1. Video-assisted lobectomy for a lung cancer patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

   • Kiyoshi Koizumi
   • Shuji Haraguchi
   • Shigeo Tanaka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 569 - 576

2. Haemostatic profile of small children during and following cardiopulmonary bypass

   • Fumio Fukumura
   • Akira Sese
   • Hiromichi Sonoda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 577 - 581

3. Left thoracotomy approach in reoperative off-pump coronary revascularization

   • Masahito Minakawa
   • Kenji Takahashi
   • Ikuo Fukuda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 582 - 587

4. Preliminary results of intermittent retrograde cerebral perfusion during proximal aortic arch surgery

   • Shinpei Yoshii
   • Okihiko Akashi
   • Hiroji Higuchi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 588 - 593

5. Cardiac involvement of hydatid disease

   • Ali Gürbüz
   • Ömer Tetik
   • Cengiz Özbek

   OriginalPaper Pages: 594 - 598

6. Prediction of hematogenous recurrence in patients with esophageal carcinoma

   • Hiroyuki Kato
   • Tatsuya Miyazaki
   • Hiroyuki Kuwano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 599 - 608

7. Concomitant David’s operation and total arch replacement for acute type A aortic dissection

   • Yasuhisa Shimazaki
   • Kunihiro Uesho
   • Kiyoshige Inui

   OriginalPaper Pages: 609 - 611

8. Successful repair of supravalvular aortic stenosis with ostial stenosis of the left coronary artery using Brom’s three patch technique

   • Jinichi Iwase
   • Kazuyoshi Tajima
   • Keisuke Tanaka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 612 - 615

9. Cusp commissuroplasty for tricuspid valve endocarditis

   • Yoshiharu Hamanaka
   • Norimasa Mitsui
   • Taira Kobayashi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 616 - 618

10. Transapical aortic cannulation using a deep hypothermic procedure through a left thoracotomy for acute traumatic aortic rupture

    • Takahiro Takemura
    • Yoshiei Shimamura
    • Shizuko Iwasa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 619 - 621

11. Off-pump redo coronary artery bypass grafting from descending aorta to the posterolateral area through a left thoracotomy in patients with a patent internal thoracic artery graft

    • Kazuhiko Nishizaki
    • Toshio Seki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 622 - 625

12. Video-assisted S⁶b-subsegmental resection after computed tomography guided localization of pulmonary nodules

    • Shunsuke Yamada
    • Tadasu Kohno
    • Yoshiaki Abe

    OriginalPaper Pages: 626 - 629

13. Surgical repair for tracheo-innominate artery fistula with a muscle flap

    • Yoshihiro Sawamura
    • Kei Takase
    • Koichi Tabayashi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 630 - 633

14. Atrophic degeneration and loss of myocytes of residual left ventricular myocardium after Dor operation for ischemic cardiomyopathy associated with left ventricular remodeling

    • Kiyokazu Kokaji
    • Masahiko Okamoto
    • Kentaroh Hotoda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 634 - 637

15. Spontaneous thymic cyst hemorrhage causing hemothorax

    • Kiyoshi Ohno
    • Tomoki Utsumi
    • Yuko Suzuki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 638 - 640