1. The world is getting smaller

   • Steven D. Schwaitzberg

   Editorial 11 January 2012 Pages: 593 - 597

   

2. Economic evaluation of da Vinci-assisted robotic surgery: a systematic review

   • Giuseppe Turchetti
   • Ilaria Palla
   • Alfred Cuschieri

   Review 13 October 2011 Pages: 598 - 606

   

3. A modified two-port thoracoscopic technique versus axillary minithoracotomy for the treatment of recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax: a prospective randomized study

   • Christophoros N. Foroulis
   • Kyriakos Anastasiadis
   • Christos Papakonstantinou

   OriginalPaper 12 May 2011 Pages: 607 - 614

   

4. Erratum to: A modified two-port thoracoscopic technique versus axillary minithoracotomy for the treatment of recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax: a prospective randomized study

   • Christophoros N. Foroulis
   • Kyriakos Anastasiadis
   • Christos Papakonstantinou

   Erratum 11 January 2012 Pages: 615 - 615

5. Value of multidetector computed tomography image segmentation for preoperative planning in general surgery

   • Vincenzo Ferrari
   • Marina Carbone
   • Andrea Pietrabissa

   OriginalPaper Open access 23 September 2011 Pages: 616 - 626

   

6. α-Defensins and hsCRP levels in inflammatory response of standard and laparoendoscopic single-site cholecystectomy

   • Konstantinos E. Tsimogiannis
   • Constantinos C. Tellis
   • Michael Pitiakoudis

   OriginalPaper 13 October 2011 Pages: 627 - 631

   

7. Evaluation of magnetic scope navigation in screening endoscopic examination of colorectal cancer

   • Miroslaw Szura
   • Krzysztof Bucki
   • Jan Kulig

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 September 2011 Pages: 632 - 638

   

8. Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) versus totally extraperitoneal (TEP) approach: a prospective randomized controlled trial

   • Asuri Krishna
   • M. C. Misra
   • Anjolie Chabra

   OriginalPaper 30 September 2011 Pages: 639 - 649

   

9. Long-term outcomes after transoral incisionless fundoplication in patients with GERD and LPR symptoms

   • Karim S. Trad
   • Daniel G. Turgeon
   • Emir Deljkich

   OriginalPaper Open access 30 September 2011 Pages: 650 - 660

   

10. Completely laparoscopic versus open gastrectomy for early and advanced gastric cancer: a matched cohort study

    • Fabrizio Moisan
    • Enrique Norero
    • Ricardo Funke

    OriginalPaper 20 October 2011 Pages: 661 - 672

    

11. A pilot study of the technical and oncologic feasibility of thoracoscopic esophagectomy with extended lymph node dissection in the prone position for clinical stage I thoracic esophageal carcinoma

    • Hiroyuki Daiko
    • Mitsuyo Nishimura

    OriginalPaper 23 September 2011 Pages: 673 - 680

    

12. Transesophageal endoscopic myotomy for achalasia: recognizing potential pitfalls before clinical application

    • Mahmoud Abu Gazala
    • Abed Khalaila
    • Yoav Mintz

    OriginalPaper 13 October 2011 Pages: 681 - 687

    

13. Laparoscopic duodenojejunal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy: preliminary results of a prospective series from India

    • P. Praveen Raj
    • R. Kumaravel
    • C. Palanivelu

    OriginalPaper 13 October 2011 Pages: 688 - 692

    

14. Single-port-access, hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery for benign large adnexal tumors versus single-port pure laparoscopic surgery for adnexal tumors

    • Hyun-Jin Roh
    • Soo-Jeong Lee
    • Dae-Yeon Kim

    OriginalPaper 25 October 2011 Pages: 693 - 703

    

15. Short esophagus: selection of patients for surgery and long-term results

    • Luis Durand
    • Roberto De Antón
    • Lee Swanström

    OriginalPaper 15 October 2011 Pages: 704 - 713

    

16. Comparison of laparoscopic skills performance between single-site access (SSA) devices and an independent-port SSA approach

    • Matthew R. Schill
    • J. Esteban Varela
    • L. Michael Brunt

    OriginalPaper 13 October 2011 Pages: 714 - 721

    

17. Mentorship for participants in a laparoscopic colectomy course

    • Vanessa P. Ho
    • Koiana Trencheva
    • Jeffrey W. Milsom

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2011 Pages: 722 - 726

18. Miniature surgical robot for laparoendoscopic single-incision colectomy

    • Tyler D. Wortman
    • Avishai Meyer
    • Dmitry Oleynikov

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2011 Pages: 727 - 731

    

19. Using National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) data for risk adjustment to compare Clavien 4 and 5 complications in open and laparoscopic colectomy

    • Shawn Webb
    • Ilan Rubinfeld
    • Craig Reickert

    OriginalPaper 25 October 2011 Pages: 732 - 737

20. Management options for symptomatic stenosis after laparoscopic vertical sleeve gastrectomy in the morbidly obese

    • Amit Parikh
    • Joshua B. Alley
    • Stephen J. Fenton

    OriginalPaper 02 November 2011 Pages: 738 - 746

    

21. Transgastric versus laparoendoscopic single-site peritoneoscopy in a rat model: effects on motility, inflammation, and nociception

    • Jianqiang Guo
    • Neil P. Pasricha
    • Pankaj J. Pasricha

    OriginalPaper 15 October 2011 Pages: 747 - 753

    

22. Analysis of perioperative outcomes, length of hospital stay, and readmission rate after gastric bypass

    • Ramsey M. Dallal
    • Alfred Trang

    OriginalPaper 20 October 2011 Pages: 754 - 758

    

23. Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors

    • Shoko Suzuki
    • Naoki Ishii
    • Yoshiyuki Fujita

    OriginalPaper 13 October 2011 Pages: 759 - 763

    

24. U-clip for airway reconstruction: an experimental study of the feasibility of a robot-assisted endoscopic procedure

    • Ryuichi Waseda
    • Makoto Oda
    • Go Watanabe

    OriginalPaper 20 October 2011 Pages: 764 - 770

    

25. Risk factors for pancreatitis following transpapillary self-expandable metal stent placement

    • Kazumichi Kawakubo
    • Hiroyuki Isayama
    • Kazuhiko Koike

    OriginalPaper 20 October 2011 Pages: 771 - 776

26. Early experience with single-site laparoscopic surgery for complicated ileocolic Crohn’s disease at a tertiary-referral center

    • David B. Stewart
    • Evangelos Messaris

    OriginalPaper 13 October 2011 Pages: 777 - 782

27. Outcome of laparoscopic colorectal surgery in obese and nonobese patients: a meta-analysis

    • Yanming Zhou
    • Lupeng Wu
    • Bin Li

    OriginalPaper 20 October 2011 Pages: 783 - 789

    

28. Plasma from the second and third weeks after open colorectal resection for cancer stimulates in vitro endothelial cell growth, migration, and invasion

    • H. M. C. Shantha Kumara
    • Daniel Kirchoff
    • Richard L. Whelan

    OriginalPaper 15 November 2011 Pages: 790 - 795

    

29. Observational clinical human reliability analysis (OCHRA) for competency assessment in laparoscopic colorectal surgery at the specialist level

    • Danilo Miskovic
    • Melody Ni
    • George B. Hanna

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2011 Pages: 796 - 803

    

30. Surgical outcomes of laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy versus open gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a case-control study

    • Chikara Kunisaki
    • Hirochika Makino
    • Itaru Endo

    OriginalPaper 15 October 2011 Pages: 804 - 810

    

31. OrVil^™-assisted anastomosis in laparoscopic upper gastrointestinal surgery: friend of the laparoscopic surgeon

    • Gabriele Marangoni
    • Francesco Villa
    • Abraham J. Botha

    OriginalPaper 13 October 2011 Pages: 811 - 817

    

32. Minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy: an analysis of results and a revision of indications

    • Michele N. Minuto
    • Piero Berti
    • Paolo Miccoli

    OriginalPaper 25 October 2011 Pages: 818 - 822

33. Effects of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass on glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase activity in obese type 2 diabetics

    • Andrew M. Schneider
    • Dhwajbahadur Rawat
    • William O. Richards

    OriginalPaper 15 November 2011 Pages: 823 - 830

    

34. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for obesity: can it be considered a definitive procedure?

    • Ajay Chopra
    • Edward Chao
    • Harry Delany

    OriginalPaper 17 December 2011 Pages: 831 - 837

    

35. Perioperative outcomes of surgical procedures for symptomatic fundoplication failure: a retrospective case–control study

    • Sandeepa Musunuru
    • Jon C. Gould

    OriginalPaper 04 November 2011 Pages: 838 - 842

36. Radially expanding laparoscopic trocar ports significantly reduce postoperative pain in all age groups

    • Simon C. Mordecai
    • Oliver W. N. Warren
    • Stephen J. Warren

    OriginalPaper 13 October 2011 Pages: 843 - 846

    

37. Therapeutic approach of human peritoneal carcinomatosis with Dbait in combination with capnoperitoneum: proof of concept

    • Wiebke Solass
    • Aurélie Herbette
    • Marc A. Reymond

    OriginalPaper Open access 01 November 2011 Pages: 847 - 852

    

38. Does a preoperative medically supervised weight loss program improve bariatric surgery outcomes? A pilot randomized study

    • Manish Parikh
    • Meena Dasari
    • Gbenga Ogedegbe

    OriginalPaper 20 October 2011 Pages: 853 - 861

    

39. Single-incision laparoscopic total abdominal colectomy for refractory ulcerative colitis

    • Alessandro Fichera
    • Marco Zoccali

    Dynamic Manuscript 30 September 2011 Pages: 862 - 868

    

40. Laparoscopic subtotal colectomy with transrectal extraction of the colon and ileorectal anastomosis

    • Ziad T. Awad

    Dynamic Manuscript 23 September 2011 Pages: 869 - 871

41. Laparoscopic intracorporeal knot tying using a novel device

    • Fung-Chao Tu
    • Wen-Yih Wu
    • Sheng-Mou Hsiao

    Dynamic Manuscript 13 October 2011 Pages: 872 - 876

    

42. Totally transvaginal resection of the descending colon in an experimental model

    • Francisco Alba Mesa
    • Antonio Amaya Cortijo
    • Francisco Miguel Sanchez Margallo

    New Technology 23 September 2011 Pages: 877 - 881

    

43. Smoke evacuation in single-incision laparoscopic surgery

    • Deepraj S. Bhandarkar
    • Gaurav Mittal
    • Tehemton E. Udwadia

    Letter to the Editor 22 September 2011 Pages: 882 - 883

    

44. Timing of laparoscopic surgery in the neoadjuvant treatment of rectal cancer

    • Christof Hottenrott

    Letter To the Editor 23 September 2011 Pages: 884 - 885

45. Incarcerated hiatal hernia after robot-assisted esophagectomy: transhiatal versus thoracoscopic approach

    • Judith Boone
    • Roy Jaap Jan Verhage
    • Richard van Hillegersberg

    Letter to the Editor Open access 13 October 2011 Pages: 886 - 887

46. Incarcerated Hiatal Hernia After Robot-Assisted Esophagectomy: Transhiatal Versus Thoracoscopic Approach

    • Daniel Dunn
    • Nilanjana Banerji

    Letter to the Editor--Reply 29 December 2011 Pages: 888 - 888

47. Laparoscopic gastrectomy and impact on recurrence of gastric cancer

    • Christof Hottenrott

    Letter to the Editor 20 October 2011 Pages: 889 - 890

48. Combined pretherapeutic endoscopic and laparoscopic ultrasonography may predict survival of patients with upper gastrointestinal tract cancer

    • Michael Bau Mortensen

    Letter to the Editor--Reply 20 October 2011 Pages: 891 - 892