Features

• Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision in Rectal Cancer: Short-term Outcomes in Comparison With Laparoscopic Surgery
• A Step Toward NOTES Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer: Endoscopic Transanal Proctectomy

Editorial

• Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision of Rectal Carcinoma: Evidence to Learn and Adopt the Technique

Surgical Perspective

• Ensuring Excellence in Centers of Excellence Programs
• Public Reporting in Surgery: An Emerging Opportunity to Improve Care and Inform Patients

Commentary

• Achieving High-quality Surgical Care: Observations From the American College of Surgeons Quality of Care Programs

Reviews

• Quality of Reporting on Patient and Public Involvement Within Surgical Research: A Systematic Review
• Technical Skills Assessment Toolbox: A Review Using the Unitary Framework of Validity
• Survival From Burns in the New Millennium: 70 Years’ Experience From a Single Institution

Randomized Controlled Trials

• High-Dose Barium Impaction Therapy for the Recurrence of Colonic Diverticular Bleeding: A Randomized Controlled Trial
• Short-term Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Primary Suture With Primary Glued Mesh Augmentation to Prevent Incisional Hernia
• Laparoscopic Repair of Very Large Hiatus Hernia With Sutures Versus Absorbable Mesh Versus Nonabsorbable Mesh: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Original Articles

• • Comparison Between Clinical Registry and Medicare Claims Data on the Classification of Hospital Quality of Surgical Care
  • Risk of Perioperative Respiratory Complications and Postoperative Morbidity in a Cohort of Adults Exposed to Passive Smoking
  • The Australian and New Zealand Audit of Surgical Mortality—Birth, Deaths, and Carriage
  • Reliable and Valid Assessment of Point-of-care Ultrasonography
  • Remission of Type 2 Diabetes After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass or Sleeve Gastrectomy Is Associated With a Distinct Glycemic Profile
  • Mechanical Strength and Rheological Properties of Tissue Adhesives With Regard to Colorectal Anastomosis: An Ex Vivo Study
  • Risk of Acute Appendicitis in and Around Pregnancy: A Population-based Cohort Study From England
  • Risk Prediction Score in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Training: Experience From the English National Training Program

Original Articles (continued)

• Functional Compromise Reflected by Sarcopenia, Frailty, and Nutritional Depletion Predicts Adverse Postoperative Outcome After Colorectal Cancer Surgery
• Phase II Trial of Hepatic Artery Infusional and Systemic Chemotherapy for Patients With Unresectable Hepatic Metastases From Colorectal Cancer: Conversion to Resection and…
• Management of Biliary Cystic Tumors: A Multi-institutional Analysis of a Rare Liver Tumor
• Targeting N-cadherin Increases Vascular Permeability and Differentially Activates AKT in Melanoma
• Marking Axillary Lymph Nodes With Radioactive Iodine Seeds for Axillary Staging After Neoadjuvant Systemic Treatment in Breast Cancer Patients: The MARI Procedure
• Triage Patterns for Medicare Patients Presenting to Nontrauma Hospitals With Moderate or Severe Injuries
• Tranexamic Acid Use in Severely Injured Civilian Patients and the Effects on Outcomes: A Prospective Cohort Study
• Increased 18F-FDG Uptake Is Predictive of Rupture in a Novel Rat Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Rupture Model
• Remodeling Characteristics and Collagen Distribution in Biological Scaffold Materials Explanted From Human Subjects After Abdominal Soft Tissue Reconstruction: An Analysis of…

Surgical Retrospection

• The Homans Family in American Surgery

e-Letters to the Editor

• Health Care Reform: What Went Wrong
• An Implicit Bias in Error Management?
• Prevention of Pancreatic Fistula After Pancreaticoduodenectomy
• Reply to Letter: “Pancreatic Fistula After Pancreaticoduodenectomy”
• Chemotherapy Before Liver Resection of Colorectal Metastases: Friend or Foe?
• Reply to Letter: “Chemotherapy Before Liver Resection of Colorectal Metastases: Friend or Foe?”
• CONSORT Adherence in Journals Is Still Far From Perfect
• Interpreting Postoperative CRP Response and HLA-DR Depression
• Predicting Perioperative Risk and Informed Consent
• Reply to Letter: “The Surgical Mortality Probability Model (S-MPM): Derivation and Validation of a Simple Risk Prediction Rule for Noncardiac Surgery”

e-Letters to the Editor (continued)

• • Laparoscopic Microwave Ablation and Portal Vein Ligation for Staged Hepatectomy (LAPS): A Minimally Invasive First-step Approach
  • Laparoscopic Microwave Ablation and Portal Vein Ligation for Staged Hepatectomy (LAPS): A Minimally Invasive First-step Approach
  • Radio-frequency-assisted Liver Partition With Portal Vein Ligation (RALPP) for Liver Regeneration
  • Reply to Letter: “Accelerated Liver Hypertrophy: ALPPS and More!”
  • Multivisceral Transplantation for Diffuse Portomesenteric Thrombosis
  • Barrett’s Esophagus and Antireflux Surgery: Wraps, Rings, and HALOs
  • Single Incision Cholecystectomy: A Word of Caution on Surgical Trends
  • Considering the Fringe
  • Propranolol: A Novel Antihemangioma Agent With Multiple Potential Mechanisms of Action
  • Reply to Letter: “Propranolol: A Novel Antihemangioma Agent With Multiple Potential Mechanisms of Action”
  • Single Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Is Associated With a Higher Bile Duct Injury Rate: A Review and Word of Caution
  • Surgical Education Research: An IDEAL Proposition
  • Reply to Letter: “Surgical Education Research: An IDEAL Proposition”
  • Research Priorities in Bariatric Surgery: Misplaced Emphasis on Innovation?
  • Reply to Letter: “Research Priorities in Bariatric Surgery: Misplaced Emphasis on Innovation?”