Questionnaire on Perioperative Antibiotic Therapy in 2003: Postoperative Prophylaxis Yoshinobu SumiyamaShinya KusachiJunko Sato Review Article Pages: 107 - 113
Surgical Site Infection in General and Thoracic Surgery: Surveillance of 2 663 Cases in a Japanese Teaching Hospital Junichi YoshidaMasahiro ShinoharaKenichi Matsuo Original Articles Pages: 114 - 118
Evaluation of Tap Water for Surgical Handwashing Yukinari OhmoriHitoshi TonouchiMasato Kusunoki OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 124
Outcome of Patients Surgically Treated for Various Forms of Hyperthyroidism with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Experience at an Endocrine Center in Italy Carlo CappelliMarco BragaEnrico Agabiti Rosei OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 130
Efficacy of a Proton Pump Inhibitor Given in the Early Postoperative Period to Relieve Symptoms of Hiatal Hernia After Open Heart Surgery Mitsumasa HataMotomi ShionoYukiyasu Sezai OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 134
Intrapleural Hypotonic Cisplatin Treatment for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: In Vitro Experiments and Clinical Application Tetsuzo TagawaIchiro YoshinoYoshihiko Maehara OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 139
Effect of Prostaglandin E1 on Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury During Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surgery Hidenori SakoTetsuo HadamaTakashi Shuto OriginalPaper Pages: 140 - 146
Factors Affecting the Regression of Surgically Replaced Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Masahiro MatsushitaTeruo Ikezawa OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 150
Histological Classification of Liver Fibrosis and its Impact on the Postoperative Clinical Course of Patients with Congenital Dilatation of the Bile Duct Toshimichi HasegawaTakuya KimuraMasahiro Fukuzawa OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 154
Results of Regional Chemotherapy Using the Aortic Stop-Flow Technique in Advanced Pancreatic Carcinoma Frank MeyerThomas GebauerHans Lippert OriginalPaper Pages: 155 - 161
Restorative Proctocolectomy for Pediatric Patients with Ulcerative Colitis Minako SakoHideaki KimuraTsuneo Fukushima OriginalPaper Pages: 162 - 165
The Use of Fibrin Glue in the Treatment of Fistula-In-Ano: A Prospective Study Göktürk Maralcanİlyas BaşkonuşAvni Gökalp OriginalPaper Pages: 166 - 170
Thyroid Papillary Carcinoma Recurring as Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Report of a Case Shinzo KitaharaToshihide ItoTadaaki Shiba Case Reports Pages: 171 - 174
Omental Transposition for Lymphedema After a Breast Cancer Resection: Report of a Case Eiji NakajimaRyu NakajimaHarubumi Kato OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 179
Large Chest Wall Reconstruction Using a Pedicled Osteomuscle Composite Flap: Report of a Case Koji SakaguchiHirotoshi HorioYasunobu Terao OriginalPaper Pages: 180 - 183
Resection of Sternal Metastasis from Endometrial Carcinoma Followed by Reconstruction with Sandwiched Marlex and Stainless Steel Mesh: Report of a Case Shuji HaraguchiMasafumi HiokiKazuo Shimizu OriginalPaper Pages: 184 - 186
Computed Tomographic Demonstration of a Fish Bone in Abdominal Actinomycosis: Report of a Case Hideki YamadaSatoshi KondoYuji Nimura OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 189
Isolated Superior Mesenteric Vein Injury from Blunt Abdominal Trauma: Report of a Case Rodomil KostkaMarcela Sojáková OriginalPaper Pages: 190 - 192
Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor Arising in the Colon: Report of a Case Kouki KuwabaraHideyuki IshidaYuji Heike OriginalPaper Pages: 193 - 197
Easy Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using Epicardial Cryoablation Yoshitsugu NakamuraKiyoharu NakanoKoichi Sughimoto How to Do It Pages: 198 - 200
A Safer Technique of Aortic Root Replacement After Aortic Valve Replacement Masaru YoshikaiTsuyoshi ItoAkira Furutachi OriginalPaper Pages: 201 - 203