1. Influences of thoracic duct blockage on early enteral nutrition for patients who underwent esophageal cancer surgery

   • Satoshi Aiko
   • Yutaka Yoshizumi
   • Tadaaki Maehara

   OriginalPaper 04 October 2007 Pages: 263 - 271

2. Immunohistochemical study of the expression of drug-resistant proteins in large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung

   • Daisuke Okada
   • Masashi Kawamoto
   • Yuh Fukuda

   OriginalPaper 04 October 2007 Pages: 272 - 276

3. Sequential bypass using the right gastroepiploic artery for coronary artery bypass grafting

   • Toru Ishida
   • Hiromi Kurosawa
   • Masahiro Endo

   OriginalPaper 04 October 2007 Pages: 277 - 281

4. Late results of mitral valve repair for mitral regurgitation

   • Yukikatsu Okada
   • Michihiro Nasu
   • Shouichi Tsuda

   OriginalPaper 04 October 2007 Pages: 282 - 288

5. Surgery for pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer

   • Masahiko Higashiyama
   • Ken Kodama
   • Hideoki Yokouchi

   OriginalPaper 04 October 2007 Pages: 289 - 296

6. Independent predictive value of the overall number of metastatic N1 and N2 stations in lung cancer

   • Kazuhiro Ueda
   • Yoshikazu Kaneda
   • Kimikazu Hamano

   OriginalPaper 04 October 2007 Pages: 297 - 301

7. The limiation of staged repair in the surgical management of congenital complex heart anomalies with aortic arch obstruction

   • Ryo Aeba
   • Toshiyuki Katogi
   • Ryohei Yozu

   OriginalPaper 04 October 2007 Pages: 302 - 307

8. Use of a larynyngeal mask airway during aortic valve replacement

   • Koichi Fujimoto
   • Atsushi Yamaguchi
   • Takashi Ino

   OriginalPaper 04 October 2007 Pages: 308 - 310

9. A unique collision of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma and bronchioloalveolar carcinoma in a 54-year-old japanese woman

   • Kenro Takahashi
   • Mitsuyo Nishimura

   OriginalPaper 04 October 2007 Pages: 311 - 313

10. Surgical treatment for cervical aortic arch with aneurysm formation

    • Manabu Noguchi
    • Ryuichiro Shibata
    • Miyoko Iwamatsu

    OriginalPaper 04 October 2007 Pages: 314 - 317

11. Ruptured pseudoaneurysm of the aorta with encapsulated mediastinal abscess after coronary artery bypass grafting

    • Tetsuya Ueno
    • Kazuyuki Ikeda
    • Yasuo Koga

    OriginalPaper 04 October 2007 Pages: 319 - 321

12. Successful replacement of aortic root with valve-sparing technique and proximal arch in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome

    • Tomomi Hasegawa
    • Takuro Tsukube
    • Yutaka Okita

    OriginalPaper 04 October 2007 Pages: 322 - 325

13. Long-term survival in adult mediastinal neuroblastoma

    • Mayumi Shimizu
    • Toshihide Shimizu
    • Takamasa Onuki

    OriginalPaper 04 October 2007 Pages: 326 - 329

14. Solitary cardiac metastasis of rectal adenocarcinoma

    • Junichi Koizumi
    • Kouta Agematsu
    • Tatsuro Uchida

    OriginalPaper 04 October 2007 Pages: 330 - 332

15. Primary tissue failure of the freestyle stentless aortic root bioprosthesis

    • Takashi Kajiwara
    • Yutaka Imoto
    • Akira Sese

    OriginalPaper 04 October 2007 Pages: 333 - 335