1. Peritoneal changes due to laparoscopic surgery

   • W. J. A. Brokelman
   • M. Lensvelt
   • M. M. P. J. Reijnen

   Review Open access 15 June 2010 Pages: 1 - 9

   

2. Early laparoscopy for the evaluation of nonspecific abdominal pain: a critical appraisal of the evidence

   • Luis C. Domínguez
   • Alvaro Sanabria
   • Camilo Osorio

   Review 30 June 2010 Pages: 10 - 18

3. Hybrid natural orifice transluminal endoscopic cholecystectomy: prospective human series

   • Angel Cuadrado-Garcia
   • Jose F. Noguera
   • Juan José Pujol

   OriginalPaper 10 June 2010 Pages: 19 - 22

   

4. Effects of preemptive analgesia in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a double-blind randomized controlled trial

   • Trichak Sandhu
   • Sahattaya Paiboonworachat
   • Wasana Ko-iam

   OriginalPaper 30 June 2010 Pages: 23 - 27

5. Review of available methods of simulation training to facilitate surgical education

   • Badma Bashankaev
   • Sergey Baido
   • Steven D. Wexner

   OriginalPaper 15 June 2010 Pages: 28 - 35

   

6. Single-site versus conventional laparoscopic appendectomy: comparison of short-term operative outcomes

   • Min-Soo Cho
   • Byung Soh Min
   • Woo-Jung Lee

   OriginalPaper 05 June 2010 Pages: 36 - 40

   

7. Analysis of poor outcomes after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding

   • Jason Kasza
   • Fred Brody
   • Fatima Khambaty

   OriginalPaper 30 June 2010 Pages: 41 - 47

   

8. Fluorescence laparoscopy imaging of pancreatic tumor progression in an orthotopic mouse model

   • Hop S. Tran Cao
   • Sharmeela Kaushal
   • Michael Bouvet

   OriginalPaper Open access 09 June 2010 Pages: 48 - 54

   

9. Gallstone disease in the elderly: are older patients managed differently?

   • Simon Bergman
   • Nadia Sourial
   • Johanne Monette

   OriginalPaper 29 May 2010 Pages: 55 - 61

   

10. Wound morbidity in mini-invasive thyroidectomy

    • Gianlorenzo Dionigi
    • Luigi Boni
    • Renzo Dionigi

    OriginalPaper 05 June 2010 Pages: 62 - 67

    

11. Reduction of anastomotic failure in laparoscopic colorectal surgery using antitraction sutures

    • Ralph P. M. Gadiot
    • Michalda S. Dunker
    • Guido H. H. Mannaerts

    OriginalPaper 27 July 2010 Pages: 68 - 71

    

12. Laparoscopic inguinal herniorrhaphy in babies weighing 5 kg or less

    • Salmai Turial
    • Jan Enders
    • Felix Schier

    OriginalPaper 08 June 2010 Pages: 72 - 78

    

13. Evolution of laparoscopic left lateral sectionectomy without the Pringle maneuver: through resection of benign and malignant tumors to living liver donation

    • Roberto Ivan Troisi
    • Jacques Van Huysse
    • Bernard de Hemptinne

    OriginalPaper Open access 08 June 2010 Pages: 79 - 87

    

14. Impact of surgeon experience and buttress material on postoperative complications after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy

    • Markos Daskalakis
    • Yakup Berdan
    • Rudolf A. Weiner

    OriginalPaper 05 June 2010 Pages: 88 - 97

    

15. Risk factors for delayed bleeding after endoscopic submucosal dissection for gastric neoplasm

    • Kazuhisa Okada
    • Yorimasa Yamamoto
    • Masahiro Igarashi

    OriginalPaper 12 June 2010 Pages: 98 - 107

    

16. Initial experience with robotic lung lobectomy: report of two different approaches

    • Florian Augustin
    • Johannes Bodner
    • Thomas Schmid

    OriginalPaper 18 June 2010 Pages: 108 - 113

    

17. Laparoscopy-assisted pylorus-preserving gastrectomy: a matched case–control study

    • Norimitsu Tanaka
    • Hitoshi Katai
    • Takeo Fukagawa

    OriginalPaper 05 June 2010 Pages: 114 - 118

18. Dexterous miniature robot for advanced minimally invasive surgery

    • Amy C. Lehman
    • Nathan A. Wood
    • Dmitry Oleynikov

    OriginalPaper 12 June 2010 Pages: 119 - 123

    

19. Current analysis of endoloops in appendiceal stump closure

    • Maik Sahm
    • Rainer Kube
    • Hans Lippert

    OriginalPaper 15 June 2010 Pages: 124 - 129

20. A study of preoperative factors associated with a poor outcome following laparoscopic bile duct exploration

    • Hamish Noble
    • Elise Whitley
    • Michael Thompson

    OriginalPaper 22 June 2010 Pages: 130 - 139

    

21. Laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy versus open gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a monoinstitutional Western center experience

    • Elena Orsenigo
    • Saverio Di Palo
    • Carlo Staudacher

    OriginalPaper 10 June 2010 Pages: 140 - 145

    

22. Damage to the spermatic cord by the Lichtenstein and TAPP procedures in a pig model

    • Karsten Junge
    • Marcel Binnebösel
    • Uwe Klinge

    OriginalPaper 08 June 2010 Pages: 146 - 152

    

23. Maximizing coupling strength of magnetically anchored surgical instruments: how thick can we go?

    • Sara L. Best
    • Richard Bergs
    • Daniel J. Scott

    OriginalPaper 09 June 2010 Pages: 153 - 159

    

24. Is there still a role for laparoscopy combined with laparoscopic ultrasonography in the staging of pancreatic cancer?

    • Matteo Barabino
    • Roberto Santambrogio
    • Enrico Opocher

    OriginalPaper 22 June 2010 Pages: 160 - 165

    

25. European consensus on a competency-based virtual reality training program for basic endoscopic surgical psychomotor skills

    • Koen W. van Dongen
    • Gunnar Ahlberg
    • Ivo A. M. J. Broeders

    OriginalPaper 24 June 2010 Pages: 166 - 171

26. Laparoscopic management of CBD stones: an Indian experience

    • Jagdish Chander
    • Anubhav Vindal
    • Vinod Kumar Ramteke

    OriginalPaper 10 June 2010 Pages: 172 - 181

    

27. A collaborative approach reduces the learning curve and improves outcomes in laparoscopic nephrectomy

    • Christopher L. Schneider
    • William S. Cobb
    • William F. Flanagan

    OriginalPaper 12 June 2010 Pages: 182 - 185

28. Force sensing in natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery

    • Ana Luisa Trejos
    • Shiva Jayaraman
    • Christopher M. Schlachta

    OriginalPaper 18 June 2010 Pages: 186 - 192

    

29. Comparison of laparoscopic and open colorectal resections for patients undergoing simultaneous R0 resection for liver metastases

    • Jung Wook Huh
    • Yang Seok Koh
    • Young Jin Kim

    OriginalPaper 12 June 2010 Pages: 193 - 198

    

30. Robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery for recurrent diverticulitis: experience in consecutive cases and a review of the literature

    • Madhu Ragupathi
    • Diego I. Ramos-Valadez
    • Eric M. Haas

    OriginalPaper 22 June 2010 Pages: 199 - 206

    

31. Measuring learning gain during a one-day introductory bronchoscopy course

    • Henri G. Colt
    • Mohsen Davoudi
    • Nazanin Zamanian Rohani

    OriginalPaper Open access 29 June 2010 Pages: 207 - 216

    

32. Laparoscopic treatment of intestinal malrotation in neonates and infants: retrospective study

    • Jeroen Hagendoorn
    • Daisy Vieira-Travassos
    • David van der Zee

    OriginalPaper Open access 18 June 2010 Pages: 217 - 220

33. Robotic thyroidectomy by a gasless unilateral axillo-breast or axillary approach: our early experiences

    • Kyung Tae
    • Yong Bae Ji
    • Chul Won Park

    OriginalPaper 22 June 2010 Pages: 221 - 228

    

34. Single-port laparoscopic repair of a perforated duodenal ulcer: intracorporeal “cross and twine” knotting

    • Junhyun Lee
    • Kiyoung Sung
    • Wook Kim

    OriginalPaper 12 June 2010 Pages: 229 - 233

    

35. Comparison of the open tension-free mesh-plug, transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP), and totally extraperitoneal (TEP) laparoscopic techniques for primary unilateral inguinal hernia repair: a prospective randomized controlled trial

    • Ke Gong
    • Nengwei Zhang
    • Haijun Jiang

    OriginalPaper 15 June 2010 Pages: 234 - 239

36. S052: a comparison of robot-assisted, laparoscopic, and open surgery in the treatment of rectal cancer

    • Jun Seok Park
    • Gyu-Seog Choi
    • Soo Han Jun

    OriginalPaper 15 June 2010 Pages: 240 - 248

    

37. Feasibility of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication after pediatric lung or heart–lung transplantation: should this be the standard?

    • Chi Zheng
    • Timothy D. Kane
    • Victor O. Morell

    OriginalPaper 29 June 2010 Pages: 249 - 254

38. Treatment strategy for recurrent or residual colorectal tumors after endoscopic resection

    • Taku Sakamoto
    • Yutaka Saito
    • Takahiro Fujii

    OriginalPaper 18 June 2010 Pages: 255 - 260

    

39. Computed tomography to detect accessory spleens before laparoscopic splenectomy: is it necessary?

    • Conal Quah
    • Georgios D. Ayiomamitis
    • Basil J. Ammori

    OriginalPaper 22 June 2010 Pages: 261 - 265

40. Microlaparoscopic pyloromyotomy in children: initial experiences with a new technique

    • Salmai Turial
    • Jan Enders
    • Felix Schier

    OriginalPaper 18 June 2010 Pages: 266 - 270

    

41. Laparoscopic resection of small gastric submucosal tumors

    • Ki-Jin Ryu
    • Sae-Rom Jung
    • Chong-Suk Kim

    OriginalPaper 18 June 2010 Pages: 271 - 277

    

42. Laparoscopic resection for rectal cancer: a case-matched study

    • Andre da Luz Moreira
    • Isabella Mor
    • Ravi P. Kiran

    OriginalPaper 29 June 2010 Pages: 278 - 283

    

43. Overcoming the difficulties in laparoscopic management of contracted gallbladders with gallstones: possible role of fundus-down approach

    • Shing-Moo Huang
    • Kuang-Ming Hsiao
    • Wing-Yiu Lui

    OriginalPaper 10 July 2010 Pages: 284 - 291

    

44. Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB): surgical results and 5-year follow-up

    • Camilo Boza
    • Cristian Gamboa
    • Luis Ibáñez

    OriginalPaper 22 July 2010 Pages: 292 - 297

    

45. Gasless laparoendoscopic single-site surgery with abdominal wall lift in general surgery: initial experience

    • Guangyong Zhang
    • Shaozhuang Liu
    • Sanyuan Hu

    OriginalPaper 07 July 2010 Pages: 298 - 304

    

46. Technical feasibility of laparoscopic total mesorectal excision for patients with low rectal cancer after concurrent radiation and chemotherapy with bevacizumab plus FOLFOX

    • Jin-Tung Liang
    • Hong-Shiee Lai
    • Kuo-Wei Cheng

    Dynamic Manuscript 05 June 2010 Pages: 305 - 308

47. Ventricular fibrillation caused by electrocoagulation in monopolar mode during laparoscopic subphrenic mass resection

    • Chun-Yan Yan
    • Xiu-Jun Cai
    • Hong Yu

    Dynamic Manuscript Open access 30 June 2010 Pages: 309 - 311

48. Hand-assisted laparoscopy for wandering spleen

    • Michael Cripps
    • Jonathan Svahn

    Video Open access 29 May 2010 Pages: 312 - 312

49. Laparoscopic rectopexy with posterior mesh fixation

    • Oded Zmora
    • Marat Khaikin
    • Amram Ayalon

    Multimedia Manuscript 22 June 2010 Pages: 313 - 314

50. Durability of the self-approximating translumenal access technique (STAT) for potential use in natural orifice translumenal surgery (NOTES)

    • Matthew T. Moyer
    • Eric M. Pauli
    • Randy S. Haluck

    New Technology 20 August 2010 Pages: 315 - 322