1. Potentials of regenerative medicine for liver disease

   • Shinichiro Ogawa
   • Shinichi Miyagawa

   Review Article 08 December 2009 Pages: 1019 - 1025

2. The possibility of performing a limited resection and a lymphadenectomy for proximal gastric carcinoma based on sentinel node navigation

   • Hironori Ohdaira
   • Hiroshi Nimura
   • Katsuhiko Yanaga

   Original Article 08 December 2009 Pages: 1026 - 1031

3. Short-term intravenous antimicrobial prophylaxis in combination with preoperative oral antibiotics on surgical site infection and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in elective colon cancer surgery: Results of a prospective randomized trial

   • Keiichiro Ishibashi
   • Kouki Kuwabara
   • Hideyuki Ishida

   Original Article 08 December 2009 Pages: 1032 - 1039

4. Retrospective, matched case-control study comparing the oncologic outcomes between laparoscopic surgery and open surgery in patients with right-sided colon cancer

   • Takatoshi Nakamura
   • Wataru Onozato
   • Masahiko Watanabe

   Original Article 08 December 2009 Pages: 1040 - 1045

5. TSU68, an antiangiogenic receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, induces tumor vascular normalization in a human cancer xenograft nude mouse model

   • Manabu Ohta
   • Toshiki Kawabata
   • Hiroyuki Konno

   Original Article 08 December 2009 Pages: 1046 - 1053

6. Effect of thrombopoietin on platelet counts and liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy in a rat model

   • Rinshun Shimabukuro
   • Hirofumi Kawanaka
   • Yoshihiko Maehara

   Original Article 08 December 2009 Pages: 1054 - 1059

7. Changes in diagnostic strategies for hilar-type castleman’s disease: Report of two cases

   • Yuichi Sakairi
   • Mitsutoshi Shiba
   • Kazuhiro Yasufuku

   Case Report 08 December 2009 Pages: 1060 - 1063

8. Chondroblastic osteosarcoma arising from the pleura: Report of a case

   • Yuuta Kasagi
   • Koji Yamazaki
   • Kenichiro Okadome

   Case Report 08 December 2009 Pages: 1064 - 1067

9. Successful treatment of acute esophageal necrosis caused by intrathoracic gastric volvulus: Report of a case

   • Noritaka Matsumoto
   • Eiji Oki
   • Yoshihiko Maehara

   Case Report 08 December 2009 Pages: 1068 - 1072

10. Gastric metastasis of malignant fibrous histiocytoma diagnosed preoperatively by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy: Report of a case

    • Daisuke Hashimoto
    • Masayuki Watanabe
    • Hideo Baba

    Case Report 08 December 2009 Pages: 1073 - 1075

11. Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder localized in the colon after liver transplantation: Report of a case

    • Min Jung Kim
    • Seong Hyeon Yun
    • Yong Beom Cho

    Case Report 08 December 2009 Pages: 1076 - 1079

12. Ileal J-pouch perforation at the blind end: Report of a case

    • Ken-ichi Takahashi
    • Yuji Funayama
    • Iwao Sasaki

    Case Report 08 December 2009 Pages: 1080 - 1082

13. Early infection of peripancreatic tissue in mild acute pancreatitis: Report of a case

    • Keiko Kamei
    • Yoshifumi Takeyama
    • Hitoshi Shiozaki

    Case Report 08 December 2009 Pages: 1083 - 1085

14. Pancreaticojejunostomy with invagination of the punched pancreatic remnant after medial pancreatectomy and enucleation for multiple metastases of renal cell carcinoma: Report of a case

    • Yasunori Deguchi
    • Kazuaki Shimada
    • Nobuyoshi Hiraoka

    Case Report 08 December 2009 Pages: 1086 - 1090

15. Resection of four synchronous invasive ductal carcinomas in the pancreas head and body associated with pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia: Report of a case

    • Sadanobu Izumi
    • Satoko Nakamura
    • Ichio Suzuka

    Case Report 08 December 2009 Pages: 1091 - 1097

16. Laparoscopic treatment of splenosis: Report of a case

    • Kenkichi Hashimoto
    • Hiroyuki Orita
    • Yoshihiko Maehara

    Case Report 08 December 2009 Pages: 1098 - 1102

17. Laparoscopic distal pancreatic resection: Our own experience in the treatment of solid tumors

    • Maik Sahm
    • Matthias Pross
    • Hans Lippert

    How to Do It 08 December 2009 Pages: 1103 - 1108

18. Computed tomography is useful for preoperative workup of gastric rupture caused by blunt trauma

    • Kazuaki Takabe
    • Katsuyoshi Hatakeyama

    Letter to the Editor 08 December 2009 Pages: 1109 - 1109