Evaluation of treatment strategies for gastric cancer in the elderly according to the number of abnormal parameters on preoperative examination Hitoshi HaraHiroshi IsozakiNobuhiko Tanigawa Original Articles Pages: 837 - 841
Less-invasive surgery for gastric cancer prolongs survival in patients over 80 years of age Yoshio HagaYasushi YagiMichio Ogawa Original Articles Pages: 842 - 848
The significance of p53 mutations as an indicator of the biological behavior of recurrent hepatocellular carcinomas Hiroyuki SugoShigeru TakamoriShunji Futagawa Original Articles Pages: 849 - 855
Percutaneous papillary balloon dilatation as a therapeutic option for cholecystocholedocholithiasis in the era of laparoscopic cholecystectomy Fumio ChikamoriSadao NishioJames C. LeMaster Original Articles Pages: 856 - 861
Presymptomatic detection and treatment of Japanese carriers of the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A gene Shinya UchinoShiro NoguchiHiroto Yamashita Original Articles Pages: 862 - 867
Prediction of graft prolongation by mixed lymphocyte culture following anti-CD4 monoclonal antibody treatment among different donor-recipient combinations Kimikazu HamanoHiroshi ItoKensuke Esato Original Articles Pages: 868 - 873
Running closure of clean and contaminated abdominal wounds using a synthetic monofilament absorbable looped suture Kazuhiro IwaseJun HigakiWataru Kamiike Original Articles Pages: 874 - 879
The efficiency of performing ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy following mass screening for thyroid tumors to avoid unnecessary surgery Takeo KimotoKouya SuemitsuTohru Nabika Original Articles Pages: 880 - 883
The advantages of normocalcemic continuous warm cardioplegia over low calcemic cardioplegia in myocardial protection Yoshinobu NakamuraNaoaki TakemotoShigetsugu Ohgi Original Articles Pages: 884 - 889
The effect of graft perfusion with warm blood cardioplegia for cadaver heart transplantation Kotaro SuehiroMakoto MohriShunji Sano Original Articles Pages: 890 - 896
Preventive influence of inhaled nitric oxide on lung ischemia-reperfusion injury Hiroyuki YamagishiChojiro YamashitaMasayoshi Okada Original Articles Pages: 897 - 901
TIPS allowing for an endoscopic mucosal resection of early gastric cancer in a cirrhotic patient with severe hypertensive gastropathy: Report of a case A. GuglielmiR. GirlandaM. Baldin Case Reports Pages: 902 - 905
Pancreatoduodenectomy for locally advanced or recurrent colon cancer: Report of two cases Fuyo YoshimiYuji AsatoSumihiko Koizumi Case Reports Pages: 906 - 910
Management of severe acute pancreatitis with a somatostatin analog in a patient undergoing surgery for dissecting thoracic aneurysm: Report of a case Jun MatsumotoWataru KimuraAkira Furuse Case Reports Pages: 911 - 914
Solitary fibrous benign mesothelioma of the peritoneum: Report of a case Takahito AdachiYasuyuki SugiyamaShigetoyo Saji Case Reports Pages: 915 - 918
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the greater omentum: Report of a case Simmi RatanVeereshwar BhatnagarDilip Kumar Mitra Case Reports Pages: 919 - 921
Successful treatment of a hepatic abscess that formed secondary to fish bone penetration by percutaneous transhepatic removal of the foreign body: Report of a case Katsuhiko HoriiOsamu YamazakiYoshihiro Sakaue Case Reports Pages: 922 - 926
An abdominal desmoid tumor involving the xyphoid and costal chondrium associated with pregnancy: Report of a case Katsuyuki KuniedaSigetoyo SajiKuniyasu Shimokawa Case Reports Pages: 927 - 930
The occurrence of an abdominal wall abscess 11 years after appendectomy: Report of a case Keiji MatsudaTadahiko MasakiTetsuichiro Muto Case Reports Pages: 931 - 934
Generalized peritonitis with pneumoperitoneum caused by the spontaneous perforation of pyometra without malignancy: Report of a case Akimasa InuiAtsunori NittaShoji Nakao Case Reports Pages: 935 - 938
Primary malignant hemangiopericytoma of the breast: Report of a case Nobuo KanazawaAtsushi OnoKatashi Fukao Case Reports Pages: 939 - 944
Desmoid tumor of the chest wall following chest surgery: Report of a case Junzo ShimizuYukimitsu KawauraAtsuhiro Kawashima Case Reports Pages: 945 - 947
Celiac artery aneurysm: Report of two surgical cases Ichiro MatsukuraTakehisa IwaiYoshinori Inoue Case Reports Pages: 948 - 952
Bleeding through the fiber interstices of a knitted Dacron graft 12 years after its implantation: Report of a case Kazuya AkiyamaArifumi TakazawaTomohiro Maeda Case Reports Pages: 953 - 956
An ascending aortic aneurysm caused by giant cell arteritis: Report of a case Kimikazu HamanoHidenori GohraKensuke Esato Case Reports Pages: 957 - 959
Successful autotransplantation of an adrenal gland using a new method of omental wrapping: Report of a case Akira MiyauchiMinoru KiharaYoshihiro Nishiyama Case Reports Pages: 960 - 962
Biliary complications after orthotopic liver transplantation in rats Toshihisa NosakaJohn L. BowersMelvin E. Clouse Short Communications Pages: 963 - 965
The effect of flow on the neutrophil-mediated Ca2+ responses in human vascular endothelial cells stimulated by endotoxin Masahiko YamaguchiHiroshi MachidaMinoru Takeda Short Communications Pages: 966 - 969
Transsacral rectopexy for recurrent complete rectal prolapse Yasumi ArakiHiroharu IsomotoTakahito Kodama How to Do It Pages: 970 - 972
Application of a manifold system for temporary reperfusion during proximal anastomoses in conventional coronary bypass surgery Kouichi HisatomiYukinori MoriyamaAkira Taira How to Do It Pages: 973 - 974