1. Adjuvant therapy for locally advanced gastric cancer

   • Toru Aoyama
   • Takaki Yoshikawa

   Review Article 01 March 2017 Pages: 1295 - 1302

2. Three-dimensional computed tomographic volumetry precisely predicts the postoperative pulmonary function

   • Keisuke Kobayashi
   • Yusuke Saeki
   • Yukio Sato

   Original Article 04 April 2017 Pages: 1303 - 1311

   

3. Sphingosine-1-phosphate/sphingosine kinase 1-dependent lymph node metastasis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

   • Yuta Kawakita
   • Satoru Motoyama
   • Yoshihiro Minamiya

   Original Article 31 March 2017 Pages: 1312 - 1320

   

4. Predictive detection areas for identifying additional MRI-detected breast lesions on second-look ultrasonography

   • Akie Tanaka
   • Atsushi Yamada
   • Masaji Tani

   Original Article 18 April 2017 Pages: 1321 - 1330

   

5. Both high and low plasma glutamine levels predict mortality in critically ill patients

   • Takae Tsujimoto
   • Kentaro Shimizu
   • Takeshi Shimazu

   Original Article 03 April 2017 Pages: 1331 - 1338

   

6. Impact of esophageal flexion level on the surgical outcome in patients with sigmoid esophageal achalasia

   • Kazuto Tsuboi
   • Nobuo Omura
   • Katsuhiko Yanaga

   Original Article 05 April 2017 Pages: 1339 - 1346

   

7. Open and endovascular elective treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms: a real-world experience

   • Daniela Mazzaccaro
   • Giovanni Nano
   • Piergiorgio G. Settembrini

   Original Article 06 April 2017 Pages: 1347 - 1355

   

8. Safety and feasibility of thoracoscopic esophagectomy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for esophageal cancer

   • Yushi Fujiwara
   • Shigeru Lee
   • Harushi Osugi

   Original Article 06 April 2017 Pages: 1356 - 1360

9. The basal nutritional state of PDAC patients is the dominant factor for completing adjuvant chemotherapy

   • Daisaku Yamada
   • Hidetoshi Eguchi
   • Yuichiro Doki

   Original Article 18 April 2017 Pages: 1361 - 1371

   

10. Neoadjuvant CapeOx therapy followed by sphincter-preserving surgery for lower rectal cancer

    • Taishi Hata
    • Hidekazu Takahashi
    • Masaki Mori

    Original Article 04 May 2017 Pages: 1372 - 1377

    

11. Amylase concentration in drainage fluid as a predictive factor for severe postoperative pancreatic fistula in patients with gastric cancer

    • Yoshiki Taniguchi
    • Yukinori Kurokawa
    • Yuichiro Doki

    Original Article 01 April 2017 Pages: 1378 - 1383

    

12. Utility of the Ginza forceps for superficial phlebectomy during endovenous laser ablation of the great saphenous vein

    • Takeshi Baba
    • Takao Ohki
    • Soichiro Fukushima

    Original Article 07 April 2017 Pages: 1384 - 1390

    

13. Predictors of a successful outcome for infants with short bowel syndrome: a 30-year single-institution experience

    • Tatsuru Kaji
    • Kazuhiko Nakame
    • Satoshi Ieiri

    Original Article 22 April 2017 Pages: 1391 - 1396

    

14. The surgical outcomes of lung cancer combined with interstitial pneumonia: a single-institution report

    • Daisuke Taniguchi
    • Naoya Yamasaki
    • Takeshi Nagayasu

    Original Article 06 June 2017 Pages: 1397 - 1404

    

15. The outcomes of pediatric liver retransplantation from a living donor: a 17-year single-center experience

    • Kohei Miura
    • Seisuke Sakamoto
    • Yukihiro Inomata

    Original Article 22 April 2017 Pages: 1405 - 1414

    

16. Superior mesenteric artery syndrome after lung transplantation: a rare early gastrointestinal complication of lung transplantation

    • Hidenao Kayawake
    • Toyofumi F. Chen-Yoshikawa
    • Hiroshi Date

    Short Communication 31 March 2017 Pages: 1415 - 1418