Development and Perspectives of Perfusion Treatment for Liver Failure Katsutoshi NaruseHiroshi NagashimaMasatoshi Makuuchi Review Article Pages: 507 - 517
Nonoperative Management of Tracheobronchial Injuries in Severely Injured Patients Christian A. KuhneGernot M. KaiserDieter Nast-Kolb Original Articles Pages: 518 - 523
Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Expression in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia During Mechanical Ventilation Yukihiro TatekawaHisao KemmotsuHaruo Ohkawa OriginalPaper Pages: 524 - 529
Analysis of the Factors Related to a Decrease in Jugular Venous Oxygen Saturation in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus During Normothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass Sohtaro MiyoshiToshihiro MoritaFumio Goto OriginalPaper Pages: 530 - 534
Reliability and Validity of a New Scale to Assess Postoperative Dysfunction After Resection of Upper Gastrointestinal Carcinoma Misuzu NakamuraYoshihiro KidoYoshinori Hosoya OriginalPaper Pages: 535 - 542
Hepatic Artery Pseudoaneurysm: A Report of Seven Cases and a Review of the Literature David S. FinleyMarcelo W. HinojosaDavid K. Imagawa OriginalPaper Pages: 543 - 547
Effectiveness of Radiation Therapy After Surgery for Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma Noriaki SagawaSatoshi KondoHiroyuki Katoh OriginalPaper Pages: 548 - 552
Early Versus Delayed Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Satoru ShikataYoshinori NoguchiTsuguya Fukui OriginalPaper Pages: 553 - 560
Traumatic Injuries to the Subclavian and Axillary Arteries: A 13-Year Review Murat AksoyFatih TuncaMehmet Kurtoglu OriginalPaper Pages: 561 - 565
A New, Simple Stapling Technique for Pulmonary Emphysema: Its Effects and Safety for Improving Respiratory Function Soichiro YanagiSatoshi WatanabeHiroyuki Katoh OriginalPaper Pages: 566 - 574
Protective Effect of MESNA (2-Mercaptoethane Sulfonate) Against Hepatic Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Rats Goksel SenerOzer SehirliAyhan Kacmaz OriginalPaper Pages: 575 - 580
Reoperations After Failure of Stent Grafting for Type B Aortic Dissection: Report of Two Cases Jorge FloresNorihiko ShiiyaKeishu Yasuda Case Reports Pages: 581 - 585
Successful Resection of an Infected Duodenal Duplication Cyst After Percutaneous Cyst Drainage: Report of a Case Yasushi YamauchiSeiichiro HoshinoTakayuki Shirakusa OriginalPaper Pages: 586 - 589
Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor-Producing Gallbladder Cancer Without Recurrence More than 2 Years After Resection: Report of a Case Tetsuo IkedaKippei OhgakiYoshihiko Maehara OriginalPaper Pages: 590 - 593
Mesenteric Paraganglioma: Report of a Case Akitoshi KudohYoshihiro TokuhisaTakako Iwata OriginalPaper Pages: 594 - 597
Laparoscopy-Assisted Low Anterior Resection with a Prolapsing Technique for Low Rectal Cancer Masaki FukunagaAkio KidokoroSeiichiro Yoshikawa How to Do It Pages: 598 - 602