1. Effects of induction therapy on wound healing at bronchial anastomosis sites in rats

   • Tomoyuki Shirafuji
   • Tadayuki Oka
   • Hiroyoshi Ayabe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 217 - 224

2. Experimental study on changes in energy metabolism and urine outflow with nonpulsatile low blood-flow perfusion in the canine kidney

   • Manabu Kudaka
   • Yukio Kuniyoshi
   • Kageharu Koja

   OriginalPaper Pages: 225 - 231

3. Fibrin glue and bioabsorbable felt patch for intraoperative intractable air leaks

   • Hideaki Miyamoto
   • Toshiroh Futagawa
   • Enjo Hata

   OriginalPaper Pages: 232 - 236

4. Reoperation in mitral valve repair for regurgitant mitral valve disease

   • Masato Nakajima
   • Kouji Tsuchiya
   • Eiki Mizutani

   OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 241

5. Benign acquired bronchoesophageal fistula in an adult

   • Kenichi Tomiyama
   • Hisao Ishida
   • Toshihiko Taki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 242 - 245

6. Anomalous subaortic left brachiocephalic vein associated with tricuspid atresia

   • Takemi Kawara
   • Nobuhiko Hayashida
   • Shigeaki Aoyagi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 246 - 248

7. Surgical management of localized left ventricular aneurysm associated with acute myocarditis

   • Makoto Miura
   • Takeo Fukuju
   • Yoshiaki Katahira

   OriginalPaper Pages: 249 - 252

8. Mycotic aneurysm of the aortic arch due to Salmonella

   • Yoshitsugu Nakamura
   • Kanji Kawachi
   • Nobuo Tsunooka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 253 - 255

9. A long-term survivor of complete resection for stage IIB adenocarcinoma of the lung and chemoradiotherapy for postoperative metastasis to the abdominal rectus muscle

   • Kenro Takahashi
   • Junji Yoshida
   • Kanji Nagai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 256 - 258

10. Coexistent multiple adenocarcinomas arising in Barrett’s esophagus 23 years after total gastrectomy and esophageal small cell carcinoma

    • Tsuyoshi Noguchi
    • Shinsuke Takeno
    • Shigeo Yokoyama

    OriginalPaper Pages: 259 - 262