1. Management of chest drainage tubes after lung surgery

   • Yukitoshi Satoh

   Current Topics Review Article 05 April 2016 Pages: 305 - 308

2. Management of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism (venous thromboembolism) during pregnancy

   • Wakako Fukuda
   • Mari Chiyoya
   • Ikuo Fukuda

   Original Article 10 March 2016 Pages: 309 - 314

3. A right thoracotomy approach for mitral and tricuspid valve surgery in patients with previous standard sternotomy: comparison with a re-sternotomy approach

   • Takashi Miura
   • Kazuyoshi Tanigawa
   • Kiyoyuki Eishi

   Original Article 11 March 2016 Pages: 315 - 324

   

4. Comparison of saddle-shape flexibility and elliptical-shape stability between Cosgrove-Edwards and Memo-3D annuloplasty rings using three-dimensional analysis software

   • Akira Tsuneto
   • Kiyoyuki Eishi
   • Koji Maemura

   Original Article 06 April 2016 Pages: 325 - 332

   

5. Free-floating left atrial ball thrombus after mitral valve replacement with patent coronary artery bypass grafts: successful removal by a right minithoracotomy approach without aortic cross-clamp

   • Kazuki Hisatomi
   • Koji Hashizume
   • Kiyoyuki Eishi

   Case Report 07 August 2014 Pages: 333 - 336

   

6. Spontaneous closure of a large left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement

   • Takahiro Inoue
   • Kazuhiro Hashimoto
   • Hiroo Kinami

   Case Report 16 September 2014 Pages: 337 - 339

   

7. Catastrophic myocardial ischemia resulting from a left coronary artery anomaly with an origin in the right sinus of Valsalva

   • Ippei Takazawa
   • Koji Kawahito
   • Yoshio Misawa

   Case Report 04 October 2014 Pages: 340 - 343

   

8. Commissural detachment and Valsalva sinus dilatation after implantation of Prima Plus stentless valve with full root technique

   • Suguru Ohira
   • Kiyoshi Doi
   • Hitoshi Yaku

   Case Report 24 October 2014 Pages: 344 - 346

   

9. A case of simultaneous bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax after the Nuss procedure

   • Shunichiro Matsuoka
   • Masahisa Miyazawa
   • Yoshiaki Haba

   Case Report 29 October 2014 Pages: 347 - 350

   

10. Recurrence in regional pulmonary lymph nodes after surgery for isolated pulmonary metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma

    • Atsushi Suga
    • Shunsuke Yamada
    • Masayuki Iwazaki

    Case Report 31 October 2014 Pages: 351 - 354

    

11. Complete resection of a large phosphaturic mesenchymal tumour by chest wall resection and reconstruction

    • Lawrence Okiror
    • Haitham Khalil
    • Maninder Kalkat

    Case Report 13 December 2014 Pages: 355 - 358

    

12. Thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer with situs inversus totalis: a case report and literature review

    • Naoto Ujiie
    • Toru Nakano
    • Noriaki Ohuchi

    Case Report 16 March 2016 Pages: 359 - 362

    

13. Erratum to: Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan: Annual Report by The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery

    • Committee for Scientific Affairs, The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery

    Erratum 28 March 2016 Pages: 363 - 363