1. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: first, do no harm; second, take care of bile duct stones

   • George Berci
   • John Hunter
   • William Traverso

   Editorial 26 January 2013 Pages: 1051 - 1054

2. Laparoendoscopic rendezvous reduces perioperative morbidity and risk of pancreatitis

   • Alberto Arezzo
   • Nereo Vettoretto
   • Mario Morino

   Review 06 October 2012 Pages: 1055 - 1060

   

3. Thirty-day outcomes of laparoscopic versus open appendectomy in elderly using ACS/NSQIP database

   • Ashkan Moazzez
   • Rodney J. Mason
   • Namir Katkhouda

   OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 1061 - 1071

   

4. Impact of a trimodal prehabilitation program on functional recovery after colorectal cancer surgery: a pilot study

   • Chao Li
   • Francesco Carli
   • Liane S. Feldman

   OriginalPaper 09 October 2012 Pages: 1072 - 1082

   

5. Electrical stimulation therapy of the lower esophageal sphincter is successful in treating GERD: final results of open-label prospective trial

   • Leonardo Rodríguez
   • Patricia Rodriguez
   • Michael D. Crowell

   OriginalPaper Open access 17 October 2012 Pages: 1083 - 1092

   

6. Prevalence of preoperative alcohol abuse among patients seeking weight-loss surgery

   • Omar Yusef Kudsi
   • Karen Huskey
   • Christina C. Wee

   OriginalPaper 10 October 2012 Pages: 1093 - 1097

7. Erratum to: Prevalence of preoperative alcohol abuse among patients seeking weight-loss surgery

   • Omar Yusef Kudsi
   • Karen Huskey
   • Christina C. Wee

   Erratum 18 December 2012 Pages: 1098 - 1098

8. Predictors of poor outcomes in functionally dependent patients undergoing ventral hernia repair

   • Drew Reynolds
   • Daniel Davenport
   • J. Scott Roth

   OriginalPaper 12 December 2012 Pages: 1099 - 1104

   

9. Trans-Oral Video-Assisted Neck Surgery (TOVANS). A new transoral technique of endoscopic thyroidectomy with gasless premandible approach

   • Akihiro Nakajo
   • Hideo Arima
   • Shoji Natsugoe

   OriginalPaper Open access 21 November 2012 Pages: 1105 - 1110

   

10. The role of tactile feedback in grip force during laparoscopic training tasks

    • Christopher R. Wottawa
    • Jeremiah R. Cohen
    • Erik P. Dutson

    OriginalPaper 12 December 2012 Pages: 1111 - 1118

    

11. Utility and accuracy of endobronchial ultrasound as a diagnostic and staging tool for the evaluation of mediastinal adenopathy

    • William D. Bolton
    • Rebecca Johnson
    • James Stephenson

    OriginalPaper 13 December 2012 Pages: 1119 - 1123

    

12. Prognostic relevance of gastric cancer staging by endoscopic ultrasound

    • Christian Jürgensen
    • Jana Brand
    • Jochen Hampe

    OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 1124 - 1129

    

13. Laparoscopic surgery improves postoperative outcomes in high-risk patients with colorectal cancer

    • Francesco Feroci
    • Maddalena Baraghini
    • Marco Scatizzi

    OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 1130 - 1137

14. Laparoscopic versus open resection of colorectal liver metastasis

    • Alfredo D. Guerron
    • Shamil Aliyev
    • Eren Berber

    OriginalPaper 10 October 2012 Pages: 1138 - 1143

    

15. Frailty predicts outcome of elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy in geriatric patients

    • Konstantinos Lasithiotakis
    • John Petrakis
    • George Chalkiadakis

    OriginalPaper 09 October 2012 Pages: 1144 - 1150

16. Intragastric gastric band migration: erosion: an analysis of multicenter experience on 177 patients

    • Nicola Di Lorenzo
    • Michele Lorenzo
    • Pietro Forestieri

    OriginalPaper 17 October 2012 Pages: 1151 - 1157

    

17. Is transnasal endoscope-assisted endoscopic submucosal dissection for gastric neoplasm useful in training beginners? A prospective randomized trial

    • Ji Yong Ahn
    • Kee Don Choi
    • Seunghee Baek

    OriginalPaper 24 October 2012 Pages: 1158 - 1165

    

18. Mannitol improves cerebral oxygen content and postoperative recovery after prolonged retroperitoneal laparoscopy

    • Xiang Zhou
    • Ming-chun Wu
    • Jun Tao

    OriginalPaper 06 October 2012 Pages: 1166 - 1171

    

19. Factors predicting the increased risk for return to the operating room in bariatric patients: a NSQIP database study

    • Kalyana Nandipati
    • Edward Lin
    • S. Scott Davis

    OriginalPaper 18 October 2012 Pages: 1172 - 1177

20. Insights into fast-track colon surgery: a plea for a tailored program

    • L. Pellegrino
    • F. Lois
    • A. Kartheuser

    OriginalPaper 17 October 2012 Pages: 1178 - 1185

    

21. CT fluoroscopy guided percutaneous gastrostomy or jejunostomy without (CT-PG/PJ) or with simultaneous endoscopy (CT-PEG/PEJ) in otherwise untreatable patients

    • Fritz W. Spelsberg
    • Ralf-Thorsten Hoffmann
    • Christoph Trumm

    OriginalPaper 12 December 2012 Pages: 1186 - 1195

    

22. Can EUS elastography improve lymph node staging in esophageal cancer?

    • Mate Knabe
    • Erwin Günter
    • Oliver Pech

    OriginalPaper 24 October 2012 Pages: 1196 - 1202

    

23. Comparing over-the-scope clip versus endoloop and clips (KING closure) for access site closure: a randomized experimental study

    • J. Martínek
    • O. Ryska
    • M. Ryska

    OriginalPaper 17 October 2012 Pages: 1203 - 1210

    

24. Argon plasma coagulation is safe and effective for treating smaller gastric lesions with low-grade dysplasia: a comparison with endoscopic submucosal dissection

    • Se Jin Jung
    • Soo-Jeong Cho
    • Young-Woo Kim

    OriginalPaper 18 October 2012 Pages: 1211 - 1218

    

25. Effect of source of funding on weight loss up to 3 years after gastric banding

    • Jonathan Afoke
    • Sanjay Agrawal
    • Richard Welbourn

    OriginalPaper 24 October 2012 Pages: 1219 - 1224

    

26. The safety of a “fast-track” program after laparoscopic colorectal surgery is comparable in older patients as in younger patients

    • Se-Jin Baek
    • Seon-Hahn Kim
    • Jin Kim

    OriginalPaper 12 December 2012 Pages: 1225 - 1232

    

27. Robotic versus laparoscopic adrenalectomy in obese patients

    • Erol Aksoy
    • Halit Eren Taskin
    • Eren Berber

    OriginalPaper 17 October 2012 Pages: 1233 - 1236

28. Benefit of robot-assisted laparoscopy in nerve-sparing radical hysterectomy: urinary morbidity in early cervical cancer

    • Fabrice Narducci
    • Pierre Collinet
    • Eric Leblanc

    OriginalPaper 18 October 2012 Pages: 1237 - 1242

29. Duodenal metal stent placement is a risk factor for biliary metal stent dysfunction: an analysis using a time-dependent covariate

    • Tsuyoshi Hamada
    • Yousuke Nakai
    • Kazuhiko Koike

    OriginalPaper 17 October 2012 Pages: 1243 - 1248

30. Modified triangulating stapling technique for esophagogastrostomy after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer

    • Masashi Takemura
    • Kayo Yoshida
    • Yushi Fujiwara

    OriginalPaper Open access 24 October 2012 Pages: 1249 - 1253

    

31. A prospective, randomized comparison of pain, inflammatory response, and short-term outcomes between single port and laparoscopic cholecystectomy

    • Renato A. Luna
    • Daniel B. Nogueira
    • James P. Dolan

    OriginalPaper 12 December 2012 Pages: 1254 - 1259

32. Increase in gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms and erosive esophagitis 1 year after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy among obese adults

    • Chi-Ming Tai
    • Chih-Kun Huang
    • Jaw-Town Lin

    OriginalPaper 12 December 2012 Pages: 1260 - 1266

    

33. Minimally invasive surgery adoption into an established surgical practice: impact of a fellowship-trained colleague

    • Edward P. Dominguez
    • Cory Barrat
    • Philip Taylor

    OriginalPaper 12 December 2012 Pages: 1267 - 1272

    

34. Reduction in obesity-related comorbidities: is gastric bypass better than sleeve gastrectomy?

    • Niu Zhang
    • Anthony Maffei
    • Ashutosh Kaul

    OriginalPaper 13 December 2012 Pages: 1273 - 1280

    

35. Angled- or straight-tipped hydrophilic guidewire in biliary cannulation: a prospective, randomized, controlled trial

    • Hanna Vihervaara
    • Juha M. Grönroos
    • Paulina Salminen

    OriginalPaper 19 December 2012 Pages: 1281 - 1286

    

36. The incidence of trocar-site hernia in minimally invasive bariatric surgery: A comparison of multi versus single-port laparoscopy

    • David Y. Lee
    • Sadiq S. Rehmani
    • Julio A. Teixeira

    OriginalPaper 12 December 2012 Pages: 1287 - 1291

37. Postprocedural combined treatment using the coagulation plus artery-selective clipping (2C) method for the prevention of delayed bleeding after ESD

    • Shinichi Mukai
    • Songde Cho
    • Toshio Nakanishi

    OriginalPaper 12 December 2012 Pages: 1292 - 1301

    

38. Early referral for 24-h esophageal pH monitoring may prevent unnecessary treatment with acid-reducing medications

    • David A. Kleiman
    • Matthew J. Sporn
    • Rasa Zarnegar

    OriginalPaper 12 December 2012 Pages: 1302 - 1309

    

39. Resistin expression correlates with steatohepatitis in morbidly obese patients

    • Claire R. Edwards
    • A. Katharine Hindle
    • Fred J. Brody

    OriginalPaper 12 December 2012 Pages: 1310 - 1314

    

40. The safety and feasibility of reoperation for the treatment of hepatolithiasis by laparoscopic approach

    • Ju Tian
    • Jian-wei Li
    • Shu-guo Zheng

    OriginalPaper 11 January 2013 Pages: 1315 - 1320

41. Comparison of the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting between women undergoing open or robot-assisted thyroidectomy

    • Ji Young Yoo
    • Yun Jeong Chae
    • Sook Young Lee

    OriginalPaper 13 December 2012 Pages: 1321 - 1325

42. Comparison of hospital costs and length of stay associated with open-mesh, totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair, and transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair: An analysis of observational data using propensity score matching

    • Friedrich Wittenbecher
    • David Scheller-Kreinsen
    • Reinhard Busse

    OriginalPaper 24 October 2012 Pages: 1326 - 1333

    

43. Esophageal acid-clearance physiology is altered after Nissen-Collis gastroplasty

    • Alessandro Mor
    • Rami Lutfi
    • Alfonso Torquati

    OriginalPaper 17 October 2012 Pages: 1334 - 1338

    

44. The minimally invasive approach is associated with reduced perioperative thromboembolic and bleeding complications for patients receiving preoperative chronic oral anticoagulant therapy who undergo colorectal surgery

    • Barlas Sulu
    • Erman Aytac
    • Ravi P. Kiran

    OriginalPaper 24 October 2012 Pages: 1339 - 1345

    

45. One surgeon’s learning curve for video-assisted thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer with the patient in lateral position: how many cases are needed to reach competence?

    • Wei Guo
    • Ying-Bo Zou
    • Ru-Wen Wang

    OriginalPaper 24 October 2012 Pages: 1346 - 1352

    

46. Development and validation of a theoretical test in basic laparoscopy

    • Jeanett Strandbygaard
    • Mathilde Maagaard
    • Jette Led Sorensen

    OriginalPaper 14 December 2012 Pages: 1353 - 1359

    

47. Hand-sewn gastrojejunostomy using knotless unidirectional barbed absorbable suture during laparoscopic gastric bypass

    • Ryan P. Tyner
    • G. Travis Clifton
    • Stephen J. Fenton

    OriginalPaper 24 October 2012 Pages: 1360 - 1366

    

48. Single-incision laparoscopic surgery in children: a randomized control trial of acute appendicitis

    • Eduardo A. Perez
    • Hannah Piper
    • Anne C. Fischer

    OriginalPaper 13 December 2012 Pages: 1367 - 1371

49. Predictive risk factors of perforation in gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection for early gastric cancer: a large, multicenter study

    • Min Kim
    • Seong Woo Jeon
    • Daegu-Kyungpook Gastrointestinal Study Group (DGSG)

    OriginalPaper 13 December 2012 Pages: 1372 - 1378

50. Robotic versus laparoscopic anterior resection of sigmoid colon cancer: comparative study of long-term oncologic outcomes

    • Dae Ro Lim
    • Byung Soh Min
    • Nam Kyu Kim

    OriginalPaper Open access 13 December 2012 Pages: 1379 - 1385