1. Accreditation for centers of sarcoma surgery

   • Sergio Sandrucci
   • Annalisa Trama
   • Alessandro Gronchi

   Position Paper 08 August 2016 Pages: 1 - 7

2. A literature review of associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS): so far, so good

   • Martin de Santibañes
   • Luis Boccalatte
   • Eduardo de Santibañes

   Review Article 20 October 2016 Pages: 9 - 19

   

3. A systematic review of clinical effectiveness of wound edge protector devices in reducing surgical site infections in patients undergoing abdominal surgery

   • Muhammad Shafique Sajid
   • M. A. Rathore
   • K. K. Singh

   Review Article 25 January 2017 Pages: 21 - 28

   

4. Fertility sparing surgery for stage IA type I and G2 endometrial cancer in reproductive-aged patients: evidence-based approach and future perspectives

   • Salvatore Giovanni Vitale
   • Diego Rossetti
   • Antonio Simone Laganà

   Review Article 10 February 2017 Pages: 29 - 34

5. Effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on HER-2 expression in surgically treated gastric and oesophagogastric junction carcinoma: a multicentre Italian study

   • Damiano Chiari
   • Elena Orsenigo
   • Gruppo Italiano Ricerca Cancro Gastrico (GIRCG)

   Original Article 08 March 2017 Pages: 35 - 43

6. Risk factors for postoperative complications in robotic general surgery

   • Giovanni Fantola
   • Laurent Brunaud
   • Laurent Bresler

   Original Article 30 September 2016 Pages: 45 - 54

   

7. Ultrasonic energy device versus monopolar energy device in laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) inguinal hernia repair

   • Shimpei Otsuka
   • Yuji Kaneoka
   • Shunsuke Onoe

   Original Article 23 December 2016 Pages: 55 - 60

   

8. Laparoscopic appendectomy: Hem-o-lok versus Endoloop in stump closure

   • Andrea Lucchi
   • Pierluigi Berti
   • Gianluca Garulli

   Original Article 24 December 2016 Pages: 61 - 65

   

9. Should we routinely use DEBTACE for unresectable HCC? cTACE versus DEBTACE: a single-center survival analysis

   • M. Massani
   • T. Stecca
   • N. Bassi

   Original Article 17 January 2017 Pages: 67 - 73

   

10. Preoperative work-up for definition of lymph node risk involvement in early stage endometrial cancer: 5-year follow-up

    • Pietro Cignini
    • Salvatore Giovanni Vitale
    • Giuseppe Cutillo

    Original Article 20 January 2017 Pages: 75 - 82

    

11. Phrenic nerve stimulation during neck dissection for advanced thyroid cancer involving level IV: is it worth doing it?

    • Carlos S. Duque
    • Juan P. Dueñas
    • Mai Al Khadem

    Original Article 13 February 2017 Pages: 83 - 87

    

12. Gastroparesis post-laparoscopic cholecystectomy in diabetic patients

    • Abdulrahman Saleh Al-Mulhim

    Original Article 10 February 2017 Pages: 89 - 93

13. Sleeve gastrectomy leads to easy management of hormone replacement therapy and good weight loss in patients treated for craniopharyngioma

    • Manuela Trotta
    • Joël Da Broi
    • Giuseppe M. Marinari

    Original Article 04 March 2017 Pages: 95 - 99

    

14. Long-term effects of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy versus Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for the treatment of morbid obesity: a monocentric prospective study with minimum follow-up of 5 years

    • Federico Perrone
    • Emanuela Bianciardi
    • Paolo Gentileschi

    Original Article 06 March 2017 Pages: 101 - 107

    

15. Composite mesh and gluteal fasciocutaneous rotation flap for perineal hernia repair after abdominoperineal resection: a novel technique

    • Marios Papadakis
    • Gunnar Hübner
    • Mohamed Arafkas

    Technical Note 07 March 2017 Pages: 109 - 111

    

16. All that glitters are not gold! Reactive lymphoid hyperplasia mimicking colorectal liver metastases: description of a case and literature review

    • Damiano Caputo
    • Mariacristina Cartillone
    • Roberto Coppola

    Letter to the Editor 11 January 2017 Pages: 113 - 115