1. Workforce Shortage for General Surgeons: Results from the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Track (SSAT) Surgeon Shortage Survey

   • KMarie Reid-Lombardo
   • Charity Celeste Glass
   • the Public Policy and Advocacy Committee of the SSAT

   Original Article 23 September 2014 Pages: 2061 - 2073

   

2. Re-examining the BMI Threshold for Bariatric Surgery in the USA

   • Rashikh A. Choudhury
   • K. M. Murayama
   • K. R. Dumon

   Original Article 09 October 2014 Pages: 2074 - 2079

   

3. A New pN Staging System Based on Both the Number and Anatomic Location of Metastatic Lymph Nodes in Gastric Cancer

   • Chen Jianhui
   • Chen Chuangqi
   • Cai Shirong

   Original Article 09 October 2014 Pages: 2080 - 2088

   

4. Quality of Life in Bile Duct Injury: 1-, 5-, and 10-year Outcomes After Surgical Repair

   • Ismael Dominguez-Rosado
   • Miguel Angel Mercado
   • Daniel Zamora-Valdés

   Original Article 11 October 2014 Pages: 2089 - 2094

   

5. Preoperative Bile Replacement Improves Immune Function for Jaundiced Patients Treated with External Biliary Drainage

   • Yuko Yoshida
   • Tetsuo Ajiki
   • Yonson Ku

   Original Article 18 October 2014 Pages: 2095 - 2104

   

6. Hospital Volume and Patient Outcomes in Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery: Is Assessing Differences in Mortality Enough?

   • Eric B. Schneider
   • Aslam Ejaz
   • Timothy M. Pawlik

   Original Article 09 October 2014 Pages: 2105 - 2115

   

7. Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Inpatient Analysis: Does the End Justify the Means?

   • Jan P. Kamiński
   • Kenneth W. Bueltmann
   • Marek Rudnicki

   Original Article 16 October 2014 Pages: 2116 - 2122

8. A Nomogram to Predict Disease-Free Survival After Surgical Resection of GIST

   • Danielle A. Bischof
   • Yuhree Kim
   • Timothy M. Pawlik

   Original Article 23 September 2014 Pages: 2123 - 2129

   

9. MRI with Gadoxetate Disodium for Colorectal Liver Metastasis: Is It the New “Imaging Modality of Choice”?

   • Shirali Patel
   • Susannah Cheek
   • D. Rohan Jeyarajah

   Original Article 16 October 2014 Pages: 2130 - 2135

10. Management of Lymph Nodes During Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: A Systematic Review

    • Neda Amini
    • Aslam Ejaz
    • Timothy M. Pawlik

    Original Article 10 October 2014 Pages: 2136 - 2148

    

11. A Prospective Clinical Study Evaluating the Development of Bowel Wall Edema During Laparoscopic and Open Visceral Surgery

    • Goran Marjanovic
    • Jasmina Kuvendziska
    • Wojciech Konrad Karcz

    Original Article 18 October 2014 Pages: 2149 - 2154

12. Effects of Intravenous Versus Epidural Lidocaine Infusion on Pain Intensity and Bowel Function After Major Large Bowel Surgery: a Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

    • Chryssoula Staikou
    • Alexandra Avramidou
    • Eriphili Argyra

    Original Article 23 September 2014 Pages: 2155 - 2162

    

13. Obesity, Regardless of Comorbidity, Influences Outcomes After Colorectal Surgery—Time to Rethink the Pay-for-Performance Metrics?

    • Iyare O. Esemuede
    • Alice C A Murray
    • Ravi P. Kiran

    Original Article 21 October 2014 Pages: 2163 - 2168

14. A Nationwide Analysis of Postoperative Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism in Colon and Rectal Surgery

    • Zhobin Moghadamyeghaneh
    • Mark H. Hanna
    • Michael J. Stamos

    Original Article 12 September 2014 Pages: 2169 - 2177

    

15. Preoperative Dehydration Increases Risk of Postoperative Acute Renal Failure in Colon and Rectal Surgery

    • Zhobin Moghadamyeghaneh
    • Michael J. Phelan
    • Michael J. Stamos

    Original Article 20 September 2014 Pages: 2178 - 2185

    

16. Outcomes in Patients with Obstructive Jaundice from Metastatic Colorectal Cancer and Implications for Management

    • Shawnn D. Nichols
    • Scott Albert
    • Mark Bloomston

    Original Article 10 October 2014 Pages: 2186 - 2191

    

17. Morbidity of Loop Ileostomy Closure after Restorative Proctocolectomy for Ulcerative Colitis and Familial Adenomatous Polyposis: a Systematic Review

    • Rudolf Mennigen
    • Wiebke Sewald
    • Emile Rijcken

    Original Article 18 September 2014 Pages: 2192 - 2200

    

18. Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy as the Gold Standard for Treatment of Achalasia

    • Peter Nau
    • David Rattner

    How I do it 10 September 2014 Pages: 2201 - 2207

    

19. A Pedunculated Giant Esophageal Liposarcoma: a Case Report and Literature Review

    • A. Dowli
    • A. Mattar
    • A. Lebenthal

    Review Article 05 September 2014 Pages: 2208 - 2213

    

20. Single-Incision versus Conventional Multiport Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery—Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis

    • Sheraz R. Markar
    • Tom Wiggins
    • Paraskevas Paraskeva

    Review Article 13 September 2014 Pages: 2214 - 2227

    

21. Is Routine Biopsy of Suspicious Liver Lesions Recommended?

    • John B. Conneely
    • J. Robert Beecroft
    • Steven Gallinger

    GI Image 12 September 2014 Pages: 2228 - 2229

    

22. Gastrocolic Fistula: A Rare Sequela of Colonic Adenocarcinoma

    • Samuel Harkin
    • Sivakumar Gananadha

    GI Image 08 October 2014 Pages: 2230 - 2231

    

23. Lesions Originating within the Retrorectal Space

    • A. Merchea
    • E. J. Dozois

    Letter to the Editor 17 May 2014 Pages: 2232 - 2233