1. The Value of Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology for Thyroid Nodules: An Assessment of Its Diagnostic Potential and Pitfalls

   • Yoshinari Ogawa
   • Yasuyuki Kato
   • Kosei Hirakawa

   Original Articles Pages: 97 - 101

2. Differentiating Early Malignant Lung Tumors from Inflammatory Nodules to Minimize the Use of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery or Open Biopsy to Establish a Diagnosis

   • Hiroaki Nomori
   • Hirotoshi Horio
   • Keiichi Suemasu

   Pages: 102 - 107

3. Surgical Treatment for Chronic Pulmonary Thromboembolism Under Cardiopulmonary Bypass with Selective Cerebral Perfusion

   • Masahisa Masuda
   • Kenji Mogi
   • Nobuyuki Nakajima

   Pages: 108 - 112

4. A Previous Mastectomy Does Not Increase Sternal Complications After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Regardless of Whether an Internal Mammary Artery is Used

   • Hitoshi Hirose
   • Atushi Amano
   • Naoko Nagano

   Pages: 113 - 116

5. Evaluation of the Predictors of Choledocholithiasis: Comparative Analysis of Clinical, Biochemical, Radiological, Radionuclear, and Intraoperative Parameters

   • Shashanka M. Bose
   • Alok Mazumdar
   • Chander M. Pathak

   Pages: 117 - 122

6. Long-Term Results of Kidney Transplantation Between HLA-Identical Siblings

   • Jang Il Moon
   • Yu Seun Kim
   • Kiil Park

   Pages: 123 - 128

7. Results of Performing Mesh Plug Repair for Groin Hernias

   • Tadasu Mori
   • Shigeo Souda
   • Yukinobu Yoshikawa

   Pages: 129 - 132

8. Analysis of the Development of Normal Foregut and Tracheoesophageal Fistula in an Adriamycin Rat Model Using Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction

   • Takashi Sasaki
   • Takeshi Kusafuka
   • Akira Okada

   Pages: 133 - 139

9. Kupffer Cell Function in Ischemic and Nonischemic Livers After Hepatic Partial Ischemia/Reperfusion

   • Atsushi Nakamitsu
   • Eiso Hiyama
   • Takashi Yokoyama

   Pages: 140 - 148

10. Tamoxifen-Failed Male Breast Cancer with a High Level of Circulating Estrogen: Report of a Case

    • Hiroyuki Takei
    • Yuichi Iino
    • V. Craig Jordan

    Case Reports Pages: 149 - 151

11. Targeting Adjuvant Brachytherapy for a Superior Sulcus Tumor: Report of Two Cases

    • Yasuhiko Ohta
    • Yoshinori Yashiki
    • Yoh Watanabe

    Pages: 152 - 155

12. Type IV Hiatal Hernia Post Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication: Report of a Case

    • Ziad T. Awad
    • Declan J. Magee
    • Amir Firozvi

    Pages: 156 - 158

13. Long-term Survival After Gastric Cancer and Liver and Paraaortic Lymph Node Metastases: Report of a Case

    • Yutaka Yoshizumi
    • Tomokazu Matuyama
    • Tadaaki Maehara

    Pages: 159 - 162

14. Perforated Leiomyosarcoma of Meckel's Diverticulum: Report of a Case

    • Masayasu Nishibe
    • Toshiya Nishibe
    • Keishu Yasuda

    Pages: 163 - 165

15. Transverse Colonic Cancer Presenting as an Anterior Abdominal Wall Abscess: Report of a Case

    • Gaku Matsumoto
    • Haruhiko Asano
    • Seiki Matsuno

    Pages: 166 - 169

16. Malignant Sarcomatoid Tumor of the Liver: Report of a Case

    • Naofumi Eriguchi
    • Shigeaki Aoyagi
    • Naomitsu Kanazawa

    Pages: 170 - 173

17. Pleural Dissemination as a Complication of Preoperative Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage for Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma: Report of a Case

    • Takahiro Uenishi
    • Kazuhiro Hirohashi
    • Hiroaki Kinoshita

    Pages: 174 - 176

18. Mixed Duct-Acinar-Islet Cell Tumor of the Pancreas: Report of a Case

    • Kohji Tanakaya
    • Norihiro Teramoto
    • Ichiro Murakami

    Pages: 177 - 179

19. Concomitant Duodenal and Pancreatic Metastases from Renal Cell Carcinoma: Report of a Case

    • Masaji Hashimoto
    • Yasuhiko Miura
    • Goro Watanabe

    Pages: 180 - 183

20. Left Diaphragmatic Eventration with a Suprapubic Spleen: Report of a Case

    • Simmi K. Ratan
    • Shabnam Bhandari Grover
    • Archana Puri

    Pages: 184 - 186

21. Traction-Type Heart Stabilizer for Off-Pump Coronary Bypass Grafting

    • Kiyofumi Morishita
    • Kanshi Komatsu
    • Tomio Abe

    How to Do It Pages: 187 - 189