Surgical Endoscopy

Industry relationships between physicians and professional medical associations: corrupt or essential?

C. Daniel Smith, Bruce MacFadyen

Liver ablation techniques: a review

N. Bhardwaj, A. D. Strickland, F. Ahmad, A. R. Dennison, D. M. Lloyd

Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy: a prospective randomized comparison

Hong-Bo Wei, Jiang-Long Huang, Zong-Heng Zheng, Bo Wei, Feng Zheng, Wan-Shou Qiu, Wei-Ping Guo, Tu-Feng Chen, Tian-Bao Wang

Laparoscopic surgery significantly reduces surgical-site infections compared with open surgery

J. Esteban Varela, Samuel E. Wilson, Ninh T. Nguyen

Reducing the unexpectedly high rate of injuries caused by NOTES gastrotomy creation

Dae Kyung Sohn, Brian G. Turner, Denise W. Gee, Field F. Willingham, Patricia Sylla, Sevdenur Cizginer, Yusuf Konuk, William R. Brugge, David W. Rattner

Minimally invasive colon resection for malignant colonic conditions is associated with a transient early increase in plasma sVEGFR1 and a decrease in sVEGFR2 levels after surgery

H. M. C. Shantha Kumara, J. C. Cabot, A. Hoffman, M. Luchtefeld, M. F. Kalady, N. Hyman, D. Feingold, R. Baxter, R. L. Whelan

A systematic review of methods to palliate malignant gastric outlet obstruction

Jasen Ly, Gregory O’Grady, Anubhav Mittal, Lindsay Plank, John A. Windsor

Endoscopic closure of gastric access in perspective NOTES: an update on techniques and technologies

Alberto Arezzo, Mario Morino

Minimally invasive surgery and cancer: controversies part 1

Melanie Goldfarb, Steven Brower, S. D. Schwaitzberg

Endoscopic submucosal dissection with a combination of small-caliber-tip transparent hood and flex knife is a safe and effective treatment for superficial esophageal neoplasias

Naoki Ishii, Noriyuki Horiki, Toshiyuki Itoh, Masayo Uemura, Masataka Maruyama, Shoko Suzuki, Shino Uchida, Yusuke Izuka, Katsuyuki Fukuda, Yoshiyuki Fujita

Clinical outcome of endoscopic submucosal dissection versus endoscopic mucosal resection of large colorectal tumors as determined by curative resection

Yutaka Saito, Masakatsu Fukuzawa, Takahisa Matsuda, Shusei Fukunaga, Taku Sakamoto, Toshio Uraoka, Takeshi Nakajima, Hisatomo Ikehara, Kuang-I Fu, Takao Itoi, Takahiro Fujii

Optimization of anesthesia antiemetic measures versus combination therapy using dexamethasone or ondansetron for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting

Subhi M. Alghanem, Islam M. Massad, Ehsan M. Rashed, Hamdi M. Abu-Ali, Salam S. Daradkeh

Long-term results of laparoscopic repair of incisional hernias using an intraperitoneal composite mesh

Alfredo Moreno-Egea, José Antonio Castillo Bustos, Enrique Girela, José Luis Aguayo-Albasini

Assessment of early learning curves among nurses and physicians using a high-fidelity virtual-reality colonoscopy simulator

Irina Kruglikova, Teodor P. Grantcharov, Asbjorn M. Drewes, Peter Funch-Jensen

Early laparoendoscopic rendezvous for acute biliary pancreatitis: preliminary results

G. Borzellino, F. Lombardo, A. M. Minicozzi, M. Donataccio, C. Cordiano

Robotic assistance improves intracorporeal suturing performance and safety in the operating room while decreasing operator workload

Dimitrios Stefanidis, Fikre Wang, James R. Korndorffer Jr., J. Bruce Dunne, Daniel J. Scott

Laparoscopy: a safe approach to appendicitis during pregnancy

Eran Sadot, Dana A. Telem, Manjit Arora, Parag Butala, Scott Q. Nguyen, Celia M. Divino

Is a bougie required for the performance of the fundal wrap during laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication?

Krishnamurthy Somasekar, Gareth Morris-Stiff, Hasan Al-Madfai, Karen Barton, Ahmed Hassn

Anatomical changes after inguinal hernia treatment: a reason for chronic pain and recurrent hernia?

Roland Kocijan, Simone Sandberg, Yi-Wei Chan, Christian Hollinsky

Effectiveness of stent placement for palliative treatment in malignant colorectal obstruction and predictive factors for stent occlusion

Jung Pil Suh, Sang Woo Kim, Yu Kyung Cho, Jae Myung Park, In Seok Lee, Myung-Gyu Choi, In-Sik Chung, Hyung Jin Kim, Won Kyung Kang, Seong Taek Oh

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in cirrhotic patients: the value of MELD score and Child–Pugh classification in predicting outcome

Spiros Delis, Andreas Bakoyiannis, Juan Madariaga, John Bramis, Nikos Tassopoulos, Christos Dervenis

Hospital cost categories of one-stage versus two-stage management of common bile duct stones

B. Topal, K. Vromman, R. Aerts, C. Verslype, W. Van Steenbergen, F. Penninckx

Telesimulation: an effective method for teaching the fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery in resource-restricted countries

Allan Okrainec, Oscar Henao, Georges Azzie

Combined percutaneous–endoscopic stenting of malignant biliary obstruction: results from 106 consecutive procedures and identification of factors associated with adverse outcome

C. P. Neal, S. C. Thomasset, D. Bools, C. D. Sutton, G. Garcea, C. D. Mann, Y. Rees, C. Newland, R. J. Robinson, A. R. Dennison, D. P. Berry

Partial amniotic carbon dioxide insufflation (PACI) during minimally invasive fetoscopic surgery: early clinical experience in humans

Thomas Kohl, Kristina Tchatcheva, Julia Weinbach, Rudolf Hering, Peter Kozlowski, Rüdiger Stressig, Ulrich Gembruch

Treatment of rectal adenomas by transanal endoscopic microsurgery: 15 years’ experience

Mario Guerrieri, Maddalena Baldarelli, Angelo de Sanctis, Roberto Campagnacci, Massimiliano Rimini, Emanuele Lezoche

Laparoscopic total extraperitoneal repair of recurrent inguinal hernias

Pankaj Garg, Geetha R. Menon, Mahesh Rajagopal, Mohamed Ismail

Influence of a new self-gripping hernia mesh on male fertility in a rat model

Thomas Kolbe, Christian Hollinsky, Ingrid Walter, Anja Joachim, Thomas Rülicke

Insulation failure in laparoscopic instruments

Paul N. Montero, Thomas N. Robinson, John S. Weaver, Greg V. Stiegmann

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography by double balloon enteroscopy in patients with Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy

Erkan Parlak, Bahattin Çiçek, Selçuk Dişibeyaz, Cem Cengiz, Mehmet Yurdakul, Meral Akdoğan, Mesut Z. Y. Kılıç, Nurgül Şaşmaz, Turhan Cumhur, Burhan Şahin

Minimally invasive surgery for resection of duodenal carcinoid tumors: endoscopic full-thickness resection under laparoscopic observation

Hironori Tsujimoto, Takashi Ichikura, Shigeaki Nagao, Tomoki Sato, Satoshi Ono, Satoshi Aiko, Shuichi Hiraki, Yoshihisa Yaguchi, Naoko Sakamoto, Takemaru Tanimizu, Junji Yamamoto, Kazuo Hase

A Y-shaped vinyl hood that creates pneumoperitoneum in laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery (Y-hood method.): a new technique for laparoscopic low anterior resection

Shoichi Fujii, Mitsuyoshi Ota, Shigeru Yamagishi, Chikara Kunisaki, Shunichi Osada, Hirokazu Suwa, Yasushi Ichikawa, Hiroshi Shimada

Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) partial nephrectomy in a porcine model

Ugur Boylu, Mathew Oommen, Virendra Joshi, Raju Thomas, Benjamin R. Lee

Human natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery: on the way to two different philosophies?

Nereo Vettoretto, Alberto Arezzo

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