Current strategies for spinal cord protection during thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair Hideyuki ShimizuRyohei Yozu Review Article 30 March 2011 Pages: 155 - 163
Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy for lung cancer: the point at issue Yoshinori YamashitaHiroaki HaradaKeizo Misumi Current Topics Review 30 March 2011 Pages: 164 - 168
Functional restoration of endothelial cells of the cryopreserved heart valve Eiki FujimotoMasanori YoshizumiTetsuya Kitagawa Original Article 30 March 2011 Pages: 169 - 174
VIO soft-coagulation system for major pulmonary resections: results in 68 patients with primary lung cancer Akihiko UchiyamaKei MiyoshiKatsuya Nakamura Original Article 30 March 2011 Pages: 175 - 178
Ascending aortic aneurysm associated with a quadricuspid aortic valve Keiichiro KasamaHitoshi OginoJunjiro Kobayashi Case Report 30 March 2011 Pages: 179 - 180
Surgical removal of an intravascular ultrasonography catheter captured in a stent after percutaneous coronary intervention Hiroya MinamiTatsuro AsadaMasanobu Sato Case Report 30 March 2011 Pages: 181 - 183
Primary cardiac osteosarcoma with imaging that revealed no calcification Wataru HashimotoKoji HashizumeKiyoyuki Eishi Case Report 30 March 2011 Pages: 184 - 186
Retrograde coronary sinus cardioplegia cannula placement under short-time circulatory arrest in surgery for a ruptured type A dissection with a previous coronary artery bypass Tomonobu AbeToshimichi NonakaHajime Sakurai Case Report 30 March 2011 Pages: 187 - 190
Successful early resection of cardiac papillary fibroelastomas Hirotsugu KurobeTamotsu KanbaraTetsuya Kitagawa Case Report 30 March 2011 Pages: 191 - 194
Port-access mitral valve replacement after surgical correction for Bland-White-Garland syndrome Kosaku NishigawaMasahiko KuinoseGenta Chikazawa Case Report 30 March 2011 Pages: 195 - 198
Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma of the chest wall: reconstruction with polypropylene mesh using a transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap Masafumi NodaChiaki EndoTakashi Kondo Case Report 30 March 2011 Pages: 199 - 201
Spontaneous left side pneumothorax and myocardial infarction: rare but potentially lethal coexistence that can frustrate clinicians Dimos KarangelisGeorgios TagarakisNikolaos Tsilimingas Case Report 30 March 2011 Pages: 202 - 204
Late-onset chylothorax after pulmonary resection for lung cancer Maiko TabuKazuhiro ImaiIkuo Matsuzaki Case Report 30 March 2011 Pages: 205 - 208
Extrapulmonary hamartoma Tetsuya EndoShunsuke EndoYasuhiro Tezuka Case Report 30 March 2011 Pages: 209 - 211
Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule that originated from lung adenocarcinoma Tomohiro HarukiHiroshige NakamuraHisao Ito Case Report 30 March 2011 Pages: 212 - 215
Bronchial and cardiac ruptures due to blunt trauma Takahiko MisaoTakeshi YoshikawaMamoru Tago Case Report 30 March 2011 Pages: 216 - 219
Esophageal ruptures: triage using the systemic inflammatory response syndrome score Kouichi FurugakiJunichi YoshidaKenichi Matsuo Case Report 30 March 2011 Pages: 220 - 224
Unusual metastasis to all the digits of both hands in a patient previously operated on for esophageal carcinoma Abdul Majeed DarNadeem ul Nazeer KawoosaMohammad Akbar Bhat Case Report 30 March 2011 Pages: 225 - 227