1. Role of Hypermethylation on Carcinogenesis in the Pancreas

   • Tamotsu Kuroki
   • Yoshitsugu Tajima
   • Takashi Kanematsu

   Review Articles Pages: 981 - 986

2. Cystic Hydatid Disease: Current Trends in Diagnosis and Management

   • Iskender Sayek
   • M. Bulent Tirnaksiz
   • Riza Dogan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 987 - 996

3. A Randomized Prospective Study of Complications Between General Surgery Residents and Attending Surgeons in Near-Total Thyroidectomies

   • Zeki Acun
   • Alper Cihan
   • Ali Cesur

   Original Articles Pages: 997 - 1001

4. Conservative Treatment of Postpneumonic Thoracic Empyema in Children

   • S. Kerem Ozel
   • Ahmet Kazez
   • A. Denizmen Aygun

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1002 - 1005

5. One-Lung Ventilation for Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Interruption of Patent Ductus Arteriosus

   • Kagami Miyaji
   • Koui Ka
   • Hirokuni Yoshimura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1006 - 1009

6. Postoperative Renal Function After Elective Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Requiring Suprarenal Aortic Cross-Clamping

   • Fabio A. Kudo
   • Toshiya Nishibe
   • Masayasu Nishibe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1010 - 1013

7. Serum Interleukin-12 Levels in Patients with Gastric Cancer

   • Saburo Murakami
   • Katsuhiko Okubo
   • Renzo Hirayama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1014 - 1019

8. Laparoscopic Colectomy Versus Open Colectomy for Colorectal Carcinoma: A Retrospective Analysis of Patients Followed Up for at Least 4 Years

   • Masayuki Kojima
   • Fumio Konishi
   • Hideo Nagai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1020 - 1024

9. Improved Healing of Small-Caliber, Long-Fibril Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene Vascular Grafts by Covalent Bonding of Fibronectin

   • Toshifumi Shimada
   • Toshiya Nishibe
   • Yasuhiro Okuda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1025 - 1030

10. Optimal Timing for Surgery After Adriamycin Treatment in Rats

    • Mehmet Ali Gulcelik
    • Soykan Dinc
    • Haluk Alagol

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1031 - 1034

11. The Role of Transforming Growth Factor α Formulation on Aspirin-Induced Ulcer Healing and Oxidant Stress in the Gastric Mucosa

    • Bilge Gönül
    • K. Gonca Akbulut
    • Nevin Çelebi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1035 - 1040

12. Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting with Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Report of a Case

    • Keiichi Ishida
    • Mizuho Imamaki
    • Masaru Miyazaki

    Case Reports Pages: 1041 - 1043

13. Accessory Splenectomy with Gastroesophageal Devascularization for Recurrent Hypersplenism and Refractory Bleeding Varices in a Patient with Liver Cirrhosis: Report of a Case

    • Igor Mishin
    • Gheorghe Ghidirim

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1044 - 1048

14. Successful Surgical Ligation Under Intraoperative Portal Vein Pressure Monitoring of a Large Portosystemic Shunt Presenting as an Intrapulmonary Shunt: Report of a Case

    • Hiroshi Yagi
    • Yasutsugu Takada
    • Koichi Tanaka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1049 - 1052

15. Primary Peritonitis Associated with Streptococcal Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome: Report of a Case

    • Kazuto Kanetake
    • Kazuto Kanetake
    • Hajime Hirose

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1053 - 1056

16. Closed Subfascial Ligation of Incompetent Perforating Veins of the Lower Extremities

    • Ahmed E. Lasheen
    • Mohamad R. Hefny
    • Esam Al Bakly

    How to Do It Pages: 1057 - 1060