1. Assessing intraoperative blood flow in cardiovascular surgery

   • Masaki Yamamoto
   • Shiro Sasaguri
   • Takayuki Sato

   Review Article 04 October 2011 Pages: 1467 - 1474

2. Implications of portal vein thrombosis after splenectomy for patients with idiopathic portal hypertension

   • Teijiro Hirashita
   • Masayuki Ohta
   • Seigo Kitano

   Original Article 04 October 2011 Pages: 1475 - 1480

3. Using the E-PASS scoring system to estimate the risk of emergency abdominal surgery in patients with acute gastrointestinal disease

   • Kenichi Koushi
   • Daisuke Korenaga
   • Kenji Takenaka

   Original Article 04 October 2011 Pages: 1481 - 1485

4. Significance of prophylactic modified radical neck dissection for patients with low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma measuring 1.1–3.0 cm: First report of a trial at Kuma Hospital

   • Yasuhiro Ito
   • Yukiko Tsushima
   • Akira Miyauchi

   Original Article 04 October 2011 Pages: 1486 - 1491

5. Concurrent chemoradiotherapy using cisplatin plus s-1, an oral fluoropyrimidine, followed by surgery for selected patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer: A single-center feasibility study

   • Riichiroh Maruyama
   • Fumihiko Hirai
   • Yukito Ichinose

   Original Article 04 October 2011 Pages: 1492 - 1497

6. A prospective comparative study of the efficacy of conventional lichtenstein versus self-adhesive mesh repair for inguinal hernia

   • A. Ziya Anadol
   • Murat Akin
   • Emin Ersoy

   Original Article 04 October 2011 Pages: 1498 - 1503

7. Neutrophil dysfunction in steroid-overdosed patients with ulcerative colitis: Potential relevance of macrophage migration inhibitory factor to increased postoperative morbidity

   • Yoshiki Okita
   • Chikao Miki
   • Masato Kusunoki

   Original Article 04 October 2011 Pages: 1504 - 1511

8. Impact of endoscopic and histological evaluations of two different types of mesh plug for a groin hernia model

   • Yasuhiro Mandai
   • Minoru Naito
   • Shinichiro Miyoshi

   Original Article 04 October 2011 Pages: 1512 - 1518

9. Single-incision laparoscopy-assisted surgery for bowel obstruction: Report of three cases

   • Takao Ohtsuka
   • Eishi Nagai
   • Masao Tanaka

   Case Report 04 October 2011 Pages: 1519 - 1523

10. Hemophagocytic syndrome after liver transplantation: Report of two cases

    • Akihiko Soyama
    • Susumu Eguchi
    • Takashi Kanematsu

    Case Report 04 October 2011 Pages: 1524 - 1530

11. Surgical resection following combination chemotherapy with oral s-1 and biweekly docetaxel in a patient with advanced gastric cancer and a prior coronary artery bypass graft with the right gastroepiploic artery: Report of a case

    • Nobuhide Kubo
    • Eiji Oki
    • Yoshihiko Maehara

    Case Report 04 October 2011 Pages: 1531 - 1537

12. Laparoscopic right hemicolectomy with D3 lymph node dissection for a patient with situs inversus totalis: Report of a case

    • Hye Jin Kim
    • Gyu-Seog Choi
    • Soo Han Jun

    Case Report 04 October 2011 Pages: 1538 - 1542

13. Single-incision laparoscopic heller myotomy and dor fundoplication for achalasia: Report of a case

    • Jun Nakajima
    • Akira Sasaki
    • Go Wakabayashi

    Case Report 04 October 2011 Pages: 1543 - 1547

14. Trans-sacral resection of a solitary fibrous tumor in the pelvis: Report of a case

    • Hidetoshi Katsuno
    • Koutarou Maeda
    • Ryouta Hanaoka

    Case Report 04 October 2011 Pages: 1548 - 1551

15. Adenocarcinoma in an intrapancreatic accessory spleen: Report of a case

    • Ryoya Yamaoka
    • Tomohiko Nishihira
    • Mitsushige Shibatoge

    Case Report 04 October 2011 Pages: 1552 - 1555

16. Leiomyosarcoma of the pancreas: Report of a case

    • Hideki Izumi
    • Ken-Ichi Okada
    • Hiroyasu Makuuchi

    Case Report 04 October 2011 Pages: 1556 - 1561

17. Lymphadenectomy via a cervical approach for upper mediastinal lymph node recurrence of esophageal cancer: Report of a case

    • Hiroyuki Tada
    • Atsushi Shiozaki
    • Eigo Otsuji

    Case Report 04 October 2011 Pages: 1562 - 1566

18. Transhiatal jejunal interposition preserving the whole stomach and vagal trunk for a benign esophageal stricture in a male adolescent: Report of a case

    • Satoru Motoyama
    • Reijiro Saito
    • Jun-Ichi Ogawa

    Case Report 04 October 2011 Pages: 1567 - 1570

19. Clinical and pathological analysis of hepatic artery aneurysm in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus: Report of a case

    • Chao Liu
    • Qi-Bin Tang
    • Yong Li

    Case Report 04 October 2011 Pages: 1571 - 1574

20. Bilateral primary breast neuroendocrine carcinoma in a young woman: Report of a case

    • Jiang-Yu Zhang
    • Wen-Jing Chen

    Case Report 04 October 2011 Pages: 1575 - 1578

21. Medical teleconference about thoracic surgery using free internet software

    • Toshiro Obuchi
    • Hiroyuki Shiono
    • Akinori Iwasaki

    Short Communication 04 October 2011 Pages: 1579 - 1581

22. Online first publication of Surgery Today

    Announcement 04 October 2011 Pages: 1582 - 1582