1. A review of reports on single-incision laparoscopic surgery for Crohn’s disease

   • Kiyoshi Maeda
   • Hisashi Nagahara
   • Masaichi Ohira

   Review Article 25 February 2019 Pages: 361 - 368

   

2. Long-term outcomes of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy vs. thoracotomy lobectomy for stage IA non-small cell lung cancer

   • Risa Oda
   • Katsuhiro Okuda
   • Ryoichi Nakanishi

   Original Article 03 December 2018 Pages: 369 - 377

   

3. Preoperative lymph node status on computed tomography influences the survival of pT1b, T2 and T3 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

   • Kotaro Sugawara
   • Hiroharu Yamashita
   • Yasuyuki Seto

   Original Article 23 November 2018 Pages: 378 - 386

   

4. Physician turnover and its association with mortality after non-cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort analysis of patients in South Korea

   • Tak Kyu Oh
   • Jung-Won Hwang
   • Young-Tae Jeon

   Original Article 02 January 2019 Pages: 387 - 393

   

5. Laparoscopic versus open distal pancreatectomy for benign and low-grade malignant lesions of the pancreas: a single-center comparative study

   • Ippei Matsumoto
   • Keiko Kamei
   • Yoshifumi Takeyama

   Original Article 22 November 2018 Pages: 394 - 400

   

6. The effect of increased body mass index values on surgical outcomes after radical resection for low rectal cancer

   • Xubing Zhang
   • Qingbin Wu
   • Ziqiang Wang

   Original Article 18 February 2019 Pages: 401 - 409

   

7. Indications for tracheostomy in children with head and neck lymphatic malformation: analysis of a nationwide survey in Japan

   • Shigeru Ueno
   • Akihiro Fujino
   • Noriaki Usui

   Original Article 18 February 2019 Pages: 410 - 419

   

8. The application of subcapsular saline injection during bilateral axillo-breast approach robotic thyroidectomy: a preliminary report

   • Hyeong Won Yu
   • In Eui Bae
   • Kyu Eun Lee

   Original Article 02 January 2019 Pages: 420 - 426

   

9. Safety and efficacy of hydroxyethyl starch 6% 130/0.4/9 solution versus 5% human serum albumin in thoracic esophagectomy with 3-field lymph nodes dissection

   • Takeo Fujita
   • Naoya Okada
   • Hiroyuki Daiko

   Original Article 02 January 2019 Pages: 427 - 434

   

10. Psychological well-being and marital satisfaction in response to weight loss after bariatric surgery

    • Onur Olgaç Karagülle
    • Erkan Yavuz
    • Fatih Çelebi

    Original Article 02 January 2019 Pages: 435 - 442

    

11. SOCS3 overexpression in T cells ameliorates chronic airway obstruction in a murine heterotopic tracheal transplantation model

    • Kumi Mesaki
    • Masaomi Yamane
    • Shinichi Toyooka

    Original Article 07 January 2019 Pages: 443 - 450