1. Current Status of Pulmonary Embolism in General Surgery in Japan

   • Masato Sakon
   • Ajay K. Kakkar
   • Morito Monden

   Review Article Pages: 805 - 810

2. Correlation of Glomerular Permeability, Endothelial Injury, and Postoperative Multiple Organ Dysfunction

   • Kaoru Koike
   • Junichi Aiboshi
   • Yasuhiro Yamamoto

   Original Articles Pages: 811 - 816

3. Bilateral Pneumothorax: A Retrospective Analysis of 40 Patients

   • Güven Sunam
   • Mehmet Gök
   • Hasan Solak

   OriginalPaper Pages: 817 - 821

4. Enhanced Induction of Apoptosis in Lung Adenocarcinoma After Preoperative Chemotherapy with Tegafur and Uracil (UFT)

   • Atsushi Morio
   • Hideaki Miyamoto
   • Hidehiro Konno

   OriginalPaper Pages: 822 - 827

5. Screening Cost for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Japan-Based Estimates

   • Susumu Ishikawa
   • Toru Takahashi
   • Yasuo Morishita

   OriginalPaper Pages: 828 - 831

6. Limb Ischemia and Reperfusion During Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surgery

   • Hidenori Sako
   • Tetsuo Hadama
   • Masato Morita

   OriginalPaper Pages: 832 - 836

7. Minilaparotomy Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Versus the Retroperitoneal Approach and Standard Open Surgery

   • Nobuyoshi Kawaharada
   • Kiyofumi Morishita
   • Tomio Abe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 837 - 841

8. Previous or Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Hepatitis B Surface Antigen-Negative and Anti-Hepatitis C-Negative Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

   • Kazuki Ohba
   • Shoji Kubo
   • Hiroaki Kinoshita

   OriginalPaper Pages: 842 - 848

9. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy with Treadmill Exercise to Assess Lower Limb Ischemia in Patients with Atherosclerotic Occlusive Disease

   • Toshiaki Watanabe
   • Masahiro Matsushita
   • Yuji Nimura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 849 - 854

10. Oral Administration of Uracil-Tegafur (UFT) Inhibits Liver Micrometastasis of Human Colon Cancer in an Orthotopic Nude Mouse Model and Its Early Detection System

    • Yutaka Takahashi
    • Kaname Yamashita
    • Masayoshi Mai

    OriginalPaper Pages: 855 - 859

11. Spiral Tacks May Contribute to Intra-Abdominal Adhesion Formation

    • Tayfun Karahasanoglu
    • Ender Onur
    • Tuncay Altug

    OriginalPaper Pages: 860 - 864

12. Effect of Chymase-Dependent Transforming Growth Factor β on Peritoneal Adhesion Formation in a Rat Model

    • Yukiko Okamoto
    • Shinji Takai
    • Mizuo Miyazaki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 865 - 867

13. Esophageal Replacement Using a Reversed Gastric Tube for Lye Stricture in a Child: Report of a Case

    • Keiichiro Tanaka
    • Masashi Kurobe
    • Yoji Yamazaki

    Case Reports Pages: 868 - 870

14. Massive Hemorrhage and Pseudo-Obstruction of the Small Intestine Caused by Primary AL Amyloidosis Associated with Gastric Cancer: Report of a Case

    • Naoko Iwahashi
    • Eisuke Tame
    • Yuji Nimura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 871 - 874

15. Transverse to Descending Colon Volvulus and Megacolon with Mesenterium Commune: Report of a Case

    • Satoru Tobinaga
    • Akio Morinaga
    • Tadashi Yoshida

    OriginalPaper Pages: 875 - 877

16. Laparoscopic Spleen-Preserving Pancreatic Tail Resection for an Intrapancreatic Accessory Spleen Mimicking a Nonfunctioning Endocrine Tumor: Report of a Case

    • Takashi Hamada
    • Shuji Isaji
    • Shinji Uemoto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 878 - 881

17. Endo-Bowel Clamp (PL540S) for Safe Rectal Irrigation in Laparoscopy-Assisted Rectal Resection

    • Tomohisa Furuhata
    • Fumitake Hata
    • Koichi Hirata

    How to Do It Pages: 882 - 884