Mesenteric ischemia in acute aortic dissection Kazumasa Orihashi Review Article 30 May 2015 Pages: 509 - 516
Reconstruction after proximal gastrectomy for gastric cancer in the upper third of the stomach: a review of the literature published from 2000 to 2014 Masaki NakamuraHiroki Yamaue Review Article 19 May 2015 Pages: 517 - 527
Current status of robotic gastrectomy for gastric cancer Kazutaka ObamaYoshiharu Sakai Review Article 28 May 2015 Pages: 528 - 534
Comparisons of financial and short-term outcomes between laparoscopic and open hepatectomy: benefits for patients and hospitals Yoshikuni KawaguchiYuichiro OtsukaNobutaka Tanaka Original Article 30 May 2015 Pages: 535 - 542
Functional outcome assessment of swallowing (FOAMS) scoring and videofluoroscopic evaluation of perioperative swallowing rehabilitation in radical esophagectomy Tomoyuki OkumuraYutaka ShimadaKazuhiro Tsukada Original Article 16 June 2015 Pages: 543 - 551
Risk factors for postoperative pneumonia after gastrectomy for gastric cancer Yuichiro MikiRie MakuuchiMasanori Terashima Original Article 16 June 2015 Pages: 552 - 556
Could the Tokyo guidelines on the management of acute cholecystitis be adopted in developing countries? Experience of one center Mahdi BouassidaHédi CharradaHassen Touinsi Original Article 21 June 2015 Pages: 557 - 560
A randomized phase II study of the clinical effects of ultrasonically activated coagulating shears (Harmonic scalpel) in open gastrectomy for gastric cancer Ryohei KawabataShuji TakiguchiYuichiro Doki Original Article 22 July 2015 Pages: 561 - 568
Effects of insistent screening for contralateral patent processus vaginalis in laparoscopic percutaneous extraperitoneal closure to prevent metachronous contralateral onset of pediatric inguinal hernia Wataru SumidaYoshio WatanabeNaoko Komatsuzaki Original Article 07 June 2015 Pages: 569 - 574
Endoscopic thyroidectomy using the EZ-VANS method Takuya NagataYutaka ShimadaKazuhiro Tsukada Original Article 22 June 2015 Pages: 575 - 582
Preoperative independent prognostic factors in patients with borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma following curative resection: the neutrophil-lymphocyte and platelet-lymphocyte ratios Sadaki AsariIppei MatsumotoYonson Ku Original Article 25 June 2015 Pages: 583 - 592
Correlation between histological invasiveness and the computed tomography value in pure ground-glass nodules Akihiko KitamiFumitoshi SanoToshiaki Kunimura Original Article Open access 30 June 2015 Pages: 593 - 598
Novel approach to pleurodesis with 50 % glucose for air leakage after lung resection or pneumothorax Kosuke FujinoYamato MotookaMakoto Suzuki Original Article Open access 24 July 2015 Pages: 599 - 602
Procalcitonin ratio and on-demand relaparotomy for septic peritonitis: validation of the focus index (FI) Volker AssfalgPetra WolfAlexander R. Novotny Original Article 27 July 2015 Pages: 603 - 612
Transanal drainage tube placement to prevent anastomotic leakage following colorectal cancer surgery with double stapling reconstruction Mutsuhito MatsudaMasashi TsurutaYuko Kitagawa Original Article 01 August 2015 Pages: 613 - 620
Beneficial effects of a cardiac support device on left ventricular remodeling after posterior myocardial infarction: an evaluation by echocardiography, pressure–volume curves and ventricular histology Miyako OkadaToshiaki AkitaKouichi Morioka Original Article 02 August 2015 Pages: 621 - 630
Retraction Note: Notice of formal retraction of articles by Dr. Akihiro Cho Yuichiro Doki Retraction Note 15 February 2016 Pages: 631 - 631