Comparison of Short-Term Versus Long-Term Epidural Analgesia After Limited Thoracotomy with Special Reference to Pain Score, Pulmonary Function, and Respiratory Muscle Strength Hiroaki NomoriHirotoshi HorioKeiichi Suemasu Original Articles Pages: 191 - 195
Lymph Node Metastasis in Cancer of the Middle-Third Stomach: Criteria for Treatment with a Pylorus-Preserving Gastrectomy Yasuhiro KoderaYoshitaka YamamuraTomoyuki Kato Pages: 196 - 203
Surgical Treatment and Subsequent Outcome of Patients with Carcinoma of the Splenic Flexure Tohru NakagoeTerumitsu SawaiHiroshi Ishikawa Pages: 204 - 209
Laparoscope-Assisted Versus Conventional Restorative Proctocolectomy with Rectal Mucosectomy Akihiko HashimotoYuji FunayamaIwao Sasaki Pages: 210 - 214
The Impact of Various Suture Materials on Experimental Colorectal Carcinogenesis Rasim GencosmanogluOktar AsogluSumer Yamaner Pages: 215 - 221
Spontaneous Rupture of a Parathyroid Adenoma Presenting as a Massive Cervical Hemorrhage: Report of a Case Minoru KiharaHiroyasu YokomiseAkira Miyauchi Case Reports Pages: 222 - 224
Solitary Thyroid Metastasis of Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma: Report of a Case Hitoshi SekiTadashi UedaNorito Yagihashi Pages: 225 - 229
Successful Resection of a Primary Liposarcoma in the Anterior Mediastinum in a Child: Report of a Case Masako ChiyoTakehiko FujisawaHidemi Ohwada Pages: 230 - 232
Adult T-Cell Leukemia Associated with Gastric Carcinoma: Report of a Case Masaji TaniHideaki TsubakiharaKenji Tsuhada Pages: 233 - 237
Extended Surgery with En Bloc Resection of the Right Common Iliac Vessels for Lymph Node Metastasis of Mucinous Colon Carcinoma: Report of a Case Kazumitsu UedaHiroyuki NagayamaKennjiro Shirasawa Pages: 238 - 241
Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Ileum at a Site of Previous Surgery: Report of a Case Michael FroehnerHans-Juergen GaertnerManfred P. Wirth Pages: 242 - 245
Pneumatosis Intestinalis in the Small Bowel of an Adult: Report of a Case Kimiyoshi ShimanukiTsutomu NomuraYoshihiko Sugiyama Pages: 246 - 249
Pneumoperitoneum: An Absolute Indication for Surgery in Infants with Necrotizing Enterocolitis?: Report of a Case Fatih AndiranSabriye DayiUğur Dilmen Pages: 250 - 252
Multifocal Carcinoid Tumor Resembling a Solitary Tumor: Report of a Case Deniz GüzeySebahattin AytekinRafet Kaplan Pages: 253 - 254
Colovesical Fistula Due to a Lost Gallstone Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Report of a Case Faiez DaoudZiad M. AwwadJamal Masad Pages: 255 - 257
Laparoscopic Splenectomy for a Lymphangioma of the Spleen: Report of a Case A-Hon KwonHiroyuki InuiYasuo Kamiyama Pages: 258 - 261
Posttraumatic Splenic Cysts and Partial Splenectomy: Report of a Case Silvio Marcio Pegoraro BalzanCharles Edison RiednerPaulo Roberto Ott Fontes Pages: 262 - 265
Renal Pelvic Carcinoma Producing Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor: Report of a Case Ikko HigakiKazuhiro HirohashiHiroaki Kinoshita Pages: 266 - 268
Fatal Diffuse Atheromatous Embolization Following Endovascular Grafting for an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Report of a Case Nobuya ZempoHisashi SakanoKensuke Esato Pages: 269 - 273
Direct Hypogastric Artery Reconstruction for Threatened Lower Limb Ischemia: Report of a Case Toshihiro OnoharaIkuo TakahashiKazuhiro Kume Pages: 274 - 276
"Growth Factor" Technique Using Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene Monofilament for Arteriovenous Fistulae Marco Cavallini Short Communication Pages: 277 - 279
Surgical Management of a Graftenteric Fistula: A Modified Method of In Situ Reconstruction Hidetoshi AkashiKeiichiro TayamaShigeaki Aoyagi How to Do It Pages: 280 - 283
Balloon Catheter for Cyst Aspiration in a Thoracoscopic Resection of Mediastinal Cysts Shinji ShimokawaShun-ichi WatanabeRyuzo Sakata Pages: 284 - 286