1. Stress Caused by Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery versus Conventional Cardiac Surgery: Incidence of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome

   • Kimikazu Hamano
   • Tsutomu Kawamura
   • Kensuke Esato

   OriginalPaper 24 February 2014 Pages: 117 - 121

2. Changes in Venous Hemodynamics after Superficial Vein Surgery for Mixed Superficial and Deep Venous Insufficiency

   • Albert C.W. Ting
   • Stephen W.K. Cheng
   • Grace C.Y. CheungB.Sc.

   OriginalPaper 24 February 2014 Pages: 122 - 125

3. Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of Patients with Hepatoblastoma

   • Sung-Eun Jung
   • Ki-Hong Kim
   • Woo-Ki Kim

   OriginalPaper 24 February 2014 Pages: 126 - 130

4. Liver Metastatic Model for Human Gastric Cancer Established by Orthotopic Tumor Cell Implantation

   • Koji Yamaguchi
   • Hideki Ura
   • Koichi Hirata

   OriginalPaper 24 February 2014 Pages: 131 - 137

5. Inguinal Hernia Repair in the New Millennium: Plug and Patch Repair with Local Anesthesia

   • Jürgen Zieren
   • Beatrix Hoksch
   • Jochen M. Müller

   OriginalPaper 24 February 2014 Pages: 138 - 141

6. Effect of Sucrose on Collagen Metabolism in Keloid, Hypertrophic Scar, and Granulation Tissue Fibroblast Cultures

   • Jyrki Kössi
   • Marko Vähä-Kreula
   • Matti Laato

   OriginalPaper 24 February 2014 Pages: 142 - 146

7. Peritoneal Regeneration after Implant of a Composite Prosthesis in the Abdominal Wall

   • Juan M. Bellón
   • Alberto García-Carranza
   • Julia Buján

   OriginalPaper 24 February 2014 Pages: 147 - 152

8. Benito Mussolini (1883–1945): Assassination Attempt at International Society of Surgeons Convention, Rise to Power, Medical History, and Final Days

   • Richard Carter

   OriginalPaper 24 February 2014 Pages: 153 - 155

9. Advances in General Thoracic Surgery: Introduction

   • James B.D. Mark, M.D.

   OriginalPaper 24 February 2014 Pages: 156 - 156

10. Place of Video-thoracoscopy in Thoracic Surgical Practice

    • Anthony P.C. Yim, M.D.
    • Tak Wai Lee, M.B., Ch.B.
    • Song Wan, M.D., Ph.D.

    OriginalPaper 24 February 2014 Pages: 157 - 161

11. Modern Anesthetic Techniques for Thoracic Operations

    • Jay B. Brodsky, M.D.
    • Brett Fitzmaurice, M.D.

    OriginalPaper 24 February 2014 Pages: 162 - 166

12. Advances in the Staging of Intrathoracic Malignancies

    • Richard I. Whyte, M.D.

    OriginalPaper 24 February 2014 Pages: 167 - 173

13. Targets for Molecular Intervention in Multistep Pulmonary Carcinogenesis

    • David S. Schrump, M.D.
    • Dao M. Nguyen, M.D.

    OriginalPaper 24 February 2014 Pages: 174 - 183

14. Appropriate Surgical Treatment of Resectable Non-small-cell Lung Cancer

    • Robert J. Korst, M.D.
    • Robert J. Ginsberg, M.D.

    OriginalPaper 24 February 2014 Pages: 184 - 188

15. What Is Appropriate Treatment for Carcinoma of the Thoracic Esophagus?

    • Simon Law, M.D.
    • John Wong, Ph.D.

    OriginalPaper 24 February 2014 Pages: 189 - 195

16. Transhiatal Esophagectomy for Treatment of Benign and Malignant Esophageal Disease

    • Mark B. Orringer
    • Becky Marshall
    • Mark D. Iannettoni

    OriginalPaper 24 February 2014 Pages: 196 - 203

17. Mediastinal Tumors: Diagnosis and Treatment

    • Cameron D. Wright, M.D.
    • Douglas J. Mathisen, M.D.

    OriginalPaper 24 February 2014 Pages: 204 - 209

18. Treatment of Malignant Mesothelioma

    • Michael T. Jaklitsch, M.D.
    • Sean C. Grondin, M.D.
    • David J. Sugarbaker, M.D.

    OriginalPaper 24 February 2014 Pages: 210 - 217

19. Surgical Treatment of Chest Wall Tumors

    • Matteo Incarbone, M.D.
    • Ugo Pastorino, M.D.

    OriginalPaper 24 February 2014 Pages: 218 - 230

20. Lung Volume Reduction Surgery for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Where Do We Stand?

    • Robert J. McKenna, Jr., M.D.
    • Arthur Gelb, M.D.
    • Matt Brenner, M.D.

    OriginalPaper 24 February 2014 Pages: 231 - 237

21. Lung Transplantation versus Lung Volume Reduction as Surgical Therapy for Emphysema

    • Bryan F. Meyers, M.D.
    • G. Alexander Patterson, M.D.

    OriginalPaper 24 February 2014 Pages: 238 - 243

22. Living Donor Lung Transplantation

    • Robbin G. Cohen, M.D.
    • Vaughn A. Starnes, M.D.

    OriginalPaper 24 February 2014 Pages: 244 - 250

23. Letters to the Editor

    • Pablo Ortega Deballon
    • Marìa Teresa Alonso Garcìa
    • Robert H. Hyland

    OriginalPaper 24 February 2014 Pages: 251 - 255