1. Multiple systems failure and circulatory support

   • Arthur E. Baue
   • Donald Guthrie

   Review Article Pages: 69 - 85

2. Current status of surgical therapy for primary liver cancer in Japan

   • Takayoshi Tobe

   Review Article Pages: 86 - 89

3. Kay's mitral valve repair for mitral regurgitation due to ruptured chordae tendineae clinical and hemodynamic observations

   • Kanzi Matsui
   • Akira Sese
   • Kouichi Tokunaga

   Original Communications Pages: 90 - 95

4. Esophageal cancer associated with primary early gastric cancer

   • Michio Maeta
   • Shigemasa Koga
   • Akio Izumi

   Original Communications Pages: 96 - 100

5. Hyperthermo-chemo-radiotherapy for carcinoma of the esophagus

   • Keizo Sugimachi
   • Kiyoshi Inokuchi
   • Yasunori Natsuda

   Original Communications Pages: 101 - 105

6. Recurrent gastric carcinoma —Analysis of 100 in-patients—

   • Tadashi Kano
   • Ryunosuke Kumashiro
   • Kiyoshi Inokuchi

   Original Communications Pages: 106 - 111

7. Late results of postoperative long-term cancer chemotherapy for the gastric cancer patients subjected to curative resection

   • Tadashi Kano
   • Ryunosuke Kumashiro
   • Kiyoshi Inokuchi

   Original Communications Pages: 112 - 116

8. Short chain fatty acid in intestinal obstruction

   • Tsuneo Fukushima
   • Masaru Kawamoto
   • Shuji Tsuchiya

   Original Communications Pages: 117 - 121

9. Effects of total pancreatectomy on the secretion of gut glucagon in humans

   • Kenzo Yasui

   Original Communications Pages: 122 - 129

10. Experience with a left gastric venacaval shunt for esophageal varices

    • Shunichi Hoshino
    • Hitoshi Inoue
    • Kenji Honda

    Original Communications Pages: 130 - 134

11. Simultaneous radical surgical treatment for membranous obstruction of the inferior vena cava and the coincident hepatocellular carcinoma —the first successful case—

    • Eizo Okamoto
    • Fumiya Suzuki
    • Shiro Fujiwara

    Original Communications Pages: 135 - 140

12. Renal autotransplantation —Results of 15 years follow-up—

    • Joichi Kumazawa
    • Zenjiro Masaki
    • Shunro Momose

    Original Communications Pages: 141 - 145

13. Sinus node potential during cold cardioplegia

    • Akira Furuse
    • Yutaka Kotsuka
    • Ken-ichi Asano

    Original Communications Pages: 146 - 151

14. Adrenal medullary secretion of dopamine in response to hemorrhagic and endotoxin-induced shock in dogs

    • Toshinori Ohmiya

    Original Communications Pages: 152 - 158

15. Evaluation of oxidized regenerated cellulose for prevention of postoperative intraperitoneal adhesions

    • Kazunori Nishimura
    • Andre Bieniarz
    • Gere S. diZerega

    Original Communications Pages: 159 - 163