1. Perinatal features of congenital cystic lung diseases: results of a nationwide multicentric study in Japan

   • Japanese Study Group of Pediatric Chest Surgery
   • Tatsuo Kuroda
   • Noriaki Usui

   Original Article 26 July 2016 Pages: 827 - 831

   

2. Relation between amount of bile ducts in portal canal and outcomes in biliary atresia

   • Juma Obayashi
   • Kunihide Tanaka
   • Hiroaki Kitagawa

   Original Article 25 July 2016 Pages: 833 - 838

   

3. Analysis of the prognostic factors of long-term native liver survival in survivors of biliary atresia

   • Hideyuki Sasaki
   • Hiromu Tanaka
   • Masaki Nio

   Original Article 27 July 2016 Pages: 839 - 843

   

4. Contraindications and image-defined risk factors in laparoscopic resection of abdominal neuroblastoma

   • Yujiro Tanaka
   • Hiroshi Kawashima
   • Hiroo Uchida

   Original Article 26 July 2016 Pages: 845 - 850

   

5. Anaplastic histology Wilms’ tumors registered to the Japan Wilms’ Tumor Study Group are less aggressive than that in the National Wilms’ Tumor Study 5

   • Takaharu Oue
   • Tsugumichi Koshinaga
   • Renal Tumor Committee of the Japanese Children’s Cancer Group

   Original Article 29 July 2016 Pages: 851 - 855

   

6. Effective treatment for infantile hemangioma with long-pulsed dye laser with oral propranolol medication: a preliminary report

   • Shigeyuki Furuta
   • Hideaki Sato
   • Hiroaki Kitagawa

   Original Article 26 July 2016 Pages: 857 - 862

   

7. Efficacy of ethanol locks to reduce the incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infections for home parenteral nutrition pediatric patients: comparison of therapeutic treatment with prophylactic treatment

   • Takafumi Kawano
   • Tatsuru Kaji
   • Satoshi Ieiri

   Original Article 26 July 2016 Pages: 863 - 867

   

8. Evaluation of the intraoperative risk factors for esophageal anastomotic complications after primary repair of esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula

   • Yuichi Okata
   • Kosaku Maeda
   • Akiko Yokoi

   Original Article 26 July 2016 Pages: 869 - 873

9. Steroid pulse therapy prevents restenosis following balloon dilatation for esophageal stricture

   • Kazuki Yokota
   • Hiroo Uchida
   • Kosuke Chiba

   Original Article 28 July 2016 Pages: 875 - 879

   

10. Impact of botulinum toxin A injection on esophageal anastomosis in a rabbit model

    • Yoshiko Usui
    • Shigeru Ono

    Original Article 26 July 2016 Pages: 881 - 886

    

11. Risk factors and prevention for surgical intestinal disorders in extremely low birth weight infants

    • Masaya Yamoto
    • Yusuke Nakazawa
    • Naoto Urushihara

    Original Article 26 July 2016 Pages: 887 - 893

12. Laparoscopic repair of sliding inguinal hernia in female children

    • Tomohiro Ishii
    • Takeo Yonekura
    • Shuhei Kogata

    Original Article 28 July 2016 Pages: 895 - 899

    

13. Preoperative simulation regarding the appropriate port location for laparoscopic hepaticojejunostomy: a randomized study using a disease-specific training simulator

    • Takahiro Jimbo
    • Satoshi Ieiri
    • Tomoaki Taguchi

    Original Article 11 August 2016 Pages: 901 - 907

    

14. Surgical intervention and perioperative risk factors of retroperitoneal teratomas in children: a single institution experience

    • Shigehisa Fumino
    • Junnosuke Maniwa
    • Tatsuro Tajiri

    Original Article 30 July 2016 Pages: 909 - 914

    

15. Surgical intervention strategies for congenital tracheal stenosis associated with a tracheal bronchus based on the location of stenosis

    • Keiichi Morita
    • Akiko Yokoi
    • Kosaku Maeda

    Original Article 25 July 2016 Pages: 915 - 919