Damage Control Surgery: An Alternative Approach for the Management of Critically Injured Patients Gregory KouraklisSpiros SpirakosAndromachi Glinavou Review Article Pages: 195 - 202
Effects of Modified Ultrafiltration on Coagulation Factors in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Yoshio OotakiMasahiro YamaguchiShigeteru Oka Original Articles Pages: 203 - 206
Significance of the Initial Arterial Lactate Level and Transpulmonary Arteriovenous Lactate Difference After Open-Heart Surgery Yoshiyuki TakamiHiroshi Ina Pages: 207 - 212
Quality of Life After Esophagectomy for Cancer: An Assessment Using the Questionnaire with the Face Scale Yoichi TabiraMasahiro YasunagaMichio Kawasuji Pages: 213 - 219
Regular Finger Dilation for Preventing Anastomotic Stenosis After Low Anterior Resection Toshihiko YagyuTetsuhisa YamamotoHidetaka Mochizuki Pages: 220 - 223
Surgical Management of Splenic Hydatidosis Manzoor Ahmad DarOmar Javed ShahParveen Shah Pages: 224 - 229
Effects of Carvedilol Alone and in the Presence of Cyclosporine A on the DNA Synthesis of Cultured Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Yu Seun KimMyoung Soo KimKiil Park Pages: 230 - 235
Interleukin-12 Administration Is More Effective for Preventing Metastasis than for Inhibiting Primary Established Tumors in a Murine Model of Spontaneous Hepatic Metastasis Terutada KobayashiKen-ichi ShiibaKazuyoshi Takeda Pages: 236 - 242
Revascularization to Prevent Postoperative Bowel Infarction After Surgery for Acute Superior Mesenteric Artery Thromboembolism Shukichi SakaguchiKenji MinowaSatoshi Nakamura Pages: 243 - 248
The Inhibitory Effect of Octreotide on Experimental Colorectal Carcinogenesis Rasim GencosmanogluDursun BugraAyhan Bilir Pages: 249 - 256
Invasive Ductal Carcinoma of the Breast Associated with Poland's Syndrome: Report of a Case Hirotaka OkamotoKazuo MiuraYoshiro Matsumoto Case Reports Pages: 257 - 260
Treatment of Necrotic Infection on the Anterior Chest Wall Secondary to Mastectomy and Postoperative Radiotherapy by the Application of Omentum and Mesh Skin Grafting: Report of a Case Masaaki SatoFumihiro TanakaHiromi Wada Pages: 261 - 263
Thymoma Associated with Hypogammaglobulinemia (Good's Syndrome): Report of a Case Taro OshikiriToshiaki MorikawaHiroyuki Katoh Pages: 264 - 266
Spontaneous Pneumothorax Secondary to Radiographically Occult Lung Metastasis from Parapharyngeal Synovial Sarcoma: Report of a Case Takanori KurokawaToshiaki MorikawaHiroyuki Katoh Pages: 267 - 269
Surgical Treatment of Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma in the Left Atrium and Pulmonary Veins: Report of a Case Riichiro TodaGoichi YotsumotoYoshihisa Umekita Pages: 270 - 273
Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma of the Stomach: Clinical-Pathological Features, Nosologic Setting, and Surgical Therapy. Report of a Case Antonino VersaciAntonio MacrìCiro Famulari Pages: 274 - 277
A Hemophagocytic Syndrome-Like Condition After Emergency Colectomy for Perforated Colon Cancer: Report of a Case Takayuki YamadaToshiro IkeyaYasuo Morishita Pages: 278 - 281
Diverticulitis Causing a High Serum Level of Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9: Report of a Case Toshio NakamuraKeiji MaruyamaSatoshi Nakamura Pages: 282 - 284
Xanthogranulomatous Cholecystitis with a Liver Abscess and Metastatic Endophthalmitis: Report of a Case Naofumi EriguchiShigeaki AoyagiShigeru Hamada Pages: 285 - 288
A New Abdominal Drain Insertion Technique After a Cirrhotic Liver Resection to Prevent Ascitic Leakage Paul Bo-san LaiKa Lau LeungWan Yee Lau How to Do It Pages: 289 - 290