1. Message from the Editors-in-Chief

   • F. Basile
   • F. Calise

   Foreword 19 March 2019 Pages: 1 - 1

2. The dilemma of surgical research between evidences and experience, impact factor and innovation

   • Luca Viganò
   • Antonio Giuliani
   • Fulvio Calise

   Editorial and Commentary 20 March 2019 Pages: 3 - 5

3. Past, present, and future of donation after circulatory death in Italy

   • Luciano De Carlis
   • Riccardo De Carlis
   • Paolo Muiesan

   Editorial and Commentary 12 March 2019 Pages: 7 - 9

4. The role of the mesentery in reducing recurrence after surgery in Crohn’s disease

   • Dakshitha Wickramasinghe
   • Janindra Warusavitarne

   Editorial and Commentary 02 February 2019 Pages: 11 - 12

5. Is taTME delivering?

   • M. Gachabayov
   • R Bergamaschi

   Editorial and Commentary 22 February 2019 Pages: 13 - 15

6. Hyponatremia could identify patients with intrabdominal sepsis and anastomotic leak after colorectal surgery: a systematic review of the literature

   • Ahmad Alsaleh
   • Gianluca Pellino
   • Christos Kontovounisios

   Review Article 08 February 2019 Pages: 17 - 20

   

7. Is there a role for treatment-oriented surgery in stage IV gastric cancer? A systematic review

   • Sarah Molfino
   • Zeno Ballarini
   • Gian Luca Baiocchi

   Review Article 23 July 2018 Pages: 21 - 27

   

8. Transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME): current status and future perspectives

   • Andrea Vignali
   • Ugo Elmore
   • Riccardo Rosati

   Review Article 08 February 2019 Pages: 29 - 37

9. Comparison between robotic and open liver resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis of short-term outcomes

   • Nikolaos Machairas
   • Dimetrios Papaconstantinou
   • Ioannis D. Kostakis

   Review Article 04 February 2019 Pages: 39 - 48

   

10. Ultrasound liver map technique for laparoscopic liver resections: perioperative outcomes are not impaired by technical complexity

    • Alessandro Ferrero
    • Nadia Russolillo
    • Roberto Lo Tesoriere

    Original Article 27 March 2019 Pages: 49 - 56

    

11. Dissecting the multinodular hepatocellular carcinoma subset: is there a survival benefit after hepatectomy?

    • Matteo Donadon
    • Andrea Fontana
    • Guido Torzilli

    Original Article 09 March 2019 Pages: 57 - 66

    

12. The ALPPS procedure: hepatocellular carcinoma as a main indication. An Italian single-center experience

    • Giovanni Vennarecci
    • Daniele Ferraro
    • Giuseppe Maria Ettorre

    Original Article 25 September 2018 Pages: 67 - 75

    

13. SICE national survey: current state on the adoption of laparoscopic approach to the treatment of colorectal disease in Italy

    • Ugo Elmore
    • Andrea Vignali
    • SICE colorectal collaborative group

    Original Article 23 November 2018 Pages: 77 - 81

    

14. Applications of indocyanine green-enhanced fluorescence in laparoscopic colorectal resections

    • Caterina Santi
    • Lorenzo Casali
    • Vincenzo Violi

    Original Article 03 December 2018 Pages: 83 - 88

    

15. Laparoscopic versus open colectomy: the impact of frailty on outcomes

    • Pankti Kothari
    • Dominick V. Congiusta
    • Aziz M. Merchant

    Original Article 16 April 2018 Pages: 89 - 96

    

16. Application of minimally invasive pancreatic surgery: an Italian survey

    • Giovanni Capretti
    • Ugo Boggi
    • Alessandro Zerbi

    Original Article 16 May 2018 Pages: 97 - 103

    

17. Use of laparoscopic colectomy increasing in trauma: comparison of laparoscopic vs. open colectomy

    • Areg Grigorian
    • Alessio Pigazzi
    • Jeffry Nahmias

    Original Article 24 August 2018 Pages: 105 - 111

18. Barbed vs conventional sutures in bariatric surgery: a propensity score analysis from a high-volume center

    • Francesco Pennestrì
    • Pierpaolo Gallucci
    • Marco Raffaelli

    Original Article 06 September 2018 Pages: 113 - 120

19. Outcomes and indications for emergency thoracotomy after adoption of a more liberal policy in a western European level 1 trauma centre: 8-year experience

    • Edoardo Segalini
    • Luca Di Donato
    • Bologna Trauma Team collaborative group

    Original Article Open access 26 December 2018 Pages: 121 - 127

    

20. Fully robotic left hepatectomy for malignant tumor: technique and initial results

    • Marco Vito Marino
    • Gaspare Gulotta
    • Andrzej Lech Komorowski

    Original Article 06 July 2018 Pages: 129 - 135

    

21. Robotic versus standard open pancreatectomy: a propensity score-matched analysis comparison

    • Benedetto Ielpo
    • Riccardo Caruso
    • Emilio Vicente

    Original Article 26 March 2018 Pages: 137 - 144

22. Robotic distal pancreatectomy with selective closure of pancreatic duct: surgical outcomes

    • Luca Moraldi
    • Benedetta Pesi
    • Andrea Coratti

    Original Article 14 November 2018 Pages: 145 - 150

    

23. Right colectomy: consecutive 100 patients treated with laparoscopic and robotic technique for malignancy. Cumulative experience in a single centre

    • J. L. Mégevand
    • M. Amboldi
    • A. Rusconi

    Original Article 17 November 2018 Pages: 151 - 156

    

24. Transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME): single-centre early experience in a selected population

    • Michele De Rosa
    • Fabio Rondelli
    • Antonio Giuliani

    Original Article 08 November 2018 Pages: 157 - 163

25. Isolated thoracic perfusion in lung metastases from breast cancer: a retrospective observational study

    • Stefano Guadagni
    • Karl Aigner
    • Marco Clementi

    Original Article 12 December 2018 Pages: 165 - 177

    

26. Video-assisted ablation of pilonidal sinus (VAAPS) versus sinusectomy for treatment of chronic pilonidal sinus disease: a comparative study

    • Marco Milone
    • Nunzio Velotti
    • Giovanni Domenico De Palma

    Original Article 12 December 2018 Pages: 179 - 183

    

27. Use of 3D models for planning, simulation, and training in vascular surgery

    • Andrea Moglia
    • Gregorio Di Franco
    • Luca Morelli

    Letter to the Editor 25 February 2019 Pages: 185 - 186

28. Limits of continuous neural monitoring in thyroid surgery

    • Hui Sun
    • Che-Wei Wu
    • Gianlorenzo Dionigi

    Letter to the Editor 11 September 2018 Pages: 187 - 188

29. Correction to: Gastroesophageal reflux disease: from heartburn to Barrett esophagus, and beyond

    • Marco G. Patti
    • Francisco Schlottmann

    Correction 21 September 2018 Pages: 189 - 189

30. REFEREES 2018

    Acknowledgement to Referees 02 March 2019 Pages: 191 - 191