1. Lessons from the past

   • F. Basile
   • Fulvio Calise

   Commentary 03 September 2020 Pages: 563 - 563

2. The Italian mobile surgical units in the Great War: the modernity of the past

   • Contardo Vergani
   • Marco Venturi

   Historical article Open access 02 September 2020 Pages: 565 - 572

   

3. Robotic versus laparoscopic surgery for gastric cancer: an overview of systematic reviews with quality assessment of current evidence

   • Nobuaki Hoshino
   • Katsuhiro Murakami
   • Yoshiharu Sakai

   Review Article 15 May 2020 Pages: 573 - 582

   

4. Surgical education interventions in liver surgery: a systematic review

   • Nikdokht Rashidian
   • Maaike Vierstraete
   • Wouter Willaert

   Review Article 27 April 2020 Pages: 583 - 594

   

5. Use of machine perfusion in livers showing steatosis prior to transplantation: a systematic review

   • Quirino Lai
   • Franco Ruberto
   • Massimo Rossi

   Review Article 24 May 2020 Pages: 595 - 604

   

6. Autologous peritoneal graft for venous vascular reconstruction after tumor resection in abdominal surgery: a systematic review

   • Alfonso Lapergola
   • Emanuele Felli
   • Patrick Pessaux

   Review Article 06 March 2020 Pages: 605 - 615

   

7. MRI of mucinous pancreatic cystic lesions: a new updated morphological approach for the differential diagnosis

   • Giuseppe Mamone
   • Luca Barresi
   • Roberto Miraglia

   Review Article 27 May 2020 Pages: 617 - 637

   

8. Laparoscopic versus open complete mesocolic excision: a systematic review by updated meta-analysis

   • Paschalis Gavriilidis
   • R. Justin Davies
   • Salomone Di Saverio

   Review Article 29 May 2020 Pages: 639 - 648

   

9. The impact of enhanced recovery on open and laparoscopic liver resections

   • Francesco Giovinazzo
   • Christoph Kuemmerli
   • Mohammed Abu Hilal

   Original Article 16 May 2020 Pages: 649 - 657

   

10. Infrarenal versus supraceliac aorto-hepatic arterial revascularisation in adult liver transplantation: multicentre retrospective study

    • M. Vivarelli
    • A. Benedetti Cacciaguerra
    • F. Mocchegiani

    Original Article 27 June 2020 Pages: 659 - 669

    

11. Is the outcome after hepatectomy for transitional hepatocholangiocarcinoma different from that of hepatocellular carcinoma and mass-forming cholangiocarcinoma? A case-matched analysis

    • Damiano Gentile
    • Matteo Donadon
    • Guido Torzilli

    Original Article 22 May 2020 Pages: 671 - 679

    

12. The impact of personalized nutritional support on postoperative outcome within the enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program for liver resections: results from the NutriCatt protocol

    • Francesco Ardito
    • Quirino Lai
    • Felice Giuliante

    Original Article 14 May 2020 Pages: 681 - 691

    

13. Seasonal variations in pancreatic surgery outcome A retrospective time-trend analysis of 2748 Whipple procedures

    • Giovanni Marchegiani
    • Stefano Andrianello
    • Claudio Bassi

    Original Article Open access 20 August 2020 Pages: 693 - 700

    

14. Laparoscopic vs. open pancreaticoduodenectomy: a comparative study in elderly people

    • Yuwei Tan
    • Tianyu Tang
    • Xuemin Chen

    Original Article 09 March 2020 Pages: 701 - 707

15. Distal pancreatectomy with en bloc celiac axis resection for pancreatic cancer: a pooled analysis of 109 cases

    • Jianfa Lan
    • Yufeng Chen
    • Yanming Zhou

    Original Article 03 June 2020 Pages: 709 - 715

    

16. The bridge stenting-based internal drainage in pancreatic trauma patients with main pancreatic duct injury

    • Xu-dong Wen
    • Dan-qing Liu
    • Wei-hui Liu

    Original Article 22 June 2020 Pages: 717 - 726

    

17. Role of drain amylase levels assay and routinary postoperative day 3 abdominal CT scan in prevention of complications and management of surgical drains after pancreaticoduodenectomy

    • Damiano Caputo
    • Silvia Angeletti
    • Roberto Coppola

    Original Article 14 May 2020 Pages: 727 - 741

    

18. Trends and progress of bariatric and metabolic surgery in India

    • Aparna Govil Bhasker
    • Arun Prasad
    • on behalf of the Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of India (OSSI)

    Original Article 24 April 2020 Pages: 743 - 749

    

19. Feasibility and safety of an enhanced recovery protocol (ERP) for upper GI surgery in elderly patients (≥ 75 years) in a high-volume surgical center

    • Carlo Alberto De Pasqual
    • Lorena Torroni
    • Jacopo Weindelmayer

    Original Article 02 June 2020 Pages: 751 - 760

20. Fluorescence-guided lymphadenectomy in gastric cancer: a prospective western series

    • Gian Luca Baiocchi
    • Sarah Molfino
    • Federico Gheza

    Original Article 30 June 2020 Pages: 761 - 772

    

21. Impact of surgery on quality of life in Crohn’s disease: short- and mid-term follow-up

    • Stefano D’Ugo
    • Francesca Romano
    • Giuseppe S. Sica

    Original Article 17 March 2020 Pages: 773 - 780

    

22. Italian multi-society modified Delphi consensus on the definition and management of anastomotic leakage in colorectal surgery

    • Antonino Spinelli
    • Gabriele Anania
    • Marco Montorsi

    Original Article 01 July 2020 Pages: 781 - 792

    

23. The prognostic impact of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy on lymph node sampling in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer

    • Giovanni Li Destri
    • Andrea Maugeri
    • Antonella Agodi

    Original Article Open access 06 July 2020 Pages: 793 - 800

    

24. Should radical surgery for rectal cancer be offered to elderly population? A propensity-matching analysis on short- and long-term outcomes

    • Nicolò Tamini
    • Alessandro Giani
    • Luca Gianotti

    Original Article 08 February 2020 Pages: 801 - 809

    

25. Risk factors for adverse events after elective colorectal surgery: beware of blood transfusions

    • The Italian ColoRectal Anastomotic Leakage (iCral) study group

    Original Article 12 May 2020 Pages: 811 - 819

26. Laparoscopic ileo-colic resection and right hemicolectomy for Crohn’s disease and colon cancer: a preliminary comparative study on post-operative outcome

    • Alessandro Tiberi
    • Benedetta Pesi
    • Stefano Scaringi

    Original Article 18 April 2020 Pages: 821 - 826

27. Functional and quality of life outcomes after ileal pouch–anal anastomosis in short versus long ileal J-pouch configuration in ulcerative colitis patients: a cohort study

    • Seyed Amir Miratashi Yazdi
    • Mohammad Sadegh Fazeli
    • Behnam Behboudi

    Original Article 17 January 2020 Pages: 827 - 833

    

28. Laparoscopy improves failure to rescue compared to open surgery for emergent colectomy

    • Richa Patel
    • Krishan S. Patel
    • Aziz M. Merchant

    Original Article 09 June 2020 Pages: 835 - 844

    

29. Transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) using flexible endoscope with laparoscopic assistance: a pilot study in porcine models

    • Tao Sun
    • Zhen Cao
    • Shoubin Ning

    Original Article 12 May 2020 Pages: 845 - 850

    

30. Postoperative discomfort and pain in the management of hemorrhoidal disease: laser hemorrhoidoplasty, a minimal invasive treatment of symptomatic hemorrhoids

    • Luigi Brusciano
    • Claudio Gambardella
    • Ludovico Docimo

    Original Article 23 November 2019 Pages: 851 - 857

    

31. The importance of discussing mortality risk prior to emergency laparotomy

    • Vernon Sivarajah
    • Una Walsh
    • Gianluca Pellino

    Original Article 08 May 2020 Pages: 859 - 865

32. Impact of COVID-19 on thyroid cancer surgery and adjunct therapy

    • Sohail Bakkar
    • Khaled Al-Omar
    • Paolo Miccoli

    Original Article 14 June 2020 Pages: 867 - 869

33. The impact of radioactive iodine treatment on survival among papillary thyroid cancer patients according to the 7th and 8th editions of the AJCC/TNM staging system: a SEER-based study

    • Xiangxiang Liu
    • Yaguang Fan
    • Zhaowei Meng

    Original Article 27 April 2020 Pages: 871 - 884

    

34. Transcutaneous laryngeal ultrasonography: a reliable, non-invasive and inexpensive preoperative method in the evaluation of vocal cords motility—a prospective multicentric analysis on a large series and a literature review

    • Claudio Gambardella
    • Chiara Offi
    • Giovanni Docimo

    Original Article 02 March 2020 Pages: 885 - 892

    

35. Evolution and time trends of nipple-sparing mastectomy: a single-center experience

    • Erika Barbieri
    • Federico Frusone
    • Corrado Tinterri

    Original Article 24 May 2020 Pages: 893 - 899

    

36. Laparoscopic tubularized continent gastrostomy: an alternative to tube gastrostomies

    • Marco Lotti
    • Giulia Carrara
    • Michela Giulii Capponi

    Technical Note 19 May 2020 Pages: 901 - 905

    

37. Preventing transmission among operating room staff during COVID-19 pandemic: the role of the Aerosol Box and other personal protective equipment

    • F. Bianco
    • P. Incollingo
    • G. Gallo

    Technical Note 24 May 2020 Pages: 907 - 910

    

38. The robotic-assisted approach for left-side predominance hilar cholangiocarcinoma: a video technique

    • Marco Vito Marino
    • Gianluca Pellino
    • Ali Ahmad

    Letter to the Editor 24 April 2020 Pages: 911 - 912

39. Shifting from donor to donor-recipient matching perspective in defining indications for machine perfusion in liver transplantation

    • Damiano Patrono
    • Francesco Lupo
    • Renato Romagnoli

    Letter to the Editor 15 June 2020 Pages: 913 - 915

    

40. Gangrenous cholecystitis during hospitalization for SARS-CoV2 infection

    • Emanuele Asti
    • Andrea Lovece
    • Luigi Bonavina

    Letter to the Editor 26 May 2020 Pages: 917 - 919

    

41. Use of LARS score beyond radical rectal surgery

    • Roberto Peltrini
    • Paola Antonella Greco
    • Luigi Bucci

    Letter to the Editor 07 January 2020 Pages: 921 - 922

42. Clinical findings of patients with pseudomyxoma peritonei of appendiceal origin undergoing Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC)

    • Christos Iavazzo
    • John Spiliotis

    Letter to the Editor 29 June 2020 Pages: 923 - 924