1. Day-case (ambulatory) laparoscopic surgery

   • A. Cuschieri

   Editorial 19 March 2014 Pages: 1143 - 1144

2. Selection criteria for laparoscopic cholecystectomy in an ambulatory care setting

   • C. R. Voyles
   • B. R. Berch

   OriginalPaper 19 March 2014 Pages: 1145 - 1146

3. Is outpatient cholecystectomy safe for the higher-risk elective patient?

   • A. J. Voitk

   OriginalPaper 19 March 2014 Pages: 1147 - 1149

4. Ambulatory laparoscopic fundoplication

   • M. A. Milford
   • T. A. Paluch

   OriginalPaper 19 March 2014 Pages: 1150 - 1152

5. Video-laparoscopic staging of gastric cancer

   • F. Asencio
   • J. Aguiló
   • J. Ruiz

   OriginalPaper 19 March 2014 Pages: 1153 - 1158

6. Selection of locally advanced gastric carcinoma by preoperative staging laparoscopy

   • D. M. D'Ugo
   • R. Persiani
   • A. Picciocchi

   OriginalPaper 19 March 2014 Pages: 1159 - 1162

7. The effect of laparoscopy on the movement of tumor cells and metastasis to surgical wounds

   • G. Mathew
   • D. I. Watson
   • G. G. Jamieson

   OriginalPaper 19 March 2014 Pages: 1163 - 1166

8. VATS-guided epicardial pacemaker implantation

   • M. Furrer
   • J. Fuhrer
   • T. Carrel

   OriginalPaper 19 March 2014 Pages: 1167 - 1170

9. The dramatic reality of biliary tract injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

   • J.-F. Gigot
   • J. Etienne
   • C. Beguin

   OriginalPaper 19 March 2014 Pages: 1171 - 1178

10. Minimally invasive treatment of acute biliary pancreatitis

    • F. Ricci
    • G. Castaldini
    • R. Kind

    OriginalPaper 19 March 2014 Pages: 1179 - 1182

11. Tailored augmentation of the lower esophageal sphincter in experimental antireflux operations

    • S. M. Freys
    • K. H. Fuchs
    • A. Thiede

    OriginalPaper 19 March 2014 Pages: 1183 - 1188

12. Video-assisted thoracoscopic treatment of spinal lesions in the thoracolumbar junction

    • T. J. Huang
    • R. W. W. Hsu
    • Y. J. Chen

    OriginalPaper 19 March 2014 Pages: 1189 - 1193

13. Diagnostic ultrasound of acute colonic diverticulitis by surgical residents

    • A. Zielke
    • C. Hasse
    • M. Rothmund

    OriginalPaper 19 March 2014 Pages: 1194 - 1197

14. Needle and trocar injury during laparoscopic surgery in Japan

    • M. Hashizume
    • K. Sugimachi

    OriginalPaper 19 March 2014 Pages: 1198 - 1201

15. Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication in children under 2 years of age

    • O. Zamir
    • R. Udassin
    • H. R. Freund

    OriginalPaper 19 March 2014 Pages: 1202 - 1205

16. Laparoscopic cecal ligation and puncture in the rat

    • R. Berguer
    • A. Alarcon
    • C. Gutt

    OriginalPaper 19 March 2014 Pages: 1206 - 1208

17. Laparoscopically assisted abdominoperineal resection and simultaneous total anorectal reconstruction with electrostimulated static-dynamic graciloplasty

    • E. Cavina
    • M. Seccia
    • G. Zocco

    OriginalPaper 19 March 2014 Pages: 1209 - 1212

18. Minimally invasive surgical biopsy confirms PET findings in esophageal cancer

    • J. D. Luketich
    • P. Schauer
    • R. J. Keenan

    OriginalPaper 19 March 2014 Pages: 1213 - 1215

19. First trimester of pregnancy laparoscopic procedures

    • B. S. Schwartzberg
    • J. A. Conyers
    • J. A. Moore

    OriginalPaper 19 March 2014 Pages: 1216 - 1217

20. Hand-assisted laparoscopic vertical banded gastroplasty

    • D. I. Watson
    • P. A. Game

    OriginalPaper 19 March 2014 Pages: 1218 - 1220

21. Laparoscopic infrared imaging

    • W. W. Roberts
    • T. A. Dinkel
    • L. R. Kavoussi

    OriginalPaper 19 March 2014 Pages: 1221 - 1223

22. Tumor dissemination during laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallbladder carcinoma

    • Y. Shirai
    • T. Ohtani
    • K. Hatakeyama

    Letters to the editor 19 March 2014 Pages: 1224 - 1225

23. Laparoscopic and conventional closure of perforated peptic ulcer

    • C. Bloechle
    • A. Emmermann
    • C. Zornig

    Letter 19 March 2014 Pages: 1226 - 1226

24. The author replies

    • E. Eypasch

    Letter 19 March 2014 Pages: 1227 - 1227

25. Laparoscopic vs open hernioplasty

    • P. Negro
    • F. Gossetti
    • M. Catarci

    Letter 19 March 2014 Pages: 1228 - 1229

26. The author replies

    • J. Tschudi

    Letter 19 March 2014 Pages: 1230 - 1231

27. News and notices

    News 19 March 2014 Pages: 1232 - 1234