1. Laparoscopic procedure for suspected appendicitis

   • J. L. Bouillot
   • S. Salah
   • J. H. Alexandre

   Original Articles Pages: 957 - 960

2. Changing strategies in the performance of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication as a result of experience with 230 operations

   • D. I. Watson
   • G. G. Jamieson
   • R. S. Williams

   Original Articles Pages: 961 - 966

3. Individual assessment of visual perception by surgeons observing the same laparoscopic organs with various imaging systems

   • G. Berci
   • S. M. Wren
   • M. Paz-Partlow

   Original Articles Pages: 967 - 973

4. The complications of cholelithiasis caused by state authorization delays

   • L. M. Guirguis
   • E. W. Taylor

   Original Articles Pages: 974 - 976

5. The influence of intraoperative gallbladder perforation on long-term outcome after laparoscopic cholecystectomy

   • D. B. Jones
   • D. L. Dunnegan
   • N. J. Soper

   Original Articles Pages: 977 - 980

6. A prospective cost and outcome comparison of inguinal hernia repairs

   • J. S. Goodwin II
   • L. W. Traverso

   Original Articles Pages: 981 - 983

7. Laparoscopic hernioplasty

   • E. L. Felix
   • C. A. Michas
   • M. H. Gonzalez Jr.

   Original Articles Pages: 984 - 989

8. Pretherapeutic assessment of resectability in patients with upper gastrointestinal tract cancer by using a combination of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) and laparoscopy

   • M. B. Mortensen
   • M. R. Madsen
   • C. P. Hovendal

   Original Articles Pages: 990 - 993

9. Laparoscopic-assisted resection of a gastric lipoma

   • A. M. Lacy
   • J. Tabet
   • J. Visa

   Case Reports Pages: 995 - 997

10. A double or bilobar gallbladder as a cause of severe complications after (laparoscopic) cholecystectomy

    • Th. G. de Leeuw
    • P. C. M. Verbeek
    • D. J. Gouma

    Case Reports Pages: 998 - 1000

11. Laparoscopic repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in a 6-month-old child

    • D. C. van der Zee
    • N. M. A. Bax

    Case Reports Pages: 1001 - 1003

12. Chronic cholecystitis following hemobilia due to traumatic intrahepatic injury

    • K. Hanazaki
    • E. Machida
    • Y. Okazaki

    Case Reports Pages: 1004 - 1007

13. Laparoscopic liver resection with the water-jet dissector

    • H. G. Rau
    • G. Meyer
    • F. W. Schildberg

    Technique Pages: 1009 - 1012

14. Video-assisted thoracoscopic suturing of apical bullae

    • A. P. C. Yim

    Technique Pages: 1013 - 1016

15. A posterior gastric approach to laparoscopic splenectomy

    • G. Ferzli
    • M. Fiorillo

    Technique Pages: 1017 - 1019

16. Sutured or fibrin-glued laparoscopic choledochojejunostomy

    • D. B. Jones
    • J. D. Brewer
    • N. J. Soper

    Technique Pages: 1020 - 1027

17. The laparoscopic cholangiogram of doom

    • B. J. Carroll

    Letters To The Editor Pages: 1029 - 1031

18. Incisional dilatation of a stenosed stapled coloproctostomy

    • M. N. Kulaylat
    • C. Ternent
    • A. Singh

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 1032 - 1033

19. Converting from carbon dioxide to nitrous oxide pneumoperitoneum

    • J. G. Gardner
    • T. L. Trus
    • J. G. Hunter

    Letters To The Editor Pages: 1034 - 1035

20. Outpatient laparoscopic appendectomy

    • M. A. Flynn

    Letters To The Editor Pages: 1036 - 1036

21. SAGES statement on telementoring and teleproctoring

    • Executive Committee of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)

    Legacy Pages: 1037 - 1037

22. News and notices

    News Pages: 1038 - 1040