1. Applications of hepatic round ligament/falciform ligament flap and graft in abdominal surgery—a review of their utility and efficacy

   • Vasudevan Baskaran
   • Jayant Kumar Banerjee
   • Ramanathan Saranga Bharathi

   Review Article 07 January 2021 Pages: 1249 - 1281

   

2. Anaesthesia as an influence in tumour progression

   • Jadie Plücker
   • Naita M. Wirsik
   • Markus A. Weigand

   Review Article Open access 01 February 2021 Pages: 1283 - 1294

   

3. Simultaneous portal and hepatic vein embolization before major liver resection

   • Jan Heil
   • Erik Schadde

   Review Article Open access 24 August 2020 Pages: 1295 - 1305

   

4. Safety and feasibility for laparoscopic versus open caudate lobe resection: a meta-analysis

   • Zigang Ding
   • Lingpeng Liu
   • Mingwen Huang

   Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses 06 January 2021 Pages: 1307 - 1316

   

5. Laparoscopic versus robotic right colectomy with extra-corporeal or intra-corporeal anastomosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   • Pietro Genova
   • Gianni Pantuso
   • Salomone Di Saverio

   Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses 09 September 2020 Pages: 1317 - 1339

   

6. Early versus delayed (interval) appendicectomy for the management of appendicular abscess and phlegmon: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   • Akinfemi A. Akingboye
   • Fahad Mahmood
   • Ali Yasen Y. Mohamedahmed

   Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses 08 January 2021 Pages: 1341 - 1351

   

7. Surgical treatment of recalcitrant gastroesophageal reflux disease in patients with systemic sclerosis: a systematic review

   • Alberto Aiolfi
   • Mario Nosotti
   • Davide Bona

   Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses Open access 21 February 2021 Pages: 1353 - 1361

   

8. Is duodeno-jejunal bypass liner superior to pylorus preserving bariatric surgery in terms of complications and efficacy?

   • Istvan Bence Balint
   • Ferenc Csaszar
   • Zsolt Kaposztas

   Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses Open access 12 March 2021 Pages: 1363 - 1377

   

9. Subtotal versus total gastrectomy for remnant gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

   • Ryota Otsuka
   • Koichi Hayano
   • Hisahiro Matsubara

   Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses 10 March 2021 Pages: 1379 - 1385

   

10. Short-term outcome after robot-assisted hiatal hernia and anti-reflux surgery—is there a benefit for the patient?

    • Frank Benedix
    • Daniela Adolf
    • Roland Croner

    Original Article 06 January 2021 Pages: 1387 - 1395

    

11. Transient delayed gastric emptying following laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux disease

    • Suyu He
    • Yingdong Jia
    • Xin Tao

    Original Article 06 April 2021 Pages: 1397 - 1405

    

12. Successful transition from open to minimally invasive approach in Ivor Lewis esophagectomy: a single-center experience in Japan

    • Jun Kanamori
    • Masayuki Watanabe
    • Shinji Mine

    Original Article 15 March 2021 Pages: 1407 - 1414

    

13. Nutritional jejunostomy in esophagectomy for cancer, a national register-based cohort study of associations with postoperative outcomes and survival

    • Anders Holmén
    • Masaru Hayami
    • Fredrik Klevebro

    Original Article Open access 24 November 2020 Pages: 1415 - 1423

    

14. Features of the complications for intracorporeal Billroth-I and Roux-en-Y reconstruction after laparoscopic distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer

    • Yoshiaki Shoji
    • Koshi Kumagai
    • Souya Nunobe

    Original Article 18 February 2021 Pages: 1425 - 1432

15. Management and outcomes of resectable gastric conduit cancer: a retrospective comparative study of 51 cases

    • Masayuki Urabe
    • Shusuke Haruta
    • Harushi Udagawa

    Original Article 06 January 2021 Pages: 1433 - 1441

    

16. Clinical impact of preoperative tumour contact with superior mesenteric-portal vein in patients with resectable pancreatic head cancer

    • Fabio Ausania
    • Santiago Sanchez-Cabus
    • Constantino Fondevila

    Original Article 21 January 2021 Pages: 1443 - 1452

    

17. Postoperative results, pathologic outcome, and long-term patency rate of autologous vein reconstruction of the mesentericoportal axis after pancreatectomy

    • Uta Bultmann
    • Marco Niedergethmann
    • Marcos Gelos

    Original Article 11 November 2020 Pages: 1453 - 1460

    

18. Superior perianastomotic fluid collection in the early postoperative period affects pseudoaneurysm occurrence after pancreaticoduodenectomy

    • Hiromitsu Maehira
    • Hiroya Iida
    • Masaji Tani

    Original Article 03 January 2021 Pages: 1461 - 1468

    

19. The clinical impact of splenic artery ligation on the occurrence of digestive varices after pancreaticoduodenectomy with combined portal vein resection: a retrospective study in two institutes

    • Daisaku Yamada
    • Hidenori Takahashi
    • Osamu Ishikawa

    Original Article 15 October 2020 Pages: 1469 - 1479

    

20. Impact of resection margin status on survival in advanced N stage pancreatic cancer – a multi-institutional analysis

    • Christian Teske
    • Richard Stimpel
    • Thilo Welsch

    Original Article Open access 13 March 2021 Pages: 1481 - 1489

    

21. Impact of the controlling nutritional status score on severe postoperative complications of pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic cancer

    • Masahiro Shiihara
    • Ryota Higuchi
    • Masakazu Yamamoto

    Original Article 31 March 2021 Pages: 1491 - 1498

    

22. A tailored approach in lymph node-positive perihilar cholangiocarcinoma

    • Christian Benzing
    • Felix Krenzien
    • Johann Pratschke

    Original Article Open access 01 June 2021 Pages: 1499 - 1509

    

23. Narrowing of the remnant portal vein diameter and decreased portal vein angle are risk factors for portal vein thrombosis after perihilar cholangiocarcinoma surgery

    • Manh-Thau Cao
    • Ryota Higuchi
    • Masakazu Yamamoto

    Original Article 06 January 2021 Pages: 1511 - 1519

    

24. Anatomic location of residual disease after initial cholecystectomy independently determines outcomes after re-resection for incidental gallbladder cancer

    • Takuya Ando
    • Jun Sakata
    • Toshifumi Wakai

    Original Article 10 April 2021 Pages: 1521 - 1532

    

25. Proposal for a revised system for classifying difficulty of laparoscopic partial liver resection

    • Shinji Onda
    • Kenei Furukawa
    • Toru Ikegami

    Original Article 24 June 2021 Pages: 1533 - 1541

    

26. Liver resection for octogenarians in a French center: prolonged hepatic pedicle occlusion and male sex increase major complications

    • Kenji Yoshino
    • Yanis Hamzaoui
    • Safi Dokmak

    Original Article 31 May 2021 Pages: 1543 - 1552

27. Association of a prehabilitation program with anxiety and depression before colorectal surgery: a post hoc analysis of the pERACS randomized controlled trial

    • Anas Taha
    • Stephanie Taha-Mehlitz
    • Christian Gingert

    Original Article 29 March 2021 Pages: 1553 - 1561

    

28. Bowel function recovery after laparoscopic transverse colectomy within an ERAS program: a comparison to right and left colectomy

    • Raffaello Roesel
    • Francesco Mongelli
    • Dimitri Christoforidis

    Original Article 17 January 2021 Pages: 1563 - 1570

    

29. Predictive model estimating the decrease of postoperative gastrointestinal quality of life index (GIQLI) in patients after elective laparoscopic sigmoid resection for diverticular disease

    • Alberto Posabella
    • Daniel Christian Steinemann
    • Ida Füglistaler

    Original Article Open access 25 May 2021 Pages: 1571 - 1580

    

30. Is the use of endoloops safe and efficient for the closure of the appendicular stump in complicated and uncomplicated acute appendicitis?

    • Virginia Durán Muñoz-Cruzado
    • Gregorio Anguiano-Diaz
    • Javier Padillo Ruiz

    Original Article 07 January 2021 Pages: 1581 - 1589

    

31. Is it possible to reduce recurrences after Altemeier’s procedure for complete rectal prolapse? Twenty-year experience in 130 consecutive patients

    • Paolo Boccasanta
    • Marco Venturi
    • Contardo Vergani

    Original Article 04 February 2021 Pages: 1591 - 1598

    

32. Diabetes mellitus and hyperglycemia are associated with inferior oncologic outcomes in adrenocortical carcinoma

    • Sean M. Wrenn
    • T. K. Pandian
    • Matthew A. Nehs

    Original Article 01 February 2021 Pages: 1599 - 1606

    

33. Predictors of adenoma size and location in primary hyperparathyroidism

    • Barbara Filser
    • Verena Uslar
    • Navid Tabriz

    Original Article Open access 30 April 2021 Pages: 1607 - 1614

    

34. Evaluation of diagnostic efficacy for localization of parathyroid adenoma in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism undergoing repeat surgery

    • Anne Hendricks
    • Christina Lenschow
    • Nicolas Schlegel

    Original Article Open access 16 May 2021 Pages: 1615 - 1624

    

35. Long-term cosmetic results of video-assisted thyroidectomy: a comparison with conventional surgery

    • P. F. Alesina
    • W. Wahabie
    • M. K. Walz

    Original Article 13 May 2021 Pages: 1625 - 1633

    

36. Aggressive and frequent resection of recurrences in retroperitoneal sarcoma contributes to long-term survival

    • Koji Komori
    • Satoshi Tsukushi
    • Yasuhiro Shimizu

    Original Article 15 January 2021 Pages: 1635 - 1642

    

37. The role of radiological classification of parastomal hernia as a predictor of the need for surgical hernia repair: a retrospective cohort study

    • Jonathan Frigault
    • Simon Lemieux
    • Sébastien Drolet

    Original Article 28 March 2021 Pages: 1643 - 1650

    

38. Prosthetic mesh hernioplasty versus primary repair in incarcerated and strangulated groin and abdominal wall hernias with or without organ resection. Retrospective study

    • Kamer Tomaoglu
    • Hasan Okmen

    Original Article 17 March 2021 Pages: 1651 - 1657

39. Publication activity of chief and consultant general/visceral surgeons in German university hospitals—a ten-year analysis

    • Eva C. Böckmann
    • E. S. Debus
    • R. T. Grundmann

    Original Article Open access 26 July 2021 Pages: 1659 - 1668

    

40. Surgery and the kings of medical science

    • Ihsan Ekin Demir
    • Güralp O. Ceyhan
    • Helmut Friess

    Original Article Open access 22 June 2021 Pages: 1669 - 1671

41. Approaches to improve publication activity of surgical departments

    • Christoph W. Michalski

    For Debate Open access 24 June 2021 Pages: 1673 - 1673

42. Laparoscopic hand-sewn cardioplasty: an alternative procedure for end-stage achalasia

    • Fátima Senra
    • Lalin Navaratne
    • Alberto Martínez-Isla

    How-I-Do-It articles Open access 24 March 2021 Pages: 1675 - 1682

    

43. Staple-line reinforcement using barbed sutures in 1008 sleeve gastrectomies

    • Görkem Özgen
    • İsmail Çalıkoğlu
    • Mehmet Ali Yerdel

    How-I-Do-It articles 07 April 2021 Pages: 1683 - 1690

44. Direct splenic vein reconstruction combined with resection of the portal vein/superior mesenteric vein confluence during pancreaticoduodenectomy

    • Ryota Matsuki
    • Hirokazu Momose
    • Yoshihiro Sakamoto

    How-I-Do-It articles 22 January 2021 Pages: 1691 - 1695

    

45. The standardized technique in robotic radical antegrade modular pancreatosplenectomy using the flip-up approach

    • Qu Liu
    • Guodong Zhao
    • Rong Liu

    How-I-Do-It articles 14 February 2021 Pages: 1697 - 1703

    

46. Right hepatic arterial girdle around the common hepatic duct in liver donors: technical considerations for successful living donor liver transplantation

    • Ramkiran Cherukuru
    • Rajesh Rajalingam
    • Mohamed Rela

    How-I-Do-It articles 28 May 2021 Pages: 1705 - 1709

    

47. One-shot side-to-side anastomosis (OSSSA) with stapler for cavo-cavostomy in liver transplantation: the first step towards a fully mechanized liver transplant?

    • Antonio Cubisino
    • Piera Leon
    • Fabrizio Panaro

    How-I-Do-It articles 30 June 2021 Pages: 1711 - 1715

    

48. Detailed anatomy and procedure of celiac artery decompression in median arcuate ligament syndrome

    • Kyoji Ito
    • Nobuyuki Takemura
    • Norihiro Kokudo

    How-I-Do-It articles 13 May 2021 Pages: 1717 - 1722