Current Status of Pulmonary Embolism in General Surgery in Japan Masato SakonAjay K. KakkarMorito Monden Review Article Pages: 805 - 810
Correlation of Glomerular Permeability, Endothelial Injury, and Postoperative Multiple Organ Dysfunction Kaoru KoikeJunichi AiboshiYasuhiro Yamamoto Original Articles Pages: 811 - 816
Bilateral Pneumothorax: A Retrospective Analysis of 40 Patients Güven SunamMehmet GökHasan Solak OriginalPaper Pages: 817 - 821
Enhanced Induction of Apoptosis in Lung Adenocarcinoma After Preoperative Chemotherapy with Tegafur and Uracil (UFT) Atsushi MorioHideaki MiyamotoHidehiro Konno OriginalPaper Pages: 822 - 827
Screening Cost for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Japan-Based Estimates Susumu IshikawaToru TakahashiYasuo Morishita OriginalPaper Pages: 828 - 831
Limb Ischemia and Reperfusion During Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surgery Hidenori SakoTetsuo HadamaMasato Morita OriginalPaper Pages: 832 - 836
Minilaparotomy Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Versus the Retroperitoneal Approach and Standard Open Surgery Nobuyoshi KawaharadaKiyofumi MorishitaTomio Abe OriginalPaper Pages: 837 - 841
Previous or Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Hepatitis B Surface Antigen-Negative and Anti-Hepatitis C-Negative Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Kazuki OhbaShoji KuboHiroaki Kinoshita OriginalPaper Pages: 842 - 848
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy with Treadmill Exercise to Assess Lower Limb Ischemia in Patients with Atherosclerotic Occlusive Disease Toshiaki WatanabeMasahiro MatsushitaYuji Nimura OriginalPaper Pages: 849 - 854
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 TakahashiKaname YamashitaMasayoshi Mai OriginalPaper Pages: 855 - 859
Spiral Tacks May Contribute to Intra-Abdominal Adhesion Formation Tayfun KarahasanogluEnder OnurTuncay Altug OriginalPaper Pages: 860 - 864
Effect of Chymase-Dependent Transforming Growth Factor β on Peritoneal Adhesion Formation in a Rat Model Yukiko OkamotoShinji TakaiMizuo Miyazaki OriginalPaper Pages: 865 - 867
Esophageal Replacement Using a Reversed Gastric Tube for Lye Stricture in a Child: Report of a Case Keiichiro TanakaMasashi KurobeYoji Yamazaki Case Reports Pages: 868 - 870
Massive Hemorrhage and Pseudo-Obstruction of the Small Intestine Caused by Primary AL Amyloidosis Associated with Gastric Cancer: Report of a Case Naoko IwahashiEisuke TameYuji Nimura OriginalPaper Pages: 871 - 874
Transverse to Descending Colon Volvulus and Megacolon with Mesenterium Commune: Report of a Case Satoru TobinagaAkio MorinagaTadashi Yoshida OriginalPaper Pages: 875 - 877
Laparoscopic Spleen-Preserving Pancreatic Tail Resection for an Intrapancreatic Accessory Spleen Mimicking a Nonfunctioning Endocrine Tumor: Report of a Case Takashi HamadaShuji IsajiShinji Uemoto OriginalPaper Pages: 878 - 881
Endo-Bowel Clamp (PL540S) for Safe Rectal Irrigation in Laparoscopy-Assisted Rectal Resection Tomohisa FuruhataFumitake HataKoichi Hirata How to Do It Pages: 882 - 884