Cost-effective and Time-saving Surgical Treatment of Pulmonary Hydatid Cysts with Multiple Localization Sami CeranGüven Sadi SunamMustafa Sahin Original Articles Pages: 573 - 576
Left Retroperitoneal Approach Using a Retractor to Repair Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: A Comparison with the Transperitoneal Approach Masafumi HiokiYoshio IedokoroShigeo Tanaka Pages: 577 - 580
Changes in the Intestinal Flora After the Administration of Prophylactic Antibiotics to Patients Undergoing a Gastrectomy Yoshio TakesueTakashi YokoyamaTaijiro Sueda Pages: 581 - 586
Evaluation of Treatment for Synchronous Hepatic Metastases from Gastric Cancer with Special Reference to Long-Term Survivors Katsuyuki KuniedaShigetoyo SajiYasuaki Arai Pages: 587 - 593
Surgical Management of Spontaneous Intrabiliary Rupture of Hydatid Liver Cysts Abdulkadir BedirliOmer SakrakOzhan Ince Pages: 594 - 597
Reevaluation of the Indications for Radical Pancreatectomy to Treat Pancreatic Carcinoma: Is Portal Vein Infiltration a Contraindication? Masaya KawadaSatoshi KondoHiroyuki Katoh Pages: 598 - 601
Significance of Serum Endotoxin and Antiendotoxin Antibody Levels in Predicting the Severity of Acute Pancreatitis Shashanka Mohan BoseGanga Ram VermaNirmal Kumar Ganguly Pages: 602 - 607
c-myc Amplification and Enhancement of Sensitivity to Cytosine Arabinoside: An In Vitro and In Vivo Study on Four Sublines Established from a Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma Shunsuke KobayashiMasashi NodaToru Hasumi Pages: 608 - 617
Can Nonpenetrating Vascular Closure Staples and Hepatocyte Growth Factor Prevent Intimal Hyperplasia Following ePTFE Grafting of the Carotid Artery in Rabbits? Masafumi AkitaHiroaki TakenakaHiroshi Noguchi Pages: 618 - 622
Simultaneous Occurrence of Papillary Intrafollicular and Microcarcinomas with Bilateral Medullary Microcarcinoma of the Thyroid in a Patient with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2A: Report of a Case Mustafa KösemÇetin KotanCevat Topal Case Reports Pages: 623 - 628
Primary Thyroid Carcinoma Found with Esophageal Stenosis: Report of a Case Kazunori OsawaNobuo MurataDaijo Hashimoto Pages: 629 - 631
An Atypical Lung Carcinoid Tumor Resected After Induction Therapy with Involvement of the Superior Sulcus Region: Report of a Case Yasuhiko OhtaArinori TodaGo Watanabe Pages: 632 - 634
The Use of a Greenfield Filter to Treat a Pregnant Woman for Internal Jugular Venous Thrombosis: Report of a Case Yasumitsu HiranoFuminori KasashimaYoshio Takita Pages: 635 - 637
Successful Local Excision of Ileostomy Adenocarcinoma After Colectomy for Familial Adenomatous Polyposis: Report of a Case Toshiro IizukaToshihito SawadaGoro Watanabe Pages: 638 - 641
Diffuse Small Bowel Crohn's Disease Treated with Side-to-Side Isoperistaltic Strictureplasty: Report of Two Cases and Description of a Variation of the Original Technique Antonio SommarivaImerio AngrimanDavide Francesco D'Amico Pages: 642 - 645
Renal Focal Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis with Short Bowel Syndrome: Report of a Case Tatsuzo HebiguchiTetsuo KatoHirokazu Imai Pages: 646 - 650
Mesenteric Castleman's Disease: Report of a Case Toshihisa KimuraTsuyoshi InoueAkio Yamaguchi Pages: 651 - 654
Hepatic Portal Venous Gas Caused by Blunt Abdominal Trauma: Is It a True Ominous Sign of Bowel Necrosis?: Report of a Case Yoshitaka FuruyaHiroshi YasuharaToshitaka Nagao Pages: 655 - 658
Laparoscopic Treatment for Peripheral Pancreatic Duct Injury After Blunt Abdominal Trauma: Report of a Case Michiaki HataYoshinori MuraoYoshiyuki Nakajima Pages: 659 - 662
Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy in Pigs Using Our Original Hand Device (Lap Disc) Yukio FujinoKazuyuki ShimomuraYasuo Idezuki How to Do It Pages: 663 - 665