Role of the surgeon in quality and safety in the operating room environment Robert R. CimaClaude Deschamps Current Topics Review Article 19 July 2012 Pages: 1 - 8
Locoregional recurrence after pulmonary sublobar resection of non-small cell lung cancer: can it be reduced by considering cancer cells at the surgical margin? Noriyoshi Sawabata Current Topics Review Article 29 September 2012 Pages: 9 - 16
Current status of myocardial regeneration therapy Yoshiki Sawa Current Topics Review Article 07 November 2012 Pages: 17 - 23
Pulmonary vascular disease associated with pulmonary hypertension in 445 patients: diagnosis from lung biopsy and autopsy Shigeo Yamaki Original Article Open access 26 September 2012 Pages: 24 - 31
Living-donor lobar lung transplantation for rapidly progressive interstitial pneumonia associated with clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis: report of a case Tsuyoshi ShojiToru BandoHiroshi Date Case Report 23 May 2012 Pages: 32 - 34
Contralateral pneumothorax in bullous lung after pneumonectomy: report of two cases Masashi FurukawaTakahiro OtoShinichiro Miyoshi Case Report 22 May 2012 Pages: 35 - 37
Self-expanding stents in treatment of esophageal leaks post bariatric surgery Jonathan O. Nwiloh Case Report 13 June 2012 Pages: 38 - 42
Posterior leaflet extension with a patch of bovine pericardium for type IIIb mitral regurgitation Kouji FurukawaTakahiro HayaseMitsuhiro Yano Case Report 23 May 2012 Pages: 43 - 45
Aortic valve replacement for a patient with anomalous left coronary artery from the right sinus of Valsalva Masaki HamamotoDaisuke Futagami Case Report 23 May 2012 Pages: 46 - 50
Surgical treatment of a patient with heart disease and congenital coronary anomaly Toshihide Asou Invited Commentary 23 August 2012 Pages: 51 - 52
A new application of a wound retractor for chest wall surgery Hitoshi IgaiMitsuhiro KamiyoshiharaKimihiro Shimizu How to Do It 06 July 2012 Pages: 53 - 54
Less invasive radial artery harvesting without endoscopy Shunsuke SaitoGoro MatsumiyaYoshiki Sawa How to Do It 15 June 2012 Pages: 55 - 56
Erratum to: Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan during 2010 Hiroyuki KuwanoJun AmanoHiroyasu Yokomise Erratum 30 November 2012 Pages: 57 - 59