1. Systematic reviews in surgery—recommendations from the Study Center of the German Society of Surgery

   • Eva Kalkum
   • Rosa Klotz
   • Pascal Probst

   Review Article Open access 15 June 2021 Pages: 1723 - 1731

   

2. Laparotomy with suture repair is the most common treatment for obturator hernia: a scoping review

   • Mikkel Andreas Holm
   • Siv Fonnes
   • Jacob Rosenberg

   Review Article 19 August 2021 Pages: 1733 - 1738

   

3. Forty years after the first totally implantable venous access device (TIVAD) implant: the pure surgical cut-down technique only avoids immediate complications that can be fatal

   • Adriana Toro
   • Elena Schembari
   • Isidoro Di Carlo

   Review Article Open access 09 June 2021 Pages: 1739 - 1749

   

4. State-of-the-art surgery for ulcerative colitis

   • Shanglei Liu
   • Samuel Eisenstein

   State-of-the-Art Clinical Surgery Open access 28 August 2021 Pages: 1751 - 1761

5. State-of-the-art surgery for recurrent and locally advanced rectal cancers

   • Mufaddal Kazi
   • Vivek Sukumar
   • Avanish Saklani

   State-of-the-Art Clinical Surgery 02 August 2021 Pages: 1763 - 1774

   

6. Preoperative computed tomography-assessed sarcopenia as a predictor of complications and long-term prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   • Hailun Xie
   • Lishuang Wei
   • Jialiang Gan

   Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses 18 August 2021 Pages: 1775 - 1788

   

7. Comparison of intracorporeal and extracorporeal anastomosis and resection in right colectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   • Jian-Chun Zheng
   • Shuai Zhao
   • Jian-Xiang Wu

   Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses 21 June 2021 Pages: 1789 - 1801

   

8. EUS-guided gastroenterostomy versus duodenal stent placement and surgical gastrojejunostomy for the palliation of malignant gastric outlet obstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   • Mateus Bond Boghossian
   • Mateus Pereira Funari
   • Eduardo Guimarães Hourneaux de Moura

   Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses 14 June 2021 Pages: 1803 - 1817

   

9. Diaphragmatic herniation after esophagogastric surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis

   • Davide Bona
   • Francesca Lombardo
   • Alberto Aiolfi

   Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses Open access 15 June 2021 Pages: 1819 - 1829

   

10. Does the non-absorbable suture closure of the jejunal mesenteric defect reduce the incidence and severity of internal hernias after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass?

    • Romano Schneider
    • Michaela Schulenburg
    • Ralph Peterli

    Original Article Open access 22 May 2021 Pages: 1831 - 1838

    

11. Small bowel obstruction following laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: is it always necessary to operate? A 5-year, high volume center experience

    • Mauricio Gabrielli
    • Cristian Jarry
    • Fernando Crovari

    Original Article 14 July 2021 Pages: 1839 - 1846

12. Survival advantage of cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) for advanced gastric cancer: experience from a Western tertiary referral center

    • Fausto Rosa
    • Federica Galiandro
    • Sergio Alfieri

    Original Article Open access 11 March 2021 Pages: 1847 - 1857

    

13. Risk factors for anastomotic leakage after surgical resections for esophageal cancer

    • Jonas Herzberg
    • Tim Strate
    • Human Honarpisheh

    Original Article 15 May 2021 Pages: 1859 - 1866

    

14. Risk stratification of anastomotic leakage using eGFR and FIB-4 index in patients undergoing esophageal cancer surgery

    • Keita Takahashi
    • Katsunori Nishikawa
    • Ken Eto

    Original Article 27 July 2021 Pages: 1867 - 1874

    

15. C-reactive protein adjusted for body mass index as a predictor of postoperative complications following laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer

    • Kazuaki Matsui
    • Shinichi Sakuramoto
    • Keishi Yamashita

    Original Article 21 May 2021 Pages: 1875 - 1884

    

16. Evaluation of relationship between splenic artery and pancreatic parenchyma using three-dimensional computed tomography for laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy

    • Kohei Nakata
    • Takao Ohtsuka
    • Masafumi Nakamura

    Original Article 15 March 2021 Pages: 1885 - 1892

    

17. Delayed post-pancreatectomy hemorrhage and bleeding recurrence after percutaneous endovascular treatment: risk factors from a bi-centric study of 307 consecutive patients

    • Georges Farvacque
    • Théophile Guilbaud
    • David Jérémie Birnbaum

    Original Article 24 March 2021 Pages: 1893 - 1902

    

18. Reappraisal of clinical indication regarding total pancreatectomy: can we do it for the risky gland?

    • Kwang Yeol Paik
    • Jun Chul Chung

    Original Article 20 May 2021 Pages: 1903 - 1908

19. Changes in the body composition and nutritional status after total pancreatectomy

    • Masao Uemura
    • Katsuhisa Ohgi
    • Katsuhiko Uesaka

    Original Article 21 May 2021 Pages: 1909 - 1916

    

20. Long-term survival in patients with distal cholangiocarcinoma after pancreaticoduodenectomy combined with portal vein system resection and reconstruction

    • Shaocheng Lyu
    • Fangfei Wang
    • Qiang He

    Original Article 19 April 2021 Pages: 1917 - 1924

    

21. Tactics, techniques, and challenges in the management of giant choledochal cyst in adolescents and adults: a retrospective cohort study

    • Saket Kumar
    • Saurabh Singla
    • Manish Mandal

    Original Article 22 May 2021 Pages: 1925 - 1933

    

22. Performance of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement calculator for early postoperative outcomes following bile duct repair hepaticojejunostomy

    • Gustavo Martínez-Mier
    • Pedro I. Moreno-Ley
    • Andrea Nachón-Acosta

    Original Article 22 May 2021 Pages: 1935 - 1942

23. Anatomical Basis for Selective Multiple Arterial Reconstructions in Living Donor Liver Transplantation

    • Yogesh Puri
    • Kumar Palaniappan
    • Mohamed Rela

    Original Article 20 April 2021 Pages: 1943 - 1949

    

24. Health-related quality of life, workability, and return to work of patients after liver transplantation

    • Christian Fazekas
    • Daniela Kniepeiss
    • Peter Schemmer

    Original Article Open access 06 May 2021 Pages: 1951 - 1961

    

25. Frailty as a predictive factor for survival after liver transplantation, especially for patients with MELD≤15—a prospective study

    • Christian G. Klein
    • Eugen Malamutmann
    • Arzu Oezcelik

    Original Article Open access 13 April 2021 Pages: 1963 - 1969

    

26. Mucosal blood flow in the remaining rectal stump is more affected by total than partial mesorectal excision in patients undergoing anterior resection: a key to understanding differing rates of anastomotic leakage?

    • Erik Back
    • Fredrik Brännström
    • Martin Rutegård

    Original Article Open access 18 May 2021 Pages: 1971 - 1977

    

27. Perineural invasion and number of retrieved lymph nodes are prognostic factors for T2N0 colon cancer

    • Soo Young Lee
    • Jaram Lee
    • Hyeong Rok Kim

    Original Article 15 June 2021 Pages: 1979 - 1985

    

28. Optimal cutoff value of preoperative CEA and CA19-9 for prognostic significance in patients with stage II/III colon cancer

    • Hironori Mizuno
    • Hideo Miyake
    • Norihiro Yuasa

    Original Article 19 June 2021 Pages: 1987 - 1997

    

29. The volume and outcome relationship for thyroidectomy in England

    • William K. Gray
    • Sebastian Aspinall
    • Mark Lansdown

    Original Article 09 June 2021 Pages: 1999 - 2010

    

30. Reduction of overtreatment without reduction of overdiagnosis in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer: mission impossible

    • Tjasa Oblak
    • Andraz Perhavec
    • Barbara Peric

    Original Article Open access 07 June 2021 Pages: 2011 - 2017

    

31. Impact of rocuronium on intraoperative neuromonitoring vagal amplitudes during thyroidectomy

    • Ombeline Empis de Vendin
    • Thomas Fuchs-Buder
    • Laurent Brunaud

    Original Article 12 June 2021 Pages: 2019 - 2025

    

32. Endocrine hypertension secondary to adrenal tumors: clinical course and predictive factors of clinical remission

    • Uriel Clemente-Gutiérrez
    • Rafael H. Pérez-Soto
    • David Velázquez-Fernández

    Original Article 23 June 2021 Pages: 2027 - 2035

    

33. The risk and predictors of mortality in octogenarians undergoing emergency laparotomy: a multicentre retrospective cohort study

    • Shahab Hajibandeh
    • Shahin Hajibandeh
    • Thomas Satyadas

    Original Article 07 April 2021 Pages: 2037 - 2044

    

34. Transvaginal Hybrid-NOTES procedures—do they have a negative impact on pregnancy and delivery?

    • Panagiotis Thomaidis
    • Niklas J. Weltermann
    • Dirk R. Bulian

    Original Article Open access 31 March 2021 Pages: 2045 - 2052

    

35. A detailed analysis of pediatric surgical malpractice claims in Germany: what is the probability of a pediatric surgeon to be accused or convicted?

    • Sara Mahler
    • Emilio Gianicolo
    • Oliver J. Muensterer

    Original Article Open access 08 January 2021 Pages: 2053 - 2057

    

36. Retrocolic retrogastric ROUX-EN-Y gastric bypass: how I do it

    • Heitor P. Povoas
    • Marcos Leão Vilas-Bôas

    How-I-Do-It articles 23 May 2021 Pages: 2059 - 2065

    

37. Curative para-Aortic lymph node dissection Via INfra-mesocolonic approach in laparoscopic Gastrectomy (CAVING approach)

    • Keiji Hayata
    • Toshiyasu Ojima
    • Hiroki Yamaue

    How-I-Do-It articles 20 May 2021 Pages: 2067 - 2074

    

38. Hepatic artery resection and reconstruction using the right gastroepiploic artery during pancreaticoduodenectomy in advanced pancreatic cancer

    • Yoshitaro Shindo
    • Yukio Tokumitsu
    • Hiroaki Nagano

    How-I-Do-It articles 13 April 2021 Pages: 2075 - 2080

    

39. Hepatic artery resection without reconstruction in pancreatoduodenectomy

    • Pipit Burasakarn
    • Ryota Higuchi
    • Masakazu Yamamoto

    How-I-Do-It articles 01 May 2021 Pages: 2081 - 2090

    

40. How-I-do-it: laparoscopic left medial sectionectomy utilizing a cranial approach to the middle hepatic vein and Laennec’s capsule

    • Shunya Hanzawa
    • Kazuteru Monden
    • Norihisa Takakura

    How-I-Do-It articles Open access 31 July 2021 Pages: 2091 - 2097

    

41. Parenchymal-sparing approaches for resection of tumors located in the paracaval portion of the caudate lobe of the liver—utility of limited resection and central hepatectomy

    • Masaharu Kogure
    • Yutaka Suzuki
    • Yoshihiro Sakamoto

    How-I-Do-It articles 01 June 2021 Pages: 2099 - 2106

    

42. Simultaneous right-sided nephrectomy with orthotopic liver and kidney transplantation—An alternative method for patients with autosomal dominant polycystic liver and kidney disease

    • Philipp Felgendreff
    • Hans-Michael Tautenhahn
    • Utz Settmacher

    How-I-Do-It articles Open access 26 May 2021 Pages: 2107 - 2115

    

43. How-we-do-it: the repair of postoperative ventral hernias after a Mercedes abdominal incision

    • Nadav Nevo
    • A. L. Goldstein
    • E. Karin

    How-I-Do-It articles 15 February 2021 Pages: 2117 - 2123

    

44. Subxiphoid top-down endoscopic totally preperitoneal approach (eTPA) for midline ventral hernia repair

    • Binggen Li
    • Changfu Qin
    • Reinhard Bittner

    How-I-Do-It articles 23 July 2021 Pages: 2125 - 2132

    

45. Adhesion prevention after endometriosis surgery — results of a randomized, controlled clinical trial with second-look laparoscopy

    • Bernhard Krämer
    • Jürgen Andress
    • Alice Höller

    Controlled Clinical Trials Open access 26 May 2021 Pages: 2133 - 2143

    

46. Postsurgical adhesion formation score pitfalls in endometriosis surgery

    • Ospan A. Mynbaev
    • Amirkhan K. Baimaganbetov
    • Michael Stark

    For Debate 21 June 2021 Pages: 2145 - 2146

47. Why do multiple arteries in left lobe liver grafts need special attention?

    • Mettu Srinivas Reddy
    • Rajnikanth Patcha

    For Debate 29 July 2021 Pages: 2147 - 2148

    

48. Objective method for selective reconstruction of multiple graft arteries to potentially reduce biliary complications

    • Yogesh Puri
    • Ashwin Rammohan
    • Prof Mohamed Rela

    For Debate 29 July 2021 Pages: 2149 - 2150