Anastomotic leakage after low anterior resection for rectal cancer: Facts, obscurity, and fiction Panagiotis TaflampasManousos ChristodoulakisDimitrios D. Tsiftsis Review Article 12 March 2009 Pages: 183 - 188
Persistent perineal sinus: Incidence, pathogenesis, risk factors, and management Varut Lohsiriwat Review Article 12 March 2009 Pages: 189 - 193
Innate immune therapy with a Bacillus Calmette-Guérin cell wall skeleton after radical surgery for non-small cell lung cancer: A case-control study Ken KodamaMasahiko HigashiyamaKumao Toyoshima Original Article 12 March 2009 Pages: 194 - 200
The triangulating stapling technique for cervical esophagogastric anastomosis after esophagectomy Yasushi TohYoshihisa SakaguchiTakeshi Okamura Original Article 12 March 2009 Pages: 201 - 206
D2 plus para-aortic lymphadenectomy versus standardized D2 lymphadenectomy in gastric cancer surgery Jian-Kun HuKun YangJia-Ping Chen Original Article 12 March 2009 Pages: 207 - 213
Colonic tattooing using fluorescence imaging with light-emitting diode-activated indocyanine green: A feasibility study Makoto WatanabeAkira TsunodaMitsuharu Miwa Original Article 12 March 2009 Pages: 214 - 218
Pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy versus conventional pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma Masaji TaniManabu KawaiHiroki Yamaue Original Article 12 March 2009 Pages: 219 - 224
Early postoperative enteral nutrition is useful for recovering gastrointestinal motility and maintaining the nutritional status Naruo KawasakiYutaka SuzukiHideyuki Kashiwagi Original Article 12 March 2009 Pages: 225 - 230
Deep venous thrombosis caused by congenital absence of the inferior vena cava: Report of a case Yuka KondoJun KoizumiToshiya Nishibe Case Report 12 March 2009 Pages: 231 - 234
Signet ring cell carcinoma of the appendix manifesting as colonic obstruction and ovarian tumors: Report of a case Jun SuzukiShinsuke KazamaHirokazu Nagawa Case Report 12 March 2009 Pages: 235 - 240
Carcinosarcoma of the gallbladder producing α-fetoprotein and manifesting as leukocytosis with elevated serum granulocyte colony-stimulating factor: Report of a case Kazunori ShimadaKazuhiro IwaseYasuhiro Tanaka Case Report 12 March 2009 Pages: 241 - 246
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma arising 34 years after excision of a type IV-A congenital choledochal cyst: Report of a case Kazuhiko ShimamuraIsao KurosakiMinoru Yagi Case Report 12 March 2009 Pages: 247 - 251
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and common bile duct exploration for cholecystocholedocholithiasis with a left-sided gallbladder: Report of a case Naoki MatsumuraHiromi TokumuraYuji Funayama Case Report 12 March 2009 Pages: 252 - 255
Intrahepatic bile duct dilatation with a liver cyst and hemangioma: Report of a case Koji ItoKaoru TairaShigeki Arii Case Report 12 March 2009 Pages: 256 - 260
Gastric tube interposition for corrosive esophagitis associated with pyloric stenosis Atsushi MatsukiTatsuo KandaKatsuyoshi Hatakeyama How to Do It 12 March 2009 Pages: 261 - 264
Side-to-end anastomosis in a colostomy for acute malignant large-bowel obstruction: Side-to-end anastomosis with a colostomy (STEC procedure) Yasuyuki FukamiMasaki TerasakiKazumi Nishimae How to Do It 12 March 2009 Pages: 265 - 268
Superior approach for the exclusion of hepatic veins in major liver resection: A safe and easy technique Aijun LiZeya PanMengchao Wu How to Do It 12 March 2009 Pages: 269 - 273