1. Expression of Cyclooxygenase-1 and -2 in Human Breast Cancer

   • Norio Yoshimura
   • Hajime Sano
   • Kenji Nakamura

   Original Articles Pages: 805 - 811

2. Transanal Laser Doppler Flowmetry to Assess Microcirculation in the Upper Rectum During Abdominal Aortic Aneurysmectomy

   • Ichiro Matsukura
   • Yoshinori Inoue
   • Takehisa Iwai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 812 - 816

3. New Surgical Technique for Primary and Secondary Voice Restoration Using a Free Ileocecal Patch Graft After Total Laryngectomy

   • Makoto Kobayashi
   • Naoya Onozuka
   • Wataru Kobayashi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 817 - 822

4. Long-Term Results of Subtotal Colectomy with Antiperistaltic Cecoproctostomy

   • Leopoldo Sarli
   • Renato Costi
   • Luigi Roncoroni

   OriginalPaper Pages: 823 - 827

5. Micronized Flavonoids in Pain Control After Hemorrhoidectomy: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study

   • Tahsin Colak
   • Tamer Akca
   • Suha Aydin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 828 - 832

6. Less Impaired Cell-Mediated Immune Response in the Murine Peritoneal Cavity After CO₂ Pneumoperitoneum

   • Kyuzo Fujii
   • Koichi Izumi
   • Seigo Kitano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 833 - 838

7. Evaluation of Carcinoembryonic Antigen mRNA in Living, Necrotic, and Apoptotic Gastric Cancer Cells by Reverse Transcriptase–Polymerase Chain Reaction

   • Noriaki Kojima
   • Katsuyuki Kunieda
   • Shigetoyo Saji

   OriginalPaper Pages: 839 - 846

8. Significance of Apoptosis Induced by Tumor Necrosis Factor-Α and/or Interferon-Γ Against Human Gastric Cancer Cell Lines and the Role of the p53 Gene

   • Takami Fukui
   • Kouji Matsui
   • Shigetoyo Saji

   OriginalPaper Pages: 847 - 853

9. Immunohistochemical Analysis of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Hepatocyte Growth Factor, and Their Receptors, in Transplanted Islets in Rats

   • Hiroaki Watanabe
   • Shoichiro Sumi
   • Tetsuya Higami

   OriginalPaper Pages: 854 - 860

10. Bilateral Pneumothorax Accompanied by Mild Deficiency Type Hemophilia A: Report of a Case

    • Akihiko Kitami
    • Takashi Suzuki
    • Yasuzo Hirota

    Case Reports Pages: 861 - 863

11. Distant Peritoneal Metastasis to a Mesh-Plug Prosthesis in a Gastrointestinal Cancer Patient: Report of a Case

    • Masato Imai
    • Yukifumi Kondo
    • Atsushi Hino

    OriginalPaper Pages: 864 - 866

12. Gastric Necrosis After an Infarction of the Spleen: Report of a Case

    • Kengo Kanetaka
    • Takashi Azuma
    • Takashi Kanematsu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 867 - 869

13. Primary Small Cell Carcinoma of the Common Bile Duct, in Which Surgical Treatment was Performed After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Report of a Case

    • Kazuaki Hazama
    • Yasuhiro Suzuki
    • Hiroyuki Katoh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 870 - 872

14. Appleby Operation for Pancreatic Body-Tail Carcinoma: Report of Three Cases

    • Koji Yamaguchi
    • Kenji Nakano
    • Masao Tanaka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 873 - 878

15. Adrenal Neuroblastoma in an Adult: Report of a Case

    • Fatih Ata Genc
    • Murat Aksoy
    • Tarik Terzioglu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 879 - 881

16. Passing the Right Internal Thoracic Artery Through the Transverse Sinus

    • Masaru Yoshikai
    • Keiji Kamohara
    • Junji Yunoki

    How to Do It Pages: 882 - 884