Characteristics of Tumor Extension Requiring Bronchoplasty and Pneumonectomy in Patients with Lung Cancer and Positive Bronchoscopic Findings Yasuo SekineYukio SaitohTakehiko Fujisawa Original Articles Pages: 491 - 498
Predictors of Postoperative Complications After Radical Resection for Pulmonary Aspergillosis Shunsuke EndoShin-ichi OtaniYasunori Sohara OriginalPaper Pages: 499 - 503
Bacteriological Evaluation of the Cardiac Surgery Environment Accompanying Hospital Relocation Toru IshidaKiyoharu NakanoAkihiko Gomi OriginalPaper Pages: 504 - 507
Efficacy of Continuous Low-Dose Human Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Given from the Beginning of Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Thoracic Aortic Surgery Akira SezaiMotomi ShionoYukiyasu Sezai OriginalPaper Pages: 508 - 514
Receiver-Operating Characteristic Analysis of Leukocyte Counts and Serum C-Reactive Protein Levels in Children with Advanced Appendicitis Tatsuya OkamotoKaoru SanoKeizo Ogasahara OriginalPaper Pages: 515 - 518
Liver Injury in Sepsis and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in Rats M.A. Tolga MuftuogluAli AktekinAbdullah Saglam OriginalPaper Pages: 519 - 524
Isolated Unilateral Absence of a Pulmonary Artery Treated by Pneumonectomy in an Adult: Report of a Case Takashi OhtsukaHiroaki NomoriKeiichi Suemasu Case Reports Pages: 525 - 527
Massive Pulmonary Embolism Complicated by a Patent Foramen Ovale with Straddling Thrombus: Report of a Case Bilgehan ErkutHikmet KocakHuseyin Senocak OriginalPaper Pages: 528 - 533
Excision After Chemoradiotherapy of Invasive Thymoma Extending into the Right Atrium: Report of a Case Hideo IchimuraShingo UsuiMasataka Onizuka OriginalPaper Pages: 534 - 537
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Under Cardiopulmonary Bypass in a Patient with β-Thalassemia: Report of a Case Tetsuya HoraiKeita TanakaMakoto Takeda OriginalPaper Pages: 538 - 540
Proximal Aortic Replacement with Ascending–Descending Bypass for a Diffuse Aneurysm: Report of a Case Norihiko ShiiyaKenji MatsuzakiToshifumi Murashita OriginalPaper Pages: 541 - 545
Aortoenteric Fistula After Endovascular Stent Grafting for an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Report of a Case Masahiro UenoYoshifumi IguroRyuzo Sakata OriginalPaper Pages: 546 - 548
Successful Management of Esophageal Perforation Diagnosed 3 Days After Injury Caused by an Explosion in the Workplace: Report of a Case Shigeaki SawadaAkio KusamaKenzo Tajima OriginalPaper Pages: 549 - 553
Long-Term Survival After Resection of Metachronous Bilateral Adrenal Metastases of Mucinous Gastric Carcinoma: Report of a Case Yasuji MokunoMakoto KatayamaKatsuyoshi Koh OriginalPaper Pages: 554 - 558
Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma with Lymph Node Metastasis Successfully Treated by Immunotherapy with CD3-Activated T Cells and Dendritic Cells After Surgery: Report of a Case Ryota HiguchiMasakazu YamamotoKen Takasaki OriginalPaper Pages: 559 - 562
Intramural Hematoma of the Cecum as the Lead Point of Intussusception in an Elderly Patient with Hemophilia A: Report of a Case Yoshifumi NakayamaMasayuki FukushimaHideaki Itoh OriginalPaper Pages: 563 - 565
Immediate Postoperative Angiographic Embolization After Damage Control Surgery for Liver Injury: Report of a Case Shigeki KushimotoYuichi KoidoYasuhiro Yamamoto OriginalPaper Pages: 566 - 569
Posterior Esophagopexy with Dome Formation to Prevent Reflux in Interposed Jejunal Pouch Reconstruction After Total Gastrectomy Taku MichiuraTatsuya KanbaraYasushi Nakane How to Do It Pages: 570 - 573
Plastron-Trapdoor Technique for Direct-Vision Sternal Re-entry Shunsuke EndoTsuyoshi HasegawaYasunori Sohara OriginalPaper Pages: 574 - 576