Preoperative liver function assessments to estimate the prognosis and safety of liver resections Toru MizuguchiMasaki KawamotoKoichi Hirata Review Article 09 March 2013 Pages: 1 - 10
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for gastric cancer in Japan: a standing position by comparing with adjuvant chemotherapy Takaki YoshikawaYasushi RinoMunetaka Masuda Review Article 19 March 2013 Pages: 11 - 21
Palliative treatment of malignant colorectal obstruction caused by advanced malignancy: a self-expanding metallic stent or surgery? A system review and meta-analysis Tian-wei LiangYi SunDong-xue Yang Review Article 28 July 2013 Pages: 22 - 33
Functional outcomes and quality of life in patients treated with laparoscopic total colectomy for colonic inertia Omar Vergara-FernandezRabĂ MejĂa-OvalleMiguel Angel Valdovinos-DĂaz Original Article 19 May 2013 Pages: 34 - 38
Prognosis following emergency surgery for ulcerative colitis in elderly patients Hiroki IkeuchiMotoi UchinoTakayuki Matsumoto Original Article Open access 04 April 2013 Pages: 39 - 43
Effects of a whey peptide-based enteral formula diet on liver dysfunction following living donor liver transplantation Yusuke ArakawaMitsuo ShimadaJun Hanaoka Original Article 26 December 2012 Pages: 44 - 49
Late events and mid-term results after endovascular aneurysm repair H. IshibashiT. IshiguchiY. Orimoto Original Article 03 January 2013 Pages: 50 - 54
Metastatic thyroid tumors: ultrasonographic features, prognostic factors and outcomes in 29 cases Yuki SaitoIwao SugitaniYoshihide Fujimoto Original Article 25 January 2013 Pages: 55 - 61
Work–life balance of female versus male surgeons in Hong Kong based on findings of a questionnaire designed by a Japanese surgeon Ava KwongWai Wang ChauK. Kawase Original Article 18 April 2013 Pages: 62 - 72
Sexual activity after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis in Japanese patients with ulcerative colitis Kazue YoshidaToshimitsu ArakiMasato Kusunoki Original Article 27 February 2013 Pages: 73 - 79
Reasons and risk factors for intraoperative conversion from laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy Hiroshi YajimaHideki KanaiKatsuhiko Yanaga Original Article 24 December 2012 Pages: 80 - 83
The optimal timing of aortic valve replacement in elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis Akira MarumotoYoshinobu NakamuraMotonobu Nishimura Original Article 06 February 2013 Pages: 84 - 93
Reoperation for pseudoaneurysm of the thoracic aorta after cardiovascular surgery Naoto FukunagaTadaaki KoyamaYukikatsu Okada Original Article 11 February 2013 Pages: 94 - 99
Development of breast cancer-related lymphedema: is it dependent on the patient, the tumor or the treating physicians? Basem MorcosFiras Al AhmadRawya Yaseen Original Article 02 February 2013 Pages: 100 - 106
Relative contraindications for percutaneous tracheostomy: from the surgeons’ perspective Chien-Sheng HuangPin-Tarng ChenWen-Hu Hsu Original Article 30 January 2013 Pages: 107 - 114
Clinicopathological characteristics and long-term outcomes of colorectal cancer in elderly Chinese patients undergoing potentially curative surgery Zuli YangHao ChenJianping Wang Original Article 27 February 2013 Pages: 115 - 122
Pulmonary resection after chemoradiotherapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer: the impact of presurgical radiation therapy Takeshi ShiraishiMasafumi HiratsukaAkinori Iwasaki Original Article 19 February 2013 Pages: 123 - 130
Hydatid cysts of the lung: lesion size in relation to clinical presentation and therapeutic approach Akin KuzucuHakki UlutasErdal Yekeler Original Article 20 January 2013 Pages: 131 - 136
Timing of drainage tube removal after thyroid surgery: a retrospective study Shigeki MinamiChika SakimuraSusumu Eguchi Original Article 26 February 2013 Pages: 137 - 141
Proteomic analysis of the abdominal aortic aneurysm wall Jiri MolacekJan MaresJan Baxa Original Article Open access 22 March 2013 Pages: 142 - 151
Role of the intraluminal contents and the continuity of intrinsic neurons in intracolonic capsaicin-induced contraction and defecation in dogs Daisuke KikuchiChikashi ShibataMichiaki Unno Original Article 30 January 2013 Pages: 152 - 159
Successful treatment of a common hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm using a coronary covered stent following pancreatoduodenectomy: report of a case Koji AsaiManabu WatanabeJiro Nagao Case Report 30 August 2012 Pages: 160 - 165
Combined resection of a tumor and the inferior vena cava: report of two cases Masatoshi JibikiYoshinori InoueShigeki Arii Case report Open access 22 September 2012 Pages: 166 - 170
A giant Krukenberg tumor from a perforated gastric cancer that was successfully removed after multidisciplinary therapy: report of a case Masaki SunagawaMasatoshi IsogaiYuichi Takayama Case report 18 September 2012 Pages: 171 - 174
Pulmonary carcinosarcoma successfully resected using the rib-cross thoracotomy approach: report of a case Noriaki SakakuraTatsuo UchidaMotokazu Suyama Case Report 12 October 2012 Pages: 175 - 179
Impact of localized ascites after pediatric living donor liver transplantation: report of three cases Yukihiro SanadaTaizen UrahashiKoichi Mizuta Case report 07 October 2012 Pages: 180 - 184
Tumorectomy with right thoracotomy for synchronous left atrial myxomas from Carney complex: report of a case Narihiro IshidaKatsuya ShimabukuroHirofumi Takemura Case Report 11 October 2012 Pages: 185 - 187
Repeat hepatectomies for hepatic malignant lymphoma and hepatocellular carcinoma associated with chronic hepatitis C: report of a case Hirotada TajiriKeishi SugimachiHidefumi Higashi Case Report 13 February 2013 Pages: 188 - 191
Diagnosis and treatment of symptomatic right paraduodenal hernia: report of a case Enrico ErdasAntonella PitzalisGiampaolo Farina Case Report 18 January 2013 Pages: 192 - 196
Massive splenomegaly caused by cavernous hemangiomas associated with Klippel–Trenaunay syndrome: report of a case Takeyuki MisawaHiroaki ShibaKatsuhiko Yanaga Case Report 20 November 2013 Pages: 197 - 200
Matrix metalloproteinase-9 after the cold ischemia/reperfusion injury and/or shear stress with portal hypertension: an overview Tomohide HoriShinji UemotoJustin H. Nguyen Letter to the Editor 24 March 2013 Pages: 201 - 203
Positive action is required to achieve the 2020.30 goal of gender equality in Japanese medical societies Keiko HiyamaMakiko OzakiAtsuko Murashima Letter to the Editor 01 May 2013 Pages: 204 - 205