1. Lobectomy: Video-Assisted thoracic surgery versus posterolateral thoracotomy

   • Toshiro Ohbuchi
   • Toshiaki Morikawa
   • Hiroyuki Kato

   Orginal article Pages: 519 - 522

2. Pneumothorax due to hemangiopericytoma metastasis from the thigh

   • Junichi Yoshida
   • Toshihide Nakano
   • Akira Tanimura

   Case report Pages: 523 - 525

3. Reconstruction of thoracic wall defects after tumor resection using a polytetrafluoroethylene soft tissue (Gore-Tex) patch

   • Tadashi Akiba
   • Masamichi Takagi
   • Yoji Yamazaki

   Case report Pages: 526 - 529

4. Measurement of activated clotting time and whole blood heparin concentration during cardiopulmonary bypass

   • Takashi Watanabe
   • Kazuaki Shirota

   Letter to the editor Pages: 530 - 530

5. Reply

   • Tatsuhiko Komiya

   Letter to the Editor Pages: 530 - 531

6. Validity of transcranial doppler measurement of cerebral artery blood flow velocity during selective cerebral perfusion —An experimental study and clinical experiences-

   • Hideo Tanaka

   Orginal Article Pages: 532 - 537

7. Clinical evaluation of right gastroepiploic artery (rgea) graft —Comparison of RGEA with right internal thoracic artery (RITA) graft in the coronary bypass grafting (CABG) operation using only arterial grafts—

   • Saihou Hayashi
   • Masaru Sasaki
   • Yasushi Kawaue

   Orginal Article Pages: 538 - 543

8. A total correction for tetralogy of fallot without the use of homologous blood

   • Kazuhiro Kurisu
   • Kunihiro Yonenaga
   • Kikuo Nishimura

   Orginal Article Pages: 544 - 548

9. Significance of systemic inflammatory response syndrome after surgical treatment for thoracic esophageal cancer

   • Shun-ichi Watanabe
   • Hideo Sato
   • Masaaki Nakagawa

   Original article Pages: 549 - 555

10. Bluntthoracic injury

    • Hiroyuki Miura
    • Osamu Taira
    • Harubumi Kato

    Original article Pages: 556 - 560

11. Closed brock operation for an infant case of double outlet right ventricle with pulmonary atresia

    • Hiroyoshi Komai
    • Yasuaki Naito
    • Shigeru Uemura

    Case report Pages: 561 - 564

12. Aortic root replacement by cryopreserved homogrft for prosthetic valve detachment case due to aortitis

    • Taira Yamamoto
    • Haruo Makuuchi
    • Kenji Nonaka

    Case report Pages: 565 - 569

13. A case of active infective endocarditis in the remission phase of virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome

    • Ichiro Arioka
    • Hajime Maeta
    • Kazuhiro Mizoguchi

    Case Report Pages: 570 - 574

14. Video-assisted micabg for the patient with right mammary carcinoma —a case report—

    • Munemoto Endoh
    • Toshiya Ohtsuka
    • Shinichi Takamoto

    Case Report Pages: 575 - 578

15. Repair of complete atrioventricular septal defect with severe pulmonary hypertension -effect of re-pulmonary artery banding and analysis of lung biopsy a case report-

    • Motoshige Yamasaki
    • Shiori Kawasaki
    • Shigeo Yamaki

    Case Report Pages: 579 - 582

16. A successfuly treated case of empyema with a large tracheal fistula after subtotal esophagotomy by mediastinoscopy

    • Nobutaka Hatanaka
    • Kiyoshi Ohno
    • Keishi Kuwata

    Case Report Pages: 583 - 586