1. RET Oncogene Expression of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in Korea

   • Ki-Wook Chung
   • Myung Chul Chang
   • Yeo-Kyu Youn

   Original Articles Pages: 485 - 492

2. Accuracy of Preoperative Pinhole Subtraction Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography for Patients with Primary and Recurrent Hyperparathyroidism in an Endemic Goiter Area

   • Christoph Profanter
   • Michael Gabriel
   • Rupert Prommegger

   OriginalPaper Pages: 493 - 497

3. Division of the Pulmonary Ligament After Upper Lobectomy is Less Effective for the Obliteration of Dead Space than Leaving It Intact

   • Hidehito Matsuoka
   • Hiroshi Nakamura
   • Noriaki Tsubota

   OriginalPaper Pages: 498 - 500

4. Cerebral Perfusion During Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

   • Masataka Yoda
   • Masaki Nonoyama
   • Tadayuki Shimakura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 501 - 505

5. Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Japan

   • Satoshi Takeyama
   • Akihiko Numata
   • Hiroyuki Katoh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 506 - 509

6. Long-Term Results of High-Dose Extracorporeal and Endocavitary Radiation Therapy Followed by Abdominoperineal Resection for Distal Rectal Cancer

   • Hirofumi Ishikawa
   • Hisao Fujii
   • Yoshiyuki Nakajima

   OriginalPaper Pages: 510 - 517

7. Amyloid Tumor in the Anterior Mediastinum: Report of a Case

   • Shinzo Takamori
   • Hirohisa Yano
   • Kazuo Shirouzu

   Case Reports Pages: 518 - 520

8. Synovial Sarcoma of the Mediastinum: Report of a Case

   • Masashi Gotoh
   • Sachiho Furukawa
   • Yoshito Matsubara

   OriginalPaper Pages: 521 - 524

9. Benefits of Home Parenteral Nutrition Before Lung Transplantation: Report of a Case

   • Yoshifumi Inoue
   • Masato Minami
   • Hikaru Matsuda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 525 - 528

10. Successful Endovascular Stent-Graft Treatment for an Aortoesophageal Fistula Caused by a Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm: Report of a Case

    • Toshiya Nishibe
    • Jun Koizumi
    • Keishu Yasuda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 529 - 531

11. Diagnosis and Treatment of a Gastric Hamartomatous Inverted Polyp: Report of a Case

    • Masahiko Aoki
    • Masashi Yoshida
    • Masaki Kitajima

    OriginalPaper Pages: 532 - 536

12. Tuberculous Gastric Perforation: Report of a Case

    • Deborshi Sharma
    • Arun Gupta
    • Vinod Arora

    OriginalPaper Pages: 537 - 541

13. Gastrointestinal Metastases from Malignant Melanoma: Report of a Case

    • Wojciech M. Wysocki
    • Andrzej L. Komorowski
    • Zbigniew Darasz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 542 - 546

14. Retractile Mesenteritis: Report of a Case

    • Toru Ikegami
    • Yukiharu Sasaki
    • Teruyoshi Ishida

    OriginalPaper Pages: 547 - 549

15. Melanotic Schwannoma of the Pancreas: Report of a Case

    • Takashi Akiyoshi
    • Yuji Ueda
    • Jiro Ohuchida

    OriginalPaper Pages: 550 - 553

16. Primary Melanoma of the Adrenal Gland, a Continuous Dilemma: Report of a Case

    • Lucas Esteban Granero
    • Taha Al-Lawati
    • Jean-Yves Bobin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 554 - 556

17. Diagnostic Lobectomy for Unilateral Follicular Nodules of the Thyroid Gland

    • Guglielmo Ardito
    • Luca Revelli
    • Francesco Rulli

    How to Do It Pages: 557 - 559

18. Direct-Vision Retrosternal Dissection Using the Kent Retractor for Sternal Re-Entry

    • Kenji Kuwaki
    • Masaru Tsukamoto
    • Tomio Abe

    OriginalPaper Pages: 560 - 561

19. Laparoscopic Left-Sided Nissen Fundoplication in Children

    • Kiyokazu Nakajima
    • Hisayoshi Kawahara
    • Akira Okada

    OriginalPaper Pages: 562 - 564