DIGESTIVE SURGERY

Usefulness of Preoperative Mechanical Bowel Preparation in Patients with Colon Cancer who Undergo Elective Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Trial Using Oral Antibiotics

Double Gastric Hanging for Gastric Exposure in Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy

Laparoscopic Hepatectomy (with or without Robotic Assistance) versus Radiofrequency Ablation as a Minimally Invasive Treatment for Very Early-Stage or Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Multicenter Controlled Study of Intracorporeal Mechanical Side-to-Side Isoperistaltic Anastomosis versus Extracorporeal Anastomosis in Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy: HEMI-D-TREND-Study

Effect of Caffeine Intake on Postoperative Ileus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Allogeneic Leukocyte-Reduced Red Blood Cell Transfusion Is Associated with Postoperative Infectious Complications and Cancer Recurrence after Colon Cancer Resection

Estimation of Physiological Ability and Surgical Stress Score Is a Useful Prognostic Indicator for Elderly Patients with Colorectal Cancer

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Postoperative Antibiotics for Patients with a Complex Appendicitis

Symptomatic Uncomplicated Diverticular Disease and Incidence of Unexpected Abscess during Sigmoidectomy: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study

Quality of Life and Bowel Dysfunction after Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery for Rectal Cancer: One Third of Patients Experience Major Low Anterior Resection Syndrome

Reduced Opioid-Demand and Fewer Pulmonary Complications after Laparoscopic Liver Resection in the Posterior Segments

No Difference in Survival between Neo-Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Neo-Adjuvant Chemoradiation Therapy in Gastric Cardia Cancer Patients: A Contemporary View from the National Cancer Database

Management of Pancreatic Cystic Lesions

Surgical Management of Non-Malignant Esophageal Perforations: A Single-Center Analysis Over a 15-Year Period

Robotic-Assisted versus Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy: The Results of a Case-Matched Analysis from a Tertiary Care Center

One-Step verse Step-Up Laparoscopic-Assisted Necrosectomy for Infected Pancreatic Necrosis

Proximal Gastric Resection with Posterior Esophago-Gastrostomy and Partial Neo-Fundoplication in the Treatment of Advanced Upper Gastric Carcinoma

Comparison of Functional Outcomes between Functional Jejunal Interposition and Conventional Roux-en-Y Esophagojejunostomy after Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer

Duration and Magnitude of Postoperative Risk of Venous Thromboembolism after Cholecystectomy: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Evaluation of the Estimation of Physiologic Ability and Surgical Stress Score as a Prognostic Indicator for Older Patients with Gastric Cancer

Diagnostic Potential of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Chronic Abdominal Pain

How Exercise Can Influence Oxidative Stress and Glucose Levels after Pancreatic Resection: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Long-Term Outcomes of Laparoscopic versus Open Total Gastrectomy for Advanced Gastric Cancer: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis

Single-Incision Laparoscopic versus Open Sigmoidectomy for Diverticular Disease: A Disease-Stratified Matched-Pair Analysis

Caprio and Merola: Latin American Contribution to the Development of Liver Surgery.

Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy

A Prospective, Multi-Center Phase I Study of Postoperative Enoxaparin Treatment in Patients Undergoing Curative Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery for Malignancies

The Management of Recurrence within Six Months after Hepatic Resection for Colorectal Liver Metastasis

A Preoperative Scoring System to Predict Carcinoma in Patients with Gallbladder Polyps

Contents Vol. 36, 2019

External Validation of Different Scoring Systems for Suspected Choledocholithiasis

Heller Myotomy for Epiphrenic Diverticula Compared to Nondiverticula Esophageal Motility Disorders, A Single Institution Experience and Appraisal of Patient Characteristics, High-Resolution Manometry and Outcomes

30-Day Postoperative Morbidity of Emergency Surgery for Obstructive Right- and Left-Sided Colon Cancer in Obese Patients: A Multicenter Cohort Study of the French Surgical Association