1. Chondrosarcoma of the Chest Wall: A Clinical Analysis

   • Antonio Briccoli
   • Massimiliano De Paolis
   • Michele Rocca

   Original Articles Pages: 291 - 296

2. A New Bioabsorbable Sleeve for Staple-Line Reinforcement: Report of a Clinical Experience

   • Yukihito Saito
   • Hideyasu Omiya
   • Hiroji Imamura

   Pages: 297 - 299

3. Hilar Lymph Nodes in N2 Disease: Survival Analysis of Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers and Regional Lymph Node Metastasis

   • Kazuhiro Ueda
   • Yoshikazu Kaneda
   • Kensuke Esato

   Pages: 300 - 304

4. Postoperative Complications After Local Resection of the Stomach

   • Eiji Ueda
   • Joji Kitayama
   • Hirokazu Nagawa

   Pages: 305 - 309

5. A Novel Approach to the Prevention of Postoperative Delirium in the Elderly After Gastrointestinal Surgery

   • Ken-ichiro Aizawa
   • Toshio Kanai
   • Tetsuya Yamamoto

   Pages: 310 - 314

6. Clinical and Functional Comparison Between Stapled Colonic J-Pouch Low Rectal Anastomosis and Hand-Sewn Colonic J-Pouch Anal Anastomosis for Very Low Rectal Cancer

   • Yasuo Takase
   • Masatoshi Oya
   • Junji Komatsu

   Pages: 315 - 321

7. Correlation of Thymidine Phosphorylase Staining and the Ki-67 Labeling Index to Clinicopathologic Factors and Hepatic Metastasis in Patients with Colorectal Cancer

   • Toshiaki Kitabatake
   • Kuniaki Kojima
   • Shunji Futagawa

   Pages: 322 - 328

8. Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Expression in Intimal Hyperplasia of Vein Grafts in a Rat Model

   • Mitsuhiro Yamamura
   • Takashi Miyamoto
   • John R. Hoch

   Pages: 329 - 334

9. An Experimental Study of Regional Chemotherapy Using CDDP-Loaded Microspheres for Esophageal Cancer

   • Yoshiki Nakamura
   • Yutaka Hamabe
   • Yoshikazu Kuroda

   Pages: 335 - 342

10. Decreased Synthesis of Matrix Metalloproteinase-7 and Adhesion to the Extracellular Matrix Proteins of Human Colon Cancer Cells Treated with Troglitazone

    • Eiji Sunami
    • Nelson Hirokazu Tsuno
    • Hirokazu Nagawa

    Pages: 343 - 350

11. Functional Mediastinal Parathyroid Cyst: Report of a Case

    • Iwao Mikami
    • Kiyoshi Koizumi
    • Shigeo Tanaka

    Case Reports Pages: 351 - 353

12. Papillary Fibroelastoma of the Aortic Valve: Report of a Case

    • Shin Yamamoto
    • Koji Fuchimoto
    • Tomoko Yamamoto

    Pages: 354 - 358

13. Successful Open Stent Grafting of a Right Aortic Arch and a Descending Aortic Aneurysm Originating from a Kommerell's Diverticulum: Report of a Case

    • Shinji Miyamoto
    • Tetsuo Hadama
    • Hirotsugu Hamamoto

    Pages: 359 - 361

14. Lymphangioma of the Lesser Omentum Associated with Abdominal Esophageal Carcinoma: Report of a Case

    • Kenji Tezuka
    • Yoshinari Ogawa
    • Kosei Hirakawa

    Pages: 362 - 366

15. Gastrojejunocolic Fistula After Gastrectomy with Billroth II Reconstruction: Report of a Case

    • Manabu Ohta
    • Hiroyuki Konno
    • Satoshi Nakamura

    Pages: 367 - 370

16. Manifestation of Bilateral Huge Ovarian Metastases from Colon Cancer Immediately After the Initial Operation: Report of a Case

    • Chouhei Sakakura
    • Akeo Hagiwara
    • Hisakazu Yamagishi

    Pages: 371 - 375

17. Spermatic Cord Metastasis as an Initial Manifestation of Sigmoid Colon Carcinoma: Report of a Case

    • Alexandros Polychronidis
    • Christos Tsolos
    • Constantinos Simopoulos

    Pages: 376 - 377

18. Massive Hemorrhage in a Patient with Intestinal Behçet's Disease: Report of a Case

    • Hideto Fujita
    • Masato Kiriyama
    • Kishichiro Watanabe

    Pages: 378 - 382

19. Impaction of a Shrapnel Splinter in the Common Bile Duct After Migrating from the Right Thoracic Cavity: Report of a Case

    • Susumu Eguchi
    • Shigetoshi Matsuo
    • Takashi Kanematsu

    Pages: 383 - 385