Relationship Between Microvessel Density and Thermographic Hot Areas in Breast Cancer Toshiro YaharaToshihiro KogaKazuo Shirouzu Original Articles Pages: 243 - 248
Anatomical Analysis of the Mediastinal Lymph Nodes of Normal Brazilian Subjects According to the Classification of the Japanese Society for Diseases of the Esophagus Fernando Augusto Mardiros HerbellaJose Carlos Del GrandeRamiro Colleoni Pages: 249 - 253
Effect of Simultaneous Splenectomy on the Survival of Patients Undergoing Curative Gastrectomy for Proximal Gastric Carcinoma Suphan ErturkYilmaz ErsanMustafa Senocak Pages: 254 - 258
Muscle Strength and Walking Ability After Laparoscopic Hernioplasty Versus Conventional Repair Nobuo MurataHideyuki IshidaYasuo Idezuki Pages: 259 - 263
Experimental Study of a New Operative Procedure for Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Overlapping Cardiac Volume Reduction Operation Bin LuoYoshiro MatsuiKeishu Yasuda Pages: 264 - 268
Dendritic Cells Coinjected with Tumor Cells Treated with an Anticancer Drug to Induce Tumor Rejection Naoya InoueSeiji YamasakiMasayuki Imamura Pages: 269 - 276
Encapsulated Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma Without Invasive Phenotype with Favorable Prognosis: Report of a Case Yasuhiro ItoFumio MatsuzukaAkira Miyauchi Case Reports Pages: 277 - 281
Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis Treated Successfully by Thrombectomy After Bilateral Sequential Lung Transplantation: Report of a Case Itaru NagahiroMatthew HortonAllan R. Glanville Pages: 282 - 284
Life-Threatening Stridor due to Membranous Tracheitis as a Rare Complication of Endotracheal Intubation: Report of a Case Iwao Takanami Pages: 285 - 286
Retrosternal Friction-Induced Late Disruption of the Anastomotic Site Between Bentall's Valved Conduit and an Aortic Arch Graft: Report of a Case Johji FukadaKiyofumi MorishitaTomio Abe Pages: 287 - 289
Refractory Empyema Caused by an Intraoperative Rib Fracture Sustained During Esophagectomy: Report of a Case Tadashi TsukamotoKiyotoshi InoueAkira Uemichi Pages: 290 - 293
Small Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus with Reference to Alternating Multiagent Chemotherapy: Report of Two Cases Naohiko KoideManabu HiraguriJun Amano Pages: 294 - 298
Gastric Barotrauma in a Scuba Diver: Report of a Case Liviu V. TituGerard LadenKevin R. Wedgwood Pages: 299 - 301
Gastric Necrosis and Perforation Caused by Acute Gastric Dilatation: Report of a Case Mustafa TuranMetin ŞenEsin Yildiz Pages: 302 - 304
Pneumoretroperitoneum, Pneumomediastinum, Pneumopericardium, and Subcutaneous Emphysema Complicating Sigmoidoscopy: Report of a Case Hirofumi OtaShoichi FujitaShiro Okajima Pages: 305 - 308
Diffuse Cavernous Hemangioma of the Rectum: Report of a Case Kyoko YorozuyaMasahiko WatanabeMasaki Kitajima Pages: 309 - 311
A Granulomatous Liver Abscess Which Developed After a Toothpick Penetrated the Gastrointestinal Tract: Report of a Case Shigeo KanazawaKatsu IshigakiTsukasa Tsunoda Pages: 312 - 314
Direct Retroperitoneal Open Drainage via a Long Posterior Oblique Incision for Infected Necrotizing Pancreatitis: Report of Three Cases Zenichi MoriseKazuo YamafujiYasuyuki Tokura Pages: 315 - 318
Primary Cutaneous Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Host: Report of a Case Arvind KumarGopi C. KhilnaniImmaculata Xess Pages: 319 - 322