1. Aortoesophageal fistula: review of trends in the last decade

   • Shinsuke Takeno
   • Hiroto Ishii
   • Kunihide Nakamura

   Review Article 16 December 2019 Pages: 1551 - 1559

   

2. Clinical implications of cancer stem cells in digestive cancers: acquisition of stemness and prognostic impact

   • Ryouichi Tsunedomi
   • Kiyoshi Yoshimura
   • Hiroaki Nagano

   Review Article 05 February 2020 Pages: 1560 - 1577

   

3. Neuroendocrine tumors of the lung: clinicopathological and molecular features

   • Akira Iyoda
   • Yoko Azuma
   • Atsushi Sano

   Review Article 19 March 2020 Pages: 1578 - 1584

4. Is there disparity between regions and facilities in surgical resident training in Japan? Insights from a national survey

   • Daisuke Hashimoto
   • Saseem Poudel
   • Japan Surgical Society Residency Curriculum Review Working Group, Japan Surgical Society Education Committee

   Original Article 02 June 2020 Pages: 1585 - 1593

   

5. The pivotal predictor of severe postoperative complications of pancreatoduodenectomy: complex links of bacterial contamination from preoperative biliary drainage

   • Rumi Itoyama
   • Hirohisa Okabe
   • Hideo Baba

   Original Article 10 July 2020 Pages: 1594 - 1600

   

6. Pelvic exenteration associated with future renal dysfunction

   • Masanori Sando
   • Kay Uehara
   • Masato Nagino

   Original Article 01 June 2020 Pages: 1601 - 1609

   

7. Prognostic nutrition index affects the prognosis of patients undergoing trimodality therapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer

   • Junichi Soh
   • Ken Suzawa
   • Shinichi Toyooka

   Original Article 10 September 2020 Pages: 1610 - 1618

   

8. Redo thyroid surgery without drains

   • Bassam Abboud
   • Alaa El-kheir

   Original Article 04 July 2020 Pages: 1619 - 1625

9. Where do you insert a drain tube during breast reconstruction?

   • Hiroshi Nishioka
   • Yoshichika Yasunaga
   • Ken-ichi Ito

   Original Article 07 June 2020 Pages: 1626 - 1632

   

10. Prognostic nutritional index and postoperative outcomes in patients with colon cancer after laparoscopic surgery

    • Tetsuro Tominaga
    • Toshiya Nagasaki
    • Masashi Ueno

    Original Article 17 June 2020 Pages: 1633 - 1643

    

11. Current status of surgery for clinical stage IA lung cancer in Japan: analysis of the national clinical database

    • Norihiko Ikeda
    • Shunsuke Endo
    • Takashi Kondo

    Original Article Open access 05 July 2020 Pages: 1644 - 1651

12. Exfoliated cancer cells during intersphincteric resection for very low rectal cancer

    • Yoshikazu Koide
    • Kotaro Maeda
    • Ichiro Uyama

    Original Article 02 July 2020 Pages: 1652 - 1656

    

13. Identification of risk factors for open conversion from laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis based on computed tomography findings

    • Ryosuke Hirohata
    • Tomoyuki Abe
    • Masahiro Nakahara

    Original Article 05 July 2020 Pages: 1657 - 1663

    

14. Safe exposure of the left renal vein during laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: anatomical variations and pitfalls

    • Hitoe Nishino
    • Yuichi Nagakawa
    • Akihiko Tsuchida

    Original Article 23 June 2020 Pages: 1664 - 1671

    

15. Independent predictors of secondary invasive pancreatic remnant tumors after initial resection of an intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm: a nationwide large-scale survey in Japan

    • Yutaka Takigawa
    • Minoru Kitago
    • Junichi Matsui

    Original Article Open access 13 July 2020 Pages: 1672 - 1680

    

16. A phase II study of ramelteon for the prevention of postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing gastrectomy

    • Shinsaku Honda
    • Kenichiro Furukawa
    • Masanori Terashima

    Original Article 08 July 2020 Pages: 1681 - 1686

    

17. Evaluation of negative-pressure wound therapy for surgical site infections after ileostomy closure in colorectal cancer patients: a prospective multicenter study

    • Koichi Okuya
    • Ichiro Takemasa
    • Masayuki Ishii

    Original Article 07 July 2020 Pages: 1687 - 1693

    

18. Clinically applicable cases of anti-programmed cell death protein 1 immunotherapy for colorectal cancer patients

    • Kenichi Chikatani
    • Noriyasu Chika
    • Hideyuki Ishida

    Short Communication 06 April 2020 Pages: 1694 - 1698

    

19. Implantation of human adipose-derived stromal cells for the functional recovery of a murine heat-damaged muscle model

    • Norikatsu Miyoshi
    • Shiki Fujino
    • Tsunekazu Mizushima

    Short Communication 27 July 2020 Pages: 1699 - 1706

    

20. Oncoplastic breast surgery combining partial mastectomy with a triangular skin resection and re-centralization of the nipple-areola

    • Yuko Kijima
    • Munetsugu Hirata
    • Shoji Natsugoe

    How To Do It 10 June 2020 Pages: 1707 - 1711

    

21. Successful pulmonary embolectomy with central extra-corporeal membranous oxygenation for acute pulmonary thromboembolism

    • Hironobu Wada
    • Takahiro Nakajima
    • Ichiro Yoshino

    How To Do It 12 June 2020 Pages: 1712 - 1715

    

22. Reply to comment on “Is surgical resection superior to proton beam therapy for operable hepatocellular carcinoma?”

    • Shunsuke Tamura
    • Yukiyasu Okamura

    Letter to the Editor 26 March 2020 Pages: 1716 - 1716