1. 2019 Acknowledgment of reviewers

   Acknowledgment 02 March 2020 Pages: 1451 - 1457

2. Ten golden rules for a safe MIS inguinal hernia repair using a new anatomical concept as a guide

   • Christiano Claus
   • Marcelo Furtado
   • Edward Felix

   Editorial 19 February 2020 Pages: 1458 - 1464

   

3. SAGES masters program: determining the seminal articles for each pathway

   • Dimitrios Stefanidis
   • Linda Schultz
   • Daniel B. Jones

   SAGES Master Class 12 February 2020 Pages: 1465 - 1481

4. Clinical spotlight review for the management of choledocholithiasis

   • Vimal K. Narula
   • Eleanor C. Fung
   • the SAGES Guidelines Committee

   SAGES Clinical Spotlight Review 24 February 2020 Pages: 1482 - 1491

   

5. Objective assessment of surgical operative performance by observational clinical human reliability analysis (OCHRA): a systematic review

   • Benjie Tang
   • Alfred Cuschieri

   Review Article Open access 17 January 2020 Pages: 1492 - 1508

   

6. Laparoscopic radical hysterectomy has higher risk of perioperative urologic complication than abdominal radical hysterectomy: a meta-analysis of 38 studies

   • Jong Ha Hwang
   • Bo Wook Kim

   Review Article 17 January 2020 Pages: 1509 - 1521

   

7. Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration for elderly patients with choledocholithiasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   • Jisheng Zhu
   • Shuju Tu
   • Weidong Xiao

   Review Article 03 February 2020 Pages: 1522 - 1533

   

8. Defining the learning curve for transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal adenocarcinoma

   • Lawrence Lee
   • Justin Kelly
   • John R. T. Monson

   OriginalPaper 11 July 2018 Pages: 1534 - 1542

   

9. Totally endoscopic sublay (TES) repair for midline ventral hernia: surgical technique and preliminary results

   • Binggen Li
   • Changfu Qin
   • Reinhard Bittner

   OriginalPaper 29 October 2018 Pages: 1543 - 1550

   

10. Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration in patients with previous abdominal biliary tract operations

    • Min Li
    • Ying Tao
    • Houbao Liu

    OriginalPaper Open access 18 February 2020 Pages: 1551 - 1560

11. A budget impact analysis of a magnetic sphincter augmentation device for the treatment of medication-refractory mechanical gastroesophageal reflux disease: a United States payer perspective

    • John Pandolfino
    • John Lipham
    • Rana A. Qadeer

    OriginalPaper 26 September 2019 Pages: 1561 - 1572

    

12. Outcomes in conventional laparoscopic versus robotic-assisted revisional bariatric surgery: a retrospective, case–controlled study of the MBSAQIP database

    • Edwin Acevedo
    • Michael Mazzei
    • Michael A. Edwards

    OriginalPaper 17 June 2019 Pages: 1573 - 1584

13. Factors associated with conversion to snare resection during gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection

    • Su Jin Kim
    • Cheol Woong Choi
    • Dae Gon Ryu

    OriginalPaper 17 June 2019 Pages: 1585 - 1591

    

14. The recurrent bleeding risk of a Forrest IIc lesion at the second-look endoscopy can be indicated by high Rockall scores ≥ 6

    • Er-Hsiang Yang
    • Chung-Tai Wu
    • Hsiu-Chi Cheng

    OriginalPaper 20 June 2019 Pages: 1592 - 1601

    

15. Long-term health-related quality of life following robot-assisted radical transmediastinal esophagectomy

    • Kotaro Sugawara
    • Shuntaro Yoshimura
    • Yasuyuki Seto

    OriginalPaper 08 July 2019 Pages: 1602 - 1611

    

16. Double-balloon endoscopy-assisted treatment of hepaticojejunostomy anastomotic strictures and predictive factors for treatment success

    • Tatsuya Sato
    • Hirofumi Kogure
    • Kazuhiko Koike

    OriginalPaper 19 June 2019 Pages: 1612 - 1620

    

17. Outcomes of laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair based on surgical specialty: thoracic versus general surgeons

    • Sahil Gambhir
    • Shaun Daly
    • Ninh T. Nguyen

    OriginalPaper 18 June 2019 Pages: 1621 - 1624

18. Intra-abdominal pressure during endoscopic full-thickness resection comparing manual and automatic control insufflation: a block-randomized porcine study

    • Shunsuke Kamba
    • Masakuni Kobayashi
    • Kazuki Sumiyama

    OriginalPaper 18 June 2019 Pages: 1625 - 1633

    

19. Social media, advertising, and internet use among general and bariatric surgeons

    • Carlos Zerrweck
    • Sebastián Arana
    • Gianluca Donatini

    OriginalPaper 19 June 2019 Pages: 1634 - 1640

    

20. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for thoracic empyema in patients on maintenance hemodialysis

    • Hsien-Chi Liao
    • Jen-Hao Chuang
    • Jin-Shing Chen

    OriginalPaper 08 July 2019 Pages: 1641 - 1647

    

21. The first consensus statement on revisional bariatric surgery using a modified Delphi approach

    • Kamal K. Mahawar
    • Jacques M. Himpens
    • Peter K. Small

    OriginalPaper 19 June 2019 Pages: 1648 - 1657

22. The Yonsei experience of 104 laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomies: a propensity score-matched analysis with open pancreaticoduodenectomy

    • Sang Hyup Han
    • Chang Moo Kang
    • Woo Jung Lee

    OriginalPaper 08 July 2019 Pages: 1658 - 1664

    

23. Laparoscopic colectomy for diverticulitis in patients with pre-operative respiratory comorbidity: analysis of post-operative outcomes in the United States from 2005 to 2017

    • Richa Patel
    • Pavel Zagadailov
    • Aziz M. Merchant

    OriginalPaper 08 July 2019 Pages: 1665 - 1677

    

24. Optimizing resource utilization during proficiency-based training of suturing skills in medical students: a randomized controlled trial of faculty-led, peer tutor-led, and holography-augmented methods of teaching

    • Madeline Lemke
    • Hillary Lia
    • Boris Zevin

    OriginalPaper 08 July 2019 Pages: 1678 - 1687

    

25. Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) versus transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) for treatment of rectal tumors: a comparative systematic review and meta-analysis

    • Thomas R. McCarty
    • Ahmad Najdat Bazarbashi
    • Hiroyuki Aihara

    OriginalPaper 10 July 2019 Pages: 1688 - 1695

    

26. A successful clinical pathway protocol for minimally invasive esophagectomy

    • Robert E. Merritt
    • Peter J. Kneuertz
    • Kyle A. Perry

    OriginalPaper 08 July 2019 Pages: 1696 - 1703

    

27. Long-term dysphagia resolution following POEM versus Heller myotomy for achalasia patients

    • Grace E. Shea
    • Morgan K. Johnson
    • Luke M. Funk

    OriginalPaper 10 July 2019 Pages: 1704 - 1711

    

28. General surgery training in the era of robotic surgery: a qualitative analysis of perceptions from resident and attending surgeons

    • Beiqun Zhao
    • Jenny Lam
    • Lisa A. Parry

    OriginalPaper 08 July 2019 Pages: 1712 - 1721

    

29. Risk factors for distal migration of biliary plastic stents and related duodenal injury

    • Xiang-lei Yuan
    • Lian-song Ye
    • Bing Hu

    OriginalPaper Open access 18 July 2019 Pages: 1722 - 1728

    

30. Is 3D faster and safer than 4K laparoscopic cholecystectomy? A randomised-controlled trial

    • Matt Dunstan
    • Ralph Smith
    • Iain Jourdan

    OriginalPaper Open access 18 July 2019 Pages: 1729 - 1735

    

31. HYPerspectral Enhanced Reality (HYPER): a physiology-based surgical guidance tool

    • Manuel Barberio
    • Fabio Longo
    • Michele Diana

    OriginalPaper 15 July 2019 Pages: 1736 - 1744

    

32. 3D laparoscopy does not reduce operative duration or errors in day-case laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a randomised controlled trial

    • Katie E. Schwab
    • Nathan J. Curtis
    • Iain C. Jourdan

    OriginalPaper Open access 16 July 2019 Pages: 1745 - 1753

    

33. Determining changes in bone metabolism after bariatric surgery in postmenopausal women

    • Andrew R. Luhrs
    • Gerardo Davalos
    • Alfredo D. Guerron

    2019 SAGES Oral 17 June 2019 Pages: 1754 - 1760

34. Using impedance planimetry (EndoFLIP™) in the operating room to assess gastroesophageal junction distensibility and predict patient outcomes following fundoplication

    • Bailey Su
    • Stephanie Novak
    • Michael B. Ujiki

    2019 SAGES Oral 19 June 2019 Pages: 1761 - 1768

    

35. Surgeon variation in severity of reflux symptoms after sleeve gastrectomy

    • Oliver A. Varban
    • Jyothi R. Thumma
    • Justin B. Dimick

    2019 SAGES Oral 18 June 2019 Pages: 1769 - 1775

    

36. Providing complex GI surgical care with minimally invasive approaches: a survey of the practice patterns of Fellowship Council alumni

    • Joshua J. Weis
    • Adnan A. Alseidi
    • Daniel J. Scott

    2019 SAGES Oral 17 June 2019 Pages: 1776 - 1784

    

37. Use of computed tomography volumetric measurements to predict operative techniques in paraesophageal hernia repair

    • Angela M. Kao
    • Samuel W. Ross
    • Paul D. Colavita

    2019 SAGES Oral 12 August 2019 Pages: 1785 - 1794

    

38. Three-dimensional hernia analysis: the impact of size on surgical outcomes

    • Kathryn A. Schlosser
    • Sean R. Maloney
    • B. Todd Heniford

    2019 SAGES Oral 24 June 2019 Pages: 1795 - 1801

39. Predicting surgical site infections following laparoscopic bariatric surgery: development of the BariWound tool using the MBSAQIP database

    • Jerry T. Dang
    • Caroline Tran
    • Shahzeer Karmali

    2019 SAGES Oral 24 June 2019 Pages: 1802 - 1811

    

40. Optimizing bariatric surgery outcomes: a novel preoperative protocol in a bariatric population with gastroesophageal reflux disease

    • Rhys Kavanagh
    • Jessica Smith
    • Peter Nau

    2019 SAGES Oral 25 June 2019 Pages: 1812 - 1818

    

41. Results of the FUSE Evaluation Project in France

    • Jean Gugenheim
    • Tarek Debs
    • Muriel Mathonnet

    2019 SAGES Oral 19 June 2019 Pages: 1819 - 1822

    

42. Is that ‘floppy’ fundoplication tight enough?

    • Brexton Turner
    • Melissa Helm
    • Jon C. Gould

    2019 SAGES Oral 08 July 2019 Pages: 1823 - 1828

    

43. Impact of psychiatric disorders on patient satisfaction after Nissen Fundoplication

    • Carla N. Holcomb
    • Noah J. Switzer
    • Kyle Perry

    2019 SAGES Oral 13 August 2019 Pages: 1829 - 1834

    

44. Magnetic sphincter augmentation (MSA) in patients with hiatal hernia: clinical outcome and patterns of recurrence

    • Shahin Ayazi
    • Nobel Chowdhury
    • Blair A. Jobe

    2019 SAGES Oral Open access 08 July 2019 Pages: 1835 - 1846

    

45. Gastrectomy versus stomach left in situ with Roux-en-Y reconstruction for the treatment of gastroparesis

    • Joshua P. Landreneau
    • Andrew T. Strong
    • John H. Rodriguez

    2019 SAGES Oral 11 July 2019 Pages: 1847 - 1855

    

46. Use of a report card to evaluate outcomes of achalasia surgery: beyond the Eckardt score

    • Ealaf Shemmeri
    • Ralph W. Aye
    • Brian E. Louie

    2019 SAGES Oral 08 July 2019 Pages: 1856 - 1862

    

47. Carbon dioxide can eliminate operating room fires from alcohol-based surgical skin preps

    • Jason M. Samuels
    • Heather Carmichael
    • Edward L. Jones

    2019 SAGES Oral dynamic 20 June 2019 Pages: 1863 - 1867

    

48. The impossible gallbladder: aspiration as an alternative to conversion

    • Natallia Kharytaniuk
    • Gary A. Bass
    • Thomas N. Walsh

    Dynamic Manuscript 25 November 2019 Pages: 1868 - 1875

49. Endoscopic full-thickness resection of duodenal lesions (with video)

    • Gianluca Andrisani
    • Francesco Maria Di Matteo

    Dynamic Manuscript 25 November 2019 Pages: 1876 - 1881

    

50. A randomized study on laparoscopic total extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair with hernia sac transection vs complete sac reduction

    • Weiming Li
    • Yijun Li
    • Yanbo Sun

    Dynamic Manuscript 09 December 2019 Pages: 1882 - 1886