1. A proposal for thyroid surgery: criteria to identify the references of endocrine surgery

   • Luca Panier Suffat
   • Guido Mondini
   • Lodovico Rosato

   Position Paper 03 October 2017 Pages: 431 - 434

2. Best practice in major elective rectal/pelvic surgery: enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)

   • Josefin Segelman
   • Jonas Nygren

   Review Article Open access 24 October 2017 Pages: 435 - 439

   

3. Tumor markers of uterine cervical cancer: a new scenario to guide surgical practice?

   • Gaetano Valenti
   • Salvatore Giovanni Vitale
   • Antonio Simone Laganà

   Review Article 16 September 2017 Pages: 441 - 449

4. Lessons learned from 300 consecutive pancreaticoduodenectomies over a 25-year experience: the “safety net” improves the outcomes beyond surgeon skills

   • Roberto Santoro
   • Roberto Luca Meniconi
   • Giuseppe Maria Ettorre

   Original Article 01 September 2017 Pages: 451 - 460

   

5. Day-case laparoscopic cholecystectomy: analysis of the factors allowing early discharge

   • Giovanni Domenico Tebala
   • Angela Belvedere
   • Abdelsalam Osman

   Original Article 21 March 2017 Pages: 461 - 469

6. Impact of radiofrequency energy on intraoperative outcomes of laparoscopic colectomy for cancer in obese patients

   • Diletta Cassini
   • Michelangelo Miccini
   • Gianandrea Baldazzi

   Original Article 04 May 2017 Pages: 471 - 477

7. Laparoscopic repair of ventral/incisional hernias with the “Slim-Mesh” technique without transabdominal fixation sutures: preliminary report on short/midterm results

   • Silvio Alen Canton
   • Claudio Pasquali

   Original Article 08 August 2017 Pages: 479 - 483

8. A new technique for tension-free reconstruction in large incisional hernia

   • Gabriele Munegato
   • Landino Fei
   • Gabriele Bellio

   Original Article Open access 13 October 2017 Pages: 485 - 491

   

9. Repair of primary and incisional hernias using composite mesh fixed with absorbable tackers: preliminary experience of a laparoscopic approach with a newly designed mesh in 29 cases

   • Ferdinando Agresta
   • Alice Marzetti
   • Salomone Di Saverio

   Original Article Open access 13 April 2017 Pages: 493 - 497

10. Myoxinol ointment for the treatment of acute fissure

    • J. Martellucci
    • G. Rossi
    • I. Giani

    Original Article 22 April 2017 Pages: 499 - 503

    

11. Continuous intraoperative neural monitoring in thyroid surgery: a Mexican experience

    • Karla Verónica Chávez
    • Jackeline Ramírez
    • Miguel F. Herrera

    Original Article 10 May 2017 Pages: 505 - 508

12. Abdominal paragangliomas: a quantitative prognostic score as predictive factor of the feasibility of the laparoscopic approach

    • Giovanni Alemanno
    • Carlo Bergamini
    • Andrea Valeri

    Original Article 23 May 2017 Pages: 509 - 515

    

13. Cost analysis of minimally invasive radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer performed by a single surgeon in an Italian center: an update in gynecologic oncological field

    • Antonio Pellegrino
    • Gianluca Raffaello Damiani
    • Aly Youssef

    Original Article 15 May 2017 Pages: 517 - 522

14. To evaluate the efficacy of an acellular Flowable matrix in comparison with a wet dressing for the treatment of patients with diabetic foot ulcers: a randomized clinical trial

    • F. Campitiello
    • M. Mancone
    • S. Canonico

    Original Article 11 May 2017 Pages: 523 - 529

    

15. Laparoscopic appendectomy vs antibiotic therapy for acute appendicitis: a propensity score-matched analysis from a multicenter cohort study

    • Gaetano Poillucci
    • Lorenzo Mortola
    • The ACTUAA-R Collaborative Working Group on Acute Appendicitis

    Original Article 03 November 2017 Pages: 531 - 540

16. The visualization of gastro-esophageal junction vascular supply during a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Role of a new device

    • Mario Musella
    • Marco Milone
    • Francesco Milone

    Technical Note 05 July 2017 Pages: 541 - 544

    

17. Modified double-barrelled wet colostomy after total pelvic exenteration

    • Antonio Macrì

    Technical Note 14 August 2017 Pages: 545 - 548

    

18. From six thousand transaminases level to three hundred after liver transplantation: a new era seems to be open

    • Matteo Ravaioli
    • Vanessa De Pace
    • Antonio D. Pinna

    Letter to the Editor 09 June 2017 Pages: 549 - 550

    

19. ItSURG: a challenge for surgical research in Italy

    • Francesco Pata
    • Gianluca Pellino
    • Italian Surgical Research Group (ItSURG)

    Letter to the Editor 12 April 2017 Pages: 551 - 552

    

20. Trans-cystic tube drainage a more viable option than T-tube for hepatic resection with cholecystectomy if external biliary drainage is desired

    • Nabil M. Nuamah

    Letter to the Editor 23 March 2017 Pages: 553 - 554

21. Erratum to: Adrenalectomy: indications and options for treatment

    • Giovanni Alemanno
    • Carlo Bergamini
    • Andrea Valeri

    Erratum 01 June 2017 Pages: 555 - 555