Report from the committee for improving the work environment of Japanese surgeons: survey on effects of the fee revision for medical services provided by surgeons Kazuhiro HanazakiRyuji TominagaNorihiro Kokudo Special Article Open access 05 September 2013 Pages: 1209 - 1218
History of and current issues affecting surgery for pediatric ulcerative colitis Keiichi UchidaToshimitsu ArakiMasato Kusunoki Review Article 01 December 2012 Pages: 1219 - 1231
Mixed corticomedullary adrenal carcinoma Nick MichalopoulosKalliopi Pazaitou-PanayiotouSpiros Papavramidis Review Article 23 February 2013 Pages: 1232 - 1239
A randomized controlled trial comparing antioxidant-enriched enteral nutrition with immune-enhancing enteral nutrition after esophagectomy for cancer: a pilot study Takeshi NaganoHiromasa FujitaTakashi Yanagawa Original Article 11 December 2012 Pages: 1240 - 1249
Incidence and pattern of hemolytic anemia after minor ABO-mismatched living-donor lobar lung transplantation Akihiro OhsumiFengshi ChenHiroshi Date Original Article 23 November 2012 Pages: 1250 - 1253
Quality of life and the venous function of the lower limb after harvest of autologous external iliac vein grafts: a clinical follow-up study Yuji KaneokaAtsuyuki MaedaHiroyuki Ishibashi Original Article 10 November 2012 Pages: 1254 - 1260
Management of thyroid carcinoma showing thymus-like differentiation (CASTLE) invading the trachea Hidemitsu TsutsuiMasae HoshiNorihiko Ikeda Original Article 30 March 2013 Pages: 1261 - 1268
Anomalous arterial ramification in the right liver Takanori SakaguchiShohachi SuzukiHiroyuki Konno Original Article 23 November 2012 Pages: 1269 - 1274
Immunohistochemical analysis of the DNA methyltransferase 3b expression is associated with significant improvements in the discrimination of ulcerative colitis-associated neoplastic lesions Hirofumi UedaHiroyuki TanakaTakahiro Fujimori Original Article 10 January 2013 Pages: 1275 - 1280
Criteria for the glucagon provocative test in the diagnosis of gastrinoma Chikashi ShibataMasayuki KakyoMichiaki Unno Original Article 16 September 2012 Pages: 1281 - 1285
Prevalence of sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus as a silent disease Erhan AysanMehmet IlhanMahmut Muslumanoglu Original Article 25 November 2012 Pages: 1286 - 1289
Safety of hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in obese patients with cirrhosis Shogo TanakaYuji IimuroJiro Fujimoto Original Article 31 August 2013 Pages: 1290 - 1297
A newly designed bioabsorbable substitute for the treatment of diaphragmatic defects Masayasu AikawaMitsuo MiyazawaYoshito Ikada Original Article 19 November 2012 Pages: 1298 - 1304
Successful laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication in a patient with mixed connective tissue disease with a short esophagus: report of a case Kiyokazu NakajimaTsuyoshi TakahashiYuichiro Doki Case Report 10 September 2013 Pages: 1305 - 1309
Catheter-directed continuous thrombolysis following aspiration thrombectomy via the ileocolic route for acute portal venous thrombosis: report of two cases Kohei MiuraYoshinobu SatoKatsuyoshi Hatakeyama Case Report 25 September 2012 Pages: 1310 - 1315
Renoportal anastomosis in right lobe living donor liver transplantation: report of a case Yoshihiro MatsumotoToru IkegamiYoshihiko Maehara Case Report 01 October 2012 Pages: 1316 - 1320
Hepatobiliary resection with concomitant resection of the inferior vena cava for advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: report of a case Akifumi NakagawaTsuyoshi IgamiMasato Nagino Case report 09 September 2012 Pages: 1321 - 1325
Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis after living donor liver transplantation: a case successfully treated with tamoxifen: report of a case Takayuki TakeichiYasuko NaritaYukihiro Inomata Case Report 26 October 2012 Pages: 1326 - 1329
Congenital prepubic sinus associated with a urachal remnant: report of a case Koji YamadaYutaka KanamoriHideo Ishihama Case Report 25 December 2012 Pages: 1330 - 1332
A simple technique using a Lap-Protector for fenestration to manage empyema Noriyuki MatsutaniMasafumi Kawamura How to Do It 18 May 2013 Pages: 1333 - 1334
Adult ileal duplication revealed by a colon adenoma Adriana Handra-Luca Letter to the Editor 19 June 2013 Pages: 1335 - 1336
Polysaccharide K and its rapidly emerging role in the treatment of systemic malignancies Shailendra Kapoor Letter to the Editor 22 June 2013 Pages: 1337 - 1338