Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury of the Liver with Special Reference to Calcium-Dependent Mechanisms Masato SakonHideo AriyoshiMorito Monden Review Article Pages: 1 - 12
Postoperative Follow-Up of Patients with Early Breast Cancer: Reappraisal of Serum Tumor Markers Keisei AnanShoshu MitsuyamaSatoshi Toyoshima Original Articles Pages: 13 - 18
Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery in the Treatment of Chronic Empyema Thoracis Yu-Jen ChengHsing-Hsien WuEing-Long Kao Pages: 19 - 25
Efficacy of a Pedicled Pericardial Fat Pad Fixed with Fibrin Glue on Postoperative Alveolar Air Leakage Masahiro YoshimuraNoriaki TsubotaToshihiko Sakamoto Pages: 26 - 28
Role of Interleukin-1α and Type I Interleukin-1 Receptor in the Growth Activity and Invasion of Gastric Carcinoma Cells Yoshitaka Furuya Pages: 29 - 34
Prognostic Significance of the Cytologic Features of Free Cancer Cells in the Peritoneal Cavity of Patients with Gastric Cancer Takashi MajimaTakashi IchikuraHidetaka Mochizuki Pages: 35 - 39
A Prospective Randomized Comparison Between an Open Hemorrhoidectomy and a Semi-Closed (Semi-Open) Hemorrhoidectomy Noboru MikuniMasatoshi OyaTetsuo Yamana Pages: 40 - 47
Control of Intraoperative Bleeding During Liver Resection: Analysis of a Questionnaire Sent to 231 Japanese Hospitals Yasuaki NakajimaTsuyoshi ShimamuraSatoru Todo Pages: 48 - 52
A Novel Suicide Gene Therapy System for p53-Mutated Cells Using a Wild-Type p53-Specific Promoter and Cre/loxP Switch Masaki MizumotoShigeki AriiMasayuki Imamura Pages: 53 - 58
Brachiocephalic Vein Thrombus of Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Report of a Case Eisuke KoikeHiroyuki YamashitaShiro Noguchi Case Reports Pages: 59 - 62
Pregnancy After Undergoing the Fontan Procedure for a Double Outlet Right Ventricle: Report of a Case Masayoshi ItoNobuyuki TakagiTomio Abe Pages: 63 - 65
Congenital Sternal Cleft with Patent Ductus Arteriosus: Report of a Case Norihiko IshikawaChikashi HiranumaMasaki Yamamoto Pages: 66 - 68
Small Intestinal Bleeding Secondary to Metastatic Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Rib: Report of a Case Masaya TamuraMakoto OdaGo Watanabe Pages: 69 - 71
Long-Term Survival in Advanced Small Cell Carcinoma of the Colorectum: Report of a Case Kunihiko IzuishiTatsuo AraiNorio Saito Pages: 72 - 74
Middle Hepatic Vein Reconstruction Using a Peritoneal Patch: Report of a Case Koho AkimaruMasahiko OndaSho Mineta Pages: 75 - 77
Isolated Agenesis of the Gallbladder: Report of a Case Piero M. A. FisichellaAndrea Di StefanoFerdinando Latteri Pages: 78 - 80
Inflammatory Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Gallbladder: Report of a Case Tatsuya KatoTetsufumi KojimaHidetoshi Sato Pages: 81 - 85
Ascariasis-Induced Empyema of Gallbladder: Report of a Case Omar Javed ShahNazir Ahmad WaniFayaz Ahmad Khan Pages: 86 - 88
Gallbladder Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma: Report of Two Cases Tatsuya AokiKeiichiro InoueTohru Shimizu Pages: 89 - 92
Elevated Serum Pro-MMP2 Levels in Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer Are Not Suitable as a Prognostic Marker Hidefumi SasakiMasanobu KiriyamaYoshitaka Fujii Short Communication Pages: 93 - 95