1. The urinary and sexual outcomes of robot-assisted versus laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   • Hua Yang
   • Lei Zhou

   Review Article 21 March 2023 Pages: 397 - 406

   

2. Osteosarcopenia is a significant predictor of recurrence and the prognosis after resection for extrahepatic bile duct cancer

   • Michinori Matsumoto
   • Shinji Onda
   • Toru Ikegami

   Original Article 12 September 2023 Pages: 407 - 418

   

3. Influence of surgical volume on the mortality and morbidity of gastrointestinal perforation in children

   • Keita Terui
   • Hisateru Tachimori
   • Tomoro Hishiki

   Original Article 24 August 2023 Pages: 419 - 427

   

4. Simulation to determine the approach of transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients undergoing hemodialysis

   • Yusuke Takei
   • Shunsuke Saito
   • Hirotsugu Fukuda

   Original Article Open access 05 September 2023 Pages: 428 - 435

   

5. Dynamics of perioperative pancreatic exocrine function in patients undergoing reconstruction after gastrectomy for gastric cancer

   • Takashi Nakayama
   • Katsutoshi Shoda
   • Daisuke Ichikawa

   Original Article 28 September 2023 Pages: 436 - 441

   

6. Indications for neoadjuvant chemotherapy in older patients undergoing esophagectomy for esophageal cancer

   • Kotaro Yamashita
   • Kota Momose
   • Yuichiro Doki

   Original Article 31 October 2023 Pages: 442 - 451

   

7. Clinical outcome and neurological development of patients with biliary atresia associated with a bleeding tendency: a single institution experience

   • Ryuta Masuya
   • Toshihiro Muraji
   • Satoshi Ieiri

   Original Article 31 August 2023 Pages: 452 - 458

   

8. Impact of a board certification system and adherence to the clinical practice guidelines for gastric cancer on risk-adjusted surgical mortality after distal and total gastrectomy in Japan: a questionnaire survey of departments registered in the National Clinical Database

   • Hiroyuki Yamamoto
   • Atsushi Nashimoto
   • Yasuyuki Seto

   Original Article 18 November 2023 Pages: 459 - 470

   

9. Feasible living donor liver transplantation for patients on chronic hemodialysis: a multicenter study in East Asian countries

   • Kenei Furukawa
   • Kwang-Woong Lee
   • Kyung-Suk Suh

   Original Article 24 September 2023 Pages: 471 - 477

   

10. Technical outcomes of robotic-assisted surgery versus laparoscopic surgery for rectal tumors: a single-center safety and feasibility study

    • Jesse Y. Tajima
    • Ryoma Yokoi
    • Nobuhisa Matsuhashi

    Original Article Open access 01 November 2023 Pages: 478 - 486

    

11. The safe implementation of peripherally inserted central catheters by nurse practitioners for patients with gastroenterological diseases in Japan: a single-center retrospective study

    • Yuriko Takematsu
    • Susumu Shibasaki
    • Koichi Suda

    Original Article 21 September 2023 Pages: 487 - 495

    

12. Effects of communication delay in the dual cockpit remote robotic surgery system

    • Yoshiya Takahashi
    • Kenichi Hakamada
    • Masaki Mori

    Original Article Open access 09 December 2023 Pages: 496 - 501

    

13. Thoracoscopic precision excision technique for small lung lesions using radiofrequency identification marking

    • Yojiro Yutaka
    • Masatsugu Hamaji
    • Hiroshi Date

    How To Do It 07 December 2023 Pages: 502 - 505

    

14. The effect of a low preoperative albumin level on the long-term mortality: a meta-regression analysis

    • I.-Wen Chen
    • Wei-Ting Wang
    • Kuo-Chuan Hung

    Letter to the Editor 23 January 2024 Pages: 506 - 507