The Dawn of Surgery in Japan, with Special Reference to the German Society for Surgery Yoshio Mishima Review Article Pages: 395 - 402
The Surgical Journal of the Future: How Will It Appear? Ronald K. Tompkins Special Communications Pages: 403 - 406
How to Write an English Medical Manuscript That Will Be Published and Have Impact Amanda Tompson OriginalPaper Pages: 407 - 409
Creating a Manual for Proper Hand Hygiene and Its Clinical Effects Shinya KusachiYoshinobu SumiyamaJunko Sato Original Articles Pages: 410 - 415
Arterial Embolectomy: A Retrospective Evaluation of 730 Cases over 20 Years Sami KarapolatÖzgür DagMuzaffer Aslan OriginalPaper Pages: 416 - 419
Complications of Central Venous Catheters in Patients on Home Parenteral Nutrition: An Analysis of 68 Patients over 16 Years Noriyasu ShirotaniTakayuki IinoShingo Kameoka OriginalPaper Pages: 420 - 424
Preoperative Cardiac Evaluation: When Should the Surgeon Consult the Cardiologist? Masaru KoizumiNaohiro SataKazuyuki Shimada OriginalPaper Pages: 425 - 435
Effect of Peritoneal Lavage with Taurolidine on Primary Colonic Anastomosis in a Rat Model of Secondary Peritonitis Aşkın AkkuşMustafa GülmenNagihan Özdemir Barışık OriginalPaper Pages: 436 - 440
Long-Term Functional Outcome of Colonic J-pouch Reconstruction After Low Anterior Resection for Rectal Cancer Jin-ichi HidaTakehito YoshifujiHitoshi Shiozaki OriginalPaper Pages: 441 - 449
The Protective Effect of α-Tocopherol and GdCl3 Against Hepatic Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Dimitrios GiakoustidisGeorge PapageorgiouDimitrios Takoudas OriginalPaper Pages: 450 - 456
Impact of Donor Age on the Growth of Young Recipient Rats After Liver Transplantation Motohiro KohEizo OkamotoJiro Fujimoto OriginalPaper Pages: 457 - 464
Tumor Thrombectomy Without Bypass for Low-Grade Malignant Tumors Extending into the Inferior Vena Cava: Report of Two Cases Masatoshi JibikiYoshinori InoueTomoyasu Katou Case Reports Pages: 465 - 469
Isolated Left Thoracic Isomerism with Lung Cancer: Report of a Case Tomoyuki WakaharaMasahide KajiYutaka Hamabe OriginalPaper Pages: 470 - 473
Natural Killer-Like T Cell Lymphoma of the Small Intestine: Report of a Case Yoshio DeguchiKazuhiko YoshimatsuShungo Endo OriginalPaper Pages: 474 - 477
Tension Pneumothorax Secondary to Colonic Perforation During Diagnostic Colonoscopy: Report of a Case Chad G. BallAndrew W. KirkpatrickPaul Boiteau OriginalPaper Pages: 478 - 480
99mTc-DTPA-Galactosyl-Human-Serum-Albumin Liver Scintigraphy for Evaluating Hepatic Functional Reserve Before Hepatectomy in a Patient with Indocyanine Green Excretory Defect: Report of a Case Jun KadonoHizuru KumemuraRyuzo Sakata OriginalPaper Pages: 481 - 484
Malignant Carcinoid Tumor of the Common Bile Duct: Report of a Case Dong-Hee KimMoon-Hee SongDong-Hoon Kim OriginalPaper Pages: 485 - 489
Development of a New Surgical Gown: A Multicenter Study Eugene SherryG. DeirmendjianAntony Henderson Letter to the Editor Pages: 490 - 490