Quality and safety initiatives in the future practice of surgery: Meeting patient demands for enhanced professionalism Thomas R. Russell Review Article 24 September 2009 Pages: 739 - 745
Optimal utilization of extended hepatic grafts Sherilyn Gordon BurroughsRonald W. Busuttil Review Article 24 September 2009 Pages: 746 - 751
Predictors of hypocalcemia occurring after a total/near total thyroidectomy Melih KaraGurkan TelliogluMesut Izzet Titiz Original Article 24 September 2009 Pages: 752 - 757
Travel of patients to distant hospitals for elective surgery in Japan: A cross-sectional analysis of a nationally representative sample Kaname YamamotoKiyohide Fushimi Original Article 24 September 2009 Pages: 758 - 763
Clinical outcome of perioperative nonpermanent vena cava filter placement in patients with deep venous thrombosis or blood stasis of the vein Kenji IshiharaShinichi HiromatsuShigeaki Aoyagi Original Article 24 September 2009 Pages: 764 - 769
Should the extrahepatic bile duct be resected or preserved in R0 radical surgery for advanced gallbladder carcinoma? Results of a Japanese Society of Biliary Surgery Survey: A multicenter study Tatsuo AraidaRyouta HiguchiKen Takasaki Original Article 24 September 2009 Pages: 770 - 779
The effect of a total colectomy on the motor inhibition of the upper gut induced by intraileal stimuli in conscious dogs Munenori NagaoChikashi ShibataIwao Sasaki Original Article 24 September 2009 Pages: 780 - 786
Superior vena cava reconstruction via a posterolateral thoracotomy without venous occlusion for locally advanced lung cancer: Report of a case Hirohiko ShinoharaMasanori TsuchidaJun-ichi Hayashi Case Report 24 September 2009 Pages: 787 - 789
Concomitant aortic valve and internal mammary artery injuries in blunt chest trauma: Report of a case Chun-Chieh YehChi-Hsun HsiehRay-Jade Chen Case Report 24 September 2009 Pages: 790 - 794
A foreign body granuloma after gastric perforation mimicking peritoneal dissemination of gastric cancer: Report of a case Hirofumi AkitaYasunori WatanabeToshiyuki Kabuto Case Report 24 September 2009 Pages: 795 - 799
Adenocarcinoma arising in a colonic interposition following a total gastrectomy: Report of a case Yoshiyuki KuwabaraMasahiro KimuraYoshitaka Fujii Case Report 24 September 2009 Pages: 800 - 802
Duodenal stenosis caused by cystic dystrophy in heterotopic pancreas: Report of a case Nao YoshidaHisashi NakayamaTadatoshi Takayama Case Report 24 September 2009 Pages: 803 - 806
Successful perioperative management of patients with Parkinson’s disease following gastrointestinal surgery: Report of three cases Takaaki FujiiToshihiro NakabayashiHiroyuki Kuwano Case Report 24 September 2009 Pages: 807 - 810
Reconstruction of an infected recurrent ventral hernia after a mesh repair using a pedicled tensor fascia lata flap: Report of two cases Shinya HayamiTsukasa HottaHiroki Yamaue Case Report 24 September 2009 Pages: 811 - 817
Hypersplenism caused by an accessory spleen mimicking an intra-abdominal neoplasm: Report of a case Jaime Ruiz-TovarEmilio RipaldaPedro Carda Case Report 24 September 2009 Pages: 818 - 820
Impacted obturator hernia treated successfully with a Kugel repair: Report of two cases Shinji MuraiTomotaka AkatsuYuko Kitagawa Case Report 24 September 2009 Pages: 821 - 824
A hepatic lipoma mimicking angiomyolipoma of the liver: Report of a case Noriaki NakamuraAtsushi KudoShigeki Arii Case Report 24 September 2009 Pages: 825 - 828
High dorsal resection for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma originating in the caudate lobe Tohru UtsunomiyaMasahiro OkamotoTeruyoshi Ishida How to Do It 24 September 2009 Pages: 829 - 832