1. Message from the Editors-in-Chief

   • F. Basile
   • F. Calise

   Editorial 11 April 2015 Pages: 1 - 2

2. Local anaesthetic infiltration for the rubber band ligation of early symptomatic haemorrhoids: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   • M. S. Sajid
   • M. I. Bhatti
   • M. K. Baig

   Review Article 28 February 2015 Pages: 3 - 9

   

3. Associated liver and multivisceral resections: should we extend the frontiers of resectability?

   • Martin de Santibañes
   • Agustin Dietrich
   • Eduardo de Santibañes

   Original Article 17 February 2015 Pages: 11 - 17

   

4. Surgery for isolated liver metastases from pancreatic cancer

   • Nicola Zanini
   • Raffaele Lombardi
   • Elio Jovine

   Original Article 22 February 2015 Pages: 19 - 25

   

5. Robotic liver surgery: preliminary experience in a tertiary hepato-biliary unit

   • Emanuele Felli
   • Roberto Santoro
   • Giuseppe M. Ettorre

   Original Article 08 March 2015 Pages: 27 - 32

   

6. The unreliability of continuous postoperative lactate monitoring after extended hepatectomies: single center experience

   • Duilio Pagano
   • Alessandro Tropea
   • Salvatore Gruttadauria

   Original Article 21 February 2015 Pages: 33 - 37

7. A new system of microwave ablation at 2450 MHz: preliminary experience

   • Anna Maria Ierardi
   • Alberto Mangano
   • Gianpaolo Carrafiello

   Original Article 17 March 2015 Pages: 39 - 45

   

8. Role of KRAS mutation as predictor of pathologic response after neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy for rectal cancer

   • Jacopo Martellucci
   • Giovanni Alemanno
   • Andrea Valeri

   Original Article 22 February 2015 Pages: 47 - 53

9. Splenic flexure colon cancers: minimally invasive treatment

   • Valentino Fiscon
   • Giuseppe Portale
   • Flavio Frigo

   Original Article 22 February 2015 Pages: 55 - 59

10. Palliative therapy for esophageal cancer: laser therapy alone is associated with a better functional outcome

    • Anna Pozza
    • Francesca R. Erroi
    • Lorenzo Norberto

    Original Article 28 January 2015 Pages: 61 - 67

    

11. Laparoscopy assisted distal gastrectomy for T1 to T2 stage gastric cancer: a pilot study of three ports technique

    • Anwar Tawfik Amin
    • Adel Gabr
    • Hamza Abbas

    Original Article 07 February 2015 Pages: 69 - 74

    

12. Tracheoesophageal fistula in adults due to corrosive ingestion: challenges in management

    • Vikas Gupta
    • Kailash C. Kurdia
    • Rakesh Kochhar

    Original Article 17 April 2015 Pages: 75 - 81

    

13. Combined approach in the treatment of chronic anal fissures

    • S. Vershenya
    • J. Klotz
    • A. Herold

    Original Article 21 April 2015 Pages: 83 - 89

    

14. Phylloides tumours of the breast: best practice for follow-up

    • Senthurun Mylvaganam
    • Clare Toro
    • Steven Thrush

    Original Article 11 January 2015 Pages: 91 - 95

    

15. Metastasis in lymph nodes on the anterior pancreatic surface of the body and tail: an extremely rare finding during bursectomy in extended surgery for gastric cancer

    • Konstantinos Blouhos
    • Konstantinos A. Boulas
    • Anestis Hatzigeorgiadis

    Letter to the Editor 19 December 2014 Pages: 97 - 98