1. Invisible scar endoscopic thyroidectomy by the dorsal approach: experimental development of a new technique with human cadavers and preliminary clinical results

   • Hans Martin Schardey
   • Stefan Schopf
   • Stefan Pörtl

   Review 23 February 2008 Pages: 813 - 820

   

2. Laparoscopic splenectomy: the clinical practice guidelines of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)

   • B. Habermalz
   • S. Sauerland
   • E. Neugebauer

   Consensus Statement 22 February 2008 Pages: 821 - 848

3. Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, and use of laparoscopy for surgical problems during pregnancy

   • Prepared by the Guidelines Committee of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
   • Hori Yumi

   Guidelines 21 February 2008 Pages: 849 - 861

4. Minimally invasive myotomy for achalasia in the elderly

   • Arman Kilic
   • Matthew J. Schuchert
   • James D. Luketich

   OriginalPaper 20 November 2007 Pages: 862 - 865

5. Results of laparoscopic Heller myotomy without anti-reflux procedure in achalasia. Monocentric prospective study of 106 cases

   • M. Robert
   • G. Poncet
   • J. Boulez

   OriginalPaper 18 October 2007 Pages: 866 - 874

   

6. Long-term outcome of laparoscopic Nissen-Rossetti fundoplication for neurologically impaired and normal children

   • C. Capito
   • M.-D. Leclair
   • G. Podevin

   OriginalPaper 26 October 2007 Pages: 875 - 880

   

7. Laparoscopic repair of large hiatal hernia with teres ligament: midterm follow-up

   • G. Varga
   • L. Cseke
   • O. P. Horvath

   OriginalPaper 01 November 2007 Pages: 881 - 884

8. Simulated laparoscopic operating room crisis: An approach to enhance the surgical team performance

   • Kinga A. Powers
   • Scott T. Rehrig
   • Daniel B. Jones

   OriginalPaper 11 December 2007 Pages: 885 - 900

   

9. Laparoscopic training on Thiel human cadavers: A model to teach advanced laparoscopic procedures

   • Urs Giger
   • Isabelle Frésard
   • Lukas Krähenbühl

   OriginalPaper 18 August 2007 Pages: 901 - 906

   

10. Intermittent pneumatic sequential compression of the lower extremities restores the cerebral oxygen saturation during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

    • Osman Kurukahvecioglu
    • Mustafa Sare
    • Ekmel Tezel

    OriginalPaper 18 August 2007 Pages: 907 - 911

    

11. Videothoracoscopic thymectomy for nonthymomatous myasthenia gravis: Results of 90 patients

    • Alper Toker
    • Serhan Tanju
    • Feza Deymeer

    OriginalPaper 18 August 2007 Pages: 912 - 916

    

12. Isobaric gasless laparoscopy versus minilaparotomy in uterine myomectomy: a randomized trial

    • F. Sesti
    • F. Capobianco
    • E. Piccione

    OriginalPaper 20 August 2007 Pages: 917 - 923

    

13. Ideal manipulation angle and instrument length in hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery

    • S. Manasnayakorn
    • A. Cuschieri
    • G. B. Hanna

    OriginalPaper 18 August 2007 Pages: 924 - 929

14. Building an efficient surgical team using a bench model simulation: construct validity of the Legacy Inanimate System for Endoscopic Team Training (LISETT)

    • B. Zheng
    • P. M. Denk
    • L. L. Swanström

    OriginalPaper 19 August 2007 Pages: 930 - 937

    

15. Microdialysis monitoring for evaluation of the influence exerted by pneumoperitoneum on the kidney: an experimental study

    • T. Iwata
    • A. Gilispie
    • B.-G. Ericzon

    OriginalPaper 19 August 2007 Pages: 938 - 942

    

16. Retracting and seeking movements during laparoscopic goal-oriented movements. Is the shortest path length optimal?

    • Magdalena K. Chmarra
    • Frank Willem Jansen
    • Jenny Dankelman

    OriginalPaper Open access 20 August 2007 Pages: 943 - 949

    

17. Clinical outcome of the laparoscopic surgery for stage II and III colorectal cancer

    • Takeshi Naitoh
    • Takashi Tsuchiya
    • Yasuhiro Hasegawa

    OriginalPaper 20 August 2007 Pages: 950 - 954

    

18. Laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy with D1+β compared with D1+α lymph node dissection

    • Jia-Ming Wei
    • Norio Shiraishi
    • Seigo Kitano

    OriginalPaper 19 August 2007 Pages: 955 - 960

19. Gastrotomy closure using bioabsorbable plugs in a canine model

    • Theodore J. Cios
    • Kevin M. Reavis
    • W. Scott Melvin

    OriginalPaper 19 August 2007 Pages: 961 - 966

    

20. Intravenous pantoprazole utilization in a level 1 trauma center

    • David A. Edelman
    • Krupa R. Patel
    • Lisa G. Hall Zimmerman

    OriginalPaper 21 August 2007 Pages: 967 - 973

    

21. A novel three-dimensional dynamic anorectal ultrasonography technique (echodefecography) to assess obstructed defecation, a comparison with defecography

    • Sthela M. Murad-Regadas
    • F. Sérgio P. Regadas
    • Rodrigo D. Escalante

    OriginalPaper 20 August 2007 Pages: 974 - 979

    

22. Determinants of complications and adequacy of surgical resection in laparoscopic versus open total gastrectomy for adenocarcinoma

    • B. Topal
    • E. Leys
    • F. Penninckx

    OriginalPaper 10 August 2007 Pages: 980 - 984

23. Effectiveness of endoscopic surgery training for medical students using a virtual reality simulator versus a box trainer: a randomized controlled trial

    • K. Tanoue
    • S. Ieiri
    • M. Hashizume

    OriginalPaper 19 August 2007 Pages: 985 - 990

    

24. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: lessons learned from an initial series of 100 patients

    • A. Gil-Cárdenas
    • C. Cordón
    • M. F. Herrera

    OriginalPaper 19 August 2007 Pages: 991 - 994

25. Combined vaginal–laparoscopic–abdominal approach for the surgical treatment of rectovaginal endometriosis with bowel resection: a comparison of this new technique with various established approaches by laparoscopy and laparotomy

    • Rosanna Zanetti-Dällenbach
    • Julia Bartley
    • Christhardt Köhler

    OriginalPaper 19 August 2007 Pages: 995 - 1001

26. Laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer: early experience among the elderly

    • K. K. Singh
    • A. Rohatgi
    • Satvinder Mudan

    OriginalPaper 02 September 2007 Pages: 1002 - 1007

    

27. Fibrinolytic responses of human peritoneal fluid in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a prospective clinical study

    • O. R. Tarhan
    • I. Barut
    • M. Bulbul

    OriginalPaper 01 September 2007 Pages: 1008 - 1013

    

28. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass as a re-do procedure for failed restricive gastric surgery

    • Els Van Dessel
    • Guy Hubens
    • Wouter Vaneerdeweg

    OriginalPaper 18 October 2007 Pages: 1014 - 1018

29. Gastric banding as a salvage procedure for patients with weight loss failure after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

    • Ryan M. Gobble
    • Manish S. Parikh
    • George A. Fielding

    OriginalPaper 18 October 2007 Pages: 1019 - 1022

    

30. Chronic in-vivo experience with an endoscopically delivered and retrieved duodenal-jejunal bypass sleeve in a porcine model

    • M. Tarnoff
    • S. Shikora
    • K. Gersin

    OriginalPaper 20 November 2007 Pages: 1023 - 1028

    

31. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy with ileal transposition (SGIT): A new surgical procedure as effective as gastric bypass for weight control in a porcine model

    • Camilo Boza
    • Michel Gagner
    • Monica Gandarillas

    OriginalPaper 13 February 2008 Pages: 1029 - 1034

    

32. Hiatal hernia repair at the initial laparoscopic adjustable gastric band operation reduces the need for reoperation

    • Iosif Gulkarov
    • Meredith Wetterau
    • George A. Fielding

    OriginalPaper 11 December 2007 Pages: 1035 - 1041

    

33. Natural orifice transesophageal mediastinoscopy and thoracoscopy

    • F. F. Willingham
    • D. W. Gee
    • D. W. Rattner

    OriginalPaper 20 November 2007 Pages: 1042 - 1047

    

34. Long-term comparative outcome between laparoscopic total Nissen and Toupet fundoplication: Symptomatic relief, patient satisfaction and quality of life

    • B. Sgromo
    • L. A. Irvine
    • S. M. Shimi

    OriginalPaper 20 November 2007 Pages: 1048 - 1053

35. Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication in infants and children: analysis of 106 consecutive patients with special emphasis in neurologically impaired vs. neurologically normal patients

    • Jan Mathei
    • Willy Coosemans
    • Toni Lerut

    OriginalPaper 18 October 2007 Pages: 1054 - 1059

    

36. Minimally invasive esophagectomy for cancer: laparoscopic transhiatal procedure or thoracoscopy in prone position followed by laparoscopy?

    • G. Dapri
    • J. Himpens
    • G. B. Cadière

    OriginalPaper 11 December 2007 Pages: 1060 - 1069

    

37. Immunohistochemical analysis of host reaction to heavyweight-, reduced-weight-, and expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE)-based meshes after short- and long-term intraabdominal implantations

    • Y. W. Novitsky
    • J. A. Cristiano
    • B. T. Heniford

    OriginalPaper 11 January 2008 Pages: 1070 - 1076

    

38. Iatrogenic biliary injury: 13,305 cholecystectomies experienced by a single surgical team over more than 13 years

    • O. Tantia
    • M. Jain
    • B. Sen

    OriginalPaper 18 January 2008 Pages: 1077 - 1086

    

39. Development of a more robust tool for postural stability analysis of laparoscopic surgeons

    • Gyusung Lee
    • Adrian E. Park

    OriginalPaper 20 November 2007 Pages: 1087 - 1092

    

40. Gastric bypass pouch and stoma reduction using a transoral endoscopic anchor placement system: A feasibility study

    • Daniel M. Herron
    • Desmond H. Birkett
    • Lee L. Swanström

    OriginalPaper 20 November 2007 Pages: 1093 - 1099

    

41. A lightweight, partially absorbable mesh (Ultrapro) for endoscopic hernia repair: experimental biocompatibility results obtained with a porcine model

    • C. Schug-Paß
    • C. Tamme
    • F. Köckerling

    OriginalPaper 26 October 2007 Pages: 1100 - 1106

    

42. Do recurrences after paraesophageal hernia repair matter?

    • B. C. White
    • L. O. Jeansonne
    • E. Lin

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2007 Pages: 1107 - 1111

    

43. The effects of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, hysterectomy, and appendectomy on nosocomial infection risks

    • Andrew Brill
    • Kathakali Ghosh
    • Stephen Brossette

    OriginalPaper Open access 23 February 2008 Pages: 1112 - 1118

44. Clinical evaluation and management of caustic injury in the upper gastrointestinal tract in 95 adult patients in an urban medical center

    • Gen Tohda
    • Choichi Sugawa
    • Charles E. Lucas

    OriginalPaper 27 October 2007 Pages: 1119 - 1125

    

45. Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery: Transgastric Cholecystectomy in a survival porcine model

    • S. Perretta
    • B. Dallemagne
    • J. Marescaux

    Technique 11 October 2007 Pages: 1126 - 1130

    

46. Minimally invasive video-assisted lateral lymphadenectomy: a proposal

    • P. Miccoli
    • G. Materazzi
    • P. Berti

    Technique 25 August 2007 Pages: 1131 - 1134

    

47. Inclusion of the transcervical approach in video-assisted thoracoscopic extended thymectomy (VATET) for myasthenia gravis: a prospective trial

    • Hiroyuki Shiono
    • N. Shigemura
    • M. Okumura

    Reply to Letter 21 February 2008 Pages: 1135 - 1136

    

48. Intraoperative ultrasonography during planned liver resections remains an important surgical tool

    • Herwig Cerwenka

    Letter 23 February 2008 Pages: 1137 - 1138

49. Transhiatal robot-assisted esophagectomy

    • J. Boone
    • I. H. M. Borel Rinkes
    • R. van Hillegersberg

    Letter Open access 23 February 2008 Pages: 1139 - 1140

50. News and Notices

    News and notices 05 April 2008 Pages: 1141 - 1142