1. Regional pancreatectomy for cancer of the pancreas, ampulla and other related sites

   • Joseph G. Fortner

   Review Article Pages: 385 - 394

2. A case of strut fracture of the new Björk-Shiley mital valve prosthesis

   • Junichi Ninomiya
   • Noboru Yamate
   • Tasuku Shoji

   Original Articles Pages: 395 - 398

3. Cardiomyotomy and fundoplication for esophageal achalasia

   • H. W. Pinotti
   • P. Sakai
   • S. Ishioka

   Original Articles Pages: 399 - 403

4. Possible role of lymph node dissection in the surgical treatment of gastric cancer with disseminating peritoneal metastasis

   • Nobuaki Kaibara
   • Tsuneyuki Okamoto
   • Shigemasa Koga

   Original Articles Pages: 404 - 408

5. Combination chemotherapy enhances survival of patients with unresectable gastric cancer

   • Tadashi Kano
   • Yoichiro Hiramoto
   • Kiyoshi Inokuchi

   Original Articles Pages: 409 - 414

6. Extraction of retained gallstones using a fiber-choledochoscope through a PTC-drainage fistula

   • Hiroshi Shimada
   • Gizo Nakagawara
   • Shuji Tsuchiya

   Original Articles Pages: 415 - 419

7. Anal sphincter function and rectal reservoir after sphincter saving operations for carcinoma of the rectum

   • Naomi Iwai
   • Kyozo Hashimoto
   • Susumu Majima

   Original Articles Pages: 420 - 425

8. Multiple primary cancers: With reference to atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima

   • Hirofumi Nakatsuka
   • Masayuki Nishiki
   • Haruo Ezaki

   Original Articles Pages: 426 - 430

9. Myonephropathic-metabolic syndrome as a complication of cardiopulmonary bypass

   • Toshiyasu Kugimiya
   • Joji Shirabe
   • Kiyohiko Kaku

   Original Articles Pages: 431 - 437

10. Surgical treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm in patients over seventy years old

    • Yasuo Morishita
    • Minae Maruko
    • Akira Taira

    Original Articles Pages: 438 - 440

11. Choledochal cyst following operation for idiopathic perforation of the biliary tract in childhood

    • Hiromichi Yano
    • Hidenori Matsumoto

    Original Articles Pages: 441 - 445

12. Neonatal gastric perforations; A diagnostic clue in pre-perforative phase

    • Hiroshi Kadowaki
    • Satoshi Takeuchi
    • Shinji Tamate

    Original Articles Pages: 446 - 451

13. Histology of the healing process after total colectomy, mucosal proctectomy and ileo-anostomy

    • Takeo Iwama
    • Mahito Imajo
    • Yoshio Mishima

    Original Articles Pages: 452 - 455

14. Preoperative transcatheter arterial chemo-embolization for locally advanced breast cancer —Application of new thrombotic materials—

    • Akio Sugitachi
    • Yuichi Takatsuka
    • Izumi Sakamoto

    Short Communications Pages: 456 - 458