1. NOTES: of caution

   • Jeffrey L. Ponsky
   • Michael J. Rosen
   • Benjamin K. Poulose

   Editorial 28 May 2008 Pages: 1561 - 1562

2. The malignant adenoma: when to operate and when to watch

   • Peter J. Mitchell
   • Najib Y. Haboubi

   Review 25 March 2008 Pages: 1563 - 1569

   

3. The role of three-dimensional endoluminal ultrasound imaging in the evaluation of anorectal diseases: a review

   • Gianpiero Gravante
   • Pasquale Giordano

   Review 10 April 2008 Pages: 1570 - 1578

4. SAGES 2007 rural surgery panel

   • Thomas A. Broughan

   SAGES 2007 Rural Surgery Panel 24 April 2008 Pages: 1579 - 1581

5. Challenges of rural surgery

   • Peter S. Hedberg

   SAGES 2007 Rural Surgery Panel 10 April 2008 Pages: 1582 - 1583

6. Attempting to address the needs of rural surgeons

   • Charles F. Rinker

   SAGES 2007 Rural Surgery Panel 24 April 2008 Pages: 1584 - 1585

7. Profile of the rural surgeon

   • L. William Traverso

   SAGES 2007 Rural Surgery Panel 28 May 2008 Pages: 1586 - 1588

8. Experiment in frontier surgery

   • Stephen E. Olson

   SAGES 2007 Rural Surgery Panel 10 May 2008 Pages: 1589 - 1591

   

9. Rural surgery and surgical education

   • Randall S. Zuckerman

   SAGES 2007 Rural Surgery Panel 24 April 2008 Pages: 1592 - 1592

10. Rural general surgeons: manpower and demographics

    • Dana Christian Lynge

    SAGES 2007 Rural Surgery Panel 24 April 2008 Pages: 1593 - 1594

11. A randomized comparison of primary closure and T-tube drainage of the common bile duct after laparoscopic choledochotomy

    • Zhang Leida
    • Bie Ping
    • He Yu

    OriginalPaper 18 January 2008 Pages: 1595 - 1600

    

12. Robotic tumor-specific mesorectal excison of rectal cancer: short-term outcome of a pilot randomized trial

    • S. H. Baik
    • Y. T. Ko
    • C. H. Cho

    OriginalPaper 13 February 2008 Pages: 1601 - 1608

    

13. Reliable gastric closure after natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) using a novel automated flexible stapling device

    • O. R. Meireles
    • S. V. Kantsevoy
    • M. R. Marohn

    OriginalPaper 10 April 2008 Pages: 1609 - 1613

    

14. How much feedback is necessary for learning to suture?

    • A. O’Connor
    • S. D. Schwaitzberg
    • C. G. L. Cao

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2007 Pages: 1614 - 1619

    

15. Biochemical predictors for absence of common bile duct stones in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy

    • Ming-Hsun Yang
    • Tien-Hua Chen
    • Yi-Ming Shyr

    OriginalPaper 14 November 2007 Pages: 1620 - 1624

16. Evaluation of DualMesh for repair of large hiatus hernia in a porcine model

    • G. S. Smith
    • E. J. Hazebroek
    • C. J. Martin

    OriginalPaper 14 November 2007 Pages: 1625 - 1631

    

17. Laparoscopic repair of perforated duodenal ulcers: The simple “one-stitch” suture with omental patch technique

    • Kyo-Young Song
    • Taeg-Hyun Kim
    • Cho-Hyun Park

    OriginalPaper 20 November 2007 Pages: 1632 - 1635

    

18. Transfer validity of laparoscopic knot-tying training on a VR simulator to a realistic environment: A randomized controlled trial

    • E. G. G. Verdaasdonk
    • J. Dankelman
    • L. P. S. Stassen

    OriginalPaper 20 November 2007 Pages: 1636 - 1642

    

19. Thoracoscopic ligation versus coil occlusion for patent ductus arteriosus: A matched cohort study of outcomes and cost

    • Sanjeev Dutta
    • Alexandra Mihailovic
    • Brian H. Cameron

    OriginalPaper 20 November 2007 Pages: 1643 - 1648

20. Laparoscopic versus small-incision cholecystectomy: Health status in a blind randomised trial

    • Frederik Keus
    • Jolanda de Vries
    • Cornelis J. H. M. van Laarhoven

    OriginalPaper Open access 11 December 2007 Pages: 1649 - 1659

    

21. Long-term quality of life after endoscopic dilation of strictured colorectal or colocolonic anastomoses

    • T. Nguyen-Tang
    • O. Huber
    • J. M. Dumonceau

    OriginalPaper 11 December 2007 Pages: 1660 - 1666

    

22. Transumbilical laparoscopically assisted appendectomy in children

    • S. Visnjic

    OriginalPaper 11 December 2007 Pages: 1667 - 1671

23. A novel method for artery detection in laparoscopic surgery

    • Hamed Akbari
    • Yukio Kosugi
    • Kazunori Kihara

    OriginalPaper 20 December 2007 Pages: 1672 - 1677

    

24. Identification of significant difficulty of selective deep cannulation by a simple predictive model: an endoscopic scale for teaching ERCP

    • Jaume Boix
    • Vicente Lorenzo-Zúñiga
    • Miquel Angel Gassull

    OriginalPaper 11 December 2007 Pages: 1678 - 1685

    

25. Nonsurgical skills do not predict baseline scores in inanimate box or virtual-reality trainers

    • Atul K. Madan
    • Jason L. Harper
    • David S. Tichansky

    OriginalPaper 11 December 2007 Pages: 1686 - 1689

26. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure performed with the da Vinci robot system: is it worth it?

    • G. Hubens
    • L. Balliu
    • W. Vaneerdeweg

    OriginalPaper 11 December 2007 Pages: 1690 - 1696

    

27. The use of laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy for complicated cholelithiasis

    • J. A. E. Philips
    • D. A. Lawes
    • R. W. Motson

    OriginalPaper 11 December 2007 Pages: 1697 - 1700

28. Pain sensation and neuromuscular stimulation during argon plasma coagulation in gastrointestinal endoscopy

    • A. Eickhoff
    • D. Hartmann
    • M. D. Enderle

    OriginalPaper 11 December 2007 Pages: 1701 - 1707

29. Laparoscopically assisted colectomy: a study of risk factors and predictors of open conversion

    • P. Y. Tan
    • J. H. Stephens
    • P. J. Hewett

    OriginalPaper 11 December 2007 Pages: 1708 - 1714

    

30. Transvaginal laparoscopic cholecystectomy: laparoscopically assisted

    • Marc Bessler
    • Peter D. Stevens
    • Dennis Fowler

    Video 06 March 2008 Pages: 1715 - 1716

31. MA-NOS radical sigmoidectomy: report of a transvaginal resection in the human

    • Antonio M. Lacy
    • Salvadora Delgado
    • Josep Llach

    Technique 07 May 2008 Pages: 1717 - 1723

    

32. Ultrasound-guided radiofrequency-assisted segmental arterioportal vascular occlusion in laparoscopic segmental liver resection

    • G. Navarra
    • M. Bartolotta
    • A. Venneri

    Technique 11 December 2007 Pages: 1724 - 1728

    

33. Laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery for gastrointestinal stromal tumor dissection

    • N. Hiki
    • Y. Yamamoto
    • Y. Seto

    Technique 12 December 2007 Pages: 1729 - 1735

    

34. Avoiding mediocrity

    • Reardon Patrick

    Letter 24 April 2008 Pages: 1736 - 1737

35. Letter to the editor

    • Brent W. Miedema
    • Klaus Thaler
    • J. Andres Astudillo

    Letter 24 April 2008 Pages: 1738 - 1738

36. Reply to: ‘Re: “The invisible cholecystectomy”’

    • Miguel A. Cuesta
    • Frits Berends
    • Alexander A. F. A. Veenhof

    Letter-Reply Open access 29 April 2008 Pages: 1739 - 1740

37. News and notices

    News and notices 28 May 2008 Pages: 1741 - 1742