Acute effects of distal pancreatectomy on portal and peripheral blood insulin concentrations in patients undergoing total gastrectomy Jun HayakawaAkira TsuburayaYutaka Usuda Original Articles Pages: 363 - 366
Angiogenesis in poorly differentiated medullary carcinoma of the stomach Yutaka TakahashiLee M. EllisMasayoshi Mai Original Articles Pages: 367 - 372
Plasma D-dimer level in patients with colorectal cancer: Its role as a tumor marker Masatoshi OyaYoshitake AkiyamaHiroshi Ishikawa Original Articles Pages: 373 - 378
Quenching the effects ofl-arginine on free radical injury in cultured cardiomyocytes Yoshiki NonamiVivek RaoShohei Ogoshi Original Articles Pages: 379 - 384
Detection of type III collagen fragments in specimens of abdominal aortic aneurysms Takayuki KugaKensuke EsatoKazuyuki Nakamura Original Articles Pages: 385 - 390
Portal vein reconstruction with conventional polytetrafluoroethylene grafts: An experimental study in dogs Toshiya NishibeHiroto ManaseTatsuzo Tanabe Original Articles Pages: 391 - 395
Gianturco stents for the venous system: A detailed pathological study Kyosuke MiyazakiToshiya NishibeYutaka Morita Original Articles Pages: 396 - 400
Synovial sarcoma of the esophagus: Report of a case Shusaku HabuEizo OkamotoMasaharu Takeuchi Case Reports Pages: 401 - 404
Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus associated with adenocarcinoma of the lung Masahiko YanoHitoshi ShiozakiMorito Monden Case Reports Pages: 405 - 408
Subclavian arterio-esophageal fistula secondary to fish bone impaction: Report of a case C. K. Leow Case Reports Pages: 409 - 411
Gastric outlet syndrome caused by a gallstone: Report of a case Seietsu NyuiHiroyuki OsanaiYukinari Yoshida Case Reports Pages: 412 - 415
Colonic obstruction induced by plasma cell granuloma of the transverse colon: Report of a case Masakazu OhnoTakeshi NakamuraYoichi Saitoh Case Reports Pages: 416 - 419
Surgical treatment of a cardiac papillary fibroelastoma developing from the chordae of the tricuspid valve: Report of a case Yoshiharu NishimuraYasuaki NaitoYasuzo Noguchi Case Reports Pages: 420 - 422
Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome in a case with redo coronary artery bypass grafting under cardiopulmonary bypass Mitsuyuki NakayamaKeiji KumonHideaki Hayashi Case Reports Pages: 423 - 426
Mitral valve replacement in a patients with an extensively calcified mitral anulus: Report of a case Yoshiya ToyodaTsutomu ShidaNobuchika Ozaki Case Reports Pages: 427 - 429
Mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm associated with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS): Report of a case Kazuo YamamotoYukio MaruyamaSatoru Koyama Case Reports Pages: 430 - 432
Rupture of the innominate artery following tracheostomy: Report of a case Katsuhiko YoshidaHideki OhshimaAtsuko Notoya Case Reports Pages: 433 - 434
A combination of preductal aortic coarctation and type B dissection: Report of a case Atsushi YamaguchiHideo AdachiShigeki Yamada Case Reports Pages: 435 - 437
Internal thoracic artery malperfusion syndrome after bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting: Report of a case Hiroshi IzumotoHiroto KitaharaKohei Kawazoe Case Reports Pages: 438 - 440
Primary aortoenteric fistula with a chronic isolated abdominal aortic dissection: Report of a case Kazuya AkiyamaJun HirotaShigeru Sasaki Case Reports Pages: 441 - 445
Thoracoscopic enucleation of a submucosal bronchogenic cyst of the esophagus: Report of two cases Kiyoshi KoizumiShigeo TanakaMasashi Kawamoto Case Reports Pages: 446 - 450
Malignant thymoma with direct invasion into the peritoneal cavity: Report of a case Takahisa FujikawaYoshinori NakamuraMakoto Sonobe Case Reports Pages: 451 - 454
Internal jugular vein malformation with mature adipose deposits in the mediastinum Shigeki SugiyamaArata MurakamiKunihiko Wakaki Case Reports Pages: 455 - 458
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma originating from the chest wall: Report of a case and collective review of cases Hirozumi SawaiAtsushi KamiyaTadao Manabe Case Reports Pages: 459 - 463
Pure clear cell papillary thyroid carcinoma with chronic thyroiditis: Report of a case Kazuhiko AsanumaAkira SugenoyaJun Amano Case Reports Pages: 464 - 466
Intraoperative radiation therapy for a patient with bulky disease of mesenteric non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma Hiroki YamaueHiroshi TanimuraMakoto Iwahashi Case Reports Pages: 467 - 470
Differential responses of brain, liver, and muscle glycogen to opiates and surgical stress Yojiro HashiguchiPatricia E. MolinaNaji N. Abumrad Short Communication Pages: 471 - 474
A simple method to avoid contamination while performing an immediate mucocutaneous suture of the intestinal stoma Keigo YoshinagaTakeo IwamaKenichi Sugihara How to Do It Pages: 475 - 477
