The beneficial effects of aminophylline administration on heparin reversal with protamine Salih Fehmi KatirciogluDeniz Süha KüçükaksuKemal Bayazit Original Articles Pages: 99 - 102
The superiority of exercise testing over spirometry in the evaluation of postoperative lung function for patients with pulmonary disease Noriaki TsubotaMasahiro YanagawaTakeshi Hatta Original Articles Pages: 103 - 105
Mediastinal ultrasonography for the assessment of mediastinal lymph node metastases in lung cancer patients Noboru NakanoKazuya NakaharaYasunaru Kawashima Original Articles Pages: 106 - 111
Compartment-oriented microdissection of regional lymph nodes in medullary thyroid carcinoma Henning DralleIris DammRudolf Pichlmayr Original Articles Pages: 112 - 121
A prediction of hospital mortality after surgical treatment for esophageal cancer Guang-Han ZhangHiromasa FujitaTeruo Kakegawa Original Articles Pages: 122 - 127
The enhanced therapeutic efficacy of intra-arterialCis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II) chemotherapy in combination with aortic clamping on metastatic hepatic tumors in the rat Yoshinobu Nishioka Original Articles Pages: 128 - 132
Changing practices in the surgical treatment of breast cancer in Japan: A nationwide survey by the Japanese Breast Cancer Society Masaru IzuoTsunehiro Ishida Original Articles Pages: 133 - 136
Malignant germ cell tumor of the mediastinum: A multimodality therapeutic approach Hisao AsamuraRyosuke TsuchiyaKehchi Suemasu Original Articles Pages: 137 - 141
The successful surgical repair of a traumatic transection of the descending thoracic aorta: Report of a case Akira SaitoYoshihiko YamazakiYoshihumi Sakurai Case Reports Pages: 142 - 144
Hepatic encephalopathy due to congenital splenorenal shunts: Report of a case Susumu OhwadaYoshiroh HamadaJunko Hirato Case Reports Pages: 145 - 149
Spontaneously perforated pyometra presenting as diffuse peritonitis: Report of a case Hironobu KimuraHiroshi SodaniNobutaka Suzuki Case Reports Pages: 150 - 152
Primary mesenteric venous thrombosis: Report of a case Resit InceogluNesime Okboy Case Reports Pages: 153 - 155
Nonsurgical correction for thrombosis of a St. Jude Medical tricuspid prosthesis: Report of a case Shigeaki AoyagiShigemitsu SuzukiHironori Toshima Case Reports Pages: 156 - 159
Lymphangioma of the duodenum: Report of a case Yoshihiro IkuraTakashi HashimotoTatehiro Kajiwara Case Reports Pages: 160 - 163
Hemiaplasia of the thyroid associated with Graves' disease: Report of three cases and a review of the literature Osamu OzakiKunihiko ItoMichikazu Kawano Case Reports Pages: 164 - 169
Extended central bisegmentectomy—an en bloc resection of hepatic segments 4, 5, 8 and 7: Report of a case Koki TanakaAkihiro NishimuraAkira Taira Case Reports Pages: 170 - 172
Pleural lipoma: Report of a case Toshimasa TakayamaSaburo HiraiMasahiro Ohta Case Reports Pages: 173 - 175
Right atrial myxoma developing 4 years following patch closure of an atrial septal defect: Report of a case Ichirou SuzukiShirosaku KoideAkira Shohtsu Case Reports Pages: 176 - 178
Endobronchial metastasis from a primary uterine osteosarcoma in a patient with multiple myeloma: Report of a case Tadashi AkibaHisashi UjiieKenji Sakurai Case Reports Pages: 179 - 182
Cervicothoracic vagal neurilemoma: Report of a case Morihito OkadaNoboru IshiiMichio Kono Case Reports Pages: 183 - 186
IgG2 deficiency in methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus infections after esophageal surgery Takao SaitoTadahiko KinoshitaMichio Kobayashi Short Communication Pages: 187 - 188
