Clinical value of pleural lavage cytological positivity in lung cancer patients without intraoperative malignant pleuritis Masahiko HigashiyamaKen KodamaTakeshi Horai Original Article Pages: 611 - 617
Lymph node metastasis and prognosis in small peripheral non-small-cell lung cancers Katsunobu KawaharaAkinori IwasakiTakayuki Shirakusa Original Article Pages: 618 - 624
Leukocyte-depleted blood cardioplegia reduces cardiac troponin T release in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting Yuji HiramatsuTadashi KoishizawaYuzuru Sakakibara Original Article Pages: 625 - 631
Obesity and postoperative oxygenation after coronary artery bypass grafting Toshiharu YamagishiSusumu IshikawaYasuo Morishita Original Article Pages: 632 - 636
Partial sternotomy (āCā incision) as standard access for full range of adult cardiac operations Makoto TakedaToshio KonishiKanji Matsuzaki Original Article Pages: 637 - 642
Mitral valve replacement using bileaflet mechanical prosthetic valve in the first year of life Munetaka MasudaHideaki KadoHisataka Yasui Original Article Pages: 643 - 647
One year follow-up of the first bilateral living-donor lobar lung transplantation in Japan Hiroshi DateHiroshi YamamotoNobuyoshi Shimizu Case Report Pages: 648 - 651
Axillocoronary bypass in a patient with a severely atherosclerotic aorta Yuichi IzumiHiroki YoshidaHiroshi Kubota Case Report Pages: 652 - 654
Pulmonary multiple metastases of ovarian granulosa cell tumor 15 years after initial diagnosis Susumu SasanoHiroshi YamamotoSumio Nitta Case Report Pages: 655 - 658
Tricuspid valve replacement after cardiac transplantation Seiichi IchikawaYasuo TakeuchiShinichi Nunoda Case Report Pages: 659 - 662
Surgical management of ascending aortic graft infection Mikio NinomiyaHaruo MakuuchiTakeshi Sato Case Report Pages: 666 - 669
Tiny thymic carcinoma completely surrounded by thymic tissue Akihiko KitamiTakashi SuzukiGoichi Hori Case Report Pages: 670 - 672
Septoplasty and right ventriculoplasty in a pediatric patient with diffuse hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy Terufumi MatsumotoHidetaka OkuHitoshi Kitayama Case Report Pages: 673 - 675
Unsuspected lung cancer accompanied by catamenial pneumothorax Teruo IwasakiAkihide MatsumuraKeiji Iuchi Case Report Pages: 676 - 679