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A prospective cross-sectional study on hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy in patients with Graves’ disease: insights on secondary hyperparathyroidism Hiroyuki YamashitaShinya SatoHiroshi Takahashi Original Article 18 April 2024
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Effect of revised organ transplant law in Japan on lung transplantation Yoshito ImamuraDaisuke NakajimaHiroshi Date Original Article 15 April 2024
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A clinical assessment of three-dimensional-printed liver model navigation for thrice or more repeated hepatectomy based on a conversation analysis Tsuyoshi IgamiAkihiro MaehigashiTomoki Ebata Original Article Open access 12 April 2024
A silicone disc for liver retraction in laparoscopic gastrectomy reduces the postoperative increase in the liver enzyme level Wataru SonedaEisuke BookaHiroya Takeuchi Original Article 12 April 2024
The role of calcification in predicting invasion of thymoma to adjacent organs Miyashita YudaiKanou TakashiShintani Yasushi Original Article 11 April 2024
The benefits of interval appendectomy and risk factors for nonoperative management failure in the therapeutic strategy for complicated appendicitis Kohki TakedaTakeshi YamadaHiroshi Yoshida Original Article 10 April 2024
Prognostic significance of a pathological response in metastatic lymph nodes of patients with gastric cancer who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery Fengju ChenJia XianJunjie Huo Original Article 08 April 2024
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The relationship between the treatment course and prognosis of oligometastasis after esophageal squamous cell carcinoma resection Chihiro MatsumotoMasaaki IwatsukiHideo Baba Original Article 07 April 2024
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Surgical interpretation of the WHO subclassification of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: a narrative review Masayuki AkitaHiroaki YanagimotoTakumi Fukumoto Review Article 02 April 2024
The aortic knob index: an anatomical marker for new‑onset atrial fibrillation Mesut Enginİsmail Sivri Letter to the Editor 01 April 2024
Simple pelvimetry predicts the pelvic manipulation time in robot-assisted low and ultra-low anterior resection for rectal cancer Takaaki FujimotoKoji TamuraMasafumi Nakamura Original Article 29 March 2024
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The role of anterior gastropexy in elderly Japanese hiatal hernia patients Takashi YokouchiKiyokazu NakajimaYuichiro Doki Original Article 22 March 2024
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Impact of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio on patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer who suffer radiation pneumonitis during the course of induction chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery Yujiro KuboHiromasa YamamotoShinichi Toyooka Original Article 07 March 2024
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Long-term outcomes of 5-year survivors without recurrence after the complete resection of non-small cell lung cancer after lobectomy: a landmark analysis in consideration of competing risks Yutaro KoikeKeiju AokageMasahiro Tsuboi Original Article 02 March 2024
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Risk factors for anastomotic leakage after low anterior resection for obese patients with rectal cancer Ai SadatomoHisanaga HorieTakeshi Naitoh Original Article 28 February 2024
Clinicopathological predictors of postoperative long-term myasthenic status in resected thymoma with myasthenia gravis Takahiro SuzukiTomoyuki HishidaHisao Asamura Original Article 28 February 2024
Practical methods to differentiate thymic malignancies by positron-emission tomography and tumor markers Takahiro YanagiharaTomoyuki KawamuraYukio Sato Original Article 27 February 2024
Impact of treatment guidelines and pivotal clinical trial results on a surgeon’s decision regarding treatment for gastric cancer: a retrospective cohort study using the National Clinical Database Souya NunobeHideki EndoYuko Kitagawa Original Article 24 February 2024
Incidence of atrial fibrillation after esophageal cancer surgery with L-carnitine use: a preliminary single-group interventional study Yasushige ShinguIsao YokotaSatoru Wakasa Original Article 23 February 2024
Safety and efficacy of new staple-line reinforcement in lung resection: a prospective study of 48 patients Suguru MitsuiYugo TanakaYoshimasa Maniwa Original Article Open access 21 February 2024
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