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Fabricio Ferreira Coelho, Jaime Arthur Pirola Kruger, Gilton Marques Fonseca, Raphael Leonardo Cunha Araújo, Vagner Birk Jeismann, Marcos Vinícius Perini, Renato Micelli Lupinacci, Ivan Cecconello, Paulo Herman 
World J Gastrointest Surg 8(1):5-26. Published online Jan 27, 2016. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v8.i1.5
Review
Carlos M Nuño-Guzmán, María Eugenia Marín-Contreras, Mauricio Figueroa-Sánchez, Jorge L Corona 
World J Gastrointest Surg 8(1):65-76. Published online Jan 27, 2016. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v8.i1.65
Minireviews
Maureen Moore, Cheguevara Afaneh, Daniel Benhuri, Caroline Antonacci, Jonathan Abelson, Rasa Zarnegar 
World J Gastrointest Surg 8(1):77-83. Published online Jan 27, 2016. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v8.i1.77
Systematic Reviews
Yasumitsu Hirano, Masakazu Hattori, Kenji Douden, Yasuhiro Ishiyama, Yasuo Hashizume 
World J Gastrointest Surg 8(1):95-100. Published online Jan 27, 2016. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v8.i1.95
Case Report
Raquel Garcia-Roca, Ivo G Tzvetanov, Hoonbae Jeon, Elisabeth Hetterman, Jose Oberholzer, Enrico Benedetti 
World J Gastrointest Surg 8(1):101-105. Published online Jan 27, 2016. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v8.i1.101