1. Editorial

   • Shinichi Takamoto
   • Hiroaki Miyata

   EDITORIAL 11 December 2007 Pages: 481 - 482

2. An attempt to analyze the relation between hospital surgical volume and clinical outcome

   • Committee for Scientific Affairs
   • Teruhisa Kazui
   • Hiromasa Fujita

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 11 December 2007 Pages: 483 - 492

3. Early postoperative mobilization with walking at 4 hours after lobectomy in lung cancer patients

   • Hiroyuki Kaneda
   • Yukihito Saito
   • Hiroji Imamura

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 11 December 2007 Pages: 493 - 498

4. Repair of traumatic tricuspid regurgitation by bicuspidization

   • Atsuo Doi
   • Yoshiharu Takahara
   • Masaharu Hatakeyama

   CASE REPORT 11 December 2007 Pages: 499 - 501

5. Successful repair of ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm using autograft patch from fascia lata and saphenous vein

   • Katsushi Yamashita
   • Teruhisa Kazui
   • Muhammad Bashar

   CASE REPORT 11 December 2007 Pages: 502 - 504

6. Edge-to-edge tricuspid valve repair in hypoplastic left heart syndrome

   • Takashi Sasaki
   • Yukihiro Takahashi
   • Naoki Wada

   CASE REPORT 11 December 2007 Pages: 505 - 507

7. Simple surgical treatment for pleuroperitoneal communication without interruption of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

   • Hajime Kumagai
   • Masanobu Watari
   • Masatoshi Kuratsune

   CASE REPORT 11 December 2007 Pages: 508 - 511

8. Use of the pericardial cord as a substitute for an infected mitral prosthetic ring associated with aortic prosthetic valve endocarditis

   • Katsuhiko Matsuyama
   • Wataru Katou
   • Yuichi Ueda

   CASE REPORT 11 December 2007 Pages: 512 - 514

9. Thymoma with spontaneous regression and disappearance of pleural effusion

   • Takehiko Okagawa
   • Tatsuo Uchida
   • Motokazu Suyama

   CASE REPORT 11 December 2007 Pages: 515 - 517

10. New-model ultrasonically activated shears for hemostatic sectioning during video-assisted thoracic surgery

    • Shunsuke Yamada
    • Kazuho Yoshino
    • Hiroshi Inoue

    HOW TO DO IT 11 December 2007 Pages: 518 - 520