Small peripheral lung adenocarcinoma: Clinicopathological features and surgical treatment Takayuki FukuiTetsuya Mitsudomi Review Article 24 February 2010 Pages: 191 - 198
Management of low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma: Unique conventional policy in Japan and our efforts to improve the level of evidence Iwao SugitaniYoshihide Fujimoto Review Article 24 February 2010 Pages: 199 - 215
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for respiratory failure: Comparison of venovenous versus venoarterial bypass Kiyohiro OshimaFumio KunimotoShigeru Saito Original Article 24 February 2010 Pages: 216 - 222
A sodium hyaluronate carboxymethylcellulose bioresorbable membrane prevents postoperative small-bowel adhesive obstruction after distal gastrectomy Hideki KawamuraRyoichi YokotaYukifumi Kondo Original Article 24 February 2010 Pages: 223 - 227
Evaluation of a pylorus-preserving gastrectomy for patients preoperatively diagnosed with early gastric cancer located in the middle third of the stomach Masahide IkeguchiTomoko HatadaShigeru Tatebe Original Article 24 February 2010 Pages: 228 - 233
Primary colorectal signet-ring cell carcinoma: Clinicopathological features and postoperative survival Tsunekazu MizushimaMasaya NomuraToshirou Nishida Original Article 24 February 2010 Pages: 234 - 238
Modified liver-hanging maneuver designed to minimize blood loss during hepatic parenchymal transection in hemihepatectomy Nobuhisa AkamatsuYasuhiko SugawaraDaijo Hashimoto Original Article 24 February 2010 Pages: 239 - 244
Assessment of SMAD4, p53, and Ki-67 alterations as a predictor of liver metastasis in human colorectal cancer Masayo KawakamiTatsuro YamaguchiTakeo Mori Original Article 24 February 2010 Pages: 245 - 250
Edge-to-edge mitral valve repair for anterior leaflet prolapse associated with extensive calcification of the mitral annulus: Report of a case Tomonobu AbeToshiaki ItoKoji Yamana Case Report 24 February 2010 Pages: 251 - 253
Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis treated by a filter in the superior vena cava placed intraoperatively to allow safe esophageal surgery: Report of a case Ryu KanzakiMasahiko YanoShingi Imaoka Case Report 24 February 2010 Pages: 254 - 256
Killian-Jamieson diverticulitis with cervical cellulitis: Report of a case Masato KitazawaNaohiko KoideShinichi Miyagawa Case Report 24 February 2010 Pages: 257 - 261
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor with two genetic abnormalities on different alleles: Report of a case Yasushi IchikawaYohei MiyagiHiroshi Shimada Case Report 24 February 2010 Pages: 262 - 266
Unusual multiple gastric carcinoids with hypergastrinemia: Report of a case Kohei NakataShinichi AishimaMasao Tanaka Case Report 24 February 2010 Pages: 267 - 271
Complete resection after imatinib treatment of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the ileum with peritoneal metastases: Report of a case Takashi AkiyoshiMasatoshi OyaTetsuichiro Muto Case Report 24 February 2010 Pages: 272 - 276
Using the uterus to close a pelvic defect after primary perineal posterior hernia repair: Report of a case Mitsutsune WashiroHideharu ShimizuMasaru Miyazaki Case Report 24 February 2010 Pages: 277 - 280
Laparoscopic enucleation of a gastroenteric duplication cyst arising in a pancreatic tail that did not communicate with the pancreatic duct: Report of a case Miyuki KohnoHiromichi IkawaNozomu Kurose Case Report 24 February 2010 Pages: 281 - 284
Pectoralis major and pectoralis minor muscle flap for postpneumonectomy empyema Christo Dimitrov ShipkovAngel Petrov Uchikov Letter to the Editor 24 February 2010 Pages: 285 - 285