Novel quantitative and objective structured assessment of technical skill for slip knotting Shun WatanabeTetsuya KitagawaMasanori Nishimura Original Article 15 October 2019 Pages: 557 - 564
The learning curve of minimally invasive aortic valve replacement for aortic valve stenosis Takahiko MasudaYoshitsugu NakamuraTakaki Hori Original Article 28 October 2019 Pages: 565 - 570
Outcomes of mitral valve replacement with bileaflet mechanical prosthetic valve in children Takuya OkamotoToshihide NakanoHideaki Kado Original Article 28 October 2019 Pages: 571 - 577
Cardioprotective effect of hyperkalemic cardioplegia in an aquaporin 7-deficient murine heart Masahiro FujiiKeisuke OtaRyuzo Bessho Original Article 09 November 2019 Pages: 578 - 584
Free triiodothyronine (fT3) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) predict in-hospital mortality after valve surgery Hiroshi MukaidaMasakazu HayashidaAtsushi Amano Original Article 08 November 2019 Pages: 585 - 595
Replacement of the descending thoracic aortic aneurysm with partial cardiopulmonary bypass in the era of endovascular repair Kyokun UeharaHitoshi MatsudaJunjiro Kobayashi Original Article 20 November 2019 Pages: 596 - 603
Thoraco-abdominal neuroblastoma resection: the thoracophrenolaparotomic (TPL) approach Giuseppe MartuccielloIrene ParaboschiFederica Fati Original Article 09 December 2019 Pages: 604 - 608
Investigation of surgical technique for bronchial stump closure after lobectomy in animal model Kimitaka MakidonoYoshihiro MiyataMorihito Okada Original Article 19 December 2019 Pages: 609 - 614
Long-term effects of pleural defect repair using sheet materials in a canine model Eiichi KanaiNoriyuki MatsutaniTakashi Sakai Original Article 11 December 2019 Pages: 615 - 622
The impact of perioperative heparin bridging therapy in lung cancer surgery Masataka MoriYoshinobu IchikiFumihiro Tanaka Original Article 17 December 2019 Pages: 623 - 628
Extended sandwich technique via the right atrial approach for post-infarction posterior ventricular septal rupture Koji FurukawaYukie ShirasakiKunihide Nakamura Case Report 15 May 2019 Pages: 629 - 632
Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting via left anterior thoracotomy from the 4th costal space in a patient with total laryngectomy and a permanent tracheostoma Kei AkiyoshiArakawa MamoruKoichi Adachi Case Report 20 May 2019 Pages: 633 - 636
Successful staged repair of pulmonary atresia, ventricular septal defect, and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries in an extremely low birth weight infant Yujiro IdeMasaya MurataKisaburo Sakamoto Case Report 30 May 2019 Pages: 637 - 640
Cor triatriatum with Raghib complex in partial atrioventricular septal defect and common atrium: a rare combination Wan Ki BaekYoung Sam KimJoung Taek Kim Case Report 27 June 2019 Pages: 641 - 643
Delayed cut-end recurrence after wedge resection for pulmonary ground-glass opacity adenocarcinoma despite negative surgical margin Keigo SekiharaJunji YoshidaMasahiro Tsuboi Case Report 18 July 2019 Pages: 644 - 648
A different technique in the treatment of intraparenchymally located needle aspiration: turn it around–see–move out Gürhan ÖzSibel GünayOkan Solak Case Report 30 July 2019 Pages: 649 - 651
Aortic inflation with agar injection is a useful method of cadaveric preparation which creates a mediastinal anatomy that better mimics the living body for surgical training Yutaka TokairinYasuaki NakajimaYusuke Kinugasa How to Do It 28 November 2019 Pages: 652 - 654
Dilation of tracheal stenosis below tracheostomy tube with Dolphin percutaneous tracheostomy kit Alfonso FiorelliMary BoveFausto Ferraro How to Do It 11 February 2020 Pages: 655 - 658
