A history of esophageal surgery in the twentieth century Teruo KakegawaHiromasa Fujita Memorial Review Article 12 February 2009 Pages: 55 - 63
History of thoracoscopic surgery in Japan and the world Akio Wakabayashi Guest Review Article 12 February 2009 Pages: 64 - 70
Role of salvage esophagectomy after definitive chemoradiotherapy Yuji Tachimori Current Topics Review Article 12 February 2009 Pages: 71 - 78
Study of coronary artery bypass using the PAS-Port device: assessment by multidetector computed tomography Takeshiro FujiiYoshinori WatanabeNobuya Koyama Original Article 12 February 2009 Pages: 79 - 86
Short-term and long-term outcome in low body mass index patients undergoing cardiac surgery Nael Al-SarrafAdnan RazaEillish McGovern Original Article 12 February 2009 Pages: 87 - 93
Triple coronary artery bypass graft in a 10-year-old child with familial hypercholesterolemia Mohammad Hassan NematiBehrooz AstanehAfshad Joubeh Case Report 12 February 2009 Pages: 94 - 97
Surgical treatment for chronic lung and thoracic cavity infection Masanori KanedaTomohito TarukawaTakashi Sakai Case Report 12 February 2009 Pages: 98 - 103
Biphasic pulmonary blastoma with rapid progression Ryo MaedaNoritaka IsowaKazumichi Yamamoto Case Report 12 February 2009 Pages: 104 - 107
Airway compression by the ascending aorta due to a thin thoracic cage Yasuji TeradaEi NakayamaHideki Noda Case Report 12 February 2009 Pages: 108 - 110
Successful video-thoracoscopic drainage for descending necrotizing mediastinitis Yukio NakamuraAkihide MatsumuraNaoko Ose Case Report 12 February 2009 Pages: 111 - 115
Simple technique of talc delivery for video-assisted talc pleurodesis Rajwinder S. JutleySalman WaqarPradip K. Sarkar How to Do It 12 February 2009 Pages: 116 - 118