1. Should SAGES advance minimally invasive surgery in space?

   • Daniel M. Buckland
   • Daniel B. Jones

   Editorial 25 October 2011 Pages: 293 - 295

   

2. SAGES guidelines for the surgical treatment of esophageal achalasia

   • Dimitrios Stefanidis
   • William Richardson
   • Robert D. Fanelli

   Guidelines 02 November 2011 Pages: 296 - 311

   

3. Transanal endoscopic microsurgery: long-term experience, indication expansion, and technical improvements

   • Daniel Léonard
   • Jean-François Colin
   • Alex Kartheuser

   OriginalPaper 05 September 2011 Pages: 312 - 322

   

4. Endoscopic stenting versus operative gastrojejunostomy for malignant gastric outlet obstruction

   • Manju D. Chandrasegaram
   • Guy D. Eslick
   • Michael R. Cox

   OriginalPaper 05 September 2011 Pages: 323 - 329

   

5. Toll-like receptors in the inflammatory response during open and laparoscopic colectomy for colorectal cancer

   • Konstantinos E. Tsimogiannis
   • Constantinos C. Tellis
   • George Basdanis

   OriginalPaper 05 September 2011 Pages: 330 - 336

   

6. A single-blind controlled study of electrocautery and ultrasonic scalpel smoke plumes in laparoscopic surgery

   • J. Edward F. Fitzgerald
   • Momin Malik
   • Irfan Ahmed

   OriginalPaper 05 September 2011 Pages: 337 - 342

   

7. Selective tissue elevation by pressure for endoscopic mucosal resection of colorectal adenoma: first clinical trial

   • S. Belle
   • P. H. Collet
   • G. Kähler

   OriginalPaper 13 October 2011 Pages: 343 - 349

   

8. Risk factors in patient safety: minimally invasive surgery versus conventional surgery

   • Sharon P. Rodrigues
   • Aurystella M. Wever
   • Frank W. Jansen

   OriginalPaper Open access 05 September 2011 Pages: 350 - 356

   

9. Impact of the number of tacks on postoperative pain in laparoscopic repair of ventral hernias: do more tacks cause more pain?

   • Ernst J. P. Schoenmaeckers
   • Robert J. de Haas
   • Srdjan Rakic

   OriginalPaper 05 September 2011 Pages: 357 - 360

10. The ERAS protocol reduces the length of stay after laparoscopic colectomies

    • M. P. Haverkamp
    • M. A. J. de Roos
    • K. H. Ong

    OriginalPaper 13 October 2011 Pages: 361 - 367

    

11. Less adhesiolysis and hernia repair during completion proctocolectomy after laparoscopic emergency colectomy for ulcerative colitis

    • Sanne A. L. Bartels
    • Malaika S. Vlug
    • Willem A. Bemelman

    OriginalPaper Open access 13 October 2011 Pages: 368 - 373

    

12. Inflammatory impact of NOTES peritoneoscopy is not different from that of laparoscopy: a randomized comparative study in a survival porcine model

    • Carlos Guarner-Argente
    • Graciela Martínez-Pallí
    • Gloria Fernández-Esparrach

    OriginalPaper 05 September 2011 Pages: 374 - 380

    

13. Effectiveness of combined thoracoscopic–laparoscopic esophagectomy: comparison of postoperative complications and midterm oncological outcomes in patients with esophageal cancer

    • Yousuke Kinjo
    • Noriaki Kurita
    • Shunichi Fukuhara

    OriginalPaper 05 September 2011 Pages: 381 - 390

    

14. Does hypocapnia before and during carbon dioxide insufflation attenuate the hemodynamic changes during laparoscopic cholecystectomy?

    • Mohamed R. El-Tahan
    • Noha D. Al Dossary
    • Afrah Deria

    OriginalPaper 10 September 2011 Pages: 391 - 397

    

15. Changes in cuff pressure of endotracheal tube during laparoscopic and open abdominal surgery

    • Zeynep Baysal Yildirim
    • Ali Uzunkoy
    • Abdullah Ozgonul

    OriginalPaper 10 September 2011 Pages: 398 - 401

    

16. Laparoscopic versus open distal pancreatectomy: a single-institution case-control study

    • Sanket Sharad Mehta
    • Ghalia Doumane
    • Jean-Michel Fabre

    OriginalPaper 10 September 2011 Pages: 402 - 407

17. Alternative specimen extraction techniques after laparoscopic emergency colectomy in inflammatory bowel disease

    • Tjibbe J. Gardenbroek
    • Emma J. Eshuis
    • Willem A. Bemelman

    OriginalPaper Open access 10 September 2011 Pages: 408 - 412

    

18. Laparoscopic Nissen versus Toupet fundoplication: objective and subjective results of a prospective randomized trial

    • Oliver O. Koch
    • Adolf Kaindlstorfer
    • Rudolph Pointner

    OriginalPaper 05 September 2011 Pages: 413 - 422

    

19. Stenting for malignant colorectal obstruction: a single-center experience with 101 patients

    • Ilona Keränen
    • Anna Lepistö
    • Leena Kylänpää

    OriginalPaper 10 September 2011 Pages: 423 - 430

    

20. Lobectomy for early-stage lung carcinoma: a cost analysis of full thoracoscopy versus posterolateral thoracotomy

    • Ricard Ramos
    • Cristina Masuet
    • Dominique Gossot

    OriginalPaper 05 September 2011 Pages: 431 - 437

    

21. Advance in diagnosis and treatment of small bowel tumors: a single-center report

    • M. E. Riccioni
    • R. Cianci
    • G. Costamagna

    OriginalPaper 10 September 2011 Pages: 438 - 441

    

22. Adoption of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) strategies for colorectal surgery at academic teaching hospitals and impact on total length of hospital stay

    • Mary-Anne Aarts
    • Allan Okrainec
    • Robin S. McLeod

    OriginalPaper 20 October 2011 Pages: 442 - 450

23. Postoperative dysphagia is not predictive of long-term failure after laparoscopic antireflux surgery

    • Konstantinos I. Makris
    • Maria A. Cassera
    • Lee L. Swanström

    OriginalPaper 10 September 2011 Pages: 451 - 457

    

24. Laparoscopic resection of a residual retroperitoneal tumor mass of nonseminomatous testicular germ cell tumors

    • Çiğdem Öztürk
    • Robert J. van Ginkel
    • Harald J. Hoekstra

    OriginalPaper Open access 23 September 2011 Pages: 458 - 467

    

25. Open versus laparoscopic liver resection: looking beyond the immediate postoperative period

    • Joshua D. Gustafson
    • Justin P. Fox
    • Thavam Thambi-Pillai

    OriginalPaper 20 October 2011 Pages: 468 - 472

    

26. Therapeutic options for iatrogenic colon perforation: feasibility of endoscopic clip closure and predictors of the need for early surgery

    • Sung Bum Cho
    • Wan Sik Lee
    • Jong Sun Rew

    OriginalPaper 23 September 2011 Pages: 473 - 479

    

27. Initial experience with laparoscopic hepatic resection at a comprehensive cancer center

    • Andrew A. Gumbs
    • Tzu-jung Tsai
    • John P. Hoffman

    OriginalPaper 23 September 2011 Pages: 480 - 487

    

28. Learning laparoscopic colectomy during colorectal residency: what does it take and how are we doing?

    • Sharon Stein
    • Jonah Stulberg
    • Bradley Champagne

    OriginalPaper 22 September 2011 Pages: 488 - 492

    

29. A single surgeon’s experience with 54 consecutive cases of multivisceral resection for locally advanced primary colorectal cancer: can the laparoscopic approach be performed safely?

    • Kwang Yeon Kim
    • Duk Won Hwang
    • Ho Suk Lee

    OriginalPaper 20 October 2011 Pages: 493 - 500

    

30. Capnographic monitoring for carbon dioxide insufflation during endoscopic mucosal dissection: comparison of transcutaneous and end-tidal capnometers

    • Ryusaku Kusunoki
    • Yuji Amano
    • Yoshikazu Kinoshita

    OriginalPaper 22 September 2011 Pages: 501 - 506

    

31. Erratum to: Capnographic monitoring for carbon dioxide insufflation during endoscopic submucosal dissection: comparison of transcutaneous and end-tidal capnometers

    • Ryusaku Kusunoki
    • Yuji Amano
    • Yoshikazu Kinoshita

    Erratum 13 December 2011 Pages: 507 - 507

32. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy after a quarter century: why do we still convert?

    • Balazs I. Lengyel
    • Dan Azagury
    • Ali Tavakkolizadeh

    OriginalPaper 23 September 2011 Pages: 508 - 513

33. Does adding a lesser-curvature gastrogastric plication suture reduce the need for revision after laparoscopic adjustable gastric band placement?

    • Jonathan Zagzag
    • Bradley F. Schwack
    • Marina S. Kurian

    OriginalPaper 23 September 2011 Pages: 514 - 517

34. The role of endoscopic ultrasound in assessing tumor response and staging after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for esophageal cancer

    • Subhasis Misra
    • Mark Choi
    • Dido Franceschi

    OriginalPaper 23 September 2011 Pages: 518 - 522

35. Transumbilical laparoscopically assisted appendectomy in children: the results of a single-port, single-channel procedure

    • Yasuharu Ohno
    • Toshiya Morimura
    • Shin-ichi Hayashi

    OriginalPaper 23 September 2011 Pages: 523 - 527

36. Evaluation of a simple valve mechanism used to stabilize intraabdominal pressure during surgically induced pneumoperitoneum in small animals

    • Brayner Iorio
    • Rogerio F. de Barros
    • Joaquim M. Bustorff-Silva

    OriginalPaper 23 September 2011 Pages: 528 - 532

    

37. Evaluation of complications related to therapeutic colonoscopy using the bipolar snare

    • Tsutomu Saraya
    • Hiroaki Ikematsu
    • Kazuhiro Kaneko

    OriginalPaper 23 September 2011 Pages: 533 - 540

    

38. Laparoscopic management of gastric band erosions: a 10-year series of 49 cases

    • Geoffrey Paul Kohn
    • Cheryl Anne Hansen
    • Chris Hensman

    OriginalPaper 13 October 2011 Pages: 541 - 545

    

39. Minimally invasive treatment of rectovaginal fistula

    • Giancarlo D’Ambrosio
    • Alessandro M. Paganini
    • Emanuele Lezoche

    OriginalPaper 16 November 2011 Pages: 546 - 550

    

40. Transanal endoscopic microsurgery for T1 rectal cancer: size matters!

    • Pascal G. Doornebosch
    • Eliane Zeestraten
    • Hans Morreau

    OriginalPaper 13 October 2011 Pages: 551 - 557

    

41. Pure transvesical NOTES uterine horn resection in swine as an appendectomy model

    • Chang Wook Jeong
    • Jong Jin Oh
    • Sang Eun Lee

    Dynamic Manuscript 15 October 2011 Pages: 558 - 564

    

42. Repeated transvaginal notes: is it possible?

    • S. Perretta
    • M. Vix
    • J. Marescaux

    Video 16 November 2011 Pages: 565 - 565

43. A review of the composition, characteristics, and effectiveness of barrier mesh prostheses utilized for laparoscopic ventral hernia repair

    • Corey R. Deeken
    • Keith M. Faucher
    • Brent D. Matthews

    New Technology 05 September 2011 Pages: 566 - 575

    

44. Robotic and laparoscopic gastric bypass: are they comparable?

    • Pietro Addeo
    • Nicolas C. Buchs

    Letter 05 September 2011 Pages: 576 - 577

45. Laparoscopic low anterior resection with total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer

    • Christof Hottenrott

    Letter 10 September 2011 Pages: 578 - 579

46. Robotic surgery and limitations

    • Christof Hottenrott

    Letter 10 September 2011 Pages: 580 - 581

47. Exploring the role of minimally invasive treatment strategies in early rectal cancer: the significance of functional outcome and quality of life

    • Roel Hompes
    • Neil Mortensen
    • Chris Cunningham

    Letter 10 September 2011 Pages: 582 - 583

48. The role of locoregional resection with TEM to treat small nonadvanced low rectal cancer: the key point to obtaining good results

    • Giovanni Lezoche
    • Alessandro M. Paganini
    • Emanuele Lezoche

    Letter to the Editor--Reply 23 September 2011 Pages: 584 - 585

49. “Correcting” ulcers?

    • David Cha
    • Joshua R. Karas
    • Roberto Bergamaschi

    Letter To The Editor 22 September 2011 Pages: 586 - 586

50. Peritoneal changes due to laparoscopic surgery

    • Tarik Sammour
    • Arman Kahokehr
    • Andrew G. Hill

    Letter to the Editor 13 October 2011 Pages: 587 - 587