1. Thoracic sympathectomy: a review of current indications

   • Moshe Hashmonai
   • Alan E. P. Cameron
   • Christoph H. Schick

   Review 27 June 2015 Pages: 1255 - 1269

2. Endoscopic and oncologic outcomes according to indication criteria of endoscopic resection for early gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   • Se Woo Park
   • Hyuk Lee
   • Hongyup Ahn

   Review 09 July 2015 Pages: 1270 - 1281

   

3. Prior treatment does not influence the performance or early outcome of per-oral endoscopic myotomy for achalasia

   • Edward L. Jones
   • Michael P. Meara
   • Kyle A. Perry

   OriginalPaper 27 June 2015 Pages: 1282 - 1286

   

4. Risk factors for postoperative sepsis in laparoscopic gastric bypass

   • L. J. Blair
   • C. R. Huntington
   • V. A. Augenstein

   OriginalPaper 01 July 2015 Pages: 1287 - 1293

5. A multicenter study of using carbon nanoparticles to show sentinel lymph nodes in early gastric cancer

   • Jun Yan
   • Xiaoling Zheng
   • Guoxin Li

   OriginalPaper 07 July 2015 Pages: 1294 - 1300

   

6. Acuity, outcomes, and trends in the transfer of surgical patients: a national study

   • Ciara R. Huntington
   • Tiffany C. Cox
   • Vedra A. Augenstein

   OriginalPaper 03 July 2015 Pages: 1301 - 1309

7. Public perceptions on robotic surgery, hospitals with robots, and surgeons that use them

   • Joshua A. Boys
   • Evan T. Alicuben
   • Steven R. DeMeester

   OriginalPaper 15 July 2015 Pages: 1310 - 1316

   

8. Short-term and long-term outcomes of single-incision versus multi-incision laparoscopic resection for colorectal cancer: a propensity-score-matched analysis of 214 cases

   • Goutaro Katsuno
   • Masaki Fukunaga
   • Shintaro Kohama

   OriginalPaper 03 July 2015 Pages: 1317 - 1325

   

9. Laparoscopic pyloroplasty is a safe and effective first-line surgical therapy for refractory gastroparesis

   • Amber L. Shada
   • Christy M. Dunst
   • Lee L. Swanstrom

   OriginalPaper 21 August 2015 Pages: 1326 - 1332

10. Unintended stray energy from monopolar instruments: beware the dispersive electrode cord

    • Nicole T. Townsend
    • Nicole A. Nadlonek
    • Thomas N. Robinson

    OriginalPaper 15 July 2015 Pages: 1333 - 1336

    

11. Comparison of clinical and economic outcomes between robotic, laparoscopic, and open rectal cancer surgery: early experience at a tertiary care center

    • Karim M. Ramji
    • Michelle C. Cleghorn
    • Fayez A. Quereshy

    OriginalPaper 15 July 2015 Pages: 1337 - 1343

12. Double-scope per oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM): a prospective randomized controlled trial

    • Kevin L. Grimes
    • Haruhiro Inoue
    • Shinwa Tanaka

    OriginalPaper 15 July 2015 Pages: 1344 - 1351

13. Does the hands-on, technical training of residents in colonoscopy affect quality outcomes?

    • David Pace
    • Mark Borgaonkar
    • Chris Smith

    OriginalPaper 14 July 2015 Pages: 1352 - 1355

14. Single-port versus conventional laparoscopic total extra-peritoneal inguinal hernia repair: a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial

    • Sujith Wijerathne
    • Narendra Agarwal
    • Davide Lomanto

    OriginalPaper 11 July 2015 Pages: 1356 - 1363

    

15. Efficacy and safety of Hybrid-APC for the ablation of Barrett’s esophagus

    • Hendrik Manner
    • Andrea May
    • Christian Ell

    OriginalPaper 24 June 2015 Pages: 1364 - 1370

    

16. Erratum to: Efficacy and safety of Hybrid-APC for the ablation of Barrett’s esophagus

    • Hendrik Manner
    • Andrea May
    • Christian Ell

    Erratum 31 December 2015 Pages: 1371 - 1371

17. Clinical outcomes of re-stenting in patients with stent malfunction in malignant gastric outlet obstruction

    • Eun Hyo Jin
    • Sang Gyun Kim
    • Hyun Chae Jung

    OriginalPaper 03 July 2015 Pages: 1372 - 1379

    

18. Laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer in the elderly patients

    • Muneharu Fujisaki
    • Toshihiko Shinohara
    • Katsuhiko Yanaga

    OriginalPaper 27 June 2015 Pages: 1380 - 1387

19. Room air versus carbon dioxide pneumoperitoneum: effects on oxidative state, apoptosis and histology of splanchnic organs

    • Petros Ypsilantis
    • Maria Lambropoulou
    • Constantinos Simopoulos

    OriginalPaper 27 June 2015 Pages: 1388 - 1395

    

20. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided coil injection therapy of esophagogastric and ectopic varices

    • Larissa L. Fujii-Lau
    • Ryan Law
    • Michael J. Levy

    OriginalPaper 03 July 2015 Pages: 1396 - 1404

    

21. Preliminary evaluation of the SimPORTAL major vessel injury (MVI) repair model

    • Domenico Veneziano
    • Lauren H. Poniatowski
    • Robert M. Sweet

    OriginalPaper 03 July 2015 Pages: 1405 - 1412

    

22. Are there differences between right and left colectomies when performed by laparoscopy?

    • Víctor Turrado-Rodriguez
    • Eduard Targarona Soler
    • Manel Trías Folch

    OriginalPaper 03 July 2015 Pages: 1413 - 1418

23. Objective assessment of robotic surgical skill using instrument contact vibrations

    • Ernest D. Gomez
    • Rajesh Aggarwal
    • Katherine J. Kuchenbecker

    OriginalPaper 23 July 2015 Pages: 1419 - 1431

    

24. Rapid growth in surgeons’ use of secure messaging in a patient portal

    • Jared A. Shenson
    • Robert M. Cronin
    • Gretchen Purcell Jackson

    OriginalPaper 27 June 2015 Pages: 1432 - 1440

    

25. Locoregional steroid injection prevents stricture formation after endoscopic submucosal dissection for esophageal cancer: a propensity score matching analysis

    • Yasuaki Nagami
    • Masatsugu Shiba
    • Tetsuo Arakawa

    OriginalPaper 27 June 2015 Pages: 1441 - 1449

    

26. Various features of laparoscopic tailored resection for gastric submucosal tumors: a single institution’s results for 168 patients

    • Chang In Choi
    • Si Hak Lee
    • Do Youn Park

    OriginalPaper 03 July 2015 Pages: 1450 - 1458

    

27. EUS-guided drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts offers similar success and complications compared to surgical treatment but with a lower cost

    • Angela Saul
    • Miguel Angel Ramirez Luna
    • Felix Tellez Avila

    OriginalPaper 03 July 2015 Pages: 1459 - 1465

28. Comparison of percutaneous extraperitoneal closure (LPEC) and open repair for pediatric inguinal hernia: experience of a single institution with over 1000 cases

    • Hiromu Miyake
    • Koji Fukumoto
    • Naoto Urushihara

    OriginalPaper 03 July 2015 Pages: 1466 - 1472

    

29. Do not rush for surgery; stent placement may be an effective step for definitive treatment of initially unextractable common bile duct stones with ERCP

    • Wafi Attaallah
    • Asim Cingi
    • Omer Gunal

    OriginalPaper 27 June 2015 Pages: 1473 - 1479

    

30. Relationship between ventral hernia defect area and intra-abdominal pressure: dynamic in vivo measurement

    • Haitham Qandeel
    • Patrick J. O’Dwyer

    OriginalPaper 03 July 2015 Pages: 1480 - 1484

    

31. Is a robotic system really better than the three-dimensional laparoscopic system in terms of suturing performance?: comparison among operators with different levels of experience

    • Young Suk Park
    • Aung Myint Oo
    • Hyung-Ho Kim

    OriginalPaper 03 July 2015 Pages: 1485 - 1490

    

32. Laparoscopic versus open surgery for T4 colon cancer: evaluation of margin status

    • Ahmad Elnahas
    • Supreet Sunil
    • Fayez A. Quereshy

    OriginalPaper 27 June 2015 Pages: 1491 - 1496

33. International expert consensus on endpoints for full-thickness laparoendoscopic colonic excision

    • Andrew C. Currie
    • Ronan Cahill
    • Robin H. Kennedy

    OriginalPaper 27 June 2015 Pages: 1497 - 1502

    

34. Spleen assessment after laparoscopic transperitoneal left adrenalectomy: preliminary results

    • Pasquale Cianci
    • Alberto Fersini
    • Vincenzo Neri

    OriginalPaper Open access 03 July 2015 Pages: 1503 - 1507

35. The short-term and oncologic outcomes of laparoscopic versus open surgery for T4 colon cancer

    • Ik Yong Kim
    • Bo Ra Kim
    • Young Wan Kim

    OriginalPaper 27 June 2015 Pages: 1508 - 1518

    

36. Heat injury to the inferior vena cava by bipolar tissue sealer

    • Akira Chikamoto
    • Takayoshi Kaida
    • Hideo Baba

    OriginalPaper 03 July 2015 Pages: 1519 - 1522

    

37. An analysis of risk factors for pancreatic fistula after robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy: outcomes from a consecutive series of standardized pancreatic reconstructions

    • Patricio M. Polanco
    • Mazen S. Zenati
    • Amer H. Zureikat

    OriginalPaper 03 July 2015 Pages: 1523 - 1529

    

38. Application of carbon nanoparticles to mark locations for re-inspection after colonic polypectomy

    • Rong Wang
    • Yu Wang
    • Wen Wang

    OriginalPaper 19 August 2015 Pages: 1530 - 1533

    

39. Effectiveness of Surgicel^® (Fibrillar) in patients with colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection

    • Yu Sik Myung
    • Bong Min Ko
    • Moon Sung Lee

    OriginalPaper 23 July 2015 Pages: 1534 - 1541

    

40. Laparoscopic parastomal hernia repair: No different than a laparoscopic ventral hernia repair?

    • Salomon Levy
    • Margaret A. Plymale
    • John Scott Roth

    OriginalPaper 07 July 2015 Pages: 1542 - 1546

41. Role of robot-assisted distal gastrectomy compared to laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy in suprapancreatic nodal dissection for gastric cancer

    • Young-Woo Kim
    • Daniel Reim
    • Hong Man Yoon

    OriginalPaper 14 July 2015 Pages: 1547 - 1552

42. Gastrointestinal symptoms, weight loss and patient satisfaction 5 years after gastric bypass: a study of three techniques for the gastrojejunal anastomosis

    • E. Sima
    • J. Hedberg
    • M. Sundbom

    OriginalPaper 11 July 2015 Pages: 1553 - 1558

    

43. Relationship between gastric pouch and weight loss after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy

    • Giulio Barbiero
    • Giovanna Romanucci
    • Mirto Foletto

    OriginalPaper 07 July 2015 Pages: 1559 - 1563

    

44. Endoscopic assessment 1 day after esophagectomy for predicting cervical esophagogastric anastomosis-relating complications

    • Hisashi Fujiwara
    • Yasuaki Nakajima
    • Tatsuyuki Kawano

    OriginalPaper 14 July 2015 Pages: 1564 - 1571

    

45. The effect of fasting on surgical performance

    • David Fenger Schefte
    • Steffen Jais Rosenstock

    OriginalPaper 07 July 2015 Pages: 1572 - 1575

46. A comparison of laparoscopic and robotic colorectal surgery outcomes using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) database

    • Anuradha R. Bhama
    • Vincent Obias
    • Robert K. Cleary

    OriginalPaper 14 July 2015 Pages: 1576 - 1584

    

47. Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy without intracorporeal suturing

    • Ching-Chia Li
    • Hsin-Chih Yeh
    • Wen-Jeng Wu

    OriginalPaper 11 July 2015 Pages: 1585 - 1591

    

48. Long-term functional outcomes of laparoscopic resection for gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors

    • Jeremy A. Dressler
    • Francesco Palazzo
    • Michael J. Pucci

    OriginalPaper 14 July 2015 Pages: 1592 - 1598

    

49. A prospective 1-year comparative study of transaxillary total thyroidectomy regarding functional outcomes: Is it really promising?

    • Doh Young Lee
    • Saehee Lim
    • Kwang-Yoon Jung

    OriginalPaper 21 July 2015 Pages: 1599 - 1606

    

50. Validation of colonoscopic findings from a structured endoscopic documentation database against manually collected medical records data

    • Otto S. Lin
    • Danielle La Selva
    • Richard A. Kozarek

    OriginalPaper 15 July 2015 Pages: 1607 - 1613