1. Metabolic response to glucose overload in surgical stress: Energy disposal in brown adipose tissue

   • Tetsuhisa Yamamoto

   Original Articles Pages: 151 - 157

2. Clinical and prognostic characteristics of papillary clear carcinoma of stomach

   • Kazuhiko Uefuji
   • Takashi Ichikura
   • Shoetsu Tamakuma

   Original Articles Pages: 158 - 163

3. Surgical treatment for the recurrence of colorectal cancer

   • Yasuhisa Yamamoto
   • Hiroyuki Imai
   • Tsukasa Tsunoda

   Original Articles Pages: 164 - 168

4. Skip metastasis and hidden N2 disease in lung cancer: How successful is mediastinal dissection?

   • Noriaki Tsubota
   • Masahiro Yoshimura

   Original Articles Pages: 169 - 172

5. Oxidation of d(−)3-hydroxybutyrate administered to rats with extensive burns

   • Yasumitsu Mizobata
   • Atsushi Hiraide
   • Tsuyoshi Sugimoto

   Original Articles Pages: 173 - 178

6. Effects of calcium in continuous cardioplegia on myocardial protection

   • Naoaki Takemoto
   • Hiroaki Kuroda
   • Tohru Mori

   Original Articles Pages: 179 - 183

7. Composite carcinoid-adenocarcinoma tumor of the stomach: Report of a case

   • Sakae Nagaoka
   • Hiroshi Toyoshima
   • Noboru Tanaka

   Case Reports Pages: 184 - 188

8. Simultaneous early gastric cancer in identical twins: Report of a case

   • Shoichi Kinugasa
   • Hiroshi Matsuura
   • Atsushi Akane

   Case Reports Pages: 189 - 191

9. Complicated jejunal diverticulosis: Report of a case

   • Carlo Maria Fronticelli
   • Paolo Bellora
   • Paola Burlo

   Case Reports Pages: 192 - 195

10. Successful treatment of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome with concomitant mitral stenosis by simultaneous surgery

    • Yoshimi Otani
    • Yasuo Morishita
    • Takurou Misaki

    Case Reports Pages: 196 - 198

11. Lymphangioma of the diaphragm (first case report)

    • Isidoro Di Carlo
    • Brice Gayet

    Case Reports Pages: 199 - 202

12. Thymus-related liposarcoma: Report of a case and review of the literature

    • Yasuo Sekine
    • Kinichi Hamaguchi
    • Yutaka Yamaguchi

    Case Reports Pages: 203 - 207

13. Resection of primary pulmonary hemangiopericytoma: A report of two cases

    • Masaaki Kuroya
    • Hiroyasu Yokomise
    • Shigeki Hitomi

    Case Reports Pages: 208 - 212

14. Cervical Castleman's disease associated with benign M-proteinemia: Report of a case

    • Makoto Komatsu
    • Takashi Ehara
    • Takai Kuroda

    Case Reports Pages: 213 - 216

15. The use of hypothermia and circulatory arrest to control intraoperative bleeding from the inferior vena cava

    • Nagy A. Habib
    • Nagy E. Michail
    • Peter Smith

    Short Communication Pages: 217 - 218

16. Der Chirug digest

    • Ch. Herfarth
    • Th. Lehnert

    OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 221

17. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 222 - 223

18. Book review

    • Masayoshi Okada

    BookReview Pages: 224 - 224