Is an accredited speciality board in esophageal surgery really needed? Masahiko Tsurumaru Editorial Pages: 411 - 412
Comparison of extended esophagectomy through mini-thoracotomy/laparotomy with conventional thoracotomy/laparotomy for esophageal cancer Kosuke NarumiyaTsutomu NakamuraKen Takasaki Original Article Pages: 413 - 419
Outcome of a pulmonary metastasectomy for an orthopedic malignancy Ryuichi SuemitsuIchiro YoshinoYoshihiko Maehara Original Article Pages: 420 - 425
Effect of the free radical scavenger MCI-186 on spinal cord reperfusion after transient ischemia in the rabbit Kenichi HashizumeToshihiko UedaRyohei Yozu Original Article Pages: 426 - 433
Magnetic resonance imaging for chylothorax after esophagectomy Satoru MotoyamaManabu OkuyamaJun-ichi Ogawa Case Report Pages: 434 - 436
Reoperation for a patient with starr-edwards aortic valve malfunction due to pannus formation twenty-nine years after implantation Takahisa OkanoMatthew D. HortonDavid A. Horton Case Report Pages: 437 - 439
Closure of a large bronchial fistula with a latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap Naoya KatsuragiYutsuki NakajimaNobumasa Takahashi Case Report Pages: 440 - 442
Pulmonary pleomorphic liposarcoma Takashi IbeYoshimi OtaniYasuo Morishita Case Report Pages: 443 - 447
Combined stent-graft and surgical treatment for a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm in a high risk patient Hiroya MinamiNobuhiko MukoharaTsutomu Shida Case Report Pages: 448 - 451
Intrathoracic omental herniation through the esophageal hiatus in a young patient Riichiroh MaruyamaTetsuya MiyamotoYukito Ichinose Case Report Pages: 452 - 454
Successfully treated lingual tonsillar metastasis from bronchial adenocarcinoma Hiroyoshi TsubochiKatsuhiko IsogamiTadashi Imai Case Report Pages: 455 - 457
Primary cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma following a uterine leiomyosarcoma Koji TsutsumiYoshio AidaMikihiko Ookura Case Report Pages: 458 - 462