Clinicopathological study of brain metastasis in gastric cancer patients Yuichi KasakuraMasashi FujiiToru Takahashi Original Articles Pages: 485 - 490
The usefulness, indications, and complications of laparoscopy-assisted colectomy in comparison with those of open colectomy for colorectal carcinoma Shigeru MarubashiHiroshi YanoJun Okamura Original Articles Pages: 491 - 496
Recurrent incompetence of repaired floppy mitral valves and the severity of myxomatous degeneration Mitsuyuki NakayamaChikao YutaniNobuyuki Nakajima Original Articles Pages: 497 - 502
Is median sternotomy invasive? A comparison between minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass and off-pump bypass Nobuaki HirataYoshiki SawaHikaru Matsuda Original Articles Pages: 503 - 505
Surgical treatment for chronic pleural empyema Morihito OkadaNoriaki TsubotaShinsuke Satake Original Articles Pages: 506 - 510
Autologous blood donation with recombinant human erythropoietin for abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery Hiroyoshi KomaiYasuaki NaitoYasuzo Noguchi Original Articles Pages: 511 - 515
Identification of high-risk breast cancer patients from genetic changes of their tumors Masahiro WatataniHiroki InuiMasayuki Yasutomi Original Articles Pages: 516 - 522
Heparin reduces serum levels of endothelin-1 and hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury in rabbits Tadashi MatsumotoMasahiko YamaguchiMinoru Takeda Original Articles Pages: 523 - 525
Benign esophageal schwannoma: Report of a case Nobuyuki KobayashiShiro KikuchiMakoto Ohbu Case Reports Pages: 526 - 529
Multiple inflammatory pseudotumors mimicking liver metastasis from colon cancer: Report of a case Hideyuki IshidaMasayuki TatsutaJun Hanai OriginalPaper Pages: 530 - 533
Foreign body reaction to a metal clip causing a benign bile duct stricture 16 years after open cholecystectomy: Report of a case Sancar BayarRomil SaxenaRonald R. Salem OriginalPaper Pages: 534 - 536
Combining the selective arterial calcium injection test and intraoperative blood glucose monitoring for multiple insulinomas: Report of two cases Seiji HajiHideaki NomuraHarumasa Ohyanagi OriginalPaper Pages: 537 - 540
The effectiveness of administering a minimal dose of octreotide long-term prior to surgery for insulinoma: Report of a case Yuji TanakaHiroomi FunahashiYasushi Oda OriginalPaper Pages: 541 - 543
Herniation through both Winslow’s foramen and a lesser omental defect: Report of a case Yoshihisa SaidaJiro NagaoYoshinobu Sumiyama Case Reports Pages: 544 - 547
The occurrence of a strangulated ileus due to a traumatic transmesenteric hernia: Report of a case Takayuki KugaSatoshi TaniguchiKensuke Esato Case Reports Pages: 548 - 550
Invagination induced by a long intestinal tube: Report of a case Ryuichi HirokawaShoji WataridaAtsumi Mori Case Reports Pages: 551 - 554
Successful implantation of a bipolar epicardial lead and an autocapture pacemaker in a low-body-weight infant with congenital atrioventricular block: Report of a case Yukihiro TomitaYutaka ImotoHisataka Yasui Case Reports Pages: 555 - 557
Tension hemothorax caused by a ruptured aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta: Report of a case Yoshio OotakiMasayoshi OkadaHidetaka Wakiyama Case Reports Pages: 558 - 560
Long-term survival of a patient with stage IV pulmonary large cell carcinoma achieved by combined-modality therapy: Report of a case Shunsuke KobayashiShinichiro OkadaShigefumi Fujimura Case Reports Pages: 561 - 566
Successful reconstruction in a patient with chronic and multisegmental venous obstruction: Report of a case Hisanaga MoroJun-ichi HayashiMasakazu Sogawa Case Reports Pages: 567 - 570
A simple technique of using novel thread-holding and knot-pushing forceps for extracorporeal knot-tying Haruhiro InoueYouichi KumagaiTakehisa Iwai How to Do It Pages: 571 - 573