Update on our investigation of malignant tumors associated with Peutz–Jeghers syndrome in Japan Hideyuki IshidaYusuke TajimaTakeo Iwama Review Article 08 January 2016 Pages: 1231 - 1242
Limited thoracotomy for segmentectomy: a comparison of postoperative pain with thoracoscopic lobectomy Hiroaki NomoriYue CongHiroshi Sugimura Original Article 18 January 2016 Pages: 1243 - 1248
Prognostic significance of a preoperative magnetic resonance imaging assessment of the distance of mesorectal extension in clinical T3 lower rectal cancer Toshinori SuedaMasayuki OhueMasahiko Yano Original Article 14 January 2016 Pages: 1249 - 1257
Prognostic indicators based on inflammatory and nutritional factors after pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic cancer Joji WatanabeShinji OtaniMasahide Ikeguchi Original Article 11 February 2016 Pages: 1258 - 1267
Awake thoracic surgery versus chemical pleurodesis for intractable secondary spontaneous pneumothorax Masafumi NodaTatsuaki WatanabeYoshinori Okada Original Article 16 February 2016 Pages: 1268 - 1274
A non-smooth tumor margin on preoperative imaging predicts microvascular invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma Tsung-Han WuEtsuro HatanoShinji Uemoto Original Article 16 March 2016 Pages: 1275 - 1281
Concurrent gemcitabine+S-1 neoadjuvant chemotherapy contributes to the improved survival of patients with small borderline-resectable pancreatic cancer tumors Toshihiko MasuiRyuichiro DoiShinji Uemoto Original Article 09 February 2016 Pages: 1282 - 1289
Impact of intermittent portal clamping on the early recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after surgery Shenghua HaoShaofei ChenChidan Wan Original Article 02 March 2016 Pages: 1290 - 1295
Surgical and non-surgical management of repeat pulmonary metastasis from sarcoma following first pulmonary metastasectomy Masatsugu HamajiFengshi ChenHiroshi Date Original Article 18 February 2016 Pages: 1296 - 1300
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 InoueToshihiro OnoharaTadashi Furuyama Original Article 18 April 2016 Pages: 1301 - 1309
Colonic stenting as a bridge to surgery for obstructive colorectal cancer: advantages and disadvantages Naotsugu HaraguchiMasataka IkedaMitsugu Sekimoto Original Article 05 April 2016 Pages: 1310 - 1317
Single-incision laparoscopic surgery as a teaching procedure: a single-center experience of more than 2100 procedures Masaki WakasugiMitsuyoshi TeiHiroki Akamatsu Original Article 27 February 2016 Pages: 1318 - 1324
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 HandaKazumasa OrihashiMasaki Yamamoto Original Article 19 March 2016 Pages: 1325 - 1333
Symptomatic peripheral artery disease is associated with decreased long-term survival after coronary artery bypass: a contemporary retrospective analysis Teruya NakamuraKoichi TodaYoshiki Sawa Original Article 21 July 2016 Pages: 1334 - 1340
An increased number of PD-1+ and Tim-3+ CD8+ T cells is involved in immune evasion in gastric cancer Shuichi TakanoHiroaki SaitoMasahide Ikeguchi Original Article 22 January 2016 Pages: 1341 - 1347
A new minimally invasive technique of combined chest wall resection for lung cancer Takeshi KawaguchiTakashi TojoShigeki Taniguchi How to Do It 09 February 2016 Pages: 1348 - 1351