Association between elevated plasma granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and the degree of surgical stress in patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery Ken-Ichi YokotaTetsuro NishihiraShozo Mori Original Articles Pages: 579 - 584
Increased plasma levels of soluble thrombomodulin in patients with sepsis and organ failure Toshiaki IbaYoshihiro YagiTetsu Fukunaga Original Articles Pages: 585 - 590
Expression of p53 protein related to human papillomavirus and DNA ploidy in superficial esophageal carcinoma Tsutomu NakamuraHiroko IdeSakan Maeda Original Articles Pages: 591 - 597
Evaluation of bone loss and the serum markers of bone metabolism in patients with hyperparathyroidism Makoto KatagiriTakahiro OhtawaTanekazu Harada Original Articles Pages: 598 - 604
Postoperative alteration in the size of dacron vascular prostheses implanted in the infrarenal abdominal aorta Tsuguo IgariFumio IwayaShunichi Hoshino Original Articles Pages: 605 - 607
Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm and occlusive peripheral vascular disease in Japanese residents Hiroyuki TakeiSusumu IshikawaYasuo Morishita Original Articles Pages: 608 - 611
Ultrasonographic characteristics of different methods of inguinal hernia repair Ljubomir S. Kovachev Original Articles Pages: 612 - 618
The Lichtenstein open “tension-free” mesh repair of inguinal Hernias Parviz K. AmidAlex. G. ShulmanIrving L. Lichtenstein Original Articles Pages: 619 - 625
Expression of the adult T-cell leukemia-derived factor, human thioredoxin, in the allotransplanted canine lung Kotaro MuroToshio GoHiromi Wada Original Articles Pages: 626 - 632
Lymphatic vessel-to-isolated-vein anastomosis for secondary lymphedema in a canine model Osamu KinjoAkira Kusaba Original Articles Pages: 633 - 639
Malignant insulinoma causing liver metastasis 8 years after the initial surgery: Report of a case Naohiro SataWataru KimuraTetsuichiro Muto Case Reports Pages: 640 - 642
Acute left atrial thrombus causing cardiogenic shock following mitral valve replacement: Report of a case Kenji OkadaChojiro YamashitaYoshiya Toyoda Case Reports Pages: 643 - 645
The detection of coronary ostial lesions by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography: Report of a case Takashi WatanabeYoshinari NiimiYasuyuki Hosoda Case Reports Pages: 646 - 648
Malposition of a totally implantable venous access catheter in the azygous vein: Report of a case Shinji IkedaYoshihisa SeraMiwa Akizuki Case Reports Pages: 649 - 650
Thoracoscopic resection of a solitary pulmonary lymphangioma: Report of a case Toshiya TakemuraMasazumi WatanabeShinsuke Aida Case Reports Pages: 651 - 653
Successful utilization of a video-assisted thoracic approach to repair morgagni's hernia: Report of a case Shinji AkamineKatsunobu KawaharaMasao Tomita Case Reports Pages: 654 - 656
The use of an ileostomy connector to diminish the frequency of defecation prior to ileostomy closure in patients with a pelvic pouch Koutarou MaedaMitsumasa HashimotoYasuhide Morikawa How To Do It Pages: 657 - 661