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Clinical implications of the preoperative lymphocyte C-reactive protein ratio in esophageal cancer patients Akira YamamotoYuji ToiyamaMasaki Ohi Original Article 01 November 2020 Pages: 745 - 755
Machine learning to predict the cancer-specific mortality of patients with primary non-metastatic invasive breast cancer Cheng-Mao ZhouQiong XueJian-Jun Yang Original Article 26 October 2020 Pages: 756 - 763
Enhanced patterns on intraoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasonography predict outcomes after curative liver resection in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma Ikuo NakamuraEtsuro HatanoHiroko Iijima Original Article 22 September 2020 Pages: 764 - 776
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Standard versus eversion-modified double-staple technique for low colorectal anastomoses after resection of rectal cancer Giulio IlluminatiRocco PasquaMario Valle Original Article Open access 31 October 2020 Pages: 785 - 791
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Oligometastatic recurrence as a prognostic factor after curative resection of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma Takeshi MorinagaMasaaki IwatsukiHideo Baba Original Article 01 November 2020 Pages: 798 - 806
Usefulness of laparoscopic surgery and preoperative examinations for chronic recurrent small bowel obstruction Masashi YahagiYoshiyuki IshiiMasahiko Watanabe Original Article 10 January 2021 Pages: 807 - 813
Relationship between the tumor location and clinicopathological features in left-sided pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma Teijiro HirashitaYukio IwashitaMasafumi Inomata Original Article 24 September 2020 Pages: 814 - 820
Short-term outcomes of gastrectomy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for clinical stage III gastric cancer: propensity score-matched analysis of a multi-institutional database Shinichi UmedaMitsuro KandaYasuhiro Kodera Original Article 10 November 2020 Pages: 821 - 828
Educational application of intraoperative records from an energy device in laparoscopic gastrectomy: a preliminary report Hisahiro HosogiKazutaka ObamaYoshiharu Sakai Original Article 11 October 2020 Pages: 829 - 835
A method to identify pulmonary intersegmental planes with intravenous vitamin B2 injection Daisuke SaitoIsao MatsumotoHirofumi Takemura Original Article 14 September 2020 Pages: 836 - 843
Transvaginal peritoneocele repair with anterior levatorplasty for patients with a rectocele and an enterocele Kotaro MaedaYoshikazu KoideYeong Cheol Cheong How To Do It 08 October 2020 Pages: 844 - 847