1. Transcystic versus traditional laparoscopic common bile duct exploration: its advantages and a meta-analysis

   • Liwei Pang
   • Yan Zhang
   • Jing Kong

   Review Article 25 June 2018 Pages: 4363 - 4376

   

2. Robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy for benign gallbladder diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   • Caiwen Han
   • Xinyi Shan
   • Tiankang Guo

   Review Article 28 June 2018 Pages: 4377 - 4392

   

3. The impact of preoperative carbohydrate loading on intraoperative body temperature: a randomized controlled clinical trial

   • Hiroki Hamamoto
   • Masashi Yamamoto
   • Kazuhisa Uchiyama

   OriginalPaper 18 June 2018 Pages: 4393 - 4401

   

4. Development of a technical checklist for the assessment of suturing in robotic surgery

   • Ahmad Guni
   • Nicholas Raison
   • Kamran Ahmed

   OriginalPaper 07 September 2018 Pages: 4402 - 4407

5. Safety and feasibility of laparoscopic surgery for appendiceal mucocele: a multicenter study

   • Tae Kyu Kim
   • Jun Ho Park
   • Jong Wan Kim

   OriginalPaper 13 April 2018 Pages: 4408 - 4414

6. Ultrasonic versus monopolar energy-based surgical devices in terms of surgical smoke and lateral thermal damage (ULMOST): a randomized controlled trial

   • Chahien Choi
   • In-Gu Do
   • Taejong Song

   OriginalPaper 09 April 2018 Pages: 4415 - 4421

   

7. Perception versus reality: elucidating motivation and expectations of current fellowship council minimally invasive surgery fellows

   • Jeffrey R. Watkins
   • Aurora D. Pryor
   • D. Rohan Jeyarajah

   OriginalPaper 17 April 2018 Pages: 4422 - 4427

8. Impact of one-to-one tutoring on fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery (FLS) passing rate in a single center experience outside the United States: a randomized controlled trial

   • Federico Gheza
   • Paolo Raimondi
   • Guido Alberto Massimo Tiberio

   OriginalPaper 11 April 2018 Pages: 4428 - 4435

   

9. Totally endoscopic implant to effect a gastric bypass: 12-month safety and efficacy outcomes

   • Bryan J. Sandler
   • Laurent Biertho
   • Santiago Horgan

   OriginalPaper 20 April 2018 Pages: 4436 - 4442

   

10. Minimally invasive esophagectomy attenuates the postoperative inflammatory response and improves survival compared with open esophagectomy in patients with esophageal cancer: a propensity score matched analysis

    • Kotaro Yamashita
    • Masayuki Watanabe
    • Yu Imamura

    OriginalPaper 11 April 2018 Pages: 4443 - 4450

    

11. Proficiency-based preparation significantly improves FES certification performance

    • Angela A. Guzzetta
    • Joshua J. Weis
    • Daniel J. Scott

    OriginalPaper 11 April 2018 Pages: 4451 - 4457

    

12. Development and validation of surgical training tool: cystectomy assessment and surgical evaluation (CASE) for robot-assisted radical cystectomy for men

    • Ahmed A. Hussein
    • Kevin J. Sexton
    • Khurshid A. Guru

    OriginalPaper 13 April 2018 Pages: 4458 - 4464

    

13. Long-term functional outcomes of Roux-en-Y versus Billroth I reconstructions after laparoscopic distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a propensity-score matching analysis

    • Keisuke Okuno
    • Masatoshi Nakagawa
    • Mikito Inokuchi

    OriginalPaper 13 April 2018 Pages: 4465 - 4471

    

14. Combined repeat laparoscopy and transanal endolumenal repair (hybrid approach) in the early management of postoperative colorectal anastomotic leaks: technique and outcomes

    • William Tzu-Liang Chen
    • Saurabh Bansal
    • Abe Fingerhut

    OriginalPaper 01 May 2018 Pages: 4472 - 4480

    

15. Long-term results of laparoscopic liver resection for the primary treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: role of the surgeon in anatomical resection

    • Woo-Hyoung Kang
    • Ki-Hun Kim
    • Sung-Gyu Lee

    OriginalPaper 24 April 2018 Pages: 4481 - 4490

    

16. All in: expansion of the acquisition of data for outcomes and procedure transfer (ADOPT) program to an entire SAGES annual meeting hands-on hernia course

    • Jonathan Dort
    • Amber Trickey
    • Brian Dunkin

    OriginalPaper 01 May 2018 Pages: 4491 - 4497

    

17. Oncological outcomes of robotic-assisted laparoscopic versus open lateral lymph node dissection for locally advanced low rectal cancer

    • Tomohiro Yamaguchi
    • Yusuke Kinugasa
    • Hitoshi Hino

    OriginalPaper 02 May 2018 Pages: 4498 - 4505

    

18. Primary paraesophageal hernia repair with Gore® Bio-A® tissue reinforcement: long-term outcomes and association of BMI and recurrence

    • Michael T. Olson
    • Saurabh Singhal
    • Ross M. Bremner

    OriginalPaper 14 May 2018 Pages: 4506 - 4516

    

19. Intraoperative conversion does not affect the oncological outcomes of minimally invasive esophagectomy for treatment of esophageal cancer

    • Xue-Hai Liu
    • Yi Hu
    • Wei Guo

    OriginalPaper 15 May 2018 Pages: 4517 - 4526

    

20. A randomised trial of observational learning from 2D and 3D models in robotically assisted surgery

    • David J. Harris
    • Samuel J. Vine
    • Gavin Buckingham

    OriginalPaper Open access 14 May 2018 Pages: 4527 - 4532

    

21. Lower intra-abdominal pressure has no cardiopulmonary benefits during laparoscopic colorectal surgery: a double-blind, randomized controlled trial

    • Youn Joung Cho
    • Hyesun Paik
    • Jeong-Hwa Seo

    OriginalPaper 14 May 2018 Pages: 4533 - 4542

    

22. Treatment of cardial submucosal tumors originating from the muscularis propria layer: submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection versus endoscopic submucosal excavation

    • Chen Du
    • Ningli Chai
    • Ping Tang

    OriginalPaper 15 May 2018 Pages: 4543 - 4551

    

23. Quantitative transrectal shear wave elastography undergoing salvage extraperitoneal laparoscopic radical prostatectomy following failed radiotherapy

    • Cheng Wei
    • Magdalena Szewczyk-Bieda
    • Ghulam Nabi

    OriginalPaper 14 May 2018 Pages: 4552 - 4561

    

24. Does robotic rectal cancer surgery improve the results of experienced laparoscopic surgeons? An observational single institution study comparing 168 robotic assisted with 184 laparoscopic rectal resections

    • Rogier M. P. H. Crolla
    • Paul G. Mulder
    • George P. van der Schelling

    OriginalPaper 14 May 2018 Pages: 4562 - 4570

25. Robot-assisted laparoscopic resection of clinical T4b tumours of distal sigmoid and rectum: initial results

    • Rogier M. P. H. Crolla
    • Janneke J. C. Tersteeg
    • Jennifer M. J. Schreinemakers

    OriginalPaper 16 May 2018 Pages: 4571 - 4578

26. Randomized clinical trial comparing laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair using sutures versus sutures reinforced with non-absorbable mesh

    • Jelmer E. Oor
    • David J. Roks
    • Eric J. Hazebroek

    OriginalPaper 15 May 2018 Pages: 4579 - 4589

    

27. Robot-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty: a single-centre experience

    • Thomas Charles Wood
    • Nicholas Raison
    • Prokar Dasgupta

    OriginalPaper 17 May 2018 Pages: 4590 - 4596

    

28. Correction to: Robot-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty: a single-centre experience

    • Thomas Charles Wood
    • Nicholas Raison
    • Prokar Dasgupta

    Correction 25 May 2018 Pages: 4597 - 4597

29. Forward-viewing endoscope for ERCP in patients with Billroth II gastrectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    • Tae Young Park
    • Chang Seok Bang
    • Jai Hoon Yoon

    OriginalPaper 17 May 2018 Pages: 4598 - 4613

    

30. Pure laparoscopic right hepatectomy of living donor is feasible and safe: a preliminary comparative study in China

    • Jiu-Lin Song
    • Jian Yang
    • Jia-Yin Yang

    OriginalPaper 24 September 2018 Pages: 4614 - 4623

    

31. Randomized study of the influence of two-dimensional versus three-dimensional imaging using a novel 3D head-mounted display (HMS-3000MT) on performance of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair

    • M. Patrzyk
    • M. Klee
    • K. Beyer

    OriginalPaper 17 May 2018 Pages: 4624 - 4631

    

32. Does obesity influence the results in Transvaginal Hybrid-NOTES cholecystectomy?

    • Dirk R. Bulian
    • Jurgen Knuth
    • Markus M. Heiss

    OriginalPaper 16 May 2018 Pages: 4632 - 4638

33. Visuospatial abilities and fine motor experiences influence acquisition and maintenance of fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery (FLS) task performance

    • Cuan M. Harrington
    • Patrick Dicker
    • Dara O. Kavanagh

    OriginalPaper 18 May 2018 Pages: 4639 - 4648

    

34. Role of indo-cyanine green (ICG) fluorescence in laparoscopic adrenalectomy: a retrospective review of 55 Cases

    • Eham Arora
    • Ajay Bhandarwar
    • Soumya Chatnalkar

    2018 SAGES Oral 25 June 2018 Pages: 4649 - 4657

    

35. Changing trends and outcomes associated with the adoption of minimally invasive hepatectomy: a contemporary single-institution experience with 400 consecutive resections

    • Brian K. P. Goh
    • Ser-Yee Lee
    • Chung-Yip Chan

    2018 SAGES Oral 02 July 2018 Pages: 4658 - 4665

    

36. The impact of preoperative anemia and malnutrition on outcomes in paraesophageal hernia repair

    • Lindsey N. Clark
    • Melissa C. Helm
    • Jon C. Gould

    2018 SAGES Oral 22 June 2018 Pages: 4666 - 4672

    

37. Image-guided video-assisted thoracoscopic small lung tumor resection using near-infrared marking

    • Chih-Tsung Wen
    • Yu-Yin Liu
    • Yin-Kai Chao

    Dynamic Manuscript 04 June 2018 Pages: 4673 - 4680

    

38. Laparoscopic subtotal gastrectomy with a new marking technique, endoscopic cautery marking: preservation of the stomach in patients with upper early gastric cancer

    • Satoshi Kamiya
    • Manabu Ohashi
    • Naoki Hiki

    Dynamic Manuscript 19 June 2018 Pages: 4681 - 4687

    

39. A novel percutaneous magnetically guided gastrostomy technique without endoscopy or imaging guidance: a feasibility study in a porcine model

    • Eduardo Aimore Bonin
    • Paulo Roberto Walter Ferreira
    • Leandro Totti Cavazzola

    New Technology 18 July 2018 Pages: 4688 - 4697

    

40. Modularized laparoscopic regional en bloc mesogastrium excision (rEME) based on membrane anatomy for distal gastric cancer

    • Jian Shen
    • Xiaogang Dong
    • Jianping Zhang

    New Technology Open access 27 July 2018 Pages: 4698 - 4705

    

41. Correction to: Evaluation of 22G fine-needle aspiration (FNA) versus fine-needle biopsy (FNB) for endoscopic ultrasound-guided sampling of pancreatic lesions: a prospective comparison study

    • Li Tian
    • An-Liu Tang
    • Xiao-Yan Wang

    Correction 17 August 2018 Pages: 4706 - 4706