Reflections on the progress of Japanese thoracic surgery over the past half century and recommendations for the coming century Hitoshi Koyanagi Presidential Address Pages: 529 - 541
Postoperative complications in patients of esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy Junji MinamideNorio AoyamaYoichi Kameda Original Article Pages: 542 - 545
Survival and postoperative complications after extended surgery for non-small-cell lung cancer Ken KodamaMasahiko HigashiyamaToshiyuki Kabuto Original Article Pages: 546 - 551
Analysis of postoperative complications after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer in patients receiving neoadjuvant therapy Reiki EguchiHiroko IdeKen Takasaki Original Article Pages: 552 - 558
Venous function and delayed leg swelling following saphenectomy in coronary artery bypass grafting Yasushi TeradaSachito FukudaToshio Mitsui Original Article Pages: 559 - 562
Poststernotomy mediastinitis treated by rectus muscle flap plugging Norifumi OhtaniNobuyuki AkasakaToshiaki Kawakami Case Report Pages: 563 - 566
Two-stage operation for endobronchial lipoma and lung cancer using bronchoscopy and thoracoscopy in an elderly patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Hiroaki NomoriHirotoshi HorioKeiichi Suemasu Case Report Pages: 567 - 569
Surgical treatment of tricuspid regurgitation caused by Löffler’s endocarditis Yutaka ImotoRyuji TominagaHisataka Yasui Case Report Pages: 570 - 573
A 22-year course of the Kay-Shiley disc valve with muscle guard at the mitral position Yoshimasa SakamotoHiromi KurosawaHirokuni Naganuma Case Report Pages: 574 - 576
Video-assisted thoracoscopic esophagomyotomy for achalasia after pulmonary lobectomy Koji MikamiKatsunobu KawaharaAkira Motohiro Original Article Pages: 577 - 581