1. Laparoscopic partial cholecystectomy for the difficult gallbladder: a systematic review

   • Daniel Henneman
   • David W. da Costa
   • Sjoerd M. Lagarde

   Review 18 July 2012 Pages: 351 - 358

   

2. Demystifying sample-size calculation for clinical trials and comparative effectiveness research: the impact of low-event frequency in surgical clinical research

   • David C. Chang
   • Peter T. Yu
   • Mark A. Talamini

   Review 31 August 2012 Pages: 359 - 363

   

3. Procedural virtual reality simulation in minimally invasive surgery

   • Cecilie Våpenstad
   • Sonja N. Buzink

   Review 07 September 2012 Pages: 364 - 377

   

4. Remote evaluation of laparoscopic performance using the global operative assessment of laparoscopic skills

   • Ian Choy
   • Andras Fecso
   • Allan Okrainec

   OriginalPaper 14 August 2012 Pages: 378 - 383

   

5. Omental patch repair effectively treats perforated marginal ulcer following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

   • Mark R. Wendling
   • John G. Linn
   • Bradley J. Needleman

   OriginalPaper 31 August 2012 Pages: 384 - 389

6. Local adaptations aid establishment of laparoscopic surgery in a semiurban Nigerian hospital

   • Adewale O. Adisa
   • Oladejo O. Lawal
   • Olusegun I. Alatise

   OriginalPaper 18 July 2012 Pages: 390 - 393

   

7. Transgastric large-organ extraction: the initial human experience

   • Takayuki Dotai
   • Alisa M. Coker
   • Santiago Horgan

   OriginalPaper 18 July 2012 Pages: 394 - 399

   

8. Intraoperative assessment of esophagogastric junction distensibility during per oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for esophageal motility disorders

   • Erwin Rieder
   • Lee L. Swanström
   • Christy M. Dunst

   OriginalPaper 06 September 2012 Pages: 400 - 405

   

9. Minimally invasive approaches to extrapancreatic cholangiocarcinoma

   • Andrew A. Gumbs
   • Nicolas Jarufe
   • Brice Gayet

   OriginalPaper 28 August 2012 Pages: 406 - 414

   

10. High positive end-expiratory pressure preserves cerebral oxygen saturation during laparoscopic cholecystectomy under propofol anesthesia

    • Hyun Jeong Kwak
    • Sun Kyung Park
    • Jong Yeop Kim

    OriginalPaper 30 June 2012 Pages: 415 - 420

    

11. Evaluation of bacterial contamination after “pure” (totally) transvaginal NOTES^® diagnostic peritoneoscopy with biopsies in swine: a comparative study with laparoscopy

    • Eduardo Aimore Bonin
    • Christiano Marlo Paggi Claus
    • Marcelo de Paula Loureiro

    OriginalPaper 18 July 2012 Pages: 421 - 427

    

12. Outcomes of resection of extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas/paragangliomas in the laparoscopic era: a comparison with adrenal pheochromocytoma

    • Trudie A. Goers
    • Michael Abdo
    • L. Michael Brunt

    OriginalPaper 31 August 2012 Pages: 428 - 433

13. Single-incision laparoscopic surgery: outcomes from 224 colonic resections performed at a single center using SILS™

    • Boris Vestweber
    • Thomas Galetin
    • Karl-Heinz Vestweber

    OriginalPaper 18 July 2012 Pages: 434 - 442

    

14. Management of infected pancreatic necrosis using retroperitoneal necrosectomy with flexible endoscope: 10 years of experience

    • Gregorio Castellanos
    • Antonio Piñero
    • Vicente Bixquert

    OriginalPaper 18 July 2012 Pages: 443 - 453

    

15. Surgeons blinded by enhanced navigation: the effect of augmented reality on attention

    • Benjamin J. Dixon
    • Michael J. Daly
    • Jonathan C. Irish

    OriginalPaper 26 July 2012 Pages: 454 - 461

    

16. Long-term comparison of laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy and open distal gastrectomy in advanced gastric cancer

    • Andrew C. Gordon
    • Kazuyuki Kojima
    • Kenichi Sugihara

    OriginalPaper 14 August 2012 Pages: 462 - 470

    

17. Conventional laparoscopic versus single-incision laparoscopic right hemicolectomy: a case cohort comparison of short-term outcomes in 144 consecutive cases

    • Min-Hoe Chew
    • Mei-Huan Chang
    • Choong-Leong Tang

    OriginalPaper 18 July 2012 Pages: 471 - 477

18. Single-incision transumbilical levels 1 and 2 axillary lymph node dissection using a flexible endoscope in human cadaveric models

    • James Clark
    • Daniel Richard Leff
    • Guang-Zhong Yang

    OriginalPaper 31 August 2012 Pages: 478 - 486

    

19. Clinical outcomes for patients with perforations during endoscopic submucosal dissection of laterally spreading tumors of the colorectum

    • Jung Yoon Yoon
    • Jeong Hwan Kim
    • Hye Seung Han

    OriginalPaper 18 July 2012 Pages: 487 - 493

    

20. The laparoscopic modified Sugarbaker technique is safe and has a low recurrence rate: a multicenter cohort study

    • B. M. E. Hansson
    • S. Morales-Conde
    • R. P. Bleichrodt

    OriginalPaper Open access 10 October 2012 Pages: 494 - 500

    

21. Endoscopic clip closure versus surgery for the treatment of iatrogenic colon perforations developed during diagnostic colonoscopy: a review of 115,285 patients

    • Joon Sung Kim
    • Byung-Wook Kim
    • Hwang Choi

    OriginalPaper 07 July 2012 Pages: 501 - 504

    

22. Single-stage intraoperative transhepatic biliary stenting in patients with unresectable hepatobiliary pancreatic tumors

    • Yoshimi Iwasaki
    • Keiichi Kubota
    • Yukihiro Iso

    OriginalPaper 18 July 2012 Pages: 505 - 513

    

23. NOTES transvaginal hybrid cholecystectomy: the United States human experience

    • Sheetal Nijhawan
    • Juan S. Barajas-Gamboa
    • Santiago Horgan

    OriginalPaper 18 July 2012 Pages: 514 - 517

24. Total laparoscopic sigmoid and rectal surgery in combination with transanal endoscopic microsurgery: a preliminary evaluation in China

    • Yi Han
    • Yong-Gang He
    • Lu Yin

    OriginalPaper 18 July 2012 Pages: 518 - 524

    

25. Long-term outcomes after totally robotic sacrocolpopexy for treatment of pelvic organ prolapse

    • A. Germain
    • F. Thibault
    • L. Bresler

    OriginalPaper 18 July 2012 Pages: 525 - 529

    

26. A novel method for troubleshooting vascular injury during anatomic thoracoscopic pulmonary resection without conversion to thoracotomy

    • Jiandong Mei
    • Qiang Pu
    • Lunxu Liu

    OriginalPaper Open access 18 July 2012 Pages: 530 - 537

    

27. Laparoendoscopic single site (LESS) vs. conventional laparoscopic fundoplication for GERD: is there a difference?

    • Sharona Ross
    • Andy Roddenbery
    • Alexander Rosemurgy

    OriginalPaper 18 July 2012 Pages: 538 - 547

    

28. Case-matched analysis comparing outcomes of revisional versus primary laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

    • Alessandro Mor
    • Elizabeth Keenan
    • Alfonso Torquati

    OriginalPaper 18 July 2012 Pages: 548 - 552

    

29. Technical and perioperative outcomes of minimally invasive esophagectomy in the prone position

    • Ross F. Goldberg
    • Steven P. Bowers
    • C. Daniel Smith

    OriginalPaper 31 August 2012 Pages: 553 - 557

    

30. Perioperative outcomes of revisional laparoscopic gastric bypass after failed adjustable gastric banding and after vertical banded gastroplasty: experience with 107 cases and subgroup analysis

    • J. A. Apers
    • C. Wens
    • I. Jacobs

    OriginalPaper 26 September 2012 Pages: 558 - 564

    

31. Centralisation of upper-GI cancer services: is the hub quicker than the spoke?

    • S. J. Monkhouse
    • J. Torres-Grau
    • R. J. Krysztopik

    OriginalPaper 28 August 2012 Pages: 565 - 568

32. Pancreatic duct stenting for the duration of ERCP only does not prevent pancreatitis after accidental pancreatic duct cannulation: a prospective randomized trial

    • Rita Conigliaro
    • Raffaele Manta
    • Marzio Frazzoni

    OriginalPaper 28 August 2012 Pages: 569 - 574

    

33. Integrated operation systems and voice recognition in minimally invasive surgery: comparison of two systems

    • Aristotelis Perrakis
    • Werner Hohenberger
    • Thomas Horbach

    OriginalPaper 28 August 2012 Pages: 575 - 579

34. Less pain after transvaginal/transumbilical cholecystectomy than after the classical laparoscopic technique: short-term results of a matched-cohort study

    • Dirk Rolf Bulian
    • Linda Trump
    • Markus Maria Heiss

    OriginalPaper 28 August 2012 Pages: 580 - 586

35. Single-incision laparoscopic splenectomy: preliminary experience in consecutive patients and comparison to standard laparoscopic splenectomy

    • Brian A. Boone
    • Patrick Wagner
    • Matthew P. Holtzman

    OriginalPaper 31 August 2012 Pages: 587 - 592

    

36. Does laparoendoscopic single-site adrenalectomy increase surgical risk in patients with pheochromocytoma?

    • Seiya Hattori
    • Akira Miyajima
    • Mototsugu Oya

    OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 593 - 598

37. Robotic versus laparoscopic adrenalectomy: a comparative study in a high-volume center

    • Karen Pineda-Solís
    • Heriberto Medina-Franco
    • Martin J. Heslin

    OriginalPaper 07 September 2012 Pages: 599 - 602

38. Laparoscopy impacts outcomes favorably following colectomy for ulcerative colitis: a critical analysis of the ACS-NSQIP database

    • Marlin W. Causey
    • Doug Stoddard
    • Scott R. Steele

    OriginalPaper 07 September 2012 Pages: 603 - 609

    

39. Hepatectomy based on the tumor hemodynamics for hepatocellular carcinoma: a comparison among the hybrid and pure laparoscopic procedures and open surgery

    • Shogo Kobayashi
    • Hiroaki Nagano
    • Masaki Mori

    OriginalPaper 31 August 2012 Pages: 610 - 617

    

40. Laparoscopic repair of giant hiatus hernia: prosthesis is not required for successful outcome

    • Simon C. Gibson
    • Simon K. Wong
    • Gregory L. Falk

    OriginalPaper 28 August 2012 Pages: 618 - 623

    

41. Erratum to: Laparoscopic repair of giant hiatus hernia: prosthesis is not required for successful outcome

    • Simon C. Gibson
    • Simon C. K. Wong
    • Gregory L. Falk

    Erratum 08 December 2012 Pages: 624 - 624

42. Laparoscopic surgical treatment of diaphragmatic endometriosis: a 7-year single-institution retrospective review

    • Marcello Ceccaroni
    • Giovanni Roviglione
    • Luca Minelli

    OriginalPaper 06 September 2012 Pages: 625 - 632

    

43. Percutaneous radiological gastrostomy in esophageal cancer patients: a feasible and safe access for nutritional support during multimodal therapy

    • Williams Tessier
    • Guillaume Piessen
    • Christophe Mariette

    OriginalPaper 07 September 2012 Pages: 633 - 641

    

44. Use of a specially designed partially covered self-expandable metal stent (PSEMS) with a 40-mm diameter for the treatment of upper gastrointestinal suture or staple line leaks in 11 cases

    • Andreas Fischer
    • Dirk Bausch
    • Hans-Juergen Richter-Schrag

    OriginalPaper 06 September 2012 Pages: 642 - 647

    

45. Laparoscopic transperitoneal sublay mesh repair: a new technique for the cure of ventral and incisional hernias

    • Alexander Daniel Schroeder
    • Eike Sebastian Debus
    • Wolfgang Matthias Johann Reinpold

    OriginalPaper 06 September 2012 Pages: 648 - 654

    

46. Endoscopic treatment for Bouveret syndrome

    • Jin-cheng Zhao
    • Ermilo Barrera
    • Michael Ujiki

    Video 10 October 2012 Pages: 655 - 655

47. In vivo validation of a system for haptic feedback of tool vibrations in robotic surgery

    • Karlin Bark
    • William McMahan
    • Katherine J. Kuchenbecker

    Dynamic Manuscript 18 July 2012 Pages: 656 - 664

    

48. A novel intracorporeal assembling robotic system for single-port laparoscopic surgery

    • Gianluigi Petroni
    • Marta Niccolini
    • Alfred Cuschieri

    Dynamic Manuscript 18 July 2012 Pages: 665 - 670

    

49. Prospective study of therapeutic spiral enteroscopy in patients with surgically altered anatomy

    • James Buxbaum
    • Michael Kline
    • Robert Selby

    New Technology 28 August 2012 Pages: 671 - 678

    

50. Randomized controlled trial comparing three methods of liver retraction in laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

    • Rajat Goel
    • Asim Shabbir
    • Chih-Kun Huang

    Technique 07 July 2012 Pages: 679 - 684