Changing society, evolving surgery Morito Monden Presidential Address 29 February 2008 Pages: 195 - 205
Video-assisted esophagectomy for esophageal cancer Toshiaki ShichinoheSatoshi HiranoSatoshi Kondo Review Article 29 February 2008 Pages: 206 - 213
Intraoperative parathyroid hormone levels measured by intact and whole parathyroid hormone assays in patients with Graves’ disease Masaya KaiHiroyuki YamashitaShiro Noguchi Original Articles 29 February 2008 Pages: 214 - 221
Preoperative ultrasound and nuclear medicine studies improve the accuracy in localization of adenoma in hyperparathyroidism Bryan A. WhitsonThomas A. Broadie Original Articles 29 February 2008 Pages: 222 - 226
Smoking affects prognosis after lung cancer surgery Hiroshige NakamuraTomohiro HarukiYuji Taniguchi Original Articles 29 February 2008 Pages: 227 - 231
Treatment of solitary iliac aneurysms: Clinical review of 28 cases Haidi HuTakeshi TakanoYoshihiko Maehara Original Articles 29 February 2008 Pages: 232 - 236
Prevention of reperfusion injury of the spinal cord in aortic surgery: An experimental study Cevdet Ugur KoçogullariNecip BecitHikmet Koçak Original Articles 29 February 2008 Pages: 237 - 244
Successful resection of dermatomyositis associated with thymic carcinoma: Report of a case Fumiyuki TakahashiKoji TsutaYoshinosuke Fukuchi Case Reports 29 February 2008 Pages: 245 - 248
Rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in a patient with a situs inversus totalis: Report of a case Naoyuki KimuraKoji KawahitoSatoshi Ito Case Reports 29 February 2008 Pages: 249 - 252
Surgical management of abdominal aortic aneurysm associated with polycystic kidney disease: Report of two cases Hiroyuki InoguchiKimihiro KomoriYoshihiko Maehara Case Reports 29 February 2008 Pages: 253 - 257
Surgical removal of a tilted temporary inferior vena cava filter incorporated with a large thrombus: Report of a case Takaki SugimotoTakuo NomuraTakashi Kitade Case Reports 29 February 2008 Pages: 258 - 260
Giant T4 rectal carcinoma mimicking urinary bladder adenocarcinoma accurately diagnosed by immunohistochemistry and successfully treated with total pelvic exenteration: Report of a case Koh MiuraTerutada KobayashiIwao Sasaki Case Reports 29 February 2008 Pages: 261 - 265
Pancreatic schwannoma: Report of a case Toshiyuki OkumaMasahiko HirotaHideo Baba Case Reports 29 February 2008 Pages: 266 - 270
Liver cryptococcosis manifesting as obstructive jaundice in a young immunocompetent man: Report of a case Satoshi NaraTsuyoshi SanoTomoo Kosuge Case Reports 29 February 2008 Pages: 271 - 274
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)-producing adrenocortical carcinoma — Long survival with various therapeutic strategies including a lung resection: Report of a case Wakako HamanakaSatoshi YonedaHirohumi Tsuru Case Reports 29 February 2008 Pages: 275 - 278
Hematoma-directed and ultrasound-guided breast-conserving surgery for nonpalpable breast cancer after Mammotome biopsy Hiroki InuiMasahiro WatataniHitoshi Shiozaki How to Do It 29 February 2008 Pages: 279 - 282
A new painless method of fixation and removal of a silicone chest drain after thoracic surgery Mitsuhiro KamiyoshiharaTakashi Ibe How to Do It 29 February 2008 Pages: 283 - 284
Low-pressure continuous suction of bile and pancreatic juice from the hepatic duct and jejunal limb after major hepatectomy with pancreatoduodenectomy Hiroshi YoshidaYasuhiro MamadaTakashi Tajiri How to Do It 29 February 2008 Pages: 285 - 288
Reconstruction of the middle hepatic vein tributaries draining segments V and VIII of a right liver graft by using the recipient’s own middle hepatic vein and vascular closure staples Hirotaka TashiroToshiyuki ItamotoToshimasa Asahara How to Do It 29 February 2008 Pages: 289 - 291