Aortoesophageal fistula: review of trends in the last decade Shinsuke TakenoHiroto IshiiKunihide Nakamura Review Article 16 December 2019 Pages: 1551 - 1559
Clinical implications of cancer stem cells in digestive cancers: acquisition of stemness and prognostic impact Ryouichi TsunedomiKiyoshi YoshimuraHiroaki Nagano Review Article 05 February 2020 Pages: 1560 - 1577
Neuroendocrine tumors of the lung: clinicopathological and molecular features Akira IyodaYoko AzumaAtsushi Sano Review Article 19 March 2020 Pages: 1578 - 1584
Is there disparity between regions and facilities in surgical resident training in Japan? Insights from a national survey Daisuke HashimotoSaseem PoudelJapan Surgical Society Residency Curriculum Review Working Group, Japan Surgical Society Education Committee Original Article 02 June 2020 Pages: 1585 - 1593
The pivotal predictor of severe postoperative complications of pancreatoduodenectomy: complex links of bacterial contamination from preoperative biliary drainage Rumi ItoyamaHirohisa OkabeHideo Baba Original Article 10 July 2020 Pages: 1594 - 1600
Pelvic exenteration associated with future renal dysfunction Masanori SandoKay UeharaMasato Nagino Original Article 01 June 2020 Pages: 1601 - 1609
Prognostic nutrition index affects the prognosis of patients undergoing trimodality therapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer Junichi SohKen SuzawaShinichi Toyooka Original Article 10 September 2020 Pages: 1610 - 1618
Redo thyroid surgery without drains Bassam AbboudAlaa El-kheir Original Article 04 July 2020 Pages: 1619 - 1625
Where do you insert a drain tube during breast reconstruction? Hiroshi NishiokaYoshichika YasunagaKen-ichi Ito Original Article 07 June 2020 Pages: 1626 - 1632
Prognostic nutritional index and postoperative outcomes in patients with colon cancer after laparoscopic surgery Tetsuro TominagaToshiya NagasakiMasashi Ueno Original Article 17 June 2020 Pages: 1633 - 1643
Current status of surgery for clinical stage IA lung cancer in Japan: analysis of the national clinical database Norihiko IkedaShunsuke EndoTakashi Kondo Original Article Open access 05 July 2020 Pages: 1644 - 1651
Exfoliated cancer cells during intersphincteric resection for very low rectal cancer Yoshikazu KoideKotaro MaedaIchiro Uyama Original Article 02 July 2020 Pages: 1652 - 1656
Identification of risk factors for open conversion from laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis based on computed tomography findings Ryosuke HirohataTomoyuki AbeMasahiro Nakahara Original Article 05 July 2020 Pages: 1657 - 1663
Safe exposure of the left renal vein during laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: anatomical variations and pitfalls Hitoe NishinoYuichi NagakawaAkihiko Tsuchida Original Article 23 June 2020 Pages: 1664 - 1671
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 TakigawaMinoru KitagoJunichi Matsui Original Article Open access 13 July 2020 Pages: 1672 - 1680
A phase II study of ramelteon for the prevention of postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing gastrectomy Shinsaku HondaKenichiro FurukawaMasanori Terashima Original Article 08 July 2020 Pages: 1681 - 1686
Evaluation of negative-pressure wound therapy for surgical site infections after ileostomy closure in colorectal cancer patients: a prospective multicenter study Koichi OkuyaIchiro TakemasaMasayuki Ishii Original Article 07 July 2020 Pages: 1687 - 1693
Clinically applicable cases of anti-programmed cell death protein 1 immunotherapy for colorectal cancer patients Kenichi ChikataniNoriyasu ChikaHideyuki Ishida Short Communication 06 April 2020 Pages: 1694 - 1698
Implantation of human adipose-derived stromal cells for the functional recovery of a murine heat-damaged muscle model Norikatsu MiyoshiShiki FujinoTsunekazu Mizushima Short Communication 27 July 2020 Pages: 1699 - 1706
Oncoplastic breast surgery combining partial mastectomy with a triangular skin resection and re-centralization of the nipple-areola Yuko KijimaMunetsugu HirataShoji Natsugoe How To Do It 10 June 2020 Pages: 1707 - 1711
Successful pulmonary embolectomy with central extra-corporeal membranous oxygenation for acute pulmonary thromboembolism Hironobu WadaTakahiro NakajimaIchiro Yoshino How To Do It 12 June 2020 Pages: 1712 - 1715
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