1. What is going on in augmented reality simulation in laparoscopic surgery?

   • Sanne M. B. I. Botden
   • Jack J. Jakimowicz

   Review Open access 24 September 2008 Pages: 1693 - 1700

   

2. Laparoscopic appendectomy in pregnant patients: a review of 45 cases

   • Patrice Lemieux
   • Pascal Rheaume
   • Gaetan Brochu

   OriginalPaper 05 December 2008 Pages: 1701 - 1705

3. Laparoscopic completely extraperitoneal repair of inguinal hernia in children: a single-institute experience with 1,257 repairs compared with cut-down herniorrhaphy

   • Masao Endo
   • Toshihiko Watanabe
   • Etsuji Ukiyama

   OriginalPaper Open access 03 April 2009 Pages: 1706 - 1712

   

4. Risk factors for cholecystectomy in patients with gallbladder stones after endoscopic clearance of common bile duct stones

   • Kang-Moon Lee
   • Chang Nyol Paik
   • Jin Mo Yang

   OriginalPaper 01 January 2009 Pages: 1713 - 1719

   

5. Thermal injury secondary to laparoscopic fiber-optic cables

   • A. Katharine Hindle
   • Fred Brody
   • Arnold Schwartz

   OriginalPaper 23 November 2008 Pages: 1720 - 1723

   

6. Hormonal evaluation following laparoscopic treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with BMI 20–34

   • Aureo Ludovico DePaula
   • A. L. V. Macedo
   • S. Vencio

   OriginalPaper 02 October 2008 Pages: 1724 - 1732

   

7. Impact of surgical peritoneal environment on postoperative tumor growth and dissemination in a preimplanted tumor model

   • Anne-Sophie Azuar
   • Sachiko Matsuzaki
   • Michel Canis

   OriginalPaper 15 October 2008 Pages: 1733 - 1739

   

8. Laparoscopic correction of umbilical hernias using a transabdominal preperitoneal approach: results of a pilot study

   • Denise E. Hilling
   • Linetta B. Koppert
   • I. Hok Oei

   OriginalPaper 18 November 2008 Pages: 1740 - 1744

   

9. Day-case laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication

   • C. D. Jensen
   • A. D. Gilliam
   • S. E. Attwood

   OriginalPaper 15 October 2008 Pages: 1745 - 1749

   

10. Intralobar sequestration associated with cystic adenomatoid malformation: diagnostic and thoracoscopic pitfalls

    • Smart Zeidan
    • Geraldine Hery
    • Pascal de Lagausie

    OriginalPaper 15 October 2008 Pages: 1750 - 1753

    

11. Feasibility of right-sided total extraperitoneal procedure for inguinal hernia repair after appendectomy: a prospective cohort study

    • J. W. M. Elshof
    • F. Keus
    • T. van Dalen

    OriginalPaper Open access 05 December 2008 Pages: 1754 - 1758

    

12. Comparison of long-term outcomes of laparoscopy-assisted and open distal gastrectomy for early gastric cancer

    • Joo-Ho Lee
    • Cha-Kyong Yom
    • Ho-Seong Han

    OriginalPaper 05 December 2008 Pages: 1759 - 1763

    

13. Analysis of patient selection and external validity in the Swedish contribution to the COLOR trial

    • Martin Janson
    • Gunnar Edlund
    • Eva Haglind

    OriginalPaper 05 December 2008 Pages: 1764 - 1769

    

14. Women’s positive perception of transvaginal NOTES surgery

    • Carrie Y. Peterson
    • Sonia Ramamoorthy
    • Alana Chock

    OriginalPaper 05 December 2008 Pages: 1770 - 1774

    

15. Effective diameter of balloon dilation for benign esophagojejunal anastomotic stricture after total gastrectomy

    • Chan Gyoo Kim
    • Il Ju Choi
    • Young-Woo Kim

    OriginalPaper 06 December 2008 Pages: 1775 - 1780

    

16. Totally transumbilical endoscopic cholecystectomy without visible abdominal scar using improved instruments

    • Jiang Fan Zhu
    • Hai Hu
    • Man Zhu Xu

    OriginalPaper 06 December 2008 Pages: 1781 - 1784

    

17. Effect of diltiazem on kidney function during laparoscopic surgery

    • Ji Young Kim
    • Kyung Cheon Lee
    • Hyun Jeong Kwak

    OriginalPaper 06 December 2008 Pages: 1785 - 1790

    

18. The feasibility of laparoscopic colectomy in urgent and emergent settings

    • Brad Champagne
    • Jonah J. Stulberg
    • Conor P. Delaney

    OriginalPaper 06 December 2008 Pages: 1791 - 1796

19. Laparoscopically assisted ileocolectomy in patients with Crohn’s disease: a study of 50 consecutive patients

    • Nathalie Vangeenberghe
    • Kristel De Vogelaere
    • Georges Delvaux

    OriginalPaper 06 December 2008 Pages: 1797 - 1801

20. The learning curve for endoscopic thyroidectomy: a single surgeon’s experience

    • Sheng Liu
    • Ming Qiu
    • Cheng-Xiang Shan

    OriginalPaper 27 February 2009 Pages: 1802 - 1806

    

21. Laparoscopic redo surgery for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic patients: feasibility, safety, and results

    • Giulio Belli
    • Luigi Cioffi
    • Andrea Belli

    OriginalPaper 10 March 2009 Pages: 1807 - 1811

    

22. A comparative study on the short-term clinicopathologic outcomes of laparoscopic surgery versus conventional open surgery for transverse colon cancer

    • H. J. Kim
    • I. K. Lee
    • Y. H. Kim

    OriginalPaper 05 March 2009 Pages: 1812 - 1817

23. Laparoscopic resection of extraperitoneal rectal cancer: a comparative analysis with open resection

    • In Ja Park
    • Gyu-Seog Choi
    • Soo-Han Jun

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2009 Pages: 1818 - 1824

    

24. True single-port appendectomy: first experience with the “puppeteer technique”

    • Kurt Eric Roberts

    OriginalPaper 24 January 2009 Pages: 1825 - 1830

    

25. Antegrade stenting in laparoscopic pyeloplasty: feasibility of the technique and time required for stent insertion

    • Andrea Minervini
    • Giampaolo Siena
    • Marco Carini

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2009 Pages: 1831 - 1834

    

26. Outcomes analysis of laparoscopic ventral hernia repair in transplant patients

    • Kristi Harold
    • Kristin Mekeel
    • Brent Matthews

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2009 Pages: 1835 - 1838

    

27. Feasibility of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication as a day-case procedure

    • Malaika S. Vlug
    • Jan Wind
    • Willem A. Bemelman

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2009 Pages: 1839 - 1844

    

28. Radiation exposure during laparoscopic cholecystectomy with routine intraoperative cholangiography

    • A. Karthikesalingam
    • Sheraz R. Markar
    • Raaj K. Praseedom

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2009 Pages: 1845 - 1848

    

29. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy versus intragastric balloon: a case-control study

    • Alfredo Genco
    • Massimiliano Cipriano
    • Nicola Basso

    OriginalPaper 24 January 2009 Pages: 1849 - 1853

30. Colonic sterilization for natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) procedures: a comparison of two decontamination protocols

    • Sharon L. Bachman
    • Emanuel Sporn
    • Klaus Thaler

    OriginalPaper 01 January 2009 Pages: 1854 - 1859

31. General complications following laparoscopic-assisted gastrectomy and analysis of techniques to manage them

    • T. Bo
    • P. Zhihong
    • L. Huaxin

    OriginalPaper 30 January 2009 Pages: 1860 - 1865

    

32. Endoscopic full-thickness plication for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease using multiple Plicator implants: 12-month multicenter study results

    • D. von Renteln
    • I. Schiefke
    • H. Neuhaus

    OriginalPaper 14 May 2009 Pages: 1866 - 1875

    

33. Safety, feasibility, and short-term outcomes of laparoscopically assisted primary ileocolic resection for Crohn’s disease

    • Mattias Soop
    • David W. Larson
    • Eric J. Dozois

    OriginalPaper 28 January 2009 Pages: 1876 - 1881

    

34. Preliminary results with a training program for thoracoscopic atrial fibrillation therapy

    • Francisco M. Sánchez-Margallo
    • Idoia Díaz-Güemes
    • Jesús Usón

    OriginalPaper 05 December 2008 Pages: 1882 - 1886

    

35. Rescue ERCP and insertion of a small-caliber pancreatic stent to prevent the evolution of severe post-ERCP pancreatitis: a case-controlled series

    • László Madácsy
    • Gábor Kurucsai
    • András Székely

    OriginalPaper 05 December 2008 Pages: 1887 - 1893

    

36. Novel magnetically guided intra-abdominal camera to facilitate laparoendoscopic single-site surgery: initial human experience

    • Jeffrey Cadeddu
    • Raul Fernandez
    • Daniel Scott

    OriginalPaper 09 May 2009 Pages: 1894 - 1899

    

37. NOTES: transvaginal cholecystectomy with assisting articulating instruments

    • Santiago Horgan
    • Yoav Mintz
    • Mark A. Talamini

    Video Open access 09 May 2009 Pages: 1900 - 1900

38. A new electrocautery pleural biopsy technique using an insulated-tip diathermic knife during semirigid pleuroscopy

    • Shinji Sasada
    • Kunimitsu Kawahara
    • Teruomi Miyazawa

    New Technology 01 January 2009 Pages: 1901 - 1907

    

39. Endoscopic full-thickness resection with laparoscopic assistance as hybrid NOTES for gastric submucosal tumor

    • Nobutsugu Abe
    • Hirohisa Takeuchi
    • Yutaka Atomi

    Technique 30 January 2009 Pages: 1908 - 1913

    

40. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube removal and replacement after “buried bumper syndrome”: the simple way

    • P. Turner
    • M. Deakin

    Technique 01 January 2009 Pages: 1914 - 1917

    

41. Reply to: “Requirements for applying a case–control study model and clinical significance of changes in the visual analogue scale score in abdominal pain”

    • Graziano Ceccarelli
    • Luciano Casciola
    • Alberto Patriti

    Letter--Reply 14 May 2009 Pages: 1918 - 1918

42. Robotic D2 surgery for gastric cancer

    • H. Demetetriades
    • G. N. Marakis
    • I. Kanellos

    Letter 15 May 2009 Pages: 1919 - 1921

43. Author reply to the letter to the Editor “Robotic D2 surgery for gastric cancer”

    • Alberto Patriti
    • Graziano Ceccarelli
    • Luciano Casciola

    Letter 05 March 2009 Pages: 1922 - 1923

44. Laparoscopic gastrectomy for organ-confined cancer: a reality in the west?

    • Ernst Hanisch
    • Dimosthenis Ziogas

    Letter 15 May 2009 Pages: 1924 - 1926

45. Expectations and challenges of laparoscopic total gastrectomy

    • Theodore Liakakos
    • Pavlos Patapis
    • Anastasios Macheras

    Letter 16 May 2009 Pages: 1927 - 1929

46. News and notices

    News and notices 30 June 2009 Pages: 1930 - 1931