Valve-related complications after mechanical heart valve implantation Yoshio Misawa Review Article Open access 18 December 2014 Pages: 1205 - 1209
Nonoperative management of blunt splenic injury in adults: there is (still) a long way to go. The results of the Bologna-Maggiore Hospital trauma center experience and development of a clinical algorithm Gregorio TugnoliElisa BianchiSalomone Di Saverio Review Article 05 December 2014 Pages: 1210 - 1217
Post-hepatectomy liver failure in patients with colorectal liver metastases Masato NaritaElie OussoultzoglouShinji Uemoto Review Article 29 January 2015 Pages: 1218 - 1226
Asymptomatic dissecting intimal lesions of common carotid arteries after carotid endarterectomy Hrvoje BudincevicAnte IvkosicLaszlo Csiba Original Article 27 August 2014 Pages: 1227 - 1232
Surgical risk model for acute diffuse peritonitis based on a Japanese nationwide database: an initial report on the surgical and 30-day mortality Tohru NakagoeHiroaki MiyataMasaki Mori Original Article 18 September 2014 Pages: 1233 - 1243
Erratum to: Surgical risk model for acute diffuse peritonitis based on a Japanese nationwide database: an initial report on the surgical and 30-day mortality Tohru NakagoeHiroaki MiyataMasaki Mori Erratum 17 January 2015 Pages: 1244 - 1244
Efficacy of transumbilical laparoscopic-assisted appendectomy for appendicitis: a four-year experience at a single center Noriaki KoizumiHiroki KobayashiKanehisa Fukumoto Original Article 18 September 2014 Pages: 1245 - 1249
Comparison of the analgesic effects of cryoanalgesia vs. parecoxib for lung cancer patients after lobectomy Yu-Feng BaXiao-Dong LiYin Li Original Article 11 October 2014 Pages: 1250 - 1254
Oncological safety of breast-conserving surgery after primary systemic chemotherapy in cT3–4 breast cancer patients Kenjiro JimboTakayuki KinoshitaTakashi Hojo Original Article 19 October 2014 Pages: 1255 - 1262
Experience with perioperative pirfenidone for lung cancer surgery in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Takekazu IwataShigetoshi YoshidaIchiro Yoshino Original Article 22 November 2014 Pages: 1263 - 1270
Effects of body mass index (BMI) on surgical outcomes: a nationwide survey using a Japanese web-based database Motonari RiHiroaki MiyataNorihiro Kokudo Original Article 12 August 2015 Pages: 1271 - 1279
Impact of examinees’ stereopsis and near visual acuity on laparoscopic virtual reality performance Henry HoffmannRebecca Ruiz-SchirinziRachel Rosenthal Original Article 11 October 2014 Pages: 1280 - 1290
Poor prognosis of common-type invasive ductal carcinomas that originate in the branching pancreatic duct Masataka AndoYasuhiro ShimizuAkio Yanagisawa Original Article 05 December 2014 Pages: 1291 - 1298
Decreased expression of Bauhinia purpurea lectin is a predictor of gastric cancer recurrence Takuro FutsukaichiTsuyoshi EtohMasafumi Inomata Original Article 11 March 2015 Pages: 1299 - 1306
Optimal Roux-en-Y reconstruction after distal gastrectomy for early gastric cancer as assessed using the newly developed PGSAS-45 scale Hiroshi KawahiraYasuhiro KoderaKoji Nakada Original Article 29 January 2015 Pages: 1307 - 1316
Non-secreting benign glucagonoma diagnosed incidentally in a patient with refractory thrombocytopenic thrombotic purpura: report of a case Georgios K. GeorgiouIoannis GizasChristos S. Katsios Case Report 06 November 2014 Pages: 1317 - 1320
An anisakis larva attached to early gastric cancer: report of a case Hideto SonodaKazuharu YamamotoYoshihiko Maehara Case Report 17 August 2014 Pages: 1321 - 1325
Recurrent pneumothorax associated with bronchial atresia: report of a case Kazuhisa TanakaHidemi SuzukiIchiro Yoshino Case Report 26 August 2014 Pages: 1326 - 1329
Diagnosis of metachronous multiple lung adenocarcinoma at the cut-end by epidermal growth factor receptor mutation status discordance 4 years after sublobar resection for adenocarcinoma in situ: report of a case Tetsuya IsakaTomoyuki YokoseMunetaka Masuda Case Report 08 November 2014 Pages: 1330 - 1334
A novel technique for managing open abdomen with the combined use of mesh-mediated traction and the bilateral anterior rectus abdominis sheath turnover flap method: how to do it Masatoku AraiShigeki KushimotoHiroyuki Yokota How to Do It 24 February 2015 Pages: 1335 - 1339