1. Better health care with improved safety ... but how?

   • A. Cuschieri

   Editorial 21 April 2004 Pages: 725 - 726

2. Efficacy and safety of reuse of disposable laparoscopic instruments in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a prospective randomized study

   • T. Colak
   • G. Ersoz
   • S. Aydin

   Original article 19 March 2004 Pages: 727 - 731

3. Laparoscopic resections for colorectal cancer: Does conversion survival?

   • H. Moloo
   • J. Mamazza
   • C. M. Schlachta

   Original article 06 April 2004 Pages: 732 - 735

   

4. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided transrectal aspiration of pelvic fluid collections

   • M. Sailer
   • D. Bussen
   • A. Thiede

   Original article 06 April 2004 Pages: 736 - 740

   

5. Laparoscopic approach in the treatment of epiphrenic diverticula: long-term results

   • A. Del Genio
   • G. Rossetti
   • G. Del Genio

   Original article 06 April 2004 Pages: 741 - 745

   

6. Early feeding after laparoscopic pyloromyotomy: the pros and cons

   • J. D. W. van der Bilt
   • W. L. M. Kramer
   • N. M. A. Bax

   Original article 19 March 2004 Pages: 746 - 748

   

7. Laparoscopic Appendectomy Using Endoloops: A Prospective, Randomized Clinical Trial

   • G. Beldi
   • K. Muggli
   • R. Schlumpf

   Original article 19 March 2004 Pages: 749 - 750

8. Laparoscopic nephrectomy for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

   • Y. Bendavid
   • H. Moloo
   • J. Mamazza

   Original article 19 March 2004 Pages: 751 - 754

   

9. Experience with routine intraabdominal cultures during laparoscopic gastric bypass with implications for antibiotic prophylaxis

   • M. D. Williams
   • J. K. Champion

   Original article 02 February 2004 Pages: 755 - 756

10. Can the procedure for prolapsing hemorrhoids (PPH) be done twice? Results of a porcine model

    • O. Zmora
    • P. Colquhoun
    • S. D. Wexner

    Original article 23 January 2004 Pages: 757 - 761

    

11. Laparoscopic management of common bile duct stones

    • S. Ebner
    • J. Rechner
    • G. Szinicz

    Original article 02 February 2004 Pages: 762 - 765

12. Hematological long-term results of laparoscopic splenectomy for patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: a case control study

    • F. J. Berends
    • N. Schep
    • G. Kazemier

    Original article 02 February 2004 Pages: 766 - 770

13. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy

    • G. David
    • M. Yoav
    • P. Reissman

    Original article 06 April 2004 Pages: 771 - 773

14. Preoperative lower esophageal sphincter pressure has little influence on the outcome of laparoscopic Heller myotomy for achalasia

    • M. V. Gorodner
    • C. Galvani
    • M. G. Patti

    Original article 02 April 2004 Pages: 774 - 778

    

15. Disruptive visions: surgical education

    • R. M. Satava

    Original article 19 March 2004 Pages: 779 - 781

16. Computer-enhanced laparoscopic training system (CELTS): bridging the gap

    • N. Stylopoulos
    • S. Cotin
    • S.L. Dawson

    Original article 06 April 2004 Pages: 782 - 789

    

17. Dexterity enhancement with robotic surgery

    • K. Moorthy
    • Y. Munz
    • A. Darzi

    Original article 06 April 2004 Pages: 790 - 795

    

18. Outpatient laparoscopic surgery: feasibility and consequences for education and health care costs

    • J. Skattum
    • B. Edwin
    • T. Buanes

    Original article 06 April 2004 Pages: 796 - 801

19. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for biliary dyskinesia

    • J. Bingener
    • M. L. Richards
    • K. R. Sirinek

    Original article 02 April 2004 Pages: 802 - 806

    

20. Aberrant left hepatic artery in laparoscopic antireflux procedures

    • P. J. Klingler
    • M. H. Seelig
    • R. A. Hinder

    Original article 02 April 2004 Pages: 807 - 811

    

21. Laparoscopically assisted transhiatal resection for malignancies of the distal esophagus

    • W. T. Van den Broek
    • Ö. Makay
    • M. A. Cuesta

    Original article 06 April 2004 Pages: 812 - 817

    

22. Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication after failure of Enteryx injection into the lower esophageal sphincter

    • I. El Nakadi
    • J. Closset
    • M. Gelin

    Original article 06 April 2004 Pages: 818 - 820

    

23. Comparison between the right side and subxiphoid bilateral approaches in performing video-assisted thoracoscopic extended thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

    • C. -P. Hsu
    • C. -Y. Chuang
    • C. -Y. Chen

    Original article 06 April 2004 Pages: 821 - 824

    

24. Two-trocar adnexal surgery: a “quasi” scarless operation

    • F. Ghezzi
    • L. Raio
    • P. Bolis

    Original article 06 April 2004 Pages: 825 - 828

    

25. Prolonged intraperitoneal versus extraperitoneal insufflation of carbon dioxide in patients undergoing totally endoscopic robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

    • D. Meininger
    • C. Byhahn
    • K. Westphal

    Original article 06 April 2004 Pages: 829 - 833

    

26. Videobronchoscopic guidance makes percutaneous dilational tracheostomy safer

    • M. Oberwalder
    • H. Weiss
    • C. Profanter

    Original article 06 April 2004 Pages: 839 - 842

27. Infrasternal mediastinoscopic surgery for anterior mediastinal masses

    • A. Uchiyama
    • S. Shimizu
    • M. Tanaka

    Original article 06 April 2004 Pages: 843 - 846

    

28. Usefulness of epidural anesthesia in gynecologic laparoscopic surgery for infertility in comparison to general anesthesia

    • K. Kuramochi
    • Y. Osuga
    • Y. Taketani

    Original article 02 April 2004 Pages: 847 - 851

    

29. Laparoscopy alone is superior to peritoneal cytology in staging gastric and esophageal carcinoma

    • M. B. Wilkiemeyer
    • S. C. Bieligk
    • J. B. Fleming

    Original article 02 April 2004 Pages: 852 - 856

    

30. Should carcinoma of the colon be treated laparoscopically?

    • R. L. Whelan
    • T. M. Young-Fadok

    Point/Counterpoint 06 April 2004 Pages: 857 - 862

31. Needle–knife suprapapillary sphincterotomy avoids postprocedure pancreatitis in patients with sphincter of Oddi dysfunction of biliary type II: a report of three cases

    • P. Katsinelos
    • A. Beltsis
    • S. Baltagiannis

    Case report 02 February 2004 Pages: 868 - 870

    

32. Thoracoscopic plication of the diaphragm for postoperative phrenic paralysis: a report of two cases

    • B. Alkofer
    • Y. Le Roux
    • G. Samama

    Case report 02 February 2004 Pages: 868 - 870

    

33. Robot-assisted mediastinal parathyroidectomy

    • C. Profanter
    • T. Schmid
    • J. Bodner

    Case report 02 February 2004 Pages: 868 - 870

    

34. Laparoscopic approach for early gastric cancer within a paraesophageal hiatal hernia

    • S. M. Shah
    • S. W. Lee
    • N. Tanigawa

    Case report 02 February 2004 Pages: 868 - 870

    

35. Intrahepatic subcapsular hematoma complicating laparoscopic cholecystectomy

    • D. S. Bhandarkar
    • A. N. Katara
    • R. S. Shah

    Case report 02 February 2004 Pages: 868 - 870

    

36. Endoscopic repair of gastrostomy after inadvertent removal of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube

    • J. M. Blocksom
    • C. Sugawa
    • E. Field

    Case report 02 February 2004 Pages: 868 - 870

    

37. Simultaneous bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy: a surgical option for multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN 2) patients with bilateral pheochromocytomas

    • P. Zimmerman
    • M. DaSilva
    • H. Simon

    Case report 19 March 2004 Pages: 870 - 870

38. Laparoscopic transperitoneal clipping of the inferior mesenteric artery for the management of type II endoleak after endovascular repair of an aneurysm

    • P. Ho
    • W. L. Law
    • S. W. K. Cheng

    Case report 19 March 2004 Pages: 870 - 870

    

39. Laparoscopic removal of ingested pin penetrating the gastric wall in an immunosuppressed patient

    • C. Braumann
    • O. Goette
    • C. A. Jacobi

    Case report 19 March 2004 Pages: 870 - 870

    

40. Pitfalls and complications with laparoscopic intraperitoneal expanded polytetrafluoroethylene patch of postoperative ventral hernia

    • G. R. Verma

    Letters to the editor 13 May 2003 Pages: 871 - 871

41. Randomized trial of different Intraabdominal pressures and acid–base balance alterations during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

    • S. Tou
    • D. Singh-Ranger

    Letter to the editor 06 April 2004 Pages: 872 - 872

42. The author replies

    • R. Šefr
    • K. Puszkailer

    Letter to the editor 06 April 2004 Pages: 873 - 873

43. Dislocation of the mandible

    • Q. Mangi
    • P. F. Ridgway
    • D. Evoy

    Erratum Pages: 874 - 874

44. 2004 Scientific Session of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Denver, Colorado, USA, 31 March–3 April 2004

    • Springer-Verlag

    Erratum Pages: 875 - 875

45. News and notices

    • Springer-Verlag

    Announcements Pages: 876 - 878