The long-term outcomes of partial arch repair using the frozen elephant trunk technique for distal arch aortic aneurysm Taijiro SuedaShinya TakahashiTatsuya Kurosaki Original Article 22 June 2018 Pages: 1035 - 1039
Magnetic resonance-based pelvimetry and tumor volumetry can predict surgical difficulty and oncologic outcome in locally advanced mid–low rectal cancer Gulsen AtasoyNaciye Cigdem ArslanSelman Sokmen Original Article 30 June 2018 Pages: 1040 - 1051
High intramuscular adipose tissue content as a precondition of sarcopenia in patients with aortic aneurysm Yutaka MatsubaraTadashi FuruyamaYoshihiko Maehara Original Article 22 August 2018 Pages: 1052 - 1059
Elevated risk of stoma outlet obstruction following colorectal surgery in patients undergoing ileal pouch–anal anastomosis: a retrospective cohort study Satoshi OkadaKeisuke HataHiroaki Nozawa Original Article 25 July 2018 Pages: 1060 - 1067
Effect of preoperative balloon dilation on treatment outcomes of laparoscopic Heller–Dor surgery for achalasia: a propensity score matched study Kazuto TsuboiNobuo OmuraKatsuhiko Yanaga Original Article 16 July 2018 Pages: 1068 - 1075
Thermal effects of the Thunderbeat™ device on the recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroid surgery Atsumi TamuraHidemitsu TsutsuiNorihiko Ikeda Original Article 09 July 2018 Pages: 1076 - 1080
Post-reperfusion hydrogen gas treatment ameliorates ischemia reperfusion injury in rat livers from donors after cardiac death: a preliminary study Takahisa IshikawaShingo ShimadaAkinobu Taketomi Original Article 06 July 2018 Pages: 1081 - 1088
SPRED2 deficiency may lead to lung ischemia–reperfusion injury via ERK1/2 signaling pathway activation Masanori OkadaMasaomi YamaneShinichiro Miyoshi Original Article 18 July 2018 Pages: 1089 - 1095
Thymothymectomy with pulmonary partial resection using the subxiphoid approach: how to do it? Katsuhiro OkudaHiroshi HanedaRyoichi Nakanishi How To Do It 22 June 2018 Pages: 1096 - 1099
Are body mass index and performance status enough to assess the nutritional and functional status of elderly patients undergoing gastric cancer surgery? Irene LidorikiDimitrios Schizas Letter to the Editor 21 June 2018 Pages: 1100 - 1101
Reply to comment on “Are body mass index and performance status enough to assess the nutritional and functional status of elderly patients undergoing gastric cancer surgery?” Makoto HikageMasanori TokunagaMasanori Terashima Letter to the Editor 10 August 2018 Pages: 1102 - 1103