1. Diagnosis and laparoscopic treatment of surgical diseases during pregnancy: an evidence-based review

   • Heidi Jackson
   • Steven Granger
   • Robert Fanelli

   Review 14 June 2008 Pages: 1917 - 1927

2. A meta-analysis of ambulatory versus inpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy

   • N. Z. Ahmad
   • G. Byrnes
   • S. A. Naqvi

   Review 09 April 2008 Pages: 1928 - 1934

   

3. Laparoscopic versus open ventral hernia repairs: 5 year recurrence rates

   • Naveen Ballem
   • Rikesh Parikh
   • Alan Siperstein

   OriginalPaper 05 June 2008 Pages: 1935 - 1940

   

4. The use of porcine small intestinal submucosa as a prosthetic material for laparoscopic hernia repair in infected and potentially contaminated fields: long-term follow-up

   • Morris E. Franklin Jr
   • Jorge M. Treviño
   • John J. González

   OriginalPaper 02 July 2008 Pages: 1941 - 1946

   

5. Total extraperitoneal (TEP) mesh repair of inguinal hernia in the developing world: comparison of low-cost indigenous balloon dissection versus direct telescopic dissection: a prospective randomized controlled study

   • Mahesh C. Misra
   • Sareesh Kumar
   • Virinder K. Bansal

   OriginalPaper 24 April 2008 Pages: 1947 - 1958

   

6. Is inflammation a significant predictor of bile duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy?

   • Christos P. Georgiades
   • Theodoros N. Mavromatis
   • Georgios I. Diamantopoulos

   OriginalPaper 29 April 2008 Pages: 1959 - 1964

7. Severe and fatal complications after ERCP: Analysis of 2555 procedures in a single experienced center

   • P. Salminen
   • S. Laine
   • R. Gullichsen

   OriginalPaper 20 December 2007 Pages: 1965 - 1970

   

8. Low-dose heparin for the prevention of post-ERCP pancreatitis: a randomized placebo-controlled trial

   • O. Barkay
   • E. Niv
   • F. M. Konikoff

   OriginalPaper 24 January 2008 Pages: 1971 - 1976

9. Disparate use of minimally invasive surgery in benign surgical conditions

   • Rocco Ricciardi
   • Harry P. Selker
   • Beth A. Virnig

   OriginalPaper 02 July 2008 Pages: 1977 - 1986

10. Endoscopic perineal approach to the presacral space: a feasibility study

    • Michel Gagner
    • Dorothée H. Nieuwenhuis
    • Esther C. J. Consten

    OriginalPaper 14 June 2008 Pages: 1987 - 1991

    

11. Atypical endoscopic features can be associated with metastasis in rectal carcinoid tumors

    • Byung Nyun Kim
    • Dae Kyung Sohn
    • Jae-Gahb Park

    OriginalPaper 21 June 2008 Pages: 1992 - 1996

    

12. Laparoscopically assisted total gastrectomy with lymph node dissection for upper and middle gastric cancer

    • Erito Mochiki
    • Yoshitaka Toyomasu
    • Hiroyuki Kuwano

    OriginalPaper 02 July 2008 Pages: 1997 - 2002

    

13. Functional evaluation after vagus nerve–sparing laparoscopically assisted distal gastrectomy

    • Kazuyuki Kojima
    • Hiroyuki Yamada
    • Kenichi Sugihara

    OriginalPaper 02 July 2008 Pages: 2003 - 2008

    

14. Laparoscopic splenectomy for solitary splenic tumors

    • Vadim Makrin
    • Shmuel Avital
    • Amir Szold

    OriginalPaper 02 July 2008 Pages: 2009 - 2012

15. Integrated flexible endoscopy training during surgical residency

    • Mario P. Morales
    • Gregory J. Mancini
    • Hugh E. Stephenson

    OriginalPaper 23 February 2008 Pages: 2013 - 2017

    

16. Do the laparoscopic skills of trainees deteriorate over time?

    • Prashant Sinha
    • Nancy J. Hogle
    • Dennis L. Fowler

    OriginalPaper 25 April 2008 Pages: 2018 - 2025

17. Incisional hernia after open versus laparoscopic sigmoid resection

    • Lars Peter Holst Andersen
    • Mads Klein
    • Jacob Rosenberg

    OriginalPaper 25 April 2008 Pages: 2026 - 2029

    

18. Transanal endoscopic microsurgery for the treatment of selected patients with distal rectal cancer: 15 years experience

    • M. Guerrieri
    • M. Baldarelli
    • E. Lezoche

    OriginalPaper 14 June 2008 Pages: 2030 - 2035

19. Preincisional and intraperitoneal ropivacaine plus normal saline infusion for postoperative pain relief after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a randomized double-blind controlled trial

    • George Pappas-Gogos
    • Konstandinos E. Tsimogiannis
    • Evangelos C. Tsimoyiannis

    OriginalPaper 13 February 2008 Pages: 2036 - 2045

    

20. Timing of cholecystectomy after endoscopic sphincterotomy for common bile duct stones

    • Anandi H. W. Schiphorst
    • Marc G. H. Besselink
    • Bert van Ramshorst

    OriginalPaper Open access 13 February 2008 Pages: 2046 - 2050

21. Laparoscopic radiofrequency of hepatocellular carcinoma using ultrasound-guided selective intrahepatic vascular occlusion

    • R. Santambrogio
    • M. Costa
    • E. Opocher

    OriginalPaper 05 February 2008 Pages: 2051 - 2055

22. Laparoscopic antecolic Roux-En-Y gastric bypass with closure of internal defects leads to fewer internal hernias than the retrocolic approach

    • K. E. Steele
    • G. P. Prokopowicz
    • M. Schweitzer

    OriginalPaper 13 February 2008 Pages: 2056 - 2061

    

23. Laparoscopic splenectomy for splenic masses

    • D. J. Tessier
    • R. A. Pierce
    • B. D. Matthews

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2008 Pages: 2062 - 2066

    

24. Randomized blinded trial shows relative thrombocytopenia in natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery compared with standard laparoscopy in a porcine survival model

    • Juliane Bingener
    • Joel Michalek
    • Wayne Schwesinger

    Endoluminal Surgery 02 July 2008 Pages: 2067 - 2071

    

25. Endoscopic repair of a large colonoscopic perforation with clips

    • Walton Albuquerque
    • Edivaldo Moreira
    • Fábio Queiroz

    Dynamic Manuscript 02 July 2008 Pages: 2072 - 2074

    

26. Laparoscopic Cortical-Sparing Adrenalectomy for Bilateral Pheochromocytoma

    • Edward H. Chin
    • Donald T. Baril
    • Celia M. Divino

    Video 18 March 2008 Pages: 2075 - 2075

27. Totally laparoscopic extended right hepatectomy

    • Andrew A. Gumbs
    • Brice Gayet

    Video 14 June 2008 Pages: 2076 - 2077

28. Transurethral resection of prostate: technical progress and clinical experience using the bipolar Gyrus plasmakinetic tissue management system

    • Gianni Martis
    • Antonio Cardi
    • Bruno Mastrangeli

    New Technology 02 July 2008 Pages: 2078 - 2083

29. Laparoscopic appendectomy without clip or ligature. An experimental study

    • Adnan Aslan
    • Cagdas Karaveli
    • Ozlem Elpek

    Technique 11 December 2007 Pages: 2084 - 2087

    

30. Port-access atrium retractors for totally endoscopic mitral valve surgery: The Tornado Retractor, the Butterfly Retractor, and the Semiautomatic Butterfly Retractor

    • Norihiko Ishikawa
    • You Su Sun
    • W. Randolph Chitwood Jr

    Technique 05 June 2008 Pages: 2088 - 2090

    

31. A modified method of laparoscopic side-to-side esophagojejunal anastomosis: report of 14 cases

    • Wang Ziqiang
    • Cai ZhiMin
    • Yu PeiWu

    Technique 10 April 2008 Pages: 2091 - 2094

    

32. On: Laparoscopic fundoplication: Nissen versus Toupet two-year outcome of a prospective randomized study of 200 patients regarding preoperative esophageal motility [Surg Endosc 22(1):21–30]

    • Heinz Wykypiel
    • Gerold Wetscher

    Letter 14 June 2008 Pages: 2095 - 2096

33. Sentinel node mapping during laparoscopic distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer

    • Emanuel Sporn
    • J. Wade Davis
    • Brent W. Miedema

    Letter 14 June 2008 Pages: 2097 - 2097

34. Risk of secondary hyperparathyroidism after laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery on obese women

    • Maria de Fátima Haueisen Sander Diniz
    • Flávia Caldeira Araújo
    • Marco Túlio Costa Diniz

    Letter 21 June 2008 Pages: 2098 - 2098

35. Re editorial “the controversy regarding hand-assisted colorectal resection”

    • Bradley J. Champagne

    Letter 05 June 2008 Pages: 2099 - 2099

36. A simple method for determining an optimal incision for minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy

    • Gui-Zhou Xiao
    • Li Gao

    Letter 05 June 2008 Pages: 2100 - 2101

    

37. The first series of completely robotic esophagectomies with three-field lymphadenectomy: initial experience

    • K. H. Kernstine

    Letter-Reply 18 May 2008 Pages: 2102 - 2102

38. The invisible cholecystectomy: a different way

    • Giuseppe Navarra
    • Giuseppe La Malfa
    • Giuseppe Currò

    Letter 05 June 2008 Pages: 2103 - 2103

39. 15^th International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) Athens, Greece, 4–7 July 2007

    • EAES

    Erratum 02 July 2008 Pages: 2104 - 2104

40. News and notices

    News and notices 26 August 2008 Pages: 2105 - 2106