Clinical application of the intra-aortic balloon pumping apparatus and its balloon in Japan Masayoshi Okada Editorials Pages: 983 - 984
The role of motilin and cisapride in the enteric nervous system of the lower esophageal sphincter in humans Ryouichi TomitaKatsuhisa TanjohKeimei Munakata Original Articles Pages: 985 - 992
The operative indications for proximal gastrectomy in patients with gastric cancer in the upper third of the stomach Kazuya KitamuraToshiharu YamaguchiToshio Takahashi Original Articles Pages: 993 - 998
Analysis of p53 gene deletions in colorectal cancers using fluorescence in situ hybridization Atsushi NanashimaYutaka TagawaHiroyoshi Ayabe Original Articles Pages: 999 - 1004
An assessment of the anatomical relationship between the pelvic plexus and the rectal wall to determine the indications for its preservation in surgery for rectal cancer Hideki YamakoshiHideyuki IkeHiroshi Shimada Original Articles Pages: 1005 - 1009
Does bile spillage during an operation present a risk for peritoneal metastasis in bile duct carcinoma? Nobutaka TanakaMasakazu NoboriYoshio Suzuki Original Articles Pages: 1010 - 1014
An evaluation of splenopancreatic disconnection as a modification of the distal splenorenal shunt, studied in nonalcoholic patients by sequential angiography Akihiko NishiokaHiroshi AshidaJoji Utsunomiya Original Articles Pages: 1015 - 1021
A new preperitoneal repair for inguinal hernia using a transpositioned external oblique aponeurotic flap M. M. Moneer Original Articles Pages: 1022 - 1025
The effect of radioimmunotherapy using murine monoclonal antibody KIS1 on esophageal squamous cell carcinoma-bearing nude mice Teruhiko FujiiHideaki YamanaMinoru Morimatsu Original Articles Pages: 1026 - 1034
Orthotopic transplantation of a partial hepatic autograft in dogs Shinichi KasaiMasayuki SawaMichio Mito Original Articles Pages: 1035 - 1039
Enhancing effect of thoraco-laparotomy on liver metastasis and the role played by active oxygens in its mechanism Toshihiro HiraiAkihiro YoshimotoTetsuya Toge Original Articles Pages: 1040 - 1045
The reinforcement of tracheoplasty with a self-fascia lata andGelatin-Resorcin-Formal (GRF) glue Noriyuki TakahashiYasunori IchimiyaSakuzo Komatsu Original Articles Pages: 1046 - 1050
Anatomic segmental resection of the lung by thoracoscopy: An experimental study Kiyoshi KoizumiTakashi AkaishiAkio Wakabayashi Original Articles Pages: 1051 - 1055
Efficacy of prostaglandin I2 analog on liver grafts subjected to 30 minutes of warm ischemia Akihiro KishidaYoshimasa KurumiMasashi Kodama Original Articles Pages: 1056 - 1060
Inflammatory fibroid polyp of the ileum with the appearance of a borrmann type II lesion, caused by colostomy irrigation: Report of a case Yasutomo OjimaMasazumi OkajimaKiyohiko Dohi Case Reports Pages: 1061 - 1063
A pancreatic pseudocyst with pancreatic pleural effusion: Report of a case Hironobu YanagiëTadanobu TaniMasazumi Eriguchi Case Reports Pages: 1064 - 1068
Nonoperative treatment for a ruptured pseudoaneurysm of the celiac trunk: Report of a case Tatsushi KitagawaKeiji IriyamaKoichiro Yamakado Case Reports Pages: 1069 - 1073
A VATS lobectomy for lung cancer in a patient with an anomalous pulmonary vein: Report of a case Masahiro TsuboiHisao AsamuraRyosuke Tsuchiya Case Reports Pages: 1074 - 1076
Squamous cell carcinoma arising from thyroglossal duct remnants: Report of a case and results of immunohistochemical studies Yoshihisa HamaAkira SugenoyaJun Amano Case Reports Pages: 1077 - 1081
Primary leiomyosarcoma of the breast Serdar UğraşOsman Nuri DilekÖnder Peker Case Reports Pages: 1082 - 1085
Wandering spleen in childhood: A report of three cases Nüvit SarimuratGonca Topuzlu TekantOsman Faruk Şenyüz Case Reports Pages: 1086 - 1088
A rat model with an isolated bladder in situ Jesper ThulesenPeter Skov OlsenSteen Seier Poulsen Short Communication Pages: 1089 - 1092
Laparoscopic repair of a paraesophageal hiatus hernia without fundoplication Go WatanabeJun-ichi TanakaKenji Koyama How to do it Pages: 1093 - 1096
