Early Diagnosis of Postoperative Infection: Assessment of Whole Blood Chemiluminescence Minoru FujisawaKuniaki KojimaKeiichi Hiramatsu Original Articles Pages: 309 - 318
Intrahepatic Lithiasis: A Western Experience Isidoro di CarloAlain SauvanetJacques Belghiti Pages: 319 - 322
Expression of CD44, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, and Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen in Severe Venous Invasional Colorectal Cancer and Its Relationship to Liver Metastasis Yoshiaki SumiyoshiYuichi YamashitaMasahiro Kikuchi Pages: 323 - 327
Predictors of Improvement in FEV1 (Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 s) After Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Hiroshi DateKeiji GotoNobuyoshi Shimizu Pages: 328 - 332
Recovery of Parathyroid Function After Total Thyroidectomy Minoru KiharaHiroyasu YokomiseKenichi Matsusaka Pages: 333 - 338
Current Techniques of Hyperthermic Isolated Limb Perfusion for Malignant Melanoma Ryuji TominagaHiroyuki KohnoHisataka Yasui Pages: 339 - 342
Changes in Hepatic Venous Oxygen Saturation in Hepatic Warm Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Pigs Tadashi KatsuramakiHitoshi KimuraKoichi Hirata Pages: 343 - 351
Limitations of Exogenous L-Arginine in Exerting a Cytoprotective Effect on Hepatic Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Takao HigaMasayuki ShiraishiYoshihiro Muto Pages: 352 - 359
An Experimental Study of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Levels and the Effect of Inhaled Nitric Oxide After Pneumonectomy Shinzo TakamoriHiroharu MifuneKazuo Shirouzu Pages: 360 - 363
Composite Tumor with Papillary Adenocarcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus: Report of a Case Satoru NakagawaTadashi NishimakiKatsuyoshi Hatakeyama Case Reports Pages: 364 - 367
Metachronous Triple Cancers of the Sigmoid Colon, Stomach, and Esophagus: Report of a Case Yoshihiko IiokaAkihiko TsuchidaYasuhisa Koyanagi Pages: 368 - 371
Rapid Growth of a Retroperitoneal Rhabdomyosarcoma Following Right Hemicolectomy for Ascending Colon Cancer: Report of a Case Katsuyuki KuniedaShigetoyo SajiKuniyasu Shimokawa Pages: 372 - 375
Pancreatic Lesions in von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome: The Coexistence of Metastatic Tumors from Renal Cell Carcinoma and Multiple Cysts Masafumi KogireRyo HosotaniMasayuki Imamura Pages: 380 - 382
Splenic Vein Occlusion Secondary to Tuberculous Lymphadenitis at the Splenic Hilum: Report of a Case Heigo TakeuchiMasanori SuzukiHiroshi Nakura Pages: 383 - 385
Congenital Hemangiopericytoma: Report of a Case Yoshinori HamadaKohei TakadaKoshiro Hioki Pages: 386 - 389
Total Arch Replacement with an Aortic Arch Aneurysm Due to Chronic Interstitial Pneumonia: Report of a Case Toshiaki TanakaTokuo KoshinoKatsuya Ikeda Pages: 390 - 393
Involvement of the Right Atrium by Malignant Lymphoma as a Cause of Right Cardiac Failure: Report of a Case Hironori InoueShinji ShimokawaAkira Taira Pages: 394 - 396
Regeneration of Lymphatic Vessels and Lipometabolism in an Experimental Rat Model of Extensive Dissection of the Abdominal Periaortic Lymphatic Vessels and Lymph Nodes Hiroyuki TsuchiyaKinji Nagashima Short Communication Pages: 397 - 399
Importance of Preoperative Marking for Minithoracotomy and for Internal Thoracic Artery Harvesting in Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Nobuaki HirataShigeaki OhtakeHikaru Matsuda How to Do It Pages: 400 - 402