1. Total pancreatectomy: how, when and why?

   • Massimo Falconi

   Editorial and Commentary 20 July 2021 Pages: 1203 - 1204

2. Contemporary indications for upfront total pancreatectomy

   • Riccardo Casadei
   • Claudio Ricci
   • Francesco Minni

   Review Article 14 August 2021 Pages: 1205 - 1217

   

3. Indications to total pancreatectomy for positive neck margin after partial pancreatectomy: a review of a slippery ground

   • Stefano Crippa
   • Giulio Belfiori
   • Massimo Falconi

   Review Article 31 July 2021 Pages: 1219 - 1229

   

4. Total pancreatectomy and pancreatic fistula: friend or foe?

   • Roberto Salvia
   • Gabriella Lionetto
   • Giovanni Marchegiani

   Review Article Open access 07 August 2021 Pages: 1231 - 1236

   

5. Total pancreatectomy sequelae and quality of life: results of islet autotransplantation as a possible mitigation strategy

   • Francesca Aleotti
   • Rita Nano
   • Gianpaolo Balzano

   Review Article 28 July 2021 Pages: 1237 - 1246

   

6. The Italian Consensus on minimally invasive simultaneous resections for synchronous liver metastasis and primary colorectal cancer: A Delphi methodology

   • Aldo Rocca
   • Federica Cipriani
   • Luca Aldrighetti

   Original Article 05 June 2021 Pages: 1247 - 1265

   

7. An international multidisciplinary peer-driven consensus on the optimal use of hemostatic powders in surgical practice

   • C. Eden
   • O. C. Buonomo
   • Massimo Carlini

   Position Paper 28 July 2021 Pages: 1267 - 1273

   

8. How useful is sentinel lymph node biopsy for the status of lymph node metastasis in cT1N0M0 gastric cancer? A systematic review and meta-analysis

   • Yuqiang Huang
   • Mengting Pan
   • Bo Chen

   Review Article 15 March 2021 Pages: 1275 - 1284

   

9. Pancreatic solid pseudopapillary neoplasm in male patients: systematic review with three new cases

   • Anna Caterina Milanetto
   • Anna-Lea Gais Zürcher
   • Claudio Pasquali

   Review Article Open access 29 October 2020 Pages: 1285 - 1295

   

10. Meta-analysis of mesh-plug repair and Lichtenstein repair in the treatment of primary inguinal hernia

    • Miao Yu
    • Wen-Xian Xie
    • Li-Yan Huang

    Review Article 23 March 2021 Pages: 1297 - 1306

    

11. Flap fixation in preventing seroma formation after mastectomy: an updated meta-analysis

    • Nunzio Velotti
    • Gennaro Limite
    • Mario Musella

    Review Article Open access 22 April 2021 Pages: 1307 - 1314

    

12. Management of superficial and deep surgical site infection: an international multidisciplinary consensus

    • Gabriele Sganga
    • Mohamed Baguneid
    • Christian Eckmann

    Original Article Open access 26 March 2021 Pages: 1315 - 1325

    

13. Platelet indices in patients with acute appendicitis: a systematic review with meta-analysis

    • Guixin Shen
    • Senjuan Li
    • Zubing Mei

    Original Article 13 January 2021 Pages: 1327 - 1341

    

14. Laparoscopic distal gastrectomy in old-old patients: the first Western experience

    • Stefano Rausei
    • Federica Galli
    • Elisa Cassinotti

    Original Article 26 April 2021 Pages: 1343 - 1348

15. Percutaneous ablation of post-surgical solitary early recurrence of colorectal liver metastases is an effective “test-of-time” approach

    • Luca Vigano
    • Jacopo Galvanin
    • Guido Torzilli

    Original Article 12 April 2021 Pages: 1349 - 1358

    

16. Micronvasive behaviour of single small hepatocellular carcinoma: which treatment?

    • Roberto Santambrogio
    • Matteo Barabino
    • Marco Antonio Zappa

    Original Article 05 April 2021 Pages: 1359 - 1369

    

17. Liver resection in elderly patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: age does matter

    • Yueh-Wei Liu
    • Chee-Chien Yong
    • Yi-Hao Yen

    Original Article 09 March 2021 Pages: 1371 - 1380

    

18. An Italian survey on the use of T-tube in liver transplantation: old habits die hard!

    • Riccardo Pravisani
    • Paolo De Simone
    • Umberto Baccarani

    Original Article Open access 01 April 2021 Pages: 1381 - 1389

    

19. Clinical relevant pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy: when negative amylase levels tell the truth

    • Francesco Giovinazzo
    • Ralph Linneman
    • Zaed Hamady

    Original Article 26 March 2021 Pages: 1391 - 1397

    

20. Surgical strategy for recurrent common bile duct stones: a 10-year experience of a single center

    • HongTian Xia
    • XianLei Xin
    • Jing Wang

    Original Article 24 September 2020 Pages: 1399 - 1406

21. Modified enhanced recovery after surgery protocol in patients with acute cholecystitis: efficacy, safety and feasibility. Multicenter randomized control study

    • Taras Nechay
    • Svetlana Titkova
    • Alexander Sazhin

    Original Article 22 March 2021 Pages: 1407 - 1417

    

22. Preoperative assessment of skeletal muscle mass during magnetic resonance enterography in patients with Crohn’s disease

    • V. Celentano
    • L. Kamil-Mustafa
    • S. Luxton

    Original Article Open access 14 May 2020 Pages: 1419 - 1427

    

23. The extent of colorectal resection and short-term outcomes in patients with ulcerative colitis

    • Mohamed A. Abd El Aziz
    • William R. G. Perry
    • Kevin T. Behm

    Original Article 30 March 2021 Pages: 1429 - 1434

    

24. A novel and simple technique to close the enterotomy after intracorporeal anastomosis in laparoscopic right hemicolectomy

    • Giuseppe Portale
    • Chiara Cipollari
    • Valentino Fiscon

    Original Article 11 April 2021 Pages: 1435 - 1442

25. Cytoreductive surgery and mitomycin C hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy with CO₂ recirculation (HIPEC-CO₂) for colorectal cancer peritoneal metastases: analysis of short-term outcomes

    • Stefano Rotolo
    • Andrea Di Giorgio
    • Fabio Pacelli

    Original Article 29 March 2021 Pages: 1443 - 1448

26. Combined cervicosternotomy and cervicotomy for true retrosternal goiters: a surgical cohort study

    • S. Van Slycke
    • A.-S. Simons
    • N. Brusselaers

    Original Article Open access 29 March 2021 Pages: 1 - 10

    

27. Postoperative quality of life and cosmetic outcome between minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy and bilateral axillo-breast approach robotic thyroidectomy: a single center retrospective cohort study

    • Wei-Hsin Chen
    • Chih-Yi Chen

    Original Article 23 March 2021 Pages: 1459 - 1465

28. The THYCOVIT (Thyroid Surgery during COVID-19 pandemic in Italy) study: results from a nationwide, multicentric, case-controlled study

    • Fabio Medas
    • Gian Luca Ansaldo
    • SIUEC Collaborative Group

    Original Article Open access 16 April 2021 Pages: 1467 - 1475

    

29. Comparison of the radiofrequency ablation versus laparoscopic adrenalectomy for aldosterone-producing adenoma: a meta-analysis of perioperative outcomes and safety

    • Run-Qi Guo
    • Yuan-Ming Li
    • Xiao-Guang Li

    Original Article 24 June 2021 Pages: 1477 - 1485

    

30. Mini-laparoscopic adrenalectomy with transgastric specimen extraction

    • Fatih Sumer
    • Yusuf Murat Bag
    • Cuneyt Kayaalp

    Original Article 29 October 2020 Pages: 1487 - 1491

31. Changes in gut microbial flora after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy and their effects on post-operative weight loss

    • Reza Karami
    • Mohammad Kermansaravi
    • Abdolreza Pazouki

    Original Article 16 October 2020 Pages: 1493 - 1499

32. Bariatric surgery in over 60 years old patients: is it worth it?

    • Simone Arolfo
    • Antonio Salzano
    • Mario Morino

    Original Article 12 March 2021 Pages: 1501 - 1507

33. Bariatric surgery in Mexico: training, practice and surgical trends

    • Carlos Zerrweck
    • Nelson R. Rodríguez
    • the CMCOEM

    Original Article 09 March 2021 Pages: 1509 - 1514

34. Laparoscopic splenectomy as a definitive management option for high-grade traumatic splenic injury when non operative management is not feasible or failed: a 5-year experience from a level one trauma center with minimally invasive surgery expertise

    • Arianna Birindelli
    • Matthew Martin
    • Salomone Di Saverio

    Original Article Open access 10 April 2021 Pages: 1515 - 1531

    

35. Octogenarians with blunt splenic injury: not all geriatrics are the same

    • Rame Bashir
    • Areg Grigorian
    • Jeffry Nahmias

    Original Article 18 April 2020 Pages: 1533 - 1539

36. Transareolar uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for the treatment of male patients with peripheral pulmonary nodules: a novel technique in thoracic surgery

    • Jianbo Lin
    • Yinhe Yin
    • Fancai Lai

    Original Article 04 January 2021 Pages: 1541 - 1548

    

37. Risk factors of conversion in robotic- and video-assisted pulmonary surgery for non-small cell lung cancer

    • Dali Chen
    • Poming Kang
    • Qunyou Tan

    Original Article 04 January 2021 Pages: 1549 - 1558

    

38. Lung nodule radio-guided localization and uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery resection

    • Carlos Carvajal
    • Felipe González
    • José Carreño

    Original Article 04 January 2021 Pages: 1559 - 1566

    

39. Dynamic perioperative variation of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as an independent prognosis factor following lobectomy for NSCLC

    • Raices Micaela
    • Caram Lucas
    • Smith David

    Original Article 02 January 2021 Pages: 1567 - 1574

    

40. Fisurectomy and anoplasty with botulinum toxin injection in patients with chronic anal posterior fissure with hypertonia: a long-term evaluation

    • Beatrice D’Orazio
    • Girolamo Geraci
    • Gaetano Di Vita

    Original Article Open access 14 July 2020 Pages: 1575 - 1581

    

41. Intramural duodenal dissection for the treatment of bleeding duodenal ulcer

    • Matteo Porta
    • Erika Andreatta
    • Luigi Bonavina

    Technical Note 25 April 2021 Pages: 1583 - 1585

    

42. Liver transplantation for unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: an Italian experience

    • Salvatore Gruttadauria
    • Marco Barbara
    • Rosa Liotta

    Letter to the Editor 03 May 2021 Pages: 1587 - 1588

43. A new plasty as treatment for end-colostomy stenosis

    • Javier Gómez Sánchez
    • Juan Alfredo Ubiña Martínez
    • Javier Gutierrez Sainz

    Letter to the Editor 13 April 2021 Pages: 1589 - 1590

    

44. Letter to the editor

    • Beatrice D’Orazio
    • Girolamo Geraci
    • Gaetano Di Vita

    Letter to the Editor 11 January 2021 Pages: 1591 - 1592

45. SARS-CoV-2 peritoneal positivity and emergency surgery: is there any putative predisposing factor?

    • Mirko Barone
    • Massimo Ippoliti
    • Felice Mucilli

    Letter to the Editor 03 May 2021 Pages: 1593 - 1595

46. Correction to: Changes in surgicaL behaviOrs dUring the CoviD-19 pandemic. The SICE CLOUD19 Study

    • Umberto Bracale
    • Mauro Podda
    • the CLOUD-19 Collaborative Group

    Correction 11 May 2021 Pages: 1597 - 1597