Pancreatic cancer treatment: better, but a long way to go Robert J. TorphyYuki FujiwaraRichard D. Schulick Review Article 30 May 2020 Pages: 1117 - 1125
Video-assisted neck surgery (VANS) using a gasless lifting procedure for thyroid and parathyroid diseases: “The VANS method from A to Z” Kazuo ShimizuKazuhide ShimizuTetsu Yamada Review Article Open access 14 November 2019 Pages: 1126 - 1137
Sarcopenia as an independent predictor of the surgical outcomes of patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a meta-analysis Adrienn ErősAlexandra SoósPatricia Sarlós Review Article Open access 15 October 2019 Pages: 1138 - 1150
Congenital vascular ring Naoki YoshimuraKazuaki FukaharaYuki Ikeno Review Article 01 November 2019 Pages: 1151 - 1158
General surgery and COVID-19: review of practical recommendations in the first pandemic phase Vittorio BresadolaCarlo BiddauCosimo Alex Leo Review Article Open access 27 July 2020 Pages: 1159 - 1167
Scheduled intravenous acetaminophen versus nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for better short-term outcomes after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer Jiro KawakamiTetsuya AbeYasuhiro Shimizu Original Article 16 April 2020 Pages: 1168 - 1175
Clinical significance of preoperative CA19-9 and lymph node metastasis in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma Tadafumi AsaokaShogo KobayashiHidetoshi Eguchi Original Article 27 March 2020 Pages: 1176 - 1186
Near-infrared fluorescence-guided surgery using indocyanine green facilitates secure infrapyloric lymph node dissection during laparoscopic distal gastrectomy Shin-Hoo ParkFelix BerlthHan-Kwang Yang Original Article 03 April 2020 Pages: 1187 - 1196
Facilitated completion of 1-year adjuvant S-1 monotherapy for pathological stage II or III gastric cancer by medical oncologists Yosuke KanoManabu OhashiSouya Nunobe Original Article 02 April 2020 Pages: 1197 - 1205
A nomogram for predicting rectovaginal fistula after low anterior resection for rectal cancer Ming-Jin HuangDao-Xiong YeYing Huang Original Article 12 July 2020 Pages: 1206 - 1212
Etiology and impact on outcomes of polycystic kidney disease in abdominal aortic aneurysm Mitsunori NakanoNaoyuki KimuraKazushige Hanaoka Original Article 06 April 2020 Pages: 1213 - 1222
Low metabolic activity in primary gastric adenocarcinoma is associated with resistance to chemoradiation and the presence of signet ring cells Kazuto HaradaMadhavi PatnanaJaffer A. Ajani Original Article 14 May 2020 Pages: 1223 - 1231
The duodenal tube test is more specific than hepatobiliary scintigraphy for identifying bile excretion in the differential diagnosis of biliary atresia Daiki YoshiiYukihiro InomataTaizo Hibi Original Article 20 April 2020 Pages: 1232 - 1239
Clinical outcomes of radical gastrectomy following trastuzumab-based chemotherapy for stage IV HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer Ryo TakahashiSouya NunobeNaoki Hiki Original Article 26 May 2020 Pages: 1240 - 1248
Can plain chest X-ray replace computed tomography for the follow-up of children who have undergone the Nuss procedure? Rei MatsuuraYuko TazukeHiroomi Okuyama Original Article 26 May 2020 Pages: 1249 - 1254
Open colectomy vs. laparoscopic colectomy in Japan: a retrospective study using real-world data from the diagnosis procedure combination database Takehide TajimaJun NagataKeiji Hirata Original Article 25 April 2020 Pages: 1255 - 1261
Ribcage procedure after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer involving the chest wall Hiroaki NomoriKoichi HonmaYu Oyama Original Article 05 May 2020 Pages: 1262 - 1271
The prognostic value of the prognostic nutritional index and inflammation-based markers in obstructive colorectal cancer Ryuichiro SatoMasaya OikawaTakashi Tsuchiya Original Article 28 April 2020 Pages: 1272 - 1281
An outcome analysis of predictive factors for portal or splenic vein thrombosis after distal pancreatectomy Nobutake TanakaSuguru YamadaYasuhiro Kodera Original Article 28 April 2020 Pages: 1282 - 1289
Influence of endoscopic resection on additional laparoscopic distal gastrectomy: a propensity score-matching analysis Koji ShindoJaymel CastilloMasufumi Nakamura Original Article 01 May 2020 Pages: 1290 - 1296
Impact of a board certification system and implementation of clinical practice guidelines for pancreatic cancer on mortality of pancreaticoduodenectomy Masamichi MizumaHiroyuki YamamotoYasuyuki Seto Original Article Open access 07 May 2020 Pages: 1297 - 1307
Hepatectomy using a novel cart-based indocyanine green fluorescence imaging system Seikan MiyashitaEtsuro HatanoToshihiro Okada How To Do It 29 April 2020 Pages: 1308 - 1313
Packing procedure effective for liver transplantation in hemophilic patients with HIV/HCV coinfection Susumu EguchiAkihiko SoyamaYasushi Miyazaki How To Do It 22 June 2020 Pages: 1314 - 1317
PD-L1, fibrosis, and immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma: the importance of a scientific method to explore observations and answer questions Fabio GrizziDorina QehajajMaurizio Chiriva-Internati Letter to the Editor 31 January 2020 Pages: 1318 - 1319
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