Assessment of In Vivo Glucose Kinetics Using Stable Isotope Tracers to Determine Their Alteration in Humans During Critical Illness Yoichi SakuraiMasahiro OchiaiTakahiko Funabiki Review Article Pages: 1 - 10
Does Central Venous Pressure Reflect the Circulating Blood Volume for the Decrement of Compliance Just After Esophagectomy? Satoru MotoyamaMichihiko KitamuraJun-ichi Ogawa Original Articles Pages: 11 - 15
Preoperative Intranasal Mupirocin Ointment Significantly Reduces Postoperative Infection with Staphylococcus aureus in Patients Undergoing Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Masahiko YanoYuichiro DokiMorito Monden Pages: 16 - 21
Emergency Abdominal Surgery in Patients Aged 80 Years and Older Katsunori NishidaKota OkinagaMiki Adachi Pages: 22 - 27
Immunohistochemical Expression of the CD44 Variant 6 in Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Tomomi Ishida Pages: 28 - 32
Postoperative Renal Function After an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Requiring a Suprarenal Aortic Cross-Clamp Tatsuya SasakiSatoshi OhsawaKohei Kawazoe Pages: 33 - 36
The Relationship Between the Angiographic Findings and the Clinical Features of Carotid Artery Plaque Dong-Ik KimSun-Joung LeeHong-Sik Byun Pages: 37 - 42
Evaluation of the Malignant Grade of Thymic Epithelial Tumors According to the Epithelial Subclassification Satoshi YonedaKatsunobu KawaharaMasahiro Kikuchi Pages: 43 - 48
The Role of Lipid Peroxidation on Gastric Mucosal Lesions Induced by Water-Immersion-Restraint Stress in Rats Wei Ming ShianIwao SasakiTeruo Miyazawa Pages: 49 - 53
The Facilitation of Peritoneal Dissemination of a Tumor by Laparotomy in a Rabbit Model Nobuo MurataHideyuki IshidaYasuo Idezuki Pages: 54 - 58
Benign Schwannoma of the Esophagus Removed by Enucleation: Report of a Case Masakazu OhnoJunichi SugiharaChiho Ohbayashi Case Reports Pages: 59 - 62
Left Diaphragmatic Hernia Complicated by Perforation of an Intrathoracic Gastric Ulcer into the Aorta: Report of a Case Yushi SaitoYosuke YamakawaYoshitaka Fujii Pages: 63 - 65
Ileal Perforation Due to a Richter Hernia at the Drain Insertion Site Following an Operation for Idiopathic Rectal Perforation: Report of a Case Kazuhiro IwaseJun HigakiWataru Kamiike Pages: 66 - 68
The Development of an Elevated Lesion Associated with Colitis Cystica Profunda in the Transverse Colonic Mucosa During the Course of Ulcerative Colitis: Report of a Case Yoichi SakuraiHidetaka KobayashiYoshikazu Mizoguchi Pages: 69 - 73
Metastatic Colon Carcinoma Found Within an Inguinal Hernia Sac: Report of a Case Gaku MatsumotoHideo IseSeiki Matsuno Pages: 74 - 77
Adenocarcinoid of the Appendix Presenting as a Disseminated Ovarian Carcinoma: Report of a Case Wiebren A.A. TjalmaEtienne SchattemanGuy Keersmaekers Pages: 78 - 81
Spontaneous Regression of a Large Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Portal Vein Tumor Thrombi: Report of a Case Takahiro UenishiKazuhiro HirohashiHiroaki Kinoshita Pages: 82 - 85
Capillary Hemangioma of the Liver with Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome in a Neonate: Report of a Case Kenjiroh AkiyoshiHiroyoshi MizoteMotonori Nakagawa Pages: 86 - 88
Small-Cell Carcinoma of the Gallbladder: Report of a Case Shigetoshi MatsuoTakuo ShinozakiTakashi Kanematsu Pages: 89 - 93
Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: Report of a Case Nikhil MehtaCarmine VolpeRalph J. Doerr Pages: 94 - 97
Cystic Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Report of a Case Giorgio De TomaVirgilio NicolantiClaudio Letizia Pages: 98 - 100
Urinary Bladder Injury During Inguinal Herniorrhaphy in a Renal Transplant Patient: Report of a Case Shinya KobayashiTadashi MonmaGengo Kaneko Pages: 101 - 103
An Improved Technique for Temporary Diverting Ileostomy Giancarlo FlatiCarlo TalaricoManlio Carboni How to Do It Pages: 104 - 105