Preoperative chemotherapy for advanced esophageal cancer and relation with histological effect Yoshinori HosoyaHiroyuki ShibusawaKyotaro Kanazawa Original Articles Pages: 689 - 694
Lymphatic routes of the stomach demonstrated by gastric carcinomas with solitary lymph node metastasis Takeo KosakaNobuo UeshigeShigeki Takashima Original Articles Pages: 695 - 700
The usefulness of conducting investigations on intra-abdominal bacterial contamination in digestive tract operations Kiyonori FurukawaMasahiko OndaKiyohiko Yamasita Original Articles Pages: 701 - 706
Comparison of p53 and bcl-2 expression in initial, synchronous, and metachronous colorectal adenomas Masahiro WatataniShintaro IedaMasayuki Yasutomi Original Articles Pages: 707 - 712
Management of urinary complications in Crohn's disease Shun SatoIwao SasakiSeiki Matsuno Original Articles Pages: 713 - 717
Correlation of unilateral thoracoscopic lung volume reduction with improvement in lung function and exercise performance in patients with severe pulmonary emphysema Yoshihiro KaiwaYoshimochi KurokawaSusumu Satomi Original Articles Pages: 718 - 723
New methods of control against postoperative methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus infection Shinya KusachiYoshinobu SumiyamaYoichi Nakamura Original Articles Pages: 724 - 729
Cytokine release during hypoxia reoxygenation by Kupffer cells in rats with obstructive janudice Keiji OkamuraShinji NoshimaKensuke Esato Original Articles Pages: 730 - 734
The effect of lymphatic blockage on the amount of endotoxin in portal circulation, nitric oxide synthesis, and the liver in dogs with peritonitis Osman GülerSerdar UğraşMuammer Karaayvaz Original Articles Pages: 735 - 740
Comparison of the effects of various anticancer agents on intestinal anastomosis after intraperitoneal administration A. Yüksel ArikanFerda M. SenelCevat Can Original Articles Pages: 741 - 746
The effects of recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) on canine cadaver lung transplantation Shozo AkasakaHideyuki NishiNobuyoshi Shimizu Original Articles Pages: 747 - 754
Superoxide anion mediates pulmonary vascular permeability caused by neutrophils in cardiopulmonary bypass Tatsuo TanitaChun SongShigefumi Fujimura Original Articles Pages: 755 - 761
The effective removal of proinflammatory cytokines by continuous hemofiltration with a polymethylmethacrylate membrane following severe burn injury: Report of three cases Hajime NakaeSatoru MotoyamaHideo Inaba Case Reports Pages: 762 - 765
Hyperfunctioning intrathyroid parathyroid adenoma: Report of two cases Tetsuro KobayashiMariko Man-iHideki Asakawa Case Reports Pages: 766 - 768
Malignant paraganglioma metachronously recurring at short duration in different paraganglions: Report of a case Ichiro SonodaKazuhiko KasuyaYasushisa Koyanagi Case Reports Pages: 769 - 772
Manganese deposition in the brain following parenteral manganese administration in association with radical operation for esophageal cencer: Report of a case Haruhiko KondohKazuhiro IwaseWataru Kamiike Case Reports Pages: 773 - 776
A case of pseudosarcoma associated with type 3 squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus: Report of a case Suguru KubotaTakayuki MoritaHiroyuki Kato Case Reports Pages: 777 - 781
Successful simultaneous operation of concomitant early gastric cancer, transverse colon cancer, and a common iliac artery aneurysm Yutaka NakataKatsuhiko KimuraYusaku Takagaki Case Reports Pages: 782 - 784
Turcot syndrome with colonic obstruction and small intestinal invagination: Report of a case Chikashi ShibataIwao SasakiNobuo Hiwatashi Case Reports Pages: 785 - 788
Sigmoid colon cancer associated with primary hyperparathyroidism: Report of a case Yutaka J. KawamuraShinsuke KazamaTetsuichiro Muto Case Reports Pages: 789 - 790
Obstructive jaundice caused by a huge liver cyst riding on the hilum: Report of a case Toshio KanaiTakahiro KenmochiNaoto Miyazawa Case Reports Pages: 791 - 794
A successful surgical repair of the hepatic hydrothorax using pneumoperitoneum: Report of a case Toyohisa YaguchiAkio HaradaYoshiyuki Fukuhara Case Reports Pages: 795 - 798
Duodenal metastasis from large cell carcinoma of the lung: Report of a case Eiji HinoshitaHisashi NakahashiKeizo Sugimachi Case Reports Pages: 799 - 802
Pulmonary blastoma: Report of a case Hiromasa KohnoMasayuki BabaHidemi Ohwada Case Reports Pages: 803 - 806
Left sleeve pneumonectomy performed through a clamshell incision with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for bronchogenic carcinoma: Report of two cases Takashi KondoMotoyasu SagawaShigefumi Fujimura Case Reports Pages: 807 - 810
Sutured wound in myxomatous mitral valve one month after repair surgery: Report of two cases Mitsuyuki NakayamaChikao YutaniNobuyuki Nakajima Case Reports Pages: 811 - 812
Treatment of life-threatening huge atrial myxoma: Report of two cases Yasufumi AsaiKen IchimuraTomio Abe Case Reports Pages: 813 - 816
A bidirectional closing aortic dissection from an atherosclerotic distal aortic arch aneurysm: Report of a case Miki AsanoAkira MishimaTadao Manabe Case Reports Pages: 817 - 820
Effectiveness of an inferior vena caval filter as a preventive measure against pulmonary thromboembolism after abdominal surgery Kei YonezawaNaoki YokooTetsuya Yamaguchi Case Reports Pages: 821 - 824
Ratio of branched chain amino acid to tyrosine after hepatectomy Takefumi NigumaMasahito YumuraJyoji Kodani Short Communication Pages: 825 - 827
The efficiency of absorbable clips in minimally invasive surgery Tommy Min TanMasayoshi Okada How to Do It Pages: 828 - 831
Annales de Chirurgie Digest 1998, nos 8–10 Denis Castaing Annales de Chirurgie Digest Pages: 832 - 834