Ruggero oddi to commemorate the centennial of his original article—“Di una speciale disposizione a sfintere allo sbocco del coledoco” Keiichi OnoRyukichi Hada Review Article Pages: 373 - 375
Extravascular lung water with special reference to thoracotomy, manual lung manipulation and rapid fluid transfusion Susumu Chiyotanda Original Articles Pages: 376 - 383
Emergencyversus elective cholecystectomy in acute cholecystitis M. C. MisraSudhir KhannaB. M. L. Kapur Original Articles Pages: 384 - 389
Effects of pulsatile cardiopulmonary bypass on the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system following open heart surgery Hideo NagaokaRyuichi InnamiHirokuni Arai Original Articles Pages: 390 - 396
Surgery for colorectal cancer in elderly patients —A comparison with younger adult patients— Hirotsugu TomodaShunichi TsujitaniMotonosuke Furusawa Original Articles Pages: 397 - 402
Endogenous endotoxemia in patients with liver cirrhosis —A quantitative analysis of endotoxin in portal and peripheral blood Goro TachiyamaMasato SakonTakesada Mori Original Articles Pages: 403 - 408
Thyroid carcinoma in an endemic area rresenting as solitary thyroid nodules A. K. SardaS. BalM. M. Kapur Original Articles Pages: 409 - 414
Fluoresence of metastasized lymph nodes in esophageal cancer following the administration of intravenous eosin yellow using a laser beam Yasuhiro TakaseSusumu ShibuyaYoji Iwasaki Original Articles Pages: 415 - 418
Lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme-1 in the mediastinal yolk sac tumor Motohiko ItoToshihiko TakiMasayuki Miyake Original Articles Pages: 419 - 422
Comparison of nuclear DNA content and exudative stromal reaction between surgical and autopsy materials from gastric and colorectal carcinomas Yosuke AdachiMasaki MoriKeizo Sugimachi Original Articles Pages: 423 - 429
Clinical application of a newin vitro bleeding time device on surgical patients Toshimasa TsujinakaTakashi ItohTakesada Mori Original Articles Pages: 430 - 437
Characteristics of three human gastric cancer cell lines, NU-GC-2, NU-GC-3 and NU-GC-4 Seiji AkiyamaHiroyuki AmoHiroshi Takagi Original Articles Pages: 438 - 446
The preventive and therapeutic effects of vagotomy for stress ulcer —Experimental studies on the aspects of gastric submucosal blood flow and ulcer index— Yozo WatanabeTakeshi KudoNoburu Sakakibara Original Articles Pages: 447 - 454
Spontaneous regression of extramedullary plasmacytoma —A case report ArunabhS. Dutta GuptaM. M. Kapur Case Reports Pages: 455 - 459
A latissimus dorsi muscle flap used for repair of the esophagus after enucleation of a giant leiomyoma —A case report Hiromasa FujitaYoshikazu YoshimuraTeruo Kakegawa Case Reports Pages: 460 - 464
Prevention of uric acid stone formation by sodium bicarbonate in an ileostomy patient —A case report Tsuneo FukushimaAkira SugitaShuji Tsuchiya Case Reports Pages: 465 - 468
Pure squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid gland —rreport of an autopsy case and review of the literature— Jun MisonouMiki AizawaToshiji Motohara Case Reports Pages: 469 - 474
A solitary peutz-jeghers type hamartomatous polyp in the duodenum — A case report— Hideaki NaitohYoshiaki SumiyoshiHiroshi Murayama Case Reports Pages: 475 - 477
Intraoperative pulmonary embolization by the tip of a polystan venous return catheter Yoshito KawachiRyiji TominagaKouichi Tokunaga Case Reports Pages: 478 - 479
Diaphragmatic reconstruction using a latissimus dorsi muscle flap following wide resection of the diaphragm combined with esophago-gastrectomy for cardial cancer Hiromasa FujitaKen HashimotoTeruo Kakegawa How to Do It Pages: 480 - 482