Surgical Endoscopy

The discipline of gastrointestinal surgery can be strengthened through cooperation among its professional societies

C. A. Pellegrini

The diagnostic and therapeutic roles of colonoscopy

E. H. Huang, J. M. Marks

Management of major bile duct injury associated with laparoscopic cholecystectomy

T. N. Robinson, G. V. Stiegmann, J. D. Durham, S. I. Johnson, M. E. Wachs, A. D. Serra, D. A. Kumpe

Are the favorable outcomes of splenectomy predictable inpatients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)?

Z. Tsereteli, C.D. Smith, G.D. Branum, J.R. Galloway, R.J. Amerson, H. Chakaraborty, J.G. Hunter

Laparoscopic right donor nephrectomy

D.E. Swartz, E. Cho, J.L. Flowers, B.J. Dunkin, J.R. Ramey, S.T. Bartlett, B. Jarrell, S.C. Jacobs

Clinical evaluation of a newly developed endoscopicresection device (Rotoresect)

M.S. Michel, K.U. Koehrmann, T. Knoll, J. Hoang-Böhm, P. Alken

Laparoscopic reoperative antireflux surgery

Z.T. Awad, P.I. Anderson, K. Sato, T.A. Roth, J. Gerhardt, C.J. Filipi

Preoperative determinants of an esophageal lengtheningprocedure in laparoscopic antireflux surgery

D.R. Urbach, Y.S. Khajanchee, R.E. Glasgow, P. D. Hansen, L.L. Swanstrom

Endoscopic surgery in weightlessness

M.R. Campbell, A.W. Kirkpatrick, R.D. Billica, S.L. Johnston, R. Jennings, D. Short, D. Hamilton, S.A. Dulchavsky

Obesity and laparoscopic repair of ventral hernias

G. Birgisson, A.E. Park, M.J. Mastrangelo, D.B. Witzke, U.B Chu

Medium-term results after cholecystectomy in patientsyounger than 10 years

G. Mattioli, P. Repetto, C. Carlini, C. Granata, G. Montobbio, A. Cagnazzo, A. Barabino, P. Gandullia, V. Jasonni

Laparoscopic colectomy for sigmoid diverticulitis in obese andnonobese patients

J.-J. Tuech, N. Regenet, S. Hennekinne, P. Pessaux, R. Bergamaschi, J.-P. Arnaud

Systematic review of laparoscopic surgery for colorectal malignancy

L. Yong, M. Deane, J.R.T. Monson, A. Darzi

The role of lymphoscintigraphy in rectal laparoscopicsurgery

G. Cutini, G.C. Gesuelli, M. Sartelli, E. Brianzoni, G. Musolino, M. Nestori, R. Scibé, A. Berbellini

Use of the Polyflex stent in the palliative therapy ofesophageal carcinoma

P. Decker, J. Lippler, D. Decker, A. Hirner

Gasless laparoscopic cholecystectomy is not moretime-consuming

E. Ortiz-Oshiro, J. Mayol, J.C. Aparicio Medrano, L. Rabadán Ruiz, M.A. Sanjuan Garcia, J. Alvarez Fdez-Represa

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy causes less sleep disturbancethan open abdominal surgery

I. Gögenur, S. Rosenberg-Adamsen, C. Kiil, M. Kjærsgaard, H. Kehlet, J. Rosenberg

Radio-guided video-assisted parathyroidectomy

L. Pasquale, P. Bianchi, M. Barabino, A Bestetti, A. Bastagli

Three-dimensional navigated laparoscopic ultrasonography

J. Harms, H. Feussner, M. Baumgartner, A. Schneider, M. Donhauser, G. Wessels

Twin-endoscope scissors resection (T-ESR)

J.C. Brooker, B.P. Saunders, N. Suzuki, P. Sibbons

The impact of the surgeon's experience on the results oflaparoscopic hernia repair

X. Feliu-Palà, M. Martín-Gómez, S. Morales-Conde, E. Fernández-Sallent

Optimal mesh size for endoscopic inguinal herniarepair

M.T.T. Knook, A.C. Rosmalen, B.E. Yoder, G.J. Kleinrensink, C.J. Snijders, C.W.N. Looman, C.J. Steensel

Optimal Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) settings indifferential lung ventilation during simultaneous unilateral pneumothoraxand laparoscopy.

R. Sandbu, B. Birgisdottir, D. Arvidsson, U. Sjöstrand, S. Rubertsson

Kinetics of cytokines and PMN-E in thoracoscopic esophagectomy

T. Fukunaga, A. Kidokoro, M. Fukunaga, K. Nagakari, M. Suda, S. Yoshikawa

Pancreatic injury

F.D. Apaydin, T. Colak, C. Özer, M.N. Duce, H. Eğilmez, A. Yildiz

Gastric remnant carcinoma: reevaluation of screening endoscopy

C.J. Gannon, B. Engbrecht, L.M. Napolitano, B.L. Bass

Laparoscopic repair of traumatic perforation of the urinarybladder

D. Cottam, P.J. Gorecki, M. Curvelo, G.W. Shaftan

Portal vein thrombosis following laparoscopic splenectomyfor b-thalassemia

J. Sok, W. Su, M.A. Hopkins

Endoscopic treatment of benign esophageal tumors

D.L. van der Peet, F.J. Berends, E.C. Klinkenberg-Knol, M.A. Cuesta

Laparoscopic enucleation of giant liver hemangioma

T. Karahasanoglu, E. Altinli, S. Ergüney, M. Ertem, F. Numan

Use of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography todislodge clip impingement on the common hepatic duct

P. Leggett, H. Atwa, H. Hamat

Cecal herniation through the foramen of Winslow after laparoscopic Nissenfundoplication

T.D. Samson, F.M. Tercero, K. Sato, Z.T. Awad, C.J. Filipi

Subfascial endoscopic perforator vein surgery (SEPS) using the ultrasonic scalpel

D. W. H. Lee, A. C. W. Chan, Y. H. Lam, S. K. H. Wong, E. K. W. Ng, B. K. B. Law, S. C. S. Chung

A balanced approach to choledocholithiasis

H. Ramesh

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M. C. Lilly, M. E. Arregui

Splenosis after laparoscopic splenectomy

J. E. Losanoff, J. W. Jones

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P. Borzi

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