1. Role of the surgeon in quality and safety in the operating room environment

   • Robert R. Cima
   • Claude Deschamps

   Current Topics Review Article 19 July 2012 Pages: 1 - 8

   

2. Locoregional recurrence after pulmonary sublobar resection of non-small cell lung cancer: can it be reduced by considering cancer cells at the surgical margin?

   • Noriyoshi Sawabata

   Current Topics Review Article 29 September 2012 Pages: 9 - 16

   

3. Current status of myocardial regeneration therapy

   • Yoshiki Sawa

   Current Topics Review Article 07 November 2012 Pages: 17 - 23

   

4. Pulmonary vascular disease associated with pulmonary hypertension in 445 patients: diagnosis from lung biopsy and autopsy

   • Shigeo Yamaki

   Original Article Open access 26 September 2012 Pages: 24 - 31

5. Living-donor lobar lung transplantation for rapidly progressive interstitial pneumonia associated with clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis: report of a case

   • Tsuyoshi Shoji
   • Toru Bando
   • Hiroshi Date

   Case Report 23 May 2012 Pages: 32 - 34

   

6. Contralateral pneumothorax in bullous lung after pneumonectomy: report of two cases

   • Masashi Furukawa
   • Takahiro Oto
   • Shinichiro Miyoshi

   Case Report 22 May 2012 Pages: 35 - 37

   

7. Self-expanding stents in treatment of esophageal leaks post bariatric surgery

   • Jonathan O. Nwiloh

   Case Report 13 June 2012 Pages: 38 - 42

   

8. Posterior leaflet extension with a patch of bovine pericardium for type IIIb mitral regurgitation

   • Kouji Furukawa
   • Takahiro Hayase
   • Mitsuhiro Yano

   Case Report 23 May 2012 Pages: 43 - 45

   

9. Aortic valve replacement for a patient with anomalous left coronary artery from the right sinus of Valsalva

   • Masaki Hamamoto
   • Daisuke Futagami

   Case Report 23 May 2012 Pages: 46 - 50

   

10. Surgical treatment of a patient with heart disease and congenital coronary anomaly

    • Toshihide Asou

    Invited Commentary 23 August 2012 Pages: 51 - 52

11. A new application of a wound retractor for chest wall surgery

    • Hitoshi Igai
    • Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara
    • Kimihiro Shimizu

    How to Do It 06 July 2012 Pages: 53 - 54

    

12. Less invasive radial artery harvesting without endoscopy

    • Shunsuke Saito
    • Goro Matsumiya
    • Yoshiki Sawa

    How to Do It 15 June 2012 Pages: 55 - 56

    

13. Erratum to: Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan during 2010

    • Hiroyuki Kuwano
    • Jun Amano
    • Hiroyasu Yokomise

    Erratum 30 November 2012 Pages: 57 - 59