Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: Principle and Prospects Hikaru Matsuda Editorial Pages: 775 - 779
Peritoneal Collagen Type IV Concentration in Adenocarcinoma of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Its Relationship to Histological Differentiation, Metastasis, and Survival Daisuke KorenagaHiroyuki OritaKeizo Sugimachi Original Articles Pages: 780 - 786
Effects of Prostaglandin F2α and Cisapride on Small Intestinal Activity During the Early Postoperative Period in Humans Yoshihisa ShibataSumio Toyoda Pages: 787 - 791
Prognostic Significance of the DNA Index in a Colorectal Cancer Takayuki YamamotoKoichi MatsumotoKeiji Iriyama Pages: 792 - 796
Emergency Percutaneous Cardiopulmonary Bypass Support for Acute Myocardial Infarction Hidefumi OboSyuichi KozawaKyouichi Ogawa Pages: 797 - 801
The Effect of Cold Cardioplegic Cardiac Arrest and Electrically Induced Ventricular Fibrillation on Human Cardiac β-Adrenoceptors During Open-Heart Surgery Kyoichiro TsudaYoshiro HamadaYasuo Morishita Pages: 802 - 807
Postoperative Infection After Transsternal Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis: A Retrospective Analysis of 125 Cases Andreas MachensThomas EmskötterJakob R. Izbicki Pages: 808 - 810
Beneficial Effects of Renal Transplantation on Cardiovascular Disorders in Dialysis Patients Kazuaki NakajimaTakenori OchiaiKenichi Yamada Pages: 811 - 815
Gastroesophageal Reflux and a Comparison of the Different Antireflux Procedures Following Esophagomyotomy: An Experimental Study in Rabbits Tarik TerziogluTunç YaltiSeher Unal Pages: 816 - 821
Bromodeoxyuridine Uptake by Early Liver Metastases in Rats: A Comparison of the Hepatic Artery and Portal Vein Infusion Routes Hideyuki IshidaTakeo IwamaYasuo Idezuki Pages: 822 - 829
Use of an Autologous Vein Graft and Stent in the Repair of Common Bile Defects: An Experimental Study Muammer KaraayvazSerdar UğraşMuhammed Furkan Yiğit Pages: 830 - 833
Plasma Activated Clotting Time as an Indicator of Dangerous Hypocoagulability in Warfarin-treated Trauma Patients: A Preliminary Study Chikanori TeraiDaizoh SaitohNaoki Magario Pages: 834 - 838
Rothmund Thomson Syndrome Associated with Esophageal Stenosis: Report of a Case Osman GülerMetin AydinAhmet Metin Case Reports Pages: 839 - 842
Aortoesophageal Fistula: Report of an Unusual Case Yasuhiko SugawaraYusuke TadaMasatoshi Makuuchi Pages: 843 - 845
Jejunal Lipomatosis with Diverticulosis: Report of a Case Shigeru YakabeTohru MuranakaKoji Yoshida Pages: 846 - 849
Blunt Rupture of the Right Hemi-Diaphragm with Complete Dislocation of the Right Hepatic Lobe: Report of a Case Reiner Josef WirbelWolf Mutschler Pages: 850 - 852
Hodgkin' Disease of the Chest Wall: Report of a Case Masayuki ToriYoshitaka FujiiHikaru Matsuda Pages: 853 - 856
Hemolytic Reaction Due to Graft-Versus-Host (GVH) Antibody Production After Liver Transplantation from Living Donors: Report of Two Cases Jun-ichi KunimasaKimiko YurugiShigeki Yokoyama Pages: 857 - 861
Intraportal Stent Placement Combined with Right Portal Vein Embolization Against Advanced Gallbladder Carcinoma Yuji KaneokaAkihiro YamaguchiAkihiro Hori How to Do It Pages: 862 - 865
A New Method of Peritoneal Closure Following Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy Tomoo ShatariKeijirou NozawaSusumu Kodaira Pages: 866 - 867
