1. Transversus abdominis plane block using a short-acting local anesthetic for postoperative pain after laparoscopic colorectal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   • Tak Kyu Oh
   • Se-Jun Lee
   • In-Ae Song

   Review 26 October 2017 Pages: 545 - 552

   

2. Video content analysis of surgical procedures

   • Constantinos Loukas

   Review 26 October 2017 Pages: 553 - 568

   

3. Systematic review of robotic low anterior resection for rectal cancer

   • Christoph Holmer
   • Martin E. Kreis

   Review 07 December 2017 Pages: 569 - 581

   

4. The learning effect of using stereoscopic vision in the early phase of laparoscopic surgical training for novices

   • Hitoshi Harada
   • Shingo Kanaji
   • Yoshihiro Kakeji

   OriginalPaper Open access 22 June 2017 Pages: 582 - 588

   

5. Robot-assisted total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer: case-matched comparison of short-term surgical and functional outcomes between the da Vinci Xi and Si

   • Luca Morelli
   • Gregorio Di Franco
   • Alfred Cuschieri

   OriginalPaper 21 July 2017 Pages: 589 - 600

   

6. Endoscopic management of post-laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy stenosis

   • Valérie Deslauriers
   • Amélie Beauchamp
   • Radu Pescarus

   OriginalPaper 19 July 2017 Pages: 601 - 609

   

7. Robotic gastric bypass may lead to fewer complications compared with laparoscopy

   • Dimitrios Stefanidis
   • Savannah B. Bailey
   • Keith Gersin

   OriginalPaper 19 July 2017 Pages: 610 - 616

8. Laparoscopic liver resections for hepatocellular carcinoma. Can we extend the surgical indication in cirrhotic patients?

   • Federica Cipriani
   • Corrado Fantini
   • Mohammad Abu Hilal

   OriginalPaper 17 July 2017 Pages: 617 - 626

   

9. Comparison of peritoneal closure versus non-closure in laparoscopic trans-abdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair with coated mesh

   • Erica D. Kane
   • Marc Leduc
   • John R. Romanelli

   OriginalPaper 04 August 2017 Pages: 627 - 637

   

10. Sutureless inguinal hernia repair with creation of a peritoneal lesion in children: a novel laparoscopic technique with a low recurrence rate

    • Alfonso Galván Montaño
    • Paul Manuel Ali Ouddane Robles
    • Silvia García Moreno

    OriginalPaper 14 July 2017 Pages: 638 - 642

    

11. Comparison of pure laparoscopic versus open left hemihepatectomy by multivariate analysis: a retrospective cohort study

    • Hwui-Dong Cho
    • Ki-Hun Kim
    • Sung-Gyu Lee

    OriginalPaper 21 July 2017 Pages: 643 - 650

    

12. Impact of laparoscopy on the prevention of pulmonary complications after thoracoscopic esophagectomy using data from JCOG0502: a prospective multicenter study

    • Isao Nozaki
    • Junki Mizusawa
    • Yuko Kitagawa

    OriginalPaper Open access 04 August 2017 Pages: 651 - 659

    

13. Anastomotic stricture after ultralow anterior resection or intersphincteric resection for very low-lying rectal cancer

    • Soo Young Lee
    • Chang Hyun Kim
    • Hyeong Rok Kim

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2017 Pages: 660 - 666

    

14. Increasing bile duct injury and decreasing utilization of intraoperative cholangiogram and common bile duct exploration over 14 years: an analysis of outcomes in New York State

    • Maria S. Altieri
    • Jie Yang
    • Aurora Pryor

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2017 Pages: 667 - 674

    

15. Stent migration following endoscopic suture fixation of esophageal self-expandable metal stents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    • Ryan Law
    • Anoop Prabhu
    • Siddharth Singh

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2017 Pages: 675 - 681

    

16. Sleeve gastrectomy telementoring: a SAGES multi-institutional quality improvement initiative

    • Ninh T. Nguyen
    • Allan Okrainec
    • Diego R. Camacho

    OriginalPaper 17 July 2017 Pages: 682 - 687

    

17. Transoral robotic thyroidectomy: lessons learned from an initial consecutive series of 24 patients

    • Hoon Yub Kim
    • Young Jun Chai
    • Jeremy D. Richmon

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2017 Pages: 688 - 694

    

18. Assessing trends in laparoscopic colostomy reversal and evaluating outcomes when compared to open procedures

    • Kevin Y. Pei
    • Kimberly A. Davis
    • Yawei Zhang

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2017 Pages: 695 - 701

    

19. Trainee-associated outcomes in laparoscopic colectomy for cancer: propensity score analysis accounting for operative time, procedure complexity and patient comorbidity

    • Kevin R. Kasten
    • Adam C. Celio
    • Konstantinos Spaniolas

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2017 Pages: 702 - 711

    

20. Outcomes following laparoscopic versus open major hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis: a propensity score-matched analysis

    • Hong-wei Xu
    • Fei Liu
    • Bo Li

    OriginalPaper Open access 19 July 2017 Pages: 712 - 719

    

21. Effect of patient-reported smoking status on short-term bariatric surgery outcomes

    • Michael Inadomi
    • Rahul Iyengar
    • Amir A. Ghaferi

    OriginalPaper 20 July 2017 Pages: 720 - 726

    

22. Comparative analysis of open and robotic transversus abdominis release for ventral hernia repair

    • James G. Bittner IV
    • Sameer Alrefai
    • Natasha L. Clingempeel

    OriginalPaper 20 July 2017 Pages: 727 - 734

23. Long- and short-term outcomes of laparoscopic gastrectomy versus open gastrectomy in patients with clinically and pathological locally advanced gastric cancer: a propensity-score matching analysis

    • Mikito Inokuchi
    • Masatoshi Nakagawa
    • Kazuyuki Kojima

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2017 Pages: 735 - 742

    

24. Novel laparoscopic training system with continuously perfused ex-vivo porcine liver for hepatobiliary surgery

    • Wenyan Liu
    • Xinglong Zheng
    • Xiaogang Zhang

    OriginalPaper 21 July 2017 Pages: 743 - 750

    

25. Effects of steroid use for stenosis prevention after wide endoscopic submucosal dissection for gastric neoplasm

    • Yoshihiro Kishida
    • Naomi Kakushima
    • Hiroyuki Ono

    OriginalPaper 21 July 2017 Pages: 751 - 759

    

26. Endoscopic submucosal dissection for esophagogastric junction tumors: a single-center experience

    • Joong Keun Kim
    • Gwang Ha Kim
    • Geun Am Song

    OriginalPaper 08 August 2017 Pages: 760 - 769

    

27. Comparison of one stage laparoscopic cholecystectomy combined with intra-operative endoscopic sphincterotomy versus two-stage pre-operative endoscopic sphincterotomy followed by laparoscopic cholecystectomy for the management of pre-operatively diagnosed patients with common bile duct stones: a meta-analysis

    • Chester Tan
    • Omar Ocampo
    • Kim Shi Tan

    OriginalPaper 21 July 2017 Pages: 770 - 778

    

28. Advanced Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy with magnetic compressive anastomats in obstructive jaundice dog models

    • Chao Fan
    • Hongke Zhang
    • Yi Lv

    OriginalPaper Open access 04 August 2017 Pages: 779 - 789

    

29. Perioperative and oncological outcomes of laparoscopic anatomical hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma introduced gradually in a single center

    • Tomoki Ryu
    • Goro Honda
    • Masahiko Honjo

    OriginalPaper 21 July 2017 Pages: 790 - 798

    

30. Predictive risk factors associated with cholangitis following ERCP

    • Joshua Tierney
    • Neal Bhutiani
    • Gary C. Vitale

    OriginalPaper 21 July 2017 Pages: 799 - 804

    

31. Increased glycine-amidated hyocholic acid correlates to improved early weight loss after sleeve gastrectomy

    • Tammy L. Kindel
    • Crystal Krause
    • Rohit Kohli

    OriginalPaper 04 August 2017 Pages: 805 - 812

    

32. Quality of life after laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal repair of an asymptomatic inguinal hernia

    • H. Mason Hedberg
    • Tyler Hall
    • Michael B. Ujiki

    OriginalPaper 04 August 2017 Pages: 813 - 819

    

33. Combined in vivo and ex vivo analysis of mesh mechanics in a porcine hernia model

    • Lindsey G. Kahan
    • Spencer P. Lake
    • Jeffrey A. Blatnik

    OriginalPaper 21 July 2017 Pages: 820 - 830

    

34. Preoperative Botulinum toxin A enabling defect closure and laparoscopic repair of complex ventral hernia

    • Omar Rodriguez-Acevedo
    • Kristen E. Elstner
    • Nabeel Ibrahim

    OriginalPaper 21 July 2017 Pages: 831 - 839

    

35. Comparative analysis of perioperative outcomes of robotic versus open transversus abdominis release

    • Luis A. Martin-del-Campo
    • Adam S. Weltz
    • Yuri W. Novitsky

    OriginalPaper 21 July 2017 Pages: 840 - 845

    

36. Surveillance strategy according to age after endoscopic resection of early gastric cancer

    • Hyo-Joon Yang
    • Sang Gyun Kim
    • Hyun Chae Jung

    OriginalPaper 21 July 2017 Pages: 846 - 854

    

37. Model to identify early-stage gastric cancers with deep invasion of submucosa based on endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasonography findings

    • Jieyao Cheng
    • Xi Wu
    • Weigang Fang

    OriginalPaper 21 July 2017 Pages: 855 - 863

    

38. Approach to asymptomatic paraesophageal hernia: watchful waiting or elective laparoscopic hernia repair?

    • James J. Jung
    • David M. Naimark
    • Teodor P. Grantcharov

    OriginalPaper 04 August 2017 Pages: 864 - 871

    

39. Laparoscopic liver resection of hepatocellular carcinoma located in segments 7 or 8

    • Hanisah Guro
    • Jai Young Cho
    • Jang Kyu Choi

    OriginalPaper 20 July 2017 Pages: 872 - 878

    

40. Routine use of mesh during hiatal closure is safe with no increase in adverse sequelae

    • Walid K. Abu Saleh
    • Lee M. Morris
    • Puja G. Khaitan

    OriginalPaper 15 September 2017 Pages: 879 - 888

    

41. Impedance-pH monitoring on medications does not reliably confirm the presence of gastroesophageal reflux disease in patients referred for antireflux surgery

    • Marc A. Ward
    • Christy M. Dunst
    • Steven R. DeMeester

    OriginalPaper 04 August 2017 Pages: 889 - 894

    

42. Magnetic surgery: first U.S. experience with a novel device

    • Ivy N. Haskins
    • Andrew T. Strong
    • Matthew D. Kroh

    OriginalPaper 21 July 2017 Pages: 895 - 899

    

43. Outcome of dilatation and predictors of failed dilatation in patients with acid-induced corrosive esophageal strictures

    • Chadin Tharavej
    • Suppa-ut Pungpapong
    • Pakkavuth Chanswangphuvana

    OriginalPaper 21 July 2017 Pages: 900 - 907

    

44. Usefulness of the S–O clip for gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection (with video)

    • Rintaro Hashimoto
    • Dai Hirasawa
    • Kei Takase

    OriginalPaper 21 July 2017 Pages: 908 - 914

    

45. Laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy: changing the management of ampullary neoplasms

    • Brandon C. Chapman
    • Ana Gleisner
    • Barish H. Edil

    OriginalPaper 04 August 2017 Pages: 915 - 922

    

46. Three decades later: investigating the rate of and risks for conversion from laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy

    • Steven J. Coffin
    • Sean M. Wrenn
    • Wasef Abu-Jaish

    OriginalPaper 04 August 2017 Pages: 923 - 929

47. Barrett’s esophagus before and after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for severe obesity

    • Brandon Andrew
    • Joshua B. Alley
    • Robert D. Fanelli

    OriginalPaper 04 August 2017 Pages: 930 - 936

48. Same day discharge for benign laparoscopic hiatal surgery: a feasibility analysis

    • Juan Carlos Molina
    • Ana María Misariu
    • Carmen L. Mueller

    OriginalPaper 04 August 2017 Pages: 937 - 944

    

49. Laparoscopic repair of giant paraesophageal hernia: are there factors associated with anatomic recurrence?

    • Michael Antiporda
    • Benjamin Veenstra
    • Steven P. Bowers

    OriginalPaper 21 July 2017 Pages: 945 - 954

    

50. Bilateral totally extraperitoneal (TEP) repair of the ultrasound-diagnosed asymptomatic contralateral inguinal hernia

    • Phillip A. Malouf
    • Joseph Descallar
    • Christophe R. Berney

    OriginalPaper 08 August 2017 Pages: 955 - 962