1. Influence of Japan's New Diagnosis Procedure Combination-Based Payment System on the Surgical Sector: Does it Really Shorten the Hospital Stay?

   • Hideo Yasunaga
   • Hiroo Ide
   • Kazukiko Ohe

   Original Articles Pages: 577 - 585

2. Expanding Hematoma After Extraperiosteal Paraffin Plombage

   • Hisaichi Tanaka
   • Akihide Matsumura
   • Keiji Iuchi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 586 - 589

3. Clinical and Pathologic Features of Fibroadenoma of the Mastopathic Type

   • Hajime Kuroda
   • Ikuya Takeuchi
   • Shinji Itoyama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 590 - 595

4. Large Vessel — Sternum Adhesion After Cardiac Surgery; A Risk-Factor Analysis

   • Takashi Yamauchi
   • Yuji Miyamoto
   • Yoshiki Sawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 596 - 601

5. Surgical Experience of Cardiac Tumors: Early and Late Results

   • Noriyoshi Kajihara
   • Yoshihisa Tanoue
   • Shigeki Morita

   OriginalPaper Pages: 602 - 607

6. cDNA Array Analysis for Prediction of Hepatic Metastasis of Colorectal Carcinoma

   • Osamu Takata
   • Yutaka J. Kawamura
   • Toshihiko Tsukamoto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 608 - 614

7. Left Ventricular Assist System Through the Left Ventricle for Acute Myocardial Infarction: Report of a Case

   • Hiroki Hata
   • Goro Matsumiya
   • Hikaru Matsuda

   Case Reports Pages: 615 - 618

8. Myositis Ossificans of the Abdominal Rectus Muscle: Report of a Case

   • Eun-Jung Jung
   • Young-Joon Lee
   • Gyung-Hyuck Ko

   OriginalPaper Pages: 619 - 622

9. Endovascular Repair of an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in a Patient with Horseshoe Kidney: Report of a Case

   • Piero Volpe
   • Giovanni Nano
   • Giovanni Paroni

   OriginalPaper Pages: 623 - 628

10. Primary Leiomyoma of the Liver: Report of a Case

    • Yasuyuki Urizono
    • Saiho Ko
    • Yoshiyuki Nakajima

    OriginalPaper Pages: 629 - 632

11. An Icteric Type Hepatocellular Carcinoma with No Detectable Tumor in the Liver: Report of a Case

    • Tomoki Makino
    • Shoji Nakamori
    • Toshimasa Tsujinaka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 633 - 637

12. Intrahepatic Segmental Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Report of a Case

    • Taku Matsumoto
    • Tetsuo Ajiki
    • Yoshikazu Kuroda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 638 - 641

13. Simultaneous Bilateral Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for Adrenocorticotropic Hormone-Independent Macronodular Adrenal Hyerplasia: Report of a Case

    • Naoshi Kubo
    • Naoyoshi Onoda
    • Kosei Hirakawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 642 - 646

14. Hyaline Vascular-Type Castleman's Disease in the Hepatoduodenal Ligament: Report of a Case

    • Nagato Sato
    • Satoshi Kondo
    • Toshiaki Morikawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 647 - 650

15. Left-Sided Paraduodenal Hernia: Report of a Case

    • Asım Cingi
    • Pakize Demirkalem
    • Cumhur Yegen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 651 - 654

16. Iliac Lymph Node Metastasis of an Unknown Primary Tumor: Report of a Case

    • Satoru Matsuyama
    • Yuji Nakafusa
    • Kohji Miyazaki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 655 - 658

17. Small Bowel Angiodysplasia Associated with von Willebrand's Disease: Report of a Case

    • Rosalia Patti
    • Piero L. Almasio
    • Gaetano Di Vita

    OriginalPaper Pages: 659 - 662

18. Synchronous Adenocarcinomas of the Ileum and Transverse Colon Detected by Capsule Endoscopy: Report of a Case

    • Shunsuke Hosono
    • Masaichi Ohira
    • Kosei Hirakawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 663 - 665

19. Anal Canal Carcinoma with Pagetoid Spread: Report of a Case

    • Mitsukuni Suenaga
    • Masatoshi Oya
    • Tetsuichiro Muto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 666 - 669