Yosuke Katsuura
    • Masaru Miyazaki

    OriginalPaper 23 February 2008 Pages: 2654 - 2658

    

22. Evaluation of real-time infrared intraoperative cholangiography in a porcine model

    • Jack J. Liu
    • Mehrdad Alemozaffar
    • Eric Elster

    OriginalPaper 18 March 2008 Pages: 2659 - 2664

    

23. Long-term outcome after laparoscopic wedge resection for early gastric cancer

    • Isao Nozaki
    • Yoshirou Kubo
    • Shigemitsu Takashima

    Original Paper 25 March 2008 Pages: 2665 - 2669

    

24. Laparoscopic treatment of metabolic syndrome in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

    • A. L. DePaula
    • A. L. V. Macedo
    • V. Schraibman

    OriginalPaper 18 March 2008 Pages: 2670 - 2678

    

25. Biomechanical properties of lightweight versus heavyweight meshes for laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair and their impact on recurrence rates

    • Christian Hollinsky
    • Simone Sandberg
    • Sabine Seidler

    OriginalPaper 29 April 2008 Pages: 2679 - 2685

    

26. Laparoscopic entry techniques: clinical guideline, national survey, and medicolegal ramifications

    • Rajesh Varma
    • Janesh K. Gupta

    OriginalPaper 10 April 2008 Pages: 2686 - 2697

27. What a signature adds to the consent process

    • Peter Neary
    • Ronan A. Cahill
    • H. P. Redmond

    OriginalPaper 10 April 2008 Pages: 2698 - 2704

28. Endoscopic characteristics of gastric adenomas suggesting carcinomatous transformation

    • Min Kyu Jung
    • Seong Woo Jeon
    • Han Ik Bae

    OriginalPaper 10 April 2008 Pages: 2705 - 2711

29. Assessing patient-reported outcomes of cholecystectomy in short-stay surgery

    • Eva Maria Bitzer
    • Christoph Lorenz
    • Alf Trojan

    OriginalPaper 10 April 2008 Pages: 2712 - 2719

    

30. Delayed laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy in acute cholecystitis with severe fibrotic adhesions

    • Atsushi Horiuchi
    • Yuji Watanabe
    • Kanji Kawachi

    OriginalPaper 04 April 2008 Pages: 2720 - 2723

    

31. Trocar-site hernia as a typical postoperative complication of minimally invasive surgery among preschool children

    • K. Paya
    • J. Wurm
    • S. Puig

    OriginalPaper 13 February 2008 Pages: 2724 - 2727

32. Laparoscopic ventral rectopexy for obstructed defecation syndrome

    • J. W. van den Esschert
    • A. A. W. van Geloven
    • M. F. Gerhards

    OriginalPaper Open access 05 March 2008 Pages: 2728 - 2732

33. Transvaginal endoscopic partial gastrectomy in porcine models: the role of an extra endoscope for gastric control

    • Kiyokazu Nakajima
    • Tsuyoshi Takahashi
    • Toshirou Nishida

    Technique 24 September 2008 Pages: 2733 - 2736

    

34. Laparoscopic revision of Nissen fundoplication to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in morbidly obese patients

    • Kambiz Zainabadi
    • Anita P. Courcoulas
    • Ioannis Raftopoulos

    Dynamic Manuscript 25 March 2008 Pages: 2737 - 2740

35. Upper mediastinal lymph node dissection for esophageal cancer through a thoracoscopic approach

    • Atsushi Itami
    • Go Watanabe
    • Yoshiharu Sakai

    Video 24 September 2008 Pages: 2741 - 2741

36. Prone thoracoscopic thoracic duct ligation for postsurgical chylothorax

    • Peter M. Denk
    • Prakash Gatta
    • Lee L. Swanström

    Video 24 September 2008 Pages: 2742 - 2742

37. Robot-assisted laparoscopy in gynecologic oncology

    • Eric Lambaudie
    • G. Houvenaeghel
    • J. L. Blache

    New Technology 24 September 2008 Pages: 2743 - 2747

    

38. Modified hemi-double-stapling technique combined with the temporal abdominal wall-lift method for performing Billroth I anastomosis after laparoscopically assisted distal gastrectomy

    • Hidenori Fujii
    • Toshiharu Aotake
    • Toshio Matsushita

    Technique 07 March 2008 Pages: 2748 - 2752

    

39. Robot-assisted laparoscopic total and partial gastric resection with D2 lymph node dissection for adenocarcinoma

    • Alberto Patriti
    • Graziano Ceccarelli
    • Luciano Casciola

    Technique 24 September 2008 Pages: 2753 - 2760

    

40. Female gender may give rise to difficulties in endoscopic and laparoscopic biliary surgery

    • J. M. Grönroos
    • S. Laine
    • R. Gullichsen

    Letter 21 September 2008 Pages: 2761 - 2762

41. Transvaginal laparoscopic cholecystectomy: endoscopically assisted

    • Mario Alessiani
    • Costanza Alvisi
    • Paolo Dionigi

    Letter 24 September 2008 Pages: 2763 - 2764

42. Letter in response to Ihedioha U, Mackay G, Leung E, Molloy RG, O’Dwyer PJ (2007) Laparoscopic colorectal resection does not reduce incisional hernia rates when compared with open colorectal resection. Surg Endosc 22:689–692

    • Alec Engledow
    • David Oreilly

    Letter 27 September 2008 Pages: 2765 - 2766

43. Reply to letter by Engledow et al

    • U. Ihedioha

    Letter 24 September 2008 Pages: 2767 - 2767

44. News and Notices

    News and notices 16 October 2008 Pages: 2768 - 2769