Expression of Tissue Factor mRNA and Invasion of Blood Vessels by Tumor Cells in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Yoshihiro MinamiyaIkuo MatsuzakiJun-ichi Ogawa Original Articles Pages: 1 - 5
Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Is Effective in Preventing Symptomatic Pulmonary Embolism After Thoracic Surgery Itaru NagahiroAkio AndouNobuyoshi Shimizu OriginalPaper Pages: 6 - 10
Comparative Study of the Effect on Clinical Outcome of the Use of an Open Circuit and the Use of a Closed Circuit in Cardiopulmonary Bypass for a Graft Replacement of the Descending Thoracic or Thoracoabdominal Aorta Johji FukadaKiyofumi MorishitaTomio Abe OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 15
Surgical Experience of Full Root Replacement with Freestyle Bioprosthesis: Indications, Surgical Technique, and Results Hitoshi TeradaTeruhisa KazuiKazuhiro Ohkura OriginalPaper Pages: 16 - 20
Autologous Blood Donation Before Elective Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Masataka YodaMasaki NonoyamaTadayuki Shimakura OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 23
Effects of Intestinal Surgery on Pulmonary, Glomerular, and Intestinal Permeability, and its Relation to the Hemodynamics and Oxidative Stress Martin MatejovicAles KrouzeckyIvan Novak OriginalPaper Pages: 24 - 31
Survival and Recurrence After a Sphincter-Saving Resection and Abdominoperineal Resection for Adenocarcinoma of the Rectum At or Below the Peritoneal Reflection: A Multivariate Analysis Tohru NakagoeHiroshi IshikawaToru Yasutake OriginalPaper Pages: 32 - 39
Angiogenesis Inhibitor TNP-470 Can Suppress Hepatocellular Carcinoma Growth Without Retarding Liver Regeneration After Partial Hepatectomy Shigeki KinoshitaRyuji HiraiNobuyoshi Shimizu OriginalPaper Pages: 40 - 46
Ultrastructural Changes in the Contralateral Lung Tissue Following Unilateral Lung Ischemia: An Experimental Study in Rabbits Turan KanmazMurat CakmakSelcuk Yucesan OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 54
Pulmonary Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma from the Uterus in a Postmenopausal Woman: Report of a Case Yasunobu FunakoshiNoriyoshi SawabataHajime Maeda Case Reports Pages: 55 - 57
Huge Localized Fibrous Tumor of the Pleura Resembling a Mediastinal Tumor: Report of a Case Tomoyasu YashiroMitsutoshi ShibaTakehiko Fujisawa OriginalPaper Pages: 58 - 61
Esophageal Intramural Pseudodiverticulosis Treated by Balloon Dilatation: Report of a Case Fumihiko YoneyamaYoichiro KobayashiTatsuo Hattori OriginalPaper Pages: 62 - 64
Ileal Perforation in a Patient with High Spinal Cord Injury: Report of a Case Atsushi MatsuoYasuharu TokuyamaTomohiko Furuta OriginalPaper Pages: 65 - 67
Refractory Ulcerative Colitis Complicated by a Cytomegaloviral Infection Requiring Surgery: Report of a Case Toshio NakamuraRitsuko NakamuraSatoshi Nakamura OriginalPaper Pages: 68 - 71
Minilaparotomy Approach for Removal of a Large Colonic Lipoma: Report of Two Cases Tohru NakagoeTerumitsu SawaiToru Yasutake OriginalPaper Pages: 72 - 75
Unusual Atrophic Change After Repeated Arterial Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Report of a Case Takamichi KomoriYo SasakiShingi Imaoka OriginalPaper Pages: 76 - 79
Primary Gas Gangrene of the Pancreas: Report of a Case Toru IkegamiAkinori KidoTeruyoshi Ishida OriginalPaper Pages: 80 - 81
Brain Death Due to Abdominal Compartment Syndrome Caused by Massive Venous Bleeding in a Patient with a Stable Pelvic Fracture: Report of a Case Akiyoshi HagiwaraHideki FukushimaShuji Shimazaki OriginalPaper Pages: 82 - 85
Carcinoid Tumor of the Kidney Presenting as a Large Abdominal Mass: Report of a Case Hidemi KawajiriNaoyoshi OnodaKosei Hirakawa OriginalPaper Pages: 86 - 89
Large Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Retroperitoneum: Report of a Case Katsuyuki KuniedaYoshihiro TanakaKuniyasu Shimokawa OriginalPaper Pages: 90 - 93
Successful Coil Embolization for Spontaneous Arterial Rupture in Association with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type IV: Report of a Case Yuji SugawaraKoji BanAkira Naitoh OriginalPaper Pages: 94 - 96