1. Foreword

   • Fulvio Calise
   • Francesco Basile

   Foreword 02 June 2022 Pages: 801 - 801

2. Women in Surgery Italia: what are the opportunities in the operatory room? Results from a nationwide interdisciplinary survey

   • Daniela Lucidi
   • Sara Parini
   • Gaya Spolverato

   Original Article 03 June 2022 Pages: 803 - 816

   

3. Commentary on the manuscript “Women surgeons in Italy”: drawbacks and opportunities. Results from a nationwide interdisciplinary survey by women in surgery Italia

   • Gabriela Moeslein

   Letter to the Editor 15 June 2022 Pages: 817 - 819

4. Prognostic role of preoperative albumin-bilirubin score in posthepatectomy liver failure and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   • Qing Pang
   • Shuai Zhou
   • Zheng Lu

   Review Article 19 May 2021 Pages: 821 - 831

   

5. Safety and oncological outcomes of natural orifice specimen extraction surgery compared with conventional laparoscopic surgery for right hemicolectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   • Kang Wang
   • Wenya Li
   • Yiyao Zhang

   Original Article 18 March 2022 Pages: 833 - 842

   

6. Ultra-minimally invasive surgery in gynecological patients: a review of the literature

   • Marco La Verde
   • Gaetano Riemma
   • Stefano Cianci

   Review Article Open access 02 April 2022 Pages: 843 - 855

   

7. The comparison of self-gripping mesh and conventional mesh in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: the results of meta-analysis

   • Dianchen Wang
   • Jianwu Jiang
   • Pan Qu

   Review Article 16 January 2022 Pages: 857 - 863

   

8. Effect of hyaluronate-based bioresorbable membrane (Seprafilm) on outcomes of abdominal surgery: a meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomised controlled trials

   • Shahin Hajibandeh
   • Shahab Hajibandeh
   • Indika Ratnayake

   Original Article 20 June 2021 Pages: 865 - 881

   

9. Laparoscopic right colectomy: changes in surgical technique and perioperative management allow better postoperative results in a comparative series of 361 patients

   • Michele Grieco
   • Rosa Marcellinaro
   • Massimo Carlini

   Original Article 12 April 2022 Pages: 883 - 890

10. Preoperative predictors of non-transplantable recurrence after resection for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma: application in an East Asian cohort

    • Wei-Feng Li
    • Yi-Hao Yen
    • Chih-Che Lin

    Original Article 13 January 2022 Pages: 891 - 897

    

11. Primary closure versus T-tube drainage after laparoscopic common bile duct exploration in patients with non-severe acute cholangitis

    • You Jiang
    • Jun Zhang
    • Liang Li

    Original Article 06 January 2022 Pages: 899 - 906

12. Robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) with side-to-side semi-mechanical anastomosis: analysis of a learning curve

    • Fabrizio Rebecchi
    • Luca Domenico Bonomo
    • Mario Morino

    Original Article 11 April 2022 Pages: 907 - 916

    

13. Transaxillary gasless endoscopic hemithyroidectomy versus conventional open hemithyroidectomy: early single-centre experience

    • K. Jasaitis
    • M. Skimelyte
    • A. Dauksa

    Original Article 30 April 2022 Pages: 917 - 925

    

14. Associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with macrovascular invasion

    • Giammauro Berardi
    • Nicola Guglielmo
    • Giuseppe Maria Ettorre

    Original Article 19 March 2022 Pages: 927 - 936

    

15. Postoperative liver function tests can predict anastomotic dysfunction after bile duct injury repair

    • Germán Sánchez-Morales
    • Emma Castro
    • Miguel Mercado

    Original Article 12 April 2022 Pages: 937 - 944

    

16. Performance of EUS-FNB in solid pancreatic masses: a lesson from 463 consecutive procedures and a practical nomogram

    • Nico Pagano
    • Claudio Ricci
    • Riccardo Casadei

    Original Article 29 October 2021 Pages: 945 - 952

    

17. Pancreatic surgery during COVID-19 pandemic: major activity disruption of a third-level referral center during 2020

    • Giovanni Marchegiani
    • Giampaolo Perri
    • Claudio Bassi

    Original Article 23 October 2021 Pages: 953 - 961

    

18. Cholelithiasis management in a third-level pediatric center: case series and literature review

    • M. C. Y. Wong
    • F. Incerti
    • G. Mattioli

    Original Article 30 January 2022 Pages: 963 - 968

19. Predicting the difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy based on a preoperative scale

    • Camilo Ramírez-Giraldo
    • Kelly Alvarado-Valenzuela
    • Jorge Navarro-Alean

    Original Article Open access 04 February 2022 Pages: 969 - 977

    

20. Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy in oldest-old patients: a propensity score matched analysis of a nationwide registry

    • Marcello Di Martino
    • Álvaro Gancedo Quintana
    • Elena Martin-Perez

    Original Article 06 March 2022 Pages: 979 - 989

    

21. Prophylactic cholecystectomy is not mandatory in patients candidate to the resection for small intestine neuroendocrine neoplasms: a propensity score-matched and cost-minimization analysis

    • Carlo Ingaldi
    • Laura Alberici
    • Riccardo Casadei

    Original Article Open access 05 July 2021 Pages: 991 - 998

    

22. Prothrombin time (PT) and CEA as prognostic predictive biomarkers for postoperative recurrence after curative resection in patients with stage I–III colorectal cancer: a retrospective cohort study

    • Lulu Ma
    • Wenya Li
    • Yiyao Zhang

    Original Article 24 March 2022 Pages: 999 - 1009

    

23. Robotic transanal minimally invasive surgery: a single institutional experience

    • Shanglei Liu
    • Nicolas Contreras
    • Kevin Behm

    Original Article 17 February 2022 Pages: 1011 - 1016

    

24. Ostomy closure rate during COVID-19 pandemic: an Italian multicentre observational study

    • Andrea Balla
    • Federica Saraceno
    • Delayed Ostomy Closure Collaborative Group

    Original Article 24 March 2022 Pages: 1017 - 1025

    

25. Postoperative organ space infection (OSI) following appendectomy: early term evaluation for pediatric population

    • Chengwei Yan
    • Jian Cao
    • Chunbao Guo

    Original Article 08 January 2022 Pages: 1027 - 1033

    

26. Comparison of scoring systems regarding the gender as a parameter with the traditional scoring systems for predicting appendicitis

    • Recayi Capoglu
    • Emre Gonullu
    • Furkan Kucuk

    Original Article 21 April 2022 Pages: 1035 - 1042

    

27. Robotic-assisted surgery for esophageal submucosal tumors: a single-center case series

    • Caterina Froiio
    • Felix Berlth
    • Peter Philipp Grimminger

    Original Article Open access 11 February 2022 Pages: 1043 - 1054

    

28. Double layer stent for the treatment of leaks and fistula after upper gastrointestinal oncologic surgery: a retrospective study

    • Francesco Vito Mandarino
    • Dario Esposito
    • Lorella Fanti

    Original Article 12 September 2021 Pages: 1055 - 1062

29. The real-word impact of breast and colorectal cancer surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

    • Pasquale Losurdo
    • Natasa Samardzic
    • Marina Bortul

    Original Article 03 January 2022 Pages: 1063 - 1072

30. Comparing single or dual tracing modality on sentinel lymph node biopsy from patients who plan to omitting axillary lymph node dissection referring to the criteria of Z0011 trial: a retrospective study

    • Yingchun Xu
    • Hanjin Wu
    • Liwei Meng

    Original Article 07 April 2022 Pages: 1073 - 1078

    

31. In-office hysteroscopic removal of retained or fragmented intrauterine device without anesthesia: a cross-sectional analysis of an international survey

    • Salvatore Giovanni Vitale
    • Attilio Di Spiezio Sardo
    • Jose Carugno

    Original Article Open access 05 February 2022 Pages: 1079 - 1085

    

32. Comparative short-term outcomes of robotic-assisted surgery for older patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a propensity matched study

    • Da-li Chen
    • Po- ming Kang
    • Qun -you Tan

    Original Article 04 February 2021 Pages: 1087 - 1096

    

33. Impact of enhanced pathway of care in uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

    • Michela Tiberi
    • Marco Andolfi
    • Majed Refai

    Original Article 11 January 2022 Pages: 1097 - 1103

    

34. Abdominal incision defect following AAA-surgery (AIDA): 2-year results of prophylactic onlay-mesh augmentation in a multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial

    • S. Honig
    • H. Diener
    • for AIDA study group

    Original Article Open access 21 July 2021 Pages: 1105 - 1116

    

35. Comparative review of outcomes: single-incision laparoscopic total extra-peritoneal sub-lay (SIL-TES) mesh repair versus laparoscopic intraperitoneal onlay mesh (IPOM) repair for ventral hernia

    • Tingfeng Wang
    • Rui Tang
    • Weidong Wu

    Original Article Open access 15 April 2022 Pages: 1117 - 1127

    

36. Trauma, alcohol and drugs misuse in car and motorcycle drivers: a prevalence study in a level one trauma center

    • Federica Renzi
    • Elisa Reitano
    • Stefania Cimbanassi

    Original Article Open access 13 September 2021 Pages: 1129 - 1136

    

37. Comparison of 2D 4K vs. 3D HD laparoscopic imaging systems using a pelvitrainer model: a randomized controlled study

    • Tibor A. Zwimpfer
    • Claudine Wismer
    • Viola Heinzelmann-Schwarz

    Original Article Open access 26 October 2021 Pages: 1137 - 1147

    

38. Laparoscopic glissonean pedicle approach: step by step video description of the technique from different centres (with video)

    • Benedetto Ielpo
    • Antonio Giuliani
    • Alessandro Anselmo

    Technical Note 13 January 2022 Pages: 1149 - 1152

    

39. Laparoscopic partial splenectomy for symptomatic benign cystic lesions: technical notes

    • Salvatore Fedele
    • Cinzia Bizzoca
    • Leonardo Vincenti

    Technical Note 12 February 2022 Pages: 1153 - 1156

    

40. Contralateral internal iliac artery transposition for retroperitoneal sarcoma involving common iliac artery

    • Cheng-Peng Li
    • Bo-Nan Liu
    • Chun-Yi Hao

    Technical Note 29 June 2020 Pages: 1157 - 1163

    

41. Concomitance of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm with pancreatic stones: indication for immediate surgery

    • Francesco Tonelli
    • Michele Rossi
    • Pietro Matucci Cerinic

    Letter to the Editor 21 October 2021 Pages: 1165 - 1167

    

42. Mean platelet volume may not decrease in patients with acute appendicitis

    • Cengiz Beyan
    • Esin Beyan

    Letter to the Editor 02 February 2021 Pages: 1169 - 1170

43. Surgeon’s role in the present and future era of the 3D printing-based regenerative medicine

    • V. Verzeletti

    Letter to the Editor 14 January 2022 Pages: 1171 - 1172

    

44. Prevention of incisional hernia after midline laparotomy for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

    • Olivier Detry
    • Frederik Berrevoet
    • Filip Muysoms

    Letter to the Editor 04 September 2021 Pages: 1173 - 1174

45. Correction to: Ostomy closure rate during COVID-19 pandemic: an Italian multicentre observational study

    • Andrea Balla
    • Federica Saraceno
    • Delayed Ostomy Closure Collaborative Group

    Correction 02 April 2022 Pages: 1175 - 1175