1. Introduction

   • Aaron S. Fink

   2002 Consensus Conference on Management of Obesity 15 January 2018 Pages: 433 - 437

2. Epidemiology and consequences of obesity

   • June Stevens
   • Kimberly P. Truesdale

   OriginalPaper 15 January 2018 Pages: 438 - 442

3. Body weight regulation and obesity

   • Lee M. Kaplan

   OriginalPaper 15 January 2018 Pages: 443 - 451

4. Lifestyle modification in the management of obesity

   • Thomas A. Wadden
   • Brian G. McGuckin
   • Stephanie L. Sargent

   OriginalPaper 15 January 2018 Pages: 452 - 463

5. Medical management of obesity: present and future therapy

   • Samuel Klein

   OriginalPaper 15 January 2018 Pages: 464 - 467

6. Open and laparoscopic surgical modalities for the management of obesity

   • Philip R. Schauer

   OriginalPaper 15 January 2018 Pages: 468 - 475

7. Treatment of obesity

   • Harvey J. Sugerman

   OriginalPaper 15 January 2018 Pages: 476 - 477

8. Overview—Current clinical and preclinical use of robotics for surgery

   • Mark A. Talamini

   OriginalPaper 15 January 2018 Pages: 479 - 480

9. Robots in surgery: Advanced gastrointestinal applications and credentialing

   • W. Scott Melvin

   OriginalPaper 15 January 2018 Pages: 481 - 483

10. Outcome after pancreaticoduodenectomy for periampullary cancer: An analysis from the veterans affairs national surgical quality improvement program

    • Kevin G. Billingsley
    • Kwan Hur
    • Richard H. Bell Jr.

    SSAT Articles 15 January 2018 Pages: 484 - 491

11. Transcystic common bile duct exploration in the management of patients with choledocholithiasis

    • Sergio Rojas-Ortega
    • Daniel Arizpe-Bravo
    • Crispina Gómez

    OriginalPaper 15 January 2018 Pages: 492 - 496

12. Biliary obstruction reduces hepatic killing and phagocytic clearance of circulating microorganisms in rats

    • Sumito Hoshino
    • Zhaoli Sun
    • Andrew S. Klein

    OriginalPaper 15 January 2018 Pages: 497 - 506

13. An intravital model to monitor steps of metastatic tumor cell adhesion within the hepatic microcirculation

    • Jörg Haier
    • Timo Korb
    • Norbert Senninger

    OriginalPaper 15 January 2018 Pages: 507 - 515

14. Identification of optimal harvest sites of ileal stem cells for treatment of bile acid malabsorption in a dog model

    • Matthias Stelzner
    • Vicki D. Hoagland
    • Jacob D. Woolman

    OriginalPaper 15 January 2018 Pages: 516 - 522

15. Summary of "Current status of robotics in general surgery"

    • L. William Traverso

    2002 SSAT/SAGES Joint Symposium on Current Status of Robotics in General Surgery 15 January 2018 Pages: 523 - 523

16. Institutional variations in the management of patients with acute appendicitis

    • Jennefer A. Kieran
    • Myriam J. Curet
    • Carol R. Schermer

    OriginalPaper 15 January 2018 Pages: 523 - 528

17. Reduction in serum pepsinogen I after roux-en-Y gastric bypass

    • Magnus Sundbom
    • Erik Maårdh
    • Sven Gustavsson

    OriginalPaper 15 January 2018 Pages: 529 - 535

18. Benign nonampullary duodenal neoplasms

    • Alexander Perez
    • John R. Saltzman
    • Edward E. Whang

    Original Articles 15 January 2018 Pages: 536 - 541

19. Surgical management of pancreaticocutaneous fistula

    • Miranda Voss
    • Amjad Ali
    • Theodore N. Pappas

    OriginalPaper 15 January 2018 Pages: 542 - 546

20. Histologic findings of gallbladder mucosa in 87 patients with morbid obesity without gallstones compared to 87 control subjects

    • Attila Csendes
    • Patricio Burdiles
    • Mauricio Recio

    OriginalPaper 15 January 2018 Pages: 547 - 551

21. Laparoscopic vs. open biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch: A comparative study

    • Won-Woo Kim
    • Michel Gagner
    • Alfons Pomp

    OriginalPaper 15 January 2018 Pages: 552 - 557

22. Laparoscopic colectomy in obese and nonobese patients

    • Anthony J. Senagore
    • Conor P. Delaney
    • C. Victor W. Fazio

    OriginalPaper 15 January 2018 Pages: 558 - 561

23. Home total parenteral nutrition: An alternative to early surgery for complicated inflammatory bowel disease

    • Justin P. Evans
    • A. H. Steinhart
    • Robin S. McLeod

    OriginalPaper 15 January 2018 Pages: 562 - 566

24. Outcome of patients undergoing ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for left-sided chronic ulcerative colitis

    • I. Hassan
    • A. F. Horgan
    • D. R. Larson

    OriginalPaper 15 January 2018 Pages: 567 - 571

25. Neuronal adrenergic and muscular cholinergic contractile hypersensitivity in canine jejunum after extrinsic denervation

    • Bruno M. Balsiger
    • Chong-Liang He
    • Michael G. Sarr

    OriginalPaper 15 January 2018 Pages: 572 - 582

26. Erratum to: Apoptotic and proliferative indexes in esophageal cancer: Predictors of response to neoadjuvant therapy apoptosis and proliferation in esophageal cancer

    • Duncan M. Beardsmore
    • Caroline S. Verbeke
    • Geoffrey W. B. Clark

    Erratum 15 January 2018 Pages: 583 - 583

27. Announcements

    Announcement 15 January 2018 Pages: A1 - A1