1. Update on our investigation of malignant tumors associated with Peutz–Jeghers syndrome in Japan

   • Hideyuki Ishida
   • Yusuke Tajima
   • Takeo Iwama

   Review Article 08 January 2016 Pages: 1231 - 1242

   

2. Limited thoracotomy for segmentectomy: a comparison of postoperative pain with thoracoscopic lobectomy

   • Hiroaki Nomori
   • Yue Cong
   • Hiroshi Sugimura

   Original Article 18 January 2016 Pages: 1243 - 1248

   

3. Prognostic significance of a preoperative magnetic resonance imaging assessment of the distance of mesorectal extension in clinical T3 lower rectal cancer

   • Toshinori Sueda
   • Masayuki Ohue
   • Masahiko Yano

   Original Article 14 January 2016 Pages: 1249 - 1257

   

4. Prognostic indicators based on inflammatory and nutritional factors after pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic cancer

   • Joji Watanabe
   • Shinji Otani
   • Masahide Ikeguchi

   Original Article 11 February 2016 Pages: 1258 - 1267

   

5. Awake thoracic surgery versus chemical pleurodesis for intractable secondary spontaneous pneumothorax

   • Masafumi Noda
   • Tatsuaki Watanabe
   • Yoshinori Okada

   Original Article 16 February 2016 Pages: 1268 - 1274

   

6. A non-smooth tumor margin on preoperative imaging predicts microvascular invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma

   • Tsung-Han Wu
   • Etsuro Hatano
   • Shinji Uemoto

   Original Article 16 March 2016 Pages: 1275 - 1281

   

7. Concurrent gemcitabine+S-1 neoadjuvant chemotherapy contributes to the improved survival of patients with small borderline-resectable pancreatic cancer tumors

   • Toshihiko Masui
   • Ryuichiro Doi
   • Shinji Uemoto

   Original Article 09 February 2016 Pages: 1282 - 1289

   

8. Impact of intermittent portal clamping on the early recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after surgery

   • Shenghua Hao
   • Shaofei Chen
   • Chidan Wan

   Original Article 02 March 2016 Pages: 1290 - 1295

   

9. Surgical and non-surgical management of repeat pulmonary metastasis from sarcoma following first pulmonary metastasectomy

   • Masatsugu Hamaji
   • Fengshi Chen
   • Hiroshi Date

   Original Article 18 February 2016 Pages: 1296 - 1300

   

10. Early-phase wound healing and long-term outcomes of a selective endovascular-first approach for treating Rutherford 5 critical limb ischemia with infrainguinal lesions

    • Kentaro Inoue
    • Toshihiro Onohara
    • Tadashi Furuyama

    Original Article 18 April 2016 Pages: 1301 - 1309

    

11. Colonic stenting as a bridge to surgery for obstructive colorectal cancer: advantages and disadvantages

    • Naotsugu Haraguchi
    • Masataka Ikeda
    • Mitsugu Sekimoto

    Original Article 05 April 2016 Pages: 1310 - 1317

    

12. Single-incision laparoscopic surgery as a teaching procedure: a single-center experience of more than 2100 procedures

    • Masaki Wakasugi
    • Mitsuyoshi Tei
    • Hiroki Akamatsu

    Original Article 27 February 2016 Pages: 1318 - 1324

    

13. Maximal blood flow acceleration analysis in the early diastolic phase for aortocoronary artery bypass grafts: a new transit-time flow measurement predictor of graft failure following coronary artery bypass grafting

    • Takemi Handa
    • Kazumasa Orihashi
    • Masaki Yamamoto

    Original Article 19 March 2016 Pages: 1325 - 1333

    

14. Symptomatic peripheral artery disease is associated with decreased long-term survival after coronary artery bypass: a contemporary retrospective analysis

    • Teruya Nakamura
    • Koichi Toda
    • Yoshiki Sawa

    Original Article 21 July 2016 Pages: 1334 - 1340

    

15. An increased number of PD-1+ and Tim-3+ CD8+ T cells is involved in immune evasion in gastric cancer

    • Shuichi Takano
    • Hiroaki Saito
    • Masahide Ikeguchi

    Original Article 22 January 2016 Pages: 1341 - 1347

    

16. A new minimally invasive technique of combined chest wall resection for lung cancer

    • Takeshi Kawaguchi
    • Takashi Tojo
    • Shigeki Taniguchi

    How to Do It 09 February 2016 Pages: 1348 - 1351