Abdominal Vascular Injuries: The Trauma Surgeon's Challenge Juan A. AsensioSalvador Navarro SotoDemetrios Demetriades Review Article Pages: 949 - 957
Indications, Risks, and Acceptance of Total Thyroidectomy for Multinodular Benign Goiter Peter E. MüllerSteffen KabusFritz Spelsberg Original Articles Pages: 958 - 962
Differences in the Progesterone Receptor Contents Between Familial Breast Cancers and Sporadic Breast Cancers Stratified by Patient Age Takashi FukutomiSadako Akashi-Tanaka Pages: 963 - 967
Surgical Approach for Repair of Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Postoperative Respiratory Function Kiyohiro OshimaSusumu IshikawaYasuo Morishita Pages: 968 - 970
Beneficial Effects of Immediate Enteral Nutrition After Esophageal Cancer Surgery Satoshi AikoYutaka YoshizumiTadaaki Maehara Pages: 971 - 978
Impact of Oral Antimicrobial Prophylaxis on Surgical Site Infection and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection After Elective Colorectal Surgery. Results of a Prospective Randomized Trial Hideyuki IshidaMasaru YokoyamaDaijo Hashimoto Pages: 979 - 983
Repeated Hepatic Dearterialization for Unresectable Carcinomas of the Liver: Report of a 10-Year Experience Takeo KimotoAkira YamanoiNaofumi Nagasue Pages: 984 - 990
Changes in Arterial and Portal Perfusion in Embolized and Nonembolized Hepatic Lobes After Portal Vein Embolization Evaluated by Helical Computed Tomography Hisao WakabayashiSatoru NakanoHajime Maeta Pages: 991 - 995
Incidental Parathyroid Adenomas with Normocalcemia Discovered During Thyroid Operations: Report of Three Cases Maurizio MarchesiMarco BiffoniFrancesco Paolo Campana Case Reports Pages: 996 - 998
Simultaneous Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass and Repair of a Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer of the Descending Thoracic Aorta: Report of a Case Yoshinobu NakamuraYoshimasa SuzukiTakeshi Yamaga Pages: 999 - 1001
Antiplatelet Therapy for a Pregnant Woman with a Mechanical Aortic Valve: Report of a Case Masahiro UenoHiroshi MasudaRyuzo Sakata Pages: 1002 - 1004
Abnormal Esophageal Anatomy Associated with a Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Report of a Case İbrahìm KarnakMehmet Emìn ŞenocakNebìl Büyükpamukçu Pages: 1005 - 1007
Portal Venous Dilatation and Stenting for Bleeding Jejunal Varices: Report of Two Cases Kei HiraokaSatoshi KondoHiroyuki Katoh Pages: 1008 - 1011
Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma in the Appendix in a Patient with Nonrotation: Report of a Case Harunobu SatoMasato FujisakiMakoto Kuroda Pages: 1012 - 1015
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma of the Ascending Colon in a Patient with Becker Muscular Dystrophy: Report of a Case Hideyuki UotaniShinichiro HirokawaKazuhiro Tsukada Pages: 1016 - 1019
Attenuated Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Associated with Advanced Rectal Cancer in a 16-Year-Old Boy: Report of a Case Shigetoshi MatsuoSusumu EguchiTakashi Kanematsu Pages: 1020 - 1023
Right Hepatic Segmentectomy for the Treatment of Intrahepatic Biliary Stones due to Ascaris lumbricoides: Report of a Case Marcelo A. F. Ribeiro Jr.William Abrão Saad Jr.William Abrão Saad Pages: 1024 - 1026
Pancreatitis Induced by Valproic Acid: Report of a Case Naruto TairaHideyuki NishiSyoukichi Komatsubara Pages: 1027 - 1031
Spontaneous Rupture of the Pancreaticoduodenal Artery Possibly Related to Prior Occlusion of the Common Hepatic Artery: Report of a Case Tetsuya InoueAtsuo MurataShuji Shimazaki Pages: 1032 - 1035
Autoantibody to Gravin is Expressed More Strongly in Younger and Nonthymomatous Patients with Myasthenia Gravis Hidefumi SasakiMitoshi KunimatsuMakoto Sasaki Short Communications Pages: 1036 - 1037
Elevated Serum Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor Levels in Patients with Thymic Epithelial Neoplasms Hidefumi SasakiHaruhiro YukiueYoshitaka Fujii Pages: 1038 - 1040