Surgical treatment for achalasia: when should it be performed, and for which patients? Hideyuki KashiwagiNobuo Omura Current Topics Review Article 15 June 2011 Pages: 389 - 398
Atrial fibrillation after esophagectomy: an indicator of postoperative morbidity Stanislaw P. A. StawickiMark P. ProsciakCharles H. Cook Original Article 15 June 2011 Pages: 399 - 405
Can we change the operative criteria for the MAZE procedure combined with valve surgery in the era of radiofrequency devices? Suguru KubotaHiroshi SugikiYoshiro Matsui Original Article 15 June 2011 Pages: 406 - 412
Thoracoscopic surgery for pulmonary metastases after chemotherapy using a tailor-made virtual lung Tadashi AkibaHideki MarushimaToshiaki Morikawa Original Article 15 June 2011 Pages: 413 - 417
En bloc resection and extended replacement of the infected aortic arch Toshinori TotsugawaHiroki TakiuchiAtsuhisa Ishida Case Report 15 June 2011 Pages: 418 - 421
Correction of tetralogy of Fallot in an adult using a stented bioprosthetic valved conduit Keiko KiyokawaKazutomo GohK. Kiyokawa Case Report 15 June 2011 Pages: 422 - 425
Successful excision of a saphenous vein graft aneurysm with different methods Suguru KubotaSatoru WakasaYoshiro Matsui Case Report 15 June 2011 Pages: 426 - 428
Infective endocarditis in a child caused by Cardiobacterium hominis after right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction using an expanded tetrafluoroethylene conduit Yoshiyuki MaekawaTakahiko SakamotoYorikazu Harada Case Report 15 June 2011 Pages: 429 - 432
Starr-Edwards valves at the aortic and mitral positions implanted for 39 years Shun-ichi MisawaKei AizawaYoshio Misawa Case Report 15 June 2011 Pages: 433 - 435
Castleman’s disease along the left tracheobronchial tree with a difficult preoperative diagnosis Ryuta FukaiYoshihito IrieRyo Wada Case Report 15 June 2011 Pages: 436 - 439
Postoperative pleural effusion in living lobar lung transplant donors Toshiya ToyazakiFengshi ChenHiroshi Date Case Report 15 June 2011 Pages: 440 - 442
Acute empyema with intractable pneumothorax associated with ruptured lung abscess caused by Mycobacterium avium Katsuyuki AsaiNorikazu Urabe Case Report 15 June 2011 Pages: 443 - 446
Computed tomography findings of the progress of calcification in extraskeletal osteosarcoma without calcification derived from the pleura Hiroyuki TokueYoshito TsushimaKeigo Endo Case Report 15 June 2011 Pages: 447 - 450
Main bronchial sleeve resection and bronchoplasty without removing lung parenchyma Hitoshi IgaiHiroyasu Yokomise How to Do It 15 June 2011 Pages: 451 - 453
Papillary muscle approximation and relocation with a loop technique for mitral complex repair Susumu IsodaMotohiko OsakoTadaaki Maehara How to Do It 15 June 2011 Pages: 454 - 458