1. Hepatocyte-based Bioartificial Liver Support: Past, Present and Future

   • Takashi Kanematsu
   • Susumu Eguchi

   Editorial Pages: 483 - 486

2. Clinical Study on Lung Cancer as a Second Primary Cancer

   • Tomoki Utsumi
   • Yoshitaka Fujii
   • Hikaru Matsuda

   Original Articles Pages: 487 - 491

3. Primary Anastomosis of the Trachea: Management and Pitfalls

   • Noriaki Tsubota
   • Masahiro Yoshimura
   • Hiroya Minami

   Pages: 492 - 497

4. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair with Arterial Branch Reconstruction: Utility of the Temporary Bypass Technique

   • Shunya Shindo
   • Atsuo Kojima
   • Yusuke Tada

   Pages: 498 - 502

5. The Clinical Significance of Performing Preoperative Angiography of the Internal Thoracic Artery in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

   • Masami Ochi
   • Shigeo Yamauchi
   • Shigeo Tanaka

   Pages: 503 - 508

6. Histological Evaluation of the Effects of Intraarterial Chemotherapy for Advanced Breast Cancer: A Long-term Followup Study with Respect to the Survival Rate

   • Kazunori Toda
   • Koichi Hirata
   • Eimei Narimatsu

   Pages: 509 - 516

7. The Effects of Prostaglandin E₁ and Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors on Energy Status and Protein Synthetic Ability in Hepatic Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

   • Toshio Nakagohri
   • Takehide Asano
   • Kaichi Isono

   Pages: 517 - 521

8. Cardioprotective Effect of Succinate Against Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury

   • Masato Sakamoto
   • Koichiro Takeshige
   • Kouichi Tokunaga

   Pages: 522 - 528

9. Monitoring of Acute Allograft Rejection by Cytological, Immunocytochemical, and Immunohistochemical Studies Following Rat Small-Bowel Transplantation

   • Muhammad Shahidur Rahman
   • Tomoaki Taguchi
   • Sachiyo Suita

   Pages: 529 - 537

10. Benign Esophageal Stricture Caused by Diffuse Severe Esophagitis Presenting as Ascending Fibrosis: Report of a Case

    • Hiroshi Sashiyama
    • Hiromasa Matsubara
    • Kaichi Isono

    Case Reports Pages: 538 - 541

11. Hepatic Infarction as a Complication of Gastric Cancer Surgery: Report of Four Cases

    • Tatsushi Kitagawa
    • Keiji Iriyama

    Pages: 542 - 546

12. Treatment of Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Hepatectomy with Right and Middle Hepatic Vein Reconstruction Using Total Vascular Exclusion with Extracorporeal Bypass and Hypothermic Hepatic Perfusion: Report of a Case

    • Hisao Wakabayashi
    • Takashi Maeba
    • Hajime Maeta

    Pages: 547 - 550

13. Diagnosis and Management of Metastatic Gastrinoma by Multimodality Treatment Including Liver Transplantation: Report of a Case

    • Thomas Gottwald
    • Gerd Köveker
    • Horst-Dieter Becker

    Pages: 551 - 558

14. Repeated Percutaneous Aspiration Therapy Prior to Surgery for a Pancreatic Pseudocyst: Report of a Case

    • Hitoshi Seki
    • Tadashi Ueda
    • Hitoshi Kotanagi

    Pages: 559 - 562

15. Cannulation-Induced Coronary Artery Dissection: Successful Management with Circulatory Assist Devices and Coronary Bypass Grafting

    • Kozo Ishino
    • Taiji Murakami
    • Shigeru Teramoto

    Pages: 563 - 566

16. Genetic Changes in Primary Colorectal Cancer by Comparative Genomic Hybridization

    • Kentaro Nakao
    • Miki Shibusawa
    • Kousuke Sasaki

    Short Communication, Reprint requests to: K. Nakao Pages: 567 - 569