The Value of Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology for Thyroid Nodules: An Assessment of Its Diagnostic Potential and Pitfalls Yoshinari OgawaYasuyuki KatoKosei Hirakawa Original Articles Pages: 97 - 101
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 NomoriHirotoshi HorioKeiichi Suemasu Pages: 102 - 107
Surgical Treatment for Chronic Pulmonary Thromboembolism Under Cardiopulmonary Bypass with Selective Cerebral Perfusion Masahisa MasudaKenji MogiNobuyuki Nakajima Pages: 108 - 112
A Previous Mastectomy Does Not Increase Sternal Complications After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Regardless of Whether an Internal Mammary Artery is Used Hitoshi HiroseAtushi AmanoNaoko Nagano Pages: 113 - 116
Evaluation of the Predictors of Choledocholithiasis: Comparative Analysis of Clinical, Biochemical, Radiological, Radionuclear, and Intraoperative Parameters Shashanka M. BoseAlok MazumdarChander M. Pathak Pages: 117 - 122
Long-Term Results of Kidney Transplantation Between HLA-Identical Siblings Jang Il MoonYu Seun KimKiil Park Pages: 123 - 128
Results of Performing Mesh Plug Repair for Groin Hernias Tadasu MoriShigeo SoudaYukinobu Yoshikawa Pages: 129 - 132
Analysis of the Development of Normal Foregut and Tracheoesophageal Fistula in an Adriamycin Rat Model Using Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction Takashi SasakiTakeshi KusafukaAkira Okada Pages: 133 - 139
Kupffer Cell Function in Ischemic and Nonischemic Livers After Hepatic Partial Ischemia/Reperfusion Atsushi NakamitsuEiso HiyamaTakashi Yokoyama Pages: 140 - 148
Tamoxifen-Failed Male Breast Cancer with a High Level of Circulating Estrogen: Report of a Case Hiroyuki TakeiYuichi IinoV. Craig Jordan Case Reports Pages: 149 - 151
Targeting Adjuvant Brachytherapy for a Superior Sulcus Tumor: Report of Two Cases Yasuhiko OhtaYoshinori YashikiYoh Watanabe Pages: 152 - 155
Type IV Hiatal Hernia Post Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication: Report of a Case Ziad T. AwadDeclan J. MageeAmir Firozvi Pages: 156 - 158
Long-term Survival After Gastric Cancer and Liver and Paraaortic Lymph Node Metastases: Report of a Case Yutaka YoshizumiTomokazu MatuyamaTadaaki Maehara Pages: 159 - 162
Perforated Leiomyosarcoma of Meckel's Diverticulum: Report of a Case Masayasu NishibeToshiya NishibeKeishu Yasuda Pages: 163 - 165
Transverse Colonic Cancer Presenting as an Anterior Abdominal Wall Abscess: Report of a Case Gaku MatsumotoHaruhiko AsanoSeiki Matsuno Pages: 166 - 169
Malignant Sarcomatoid Tumor of the Liver: Report of a Case Naofumi EriguchiShigeaki AoyagiNaomitsu Kanazawa Pages: 170 - 173
Pleural Dissemination as a Complication of Preoperative Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage for Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma: Report of a Case Takahiro UenishiKazuhiro HirohashiHiroaki Kinoshita Pages: 174 - 176
Mixed Duct-Acinar-Islet Cell Tumor of the Pancreas: Report of a Case Kohji TanakayaNorihiro TeramotoIchiro Murakami Pages: 177 - 179
Concomitant Duodenal and Pancreatic Metastases from Renal Cell Carcinoma: Report of a Case Masaji HashimotoYasuhiko MiuraGoro Watanabe Pages: 180 - 183
Left Diaphragmatic Eventration with a Suprapubic Spleen: Report of a Case Simmi K. RatanShabnam Bhandari GroverArchana Puri Pages: 184 - 186
Traction-Type Heart Stabilizer for Off-Pump Coronary Bypass Grafting Kiyofumi MorishitaKanshi KomatsuTomio Abe How to Do It Pages: 187 - 189