Benefit-risk paradigm for clinical trial design of obesity devices: FDA proposal Mark A. Talamini Editorial 24 January 2013 Pages: 701 - 701
Benefit-risk paradigm for clinical trial design of obesity devices: FDA proposal Herbert LernerJoyce WhangRebecca Nipper Review 18 December 2012 Pages: 702 - 707
Erratum to: Benefit-risk paradigm for clinical trial design of obesity devices: FDA proposal Herbert LernerJoyce WhangRebecca Nipper Erratum 26 January 2013 Pages: 708 - 708
Persistent and de novo symptoms after cholecystectomy: a systematic review of cholecystectomy effectiveness Mark P. LambertsMarjolein LugtenbergCornelis J. H. M. van Laarhoven Review 06 October 2012 Pages: 709 - 718
Music meets surgery: two sides to the art of “healing” Demetrios N. MorisDimitrios Linos Review 06 October 2012 Pages: 719 - 723
Minimally invasive oesophagectomy versus open surgery: is there an advantage? Lesley UttleyFiona CampbellMyfanwy Lloyd-Jones Review 06 October 2012 Pages: 724 - 731
Systematic review of robotic liver resection Cheng-Maw HoGo WakabayashiTakeshi Takahara Review Open access 12 December 2012 Pages: 732 - 739
Revisional surgery after failed laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: a systematic review Ahmad ElnahasKerry GraybielDennis Hong OriginalPaper 31 August 2012 Pages: 740 - 745
Transanal hybrid colon resection: from laparoscopy to NOTES Karl-Hermann FuchsWolfram BreithauptNenad Josipovic OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 746 - 752
Gastric ischemic conditioning increases neovascularization and reduces inflammation and fibrosis during gastroesophageal anastomotic healing Kyle A. PerryAmbar BanarjeeW. Scott Melvin OriginalPaper 18 December 2012 Pages: 753 - 760
Revision of failed traditional fundoplication using EsophyX® transoral fundoplication Reginald C. W. BellRachel J. HuffordKatherine D. Freeman OriginalPaper Open access 10 October 2012 Pages: 761 - 767
Colorectal cancer following negative colonoscopy: is 5-year screening the correct interval to recommend? Steven K. NakaoSteven FasslerD. Mark Zebley OriginalPaper 10 October 2012 Pages: 768 - 773
Robot-assisted spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy: a single surgeon’s experiences and proposal of clinical application Ho Kyoung HwangChang Moo KangWoo Jung Lee OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 774 - 781
Universal multifunctional HD video system for minimally invasive open and microsurgery Nicholas N. NissenVijay G. MenonGeorge Berci OriginalPaper 09 October 2012 Pages: 782 - 787
Erratum to: Universal multifunctional HD video system for minimally invasive, open and microsurgery Nicholas N. NissenVijay G. MenonGeorge Berci Erratum 08 December 2012 Pages: 788 - 788
Is there an end of the “learning curve” of endoscopic totally extraperitoneal (TEP) hernia repair? N. SchoutenR. K. J. SimmermacherJ. P. J. Burgmans OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 789 - 794
Repeated laparoscopic treatment of recurrent inguinal hernias after previous posterior repair Baukje van den HeuvelBoudewijn J. Dwars OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 795 - 800
Correlation of the gastroesophageal flap valve grade with the surgery rate in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease Huseyin Ayhan Kayaoglu OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 801 - 807
Stent treatment for fistula after obesity surgery: results in 47 consecutive patients Haicam El MouradJacques HimpensJohan Verhofstadt OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 808 - 816
Is limited surgery justified in the treatment of T1 colorectal cancer? Pamela KoglerReinhold Kafka-RitschMatthias Zitt OriginalPaper 12 December 2012 Pages: 817 - 825
Staging laparoscopy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: is it useful? Lisette T. HoekstraMatthanja BiezeThomas M. van Gulik OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 826 - 831
A prospective evaluation of short-term and long-term results from colonic stenting for palliation or as a bridge to elective operation versus immediate surgery for large-bowel obstruction Luca GianottiNicolò TaminiMarco Dinelli OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 832 - 842
Practice patterns in high-risk bariatric venous thromboembolism prophylaxis Howard I. Pryor IIAdam SingletonKhashayar Vaziri OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 843 - 848
Histological characterization of appendectomy specimens with intraoperative appearance of vascular injection Marty ZdichavskyHannes GögeleAlfred Königsrainer OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 849 - 853
A study of psychomotor skills in minimally invasive surgery: what differentiates expert and nonexpert performance Erlend Fagertun HofstadCecilie VåpenstadRonald Mårvik OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 854 - 863
C-reactive protein, white blood cells, and neutrophils as early predictors of postoperative complications in patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy Konstantinos AlbanopoulosLeonidas AlevizosEmmanuel Leandros OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 864 - 871
Evaluation of lymphocytes CD4+ and CD8+ and expression of ZAP-70 kinase on CD3+ and CD19+ lymphocytes in obese patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy Kamil TorresAnna TorresGrzegorz Wallner OriginalPaper Open access 06 October 2012 Pages: 872 - 879
Effects of pneumoperitoneum and body position on the morphology of the caudal cava vein analyzed by MRI and plastinated sections E. PárragaO. López-AlborsR. Latorre OriginalPaper 24 October 2012 Pages: 880 - 887
Laparoscopic simulation training: does timing impact the quality of skills acquisition? Esther M. BonrathMathias FritzEmile Rijcken OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 888 - 894
Single incision versus reduced port splenectomy—searching for the best alternative to conventional laparoscopic splenectomy Julio Lopez MonclovaEduardo M. TargaronaManuel Trias OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 895 - 902
Efficacy of DynaCT for surgical navigation during complex laparoscopic surgery: an initial experience Tetsuo NozakiYasuyoshi FujiuchiHideki Fuse OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 903 - 909
Proper preparation to reduce endoscopic reexamination due to food residue after distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer Ji Yong AhnHwoon-Yong JungSeungbong Han OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 910 - 917
The effects of combined epidural and general anesthesia on the autonomic nervous system and bioavailability of nitric oxide in patients undergoing laparoscopic pelvic surgery Seokyung ShinSun Joon BaiYoung Jun Oh OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 918 - 926
Roux-en-Y reconstruction is superior to redo fundoplication in a subset of patients with failed antireflux surgery Sumeet K. MittalAndrás LégnerTommy H. Lee OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 927 - 935
Laparoscopic versus open repair of inguinal hernia: a longitudinal cohort study Yesar El-DhuwaibDavid CorlessJohn Slavin OriginalPaper 17 October 2012 Pages: 936 - 945
Causes and prevention of laparoscopic ureter injuries: an analysis of 31 cases during laparoscopic hysterectomy in the Netherlands Petra F. JanssenHans A. M. BrölmannJudith A. F. Huirne OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 946 - 956
Kumar versus Olsen cannulation technique for intraoperative cholangiography: a randomized trial K. Tim BuddinghBen M. BosmaVincent B. Nieuwenhuijs OriginalPaper 10 October 2012 Pages: 957 - 963
Effect of transgastric peritoneal access on peritoneal innate cellular immunity: experimental study in swine Rodrigo RodriguesMarcelo RezendeErmelindo Della Libera Jr. OriginalPaper 13 December 2012 Pages: 964 - 970
Energy consumption during simulated minimal access surgery with and without using an armrest Mansoor JafriStuart BrownWeijie Wang OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 971 - 977
An experimental study exploring the relationship between the size of bacterial inoculum and bacterial adherence to prosthetic mesh David L. SandersAndrew N. KingsnorthJane A. Steer OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 978 - 985
Influence of wrap length on the effectiveness of Nissen and Toupet fundoplications: 5-year results of prospective, randomized study Antanas MickevičiusŽilvinas EndzinasAlmantas Maleckas OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 986 - 991
Modified anatomical retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy for adrenal metastatic tumor: technique and survival analysis Xin MaHongzhao LiTao Zheng OriginalPaper 13 December 2012 Pages: 992 - 999
1,635 Endoscopic submucosal dissection cases in the esophagus, stomach, and colorectum: complication rates and long-term outcomes Takashi ToyonagaMariko Man-iTakeshi Azuma OriginalPaper Open access 06 October 2012 Pages: 1000 - 1008
Randomized clinical study for assessment of incision characteristics and pain associated with LESS versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy Fernando Athayde Veloso MadureiraJosé Eduardo Ferreira MansoAntonio Carlos Garrido Iglesias OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 1009 - 1015
A novel percutaneous insufflating guidewire system for transgastric natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) (with video) Kiyokazu NakajimaTsuyoshi TakahashiYuichiro Doki Dynamic Manuscript 21 June 2012 Pages: 1016 - 1020
Robotic single-incision anterior resection for sigmoid colon cancer: access port creation and operative technique Meng Shi LimGeorge MelichByung Soh Min Multimedia Manuscript 10 October 2012 Pages: 1021 - 1021
Stricture prevention after extended circumferential endoscopic mucosal resection by injecting autologous keratinocytes in the sheep esophagus Barbara F. ZuercherMercy GeorgePhilippe Monnier New Technology 06 September 2012 Pages: 1022 - 1028
EVA: Laparoscopic Instrument Tracking Based on Endoscopic Video Analysis for Psychomotor Skills Assessment Ignacio OropesaPatricia Sánchez-GonzálezEnrique J. Gómez New Technology 06 October 2012 Pages: 1029 - 1039
Needlescopic surgery: what’s in the toolbox? David M. KrpataTodd A. Ponsky New Technology 06 October 2012 Pages: 1040 - 1044
A new technique for placement of a self-expanding metallic stent (SEMS) in patients with colon rectal obstruction: a prospective study of 43 patients Antonietta LamazzaEnrico FioriAntonio V. Sterpetti Technique 09 October 2012 Pages: 1045 - 1048