1. Multicenter randomized trial of postoperative corticosteroid therapy for biliary atresia

   • Japanese Biliary Atresia Society
   • Masaki Nio
   • Toshihiro Muraji

   Original Article 29 August 2013 Pages: 1091 - 1095

   

2. Clinical analysis of liver fibrosis in choledochal cyst

   • Shigehisa Fumino
   • Koji Higuchi
   • Tatsuro Tajiri

   Original Article 23 August 2013 Pages: 1097 - 1102

   

3. The efficacy of double-balloon enteroscopy for intrahepatic bile duct stones after Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy for choledochal cysts

   • Shigeru Ono
   • Kosaku Maeda
   • Hironori Yamamoto

   Original Article 24 August 2013 Pages: 1103 - 1107

   

4. Impact of the current organ allocation system for deceased donor liver transplantation on the outcomes of pediatric recipients: a single center experience in Japan

   • Seisuke Sakamoto
   • Hajime Uchida
   • Mureo Kasahara

   Original Article 23 August 2013 Pages: 1109 - 1114

5. Life-threatening risk factors and the role of intestinal transplantation in patients with intestinal failure

   • Motoshi Wada
   • Kotaro Nishi
   • Masaki Nio

   Original Article 24 August 2013 Pages: 1115 - 1118

6. Impact of the histological type on the prognosis of patients with prenatally diagnosed sacrococcygeal teratomas: the results of a nationwide Japanese survey

   • Akihiro Yoneda
   • Noriaki Usui
   • Mari S. Oba

   Original Article 28 August 2013 Pages: 1119 - 1125

7. Isolated hypoganglionosis: results of a nationwide survey in Japan

   • Yoshio Watanabe
   • Yutaka Kanamori
   • Tomoaki Taguchi

   Original Article 22 August 2013 Pages: 1127 - 1130

   

8. Assessment of fine needle aspiration cytology samples for molecular genetic analysis in neuroblastoma

   • Ankur Mandelia
   • Sandeep Agarwala
   • Veereshwar Bhatnagar

   Original Article 25 August 2013 Pages: 1131 - 1138

   

9. Detection of MYCN amplification using blood plasma: noninvasive therapy evaluation and prediction of prognosis in neuroblastoma

   • Masato Kojima
   • Eiso Hiyama
   • Taijiro Sueda

   Original Article 11 September 2013 Pages: 1139 - 1145

   

10. RASSF1A methylation indicates a poor prognosis in hepatoblastoma patients

    • Shohei Honda
    • Hisayuki Miyagi
    • Akinobu Taketomi

    Original Article 30 August 2013 Pages: 1147 - 1152

    

11. Hedgehog signal inhibitors suppress the invasion of human rhabdomyosarcoma cells

    • Takaharu Oue
    • Shuichiro Uehara
    • Noriaki Usui

    Original Article Open access 29 August 2013 Pages: 1153 - 1158

    

12. Impact of cow’s milk allergy on enterocolitis associated with Hirschsprung’s disease

    • Satoshi Umeda
    • Hisayoshi Kawahara
    • Masahiro Fukuzawa

    Original Article 28 August 2013 Pages: 1159 - 1163

    

13. External stabilization for severe tracheobronchomalacia using separated ring-reinforced ePTFE grafts is effective and safe on a long-term basis

    • Shinya Takazawa
    • Hiroo Uchida
    • Tadashi Iwanaka

    Original Article 28 August 2013 Pages: 1165 - 1169

    

14. Type-A long-gap esophageal atresia treated by thoracoscopic esophagoesophagostomy after sequential extrathoracic esophageal elongation (Kimura’s technique)

    • Go Miyano
    • Hiroomi Okuyama
    • Atsuyuki Yamataka

    Original Article 31 August 2013 Pages: 1171 - 1175

    

15. Assessment of suturing in the vertical plane shows the efficacy of the multi-degree-of-freedom needle driver for neonatal laparoscopy

    • Shinya Takazawa
    • Tetsuya Ishimaru
    • Tadashi Iwanaka

    Original Article 22 August 2013 Pages: 1177 - 1182

    

16. Surgical intervention for congenital diaphragmatic hernia: open versus thoracoscopic surgery

    • Takaaki Tanaka
    • Tadaharu Okazaki
    • Atsuyuki Yamataka

    Original Article 24 August 2013 Pages: 1183 - 1186

17. Single-incision laparoscopic-assisted appendectomy in children: exteriorization of the appendix is a key component of a simple and cost-effective surgical technique

    • Kyoichi Deie
    • Hiroo Uchida
    • Shinya Takazawa

    Original Article 22 August 2013 Pages: 1187 - 1191

    

18. Expression of Sproutys and SPREDs is decreased during lung branching morphogenesis in nitrofen-induced pulmonary hypoplasia

    • Florian Friedmacher
    • Jan-Hendrik Gosemann
    • Prem Puri

    Original Article 28 August 2013 Pages: 1193 - 1198

    

19. Pulmonary FGF-18 gene expression is downregulated during the canalicular-saccular stages in nitrofen-induced hypoplastic lungs

    • Hiromizu Takahashi
    • Florian Friedmacher
    • Prem Puri

    Original Article 24 August 2013 Pages: 1199 - 1203

    

20. Laminin-1 promotes enteric nervous system development in mouse embryo

    • Nana Nakazawa
    • Katsumi Miyahara
    • Eri Arikawa-Hirasawa

    Original Article 24 August 2013 Pages: 1205 - 1208

    

21. Effect of abnormal notochord delamination on hindgut development in the Adriamycin mouse model

    • Hideaki Sato
    • Piotr Hajduk
    • Hiroaki Kitagawa

    Original Article 23 August 2013 Pages: 1209 - 1216