Is prophylactic mechanical ventilation really necessary after esophageal surgery? Takashi Nishino Editorial Pages: 123 - 124
Impairment of chest wall mechanics and increased chest wall work of breathing cause postoperative respiratory failure in patients who have undergone radical esophagectomy Katsusuke MurataTatsuya Kubota Original articles Pages: 125 - 131
The combination of a fiberoptic stylet and a McCoy laryngoscope facilitates tracheal intubation in difficult airway cases Nobuhiro SarukiShigeru SaitoRyuji Tozawa Pages: 132 - 135
Effect of infraorbital nerve block under general anesthesia on consumption of isoflurane and postoperative pain in endoscopic endonasal maxillary sinus surgery Tomoaki HigashizawaYoshihisa Koga Pages: 136 - 138
Respiratory system compliance and postoperative ventilator dependence in neonates with left-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia Muneyuki TakeuchiKeiko KinouchiSeiji Kitamura Pages: 139 - 144
Do age-based formulae predict the appropriate endotracheal tube sizes in Japanese children? Koichi TakitaYuji MorimotoOsamu Kemmotsu Pages: 145 - 148
Effects of ketamine on voltage-dependent calcium currents and membrane potentials in single bullfrog atrial cells Noboru HatakeyamaMitsuaki YamazakiYasunori Momose Pages: 149 - 153
Antinociceptive efficacy of antidepressants: assessment of five antidepressants and four monoamine receptors in rats Naoki OtsukaYuji KiuchiAkiyoshi Hosoyamada Pages: 154 - 158
Effects of propofol and thiopental on the central nervous system during nociceptive stimulation in cats Takefumi InadaKohhei MuraoAtsushi Nagata Pages: 159 - 163
A case of tetralogy of Fallot with no neurological deficit after prolonged hypoxia Hirofumi HinoTatsuya FukuyamaTadashi Aoki Clinical reports Pages: 164 - 166
Pneumothorax of undetermined etiology occurring during general anesthesia Daisuke AshikawaHideki SanoShigehito Sato Pages: 167 - 169
Spinal cord infarction in a patient undergoing left pyeloplasty in the right lateral kidney position Yukiko MukuboMiwako Kawamata Pages: 170 - 172
Successful relief of hip joint pain by percutaneous radiofrequency nerve thermocoagulation in a patient with contraindications for hip arthroplasty Sei FukuiShuichi Nosaka Pages: 173 - 175
Pyogenic spondylitis and epidural abscess distant from the site of continuous epidural block in a patient with postherpetic neuralgia Keisuke YamadaMika OhnariKazuo Hamatani Pages: 176 - 178
Clinical application of amantadine, an NMDA antagonist, for neuropathic pain Sei FukuiYasuo KomodaShuichi Nosaka Pages: 179 - 181
Severe sinoatrial dysfunction after esophageal surgery: a case report Shinji TakahashiTaro MizutaniHidenori Toyooka Pages: 182 - 184
Epidural injection with saline for treatment of postspinal headache: comparison with epidural blood patch Manabu KakinohanaYuichiro OdoKazuhiro Sugahara Pages: 185 - 187
Femoral arterial hypotension secondary to the placement of a pediatric intraaortic balloon Motoshi KainumaToshiyuki Miyake Letter to the editor Pages: 188 - 189
