1. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: evolution, not revolution

   • A. Cuschieri
   • J. Terblanche

   Editorial Pages: 125 - 126

2. Introduction to symposium

   • John Terblanche

   Minimally Invasive Surgery: Progress Symposium Gallstones In The Gallbladder, In Or Out And How? Pages: 127 - 127

3. Non-surgical options for the management of gallstone disease: an overview

   • A. Cuschieri

   Minimally Invasive Surgery: Progress Symposium Gallstones In The Gallbladder, In Or Out And How? Pages: 127 - 131

4. Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy of gallstones and the importance of operative cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

   • George Berci

   Minimally Invasive Surgery: Progress Symposium Gallstones In The Gallbladder, In Or Out And How? Pages: 131 - 133

5. Laparoscopic laser cholecystectomy and choledocholithiasis

   • Eddie J. Reddick
   • Douglas Olsen
   • Ron Pruitt

   Minimally Invasive Surgery: Progress Symposium Gallstones In The Gallbladder, In Or Out And How? Pages: 133 - 134

6. Laparoscopic treatment for gallbladder stones and the place of intracorporeal lithotripsy

   • J. Perissat
   • D. Collet
   • M. Sosso

   Minimally Invasive Surgery: Progress Symposium Gallstones In The Gallbladder, In Or Out And How? Pages: 135 - 136

7. Discussion

   Minimally Invasive Surgery: Progress Symposium Gallstones In The Gallbladder, In Or Out And How? Pages: 136 - 140

8. Percutaneous endoscopic treatment of cholelithiasis

   • Donald P. Griffith
   • Pedro A. Rubio
   • J. Perissat

   Original Articles Pages: 141 - 148

9. Invited commentary

   • J. Perissat

   Legacy Pages: 149 - 149

10. Photodynamic therapy of esophageal carcinoma

    • Tetsuya Okunaka
    • Harubumi Kato
    • Mark L. Eckhauser

    Original Articles Pages: 150 - 153

11. Preoperative staging of gastrointestinal tumors by endosonography

    • K. Ziegler
    • C. Sanft
    • E. O. Riecken

    Original Articles Pages: 154 - 160

12. Needle biopsy of submucosal lesions of the gastrointestinal tract

    • M. Spandre
    • M. Cavallero
    • F. P. Rossini

    Original Articles Pages: 161 - 163

13. Palliative bipolar electrocoagulation treatment of malignant gastroesophageal strictures

    • Massimo Conio
    • Luigina Bonelli
    • Hugo Aste

    Original Articles Pages: 164 - 167

14. Long-term results of palliative endoscopic and surgical intubation of benign oesophageal stenoses

    • Johannes Winter
    • Michael Jung
    • Bernd Christoph Manegold

    Original Articles Pages: 168 - 172

15. Repeat percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG): an outpatient procedure

    • Michael J. Cullado
    • Frederick A. Slezak
    • Joel A. Porter

    Original Articles Pages: 173 - 174

16. Oxygen saturation monitoring during endoscopy

    • Christopher P. Steffes
    • Choichi Sugawa
    • Sharon R. Hayward

    Original Articles Pages: 175 - 178

17. Evaluation of safe, effective intravenous sedation for utilization in endoscopic procedures

    • Charles H. Andrus
    • Philip A. Dean
    • Jeffrey L. Ponsky

    Original Articles Pages: 179 - 183

18. Drainage-tube penetration into the gastric lumen, mimicking a high-volume enterocutaneous fistula

    • E. Eleftheriadis

    Case Report Pages: 184 - 185

19. The falciform lift: a simple method for retraction of the falciform ligament during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

    • L. K. Nathanson
    • A. Cuschieri

    Letter To The Editor Pages: 186 - 186