Establishment of a clinical pathway as an effective tool to reduce hospitalization and charges after video-assisted thoracoscopic pulmonary resection Riichiroh MaruyamaTetsuro MiyakeYukito Ichinose ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 387 - 390
Comparison of surgical outcome using the prediction scoring system of E-PASS for thoracic surgery Shin-ichi YamashitaYoshio HagaKatsunobu Kawahara ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 391 - 395
Primary malignant melanoma: a rare cause of mediastinal mass Saravana V. KaruppiahKeith G. Buchan CASE REPORT Pages: 396 - 398
Nodular pulmonary amyloidosis Toshiteru TokunagaShin-ichi TakedaHajime Maeda CASE REPORT Pages: 399 - 401
Chest wall defect and chronic pleural infection: surgical treatment with thoracomyoplasty and open window thoracostomy Maximilian PichlerJens AlbrechtWinfried Padberg CASE REPORT Pages: 402 - 404
Giant cell tumor of the sternum Kazuhiro ImaiYoshihiro MinamiyaJun-ichi Ogawa CASE REPORT Pages: 405 - 408
Compromised video-assisted thoracoscopic segmental resection for high-risk patients with stage I lung cancer near the lung hilum Shunsuke YamadaHaruka TakeichiHiroshi Inoue CASE REPORT Pages: 409 - 412
Simultaneously performed mitral valve replacement and Hartmann's operation for infectious endocarditis from Streptococcus bovis and rectal cancer Kei AizawaYuichiro KaminishiYoshio Misawa CASE REPORT Pages: 413 - 415
Primary pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma with intracardiac extension Siew-Weng NgChong-Hee LimYeow-Leng Chua CASE REPORT Pages: 416 - 419
Clopidogrel (PLAVIX®) increases risk of bleeding in a patient undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting Hitoshi Hirose LETTER TO THE EDITOR Pages: 420 - 421
Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan during 2004 Committee for Scientific AffairsTeruhisa KazuiHiromasa Fujita Erratum Pages: 422 - 422