1. Sentinel lymph node biopsy for lung cancer

   • Alexander Gregor
   • Hideki Ujiie
   • Kazuhiro Yasufuku

   Review Article 13 July 2020 Pages: 1061 - 1078

2. Early results of robotically assisted mitral valve repair in a single institution: report of the first 100 cases

   • Takashi Kakuta
   • Satsuki Fukushima
   • Tomoyuki Fujita

   Original Article 18 February 2020 Pages: 1079 - 1085

   

3. Preoperative distal aortic diameter is a significant predictor of late aorta-related events after endovascular repair for chronic type B aortic dissection

   • Yasuhisa Oishi
   • Yoshiyuki Yamashita
   • Akira Shiose

   Original Article 20 February 2020 Pages: 1086 - 1093

   

4. Importance of surgical expertise in septal myectomy for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

   • Sarah N. Yu
   • Koki Nakanishi
   • Hiroo Takayama

   Original Article 27 February 2020 Pages: 1094 - 1100

5. Chronic persistent surgical pain is strongly associated with COMT alleles in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with median sternotomy

   • Goduguchintha Dharaniprasad
   • Aloka Samantaray
   • Potukuchi Venktata Gurunadha Krishna Sarma

   Original Article 25 February 2020 Pages: 1101 - 1112

   

6. Very long-term outcomes of twisted auto-pericardial mitral annuloplasty

   • Takashi Miura
   • Kikuko Obase
   • Kiyoyuki Eishi

   Original Article 02 March 2020 Pages: 1113 - 1118

   

7. Early and mid-term outcome of frozen elephant trunk using spinal cord protective perfusion strategy for acute type A aortic dissection

   • Yu Hohri
   • Takuma Yamasaki
   • Takeshi Hiramatsu

   Original Article Open access 09 March 2020 Pages: 1119 - 1127

   

8. Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting: useful routine option for coronary revascularization in selected cases

   • Taichi Sakaguchi
   • Toshinori Totsugawa
   • Hidenori Yoshitaka

   Original Article 24 March 2020 Pages: 1128 - 1133

   

9. Effect of endoprostheses on pulse wave velocity and its long-term outcomes after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

   • Daijiro Hori
   • Koichi Yuri
   • Atsushi Yamaguchi

   Original Article 30 March 2020 Pages: 1134 - 1141

   

10. The prognostic impact of the controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery

    • Masanori Hara
    • Takeshiro Fujii
    • Yoshinori Watanabe

    Original Article 04 April 2020 Pages: 1142 - 1147

    

11. Thoracoscopic surgery under local anesthesia for high-risk intractable secondary spontaneous pneumothorax

    • Tetsuya Fukui
    • Kikuko Minami
    • Tadashi Matsukura

    Original Article 29 March 2020 Pages: 1148 - 1155

    

12. Venous thromboembolism in non-small cell lung cancer patients who underwent surgery after induction therapy

    • Yasunori Kaminuma
    • Masayuki Tanahashi
    • Hiroshi Niwa

    Original Article Open access 09 April 2020 Pages: 1156 - 1162

    

13. Postoperative prognostic nutritional index as a prognostic factor after non-small cell lung cancer surgery

    • Kazuki Hayasaka
    • Satoshi Shiono
    • Yoshinori Okada

    Original Article 23 April 2020 Pages: 1163 - 1171

    

14. Prognosis of patients with recurrence after pulmonary metastasectomy for colorectal cancer

    • Yasushi Sakamaki
    • Daisuke Ishida
    • Ryo Tanaka

    Original Article 22 April 2020 Pages: 1172 - 1178

    

15. Survival outcomes of resection for pulmonary malignancies including non-small cell lung cancer and pulmonary metastasis after esophagectomy for esophageal carcinoma

    • Keiji Yamanashi
    • Masatsugu Hamaji
    • Hiroshi Date

    Original Article 02 May 2020 Pages: 1179 - 1186

    

16. Ways and tradition of Japan in esophageal surgery for cancer

    • Hiromasa Fujita

    Original Article 29 April 2020 Pages: 1187 - 1192

    

17. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor arising from the ascending aorta mimicking a thymoma

    • Ju Sik Yun
    • Sang Yun Song
    • Yoo Duk Choi

    Case Report Open access 22 October 2019 Pages: 1193 - 1195

    

18. Left circumflex artery aneurysm with fistula to the coronary sinus

    • Reiko Kemmochi
    • Yuki Ohga
    • Mitsuaki Matsumoto

    Case Report 14 November 2019 Pages: 1196 - 1198

    

19. A case of supra-annular mitral valve replacement using chimney technique for severe mitral stenosis with extensive mitral annular calcification

    • Seimei Go
    • Tomokuni Furukawa
    • Shingo Mochizuki

    Case Report 25 November 2019 Pages: 1199 - 1202

    

20. Posterior mitral leaflet extension using autologous pericardium to repair a hammock mitral valve associated with severe mitral valve regurgitation in a 4-month-old boy

    • Toshi Maeda
    • Keiichi Fujiwara
    • Hisanori Sakazaki

    Case Report 03 December 2019 Pages: 1203 - 1207

    

21. Total pleural coverage followed by lung transplantation in patient with lymphangioleiomyomatosis

    • Do Hyung Kim
    • Hyo Yeong Ahn
    • Joohyung Son

    Case Report Open access 14 October 2019 Pages: 1208 - 1211

    

22. Multiple atypical thymic carcinoids with paraneoplastic giant cell arteritis

    • Takashi Nakayama
    • Sayaka Katagiri
    • Takahiro Kiriu

    Case Report 17 October 2019 Pages: 1212 - 1215

    

23. Deterioration of chest wall depression causing congestive hepatopathy after an open thoracostomy window in a patient with pectus excavatum and tuberculosis empyema

    • Jung Wook Han
    • Jae Jun Kim
    • Jae-Myeong Lee

    Case Report 02 November 2019 Pages: 1216 - 1219

    

24. Marking method for peripheral non-palpable pulmonary nodules using a mobile computed tomography scanner with a navigation system

    • Ryo Fujikawa
    • Yoshiro Otsuki
    • Toru Nakamura

    How to Do It 13 March 2020 Pages: 1220 - 1223

    

25. Correction to: Hypothermic circulatory arrest induced coagulopathy: rotational thromboelastometry analysis

    • Hayato Ise
    • Hiroto Kitahara
    • Hiroyuki Kamiya

    Correction Open access 06 July 2020 Pages: 1224 - 1224