1. Treatment guidelines for persistent cloaca, cloacal exstrophy, and Mayer–Rokitansky–Küster–Häuser syndrome for the appropriate transitional care of patients

   • Masayuki Kubota
   • Yutaka Osuga
   • Yoshiaki Kinoshita

   Review Article 22 April 2019 Pages: 985 - 1002

   

2. End-to-end intestinal anastomosis using a novel biodegradable stent for laparoscopic colonic surgery: a multicenter study

   • Mingyu Chen
   • Jiasheng Cao
   • Xiujun Cai

   Original Article 29 June 2019 Pages: 1003 - 1012

   

3. Indications for resection and perioperative outcomes of surgery for pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms in Germany: an analysis of the prospective DGAV StuDoQ|Pancreas registry

   • Ioannis Mintziras
   • Tobias Keck
   • For the StuDoQ|Pancreas Study Group of the German Society for General, Visceral Surgery (DGAV)

   Original Article 25 June 2019 Pages: 1013 - 1021

4. Association of skeletal muscle loss with the long-term outcomes of esophageal cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy

   • Naoki Kamitani
   • Kazuhiro Migita
   • Masayuki Sho

   Original Article 15 July 2019 Pages: 1022 - 1028

   

5. The impact of cervical lymph node dissection on acid and duodenogastroesophageal reflux after intrathoracic esophagogastrostomy following transthoracic esophagectomy

   • Soichiro Asai
   • Masahide Fukaya
   • Masato Nagino

   Original Article 19 June 2019 Pages: 1029 - 1034

   

6. Collagen gel droplet-embedded culture drug sensitivity test (CD-DST) predicts the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy on pancreatic cancer

   • Kyohei Ariake
   • Fuyuhiko Motoi
   • Michiaki Unno

   Original Article 02 July 2019 Pages: 1035 - 1043

   

7. Laparoscopic versus open repair for inguinal hernia in children: a retrospective cohort study

   • Masayuki Nakashima
   • Kazuki Ide
   • Koji Kawakami

   Original Article 16 July 2019 Pages: 1044 - 1050

   

8. The short-term outcomes of laparoscopic–endoscopic cooperative surgery for colorectal tumors (LECS-CR) in cases involving endoscopically unresectable colorectal tumors

   • Shinsuke Suzuki
   • Yosuke Fukunaga
   • Masashi Ueno

   Original Article 27 June 2019 Pages: 1051 - 1057

   

9. Risk factors associated with increased drainage volumes of chest tubes after transthoracic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer

   • Ryo Kato
   • Tomoki Makino
   • Yuichiro Doki

   Original Article 24 July 2019 Pages: 1058 - 1065

   

10. Changes in the rate of and trends in colectomy for ulcerative colitis during the era of biologics and calcineurin inhibitors based on a Japanese nationwide cohort study

    • Motoi Uchino
    • Hiroki Ikeuchi
    • Kitaro Futami

    Original Article 15 July 2019 Pages: 1066 - 1073

    

11. Intracorporeal overlap gastro-gastrostomy for solo single-incision pylorus-preserving gastrectomy in early gastric cancer

    • So Hyun Kang
    • Yo-Seok Cho
    • Hyung-Ho Kim

    How To Do It 21 May 2019 Pages: 1074 - 1079

    

12. Laparoscopic esophagogastrostomy using a knifeless linear stapler after proximal gastrectomy

    • Masaki Ohi
    • Yuji Toiyama
    • Masato Kusunoki

    How To Do It 20 June 2019 Pages: 1080 - 1086