Arterial and biliary complications after living donor liver transplantation: a single-center retrospective study and literature review Shigehito MiyagiYuta KakizakiSusumu Satomi Review Article 24 April 2017 Pages: 131 - 139
Preoperative imaging evaluation of pancreatic pathologies for the objective prediction of pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy Yoshitsugu TajimaYasunari KawabataNoriyuki Hirahara Review Article 18 April 2017 Pages: 140 - 150
Sarcopenia is an independent predictor of complications after colorectal cancer surgery Ryota NakanishiEiji OkiYoshihiko Maehara Original Article 11 July 2017 Pages: 151 - 157
Evaluating vertebral artery dominancy before T4 lung cancer surgery requiring subclavian artery reconstruction Yasuo SekineYukio SaitohIchiro Yoshino Original Article 02 August 2017 Pages: 158 - 166
Successful removal of an internal pancreatic stent that migrated into the bile duct using double-balloon enteroscopy after pancreaticoduodenectomy Seiko HironoManabu KawaiHiroki Yamaue Original Article 08 July 2017 Pages: 167 - 174
Efficacy of the traditional Japanese medicine goreisan for the resolution of spermatic cord hydrocele in children Noriko TakedaKiyoshi TanakaHisayoshi Kawahara Original Article 14 July 2017 Pages: 175 - 179
Long-term outcomes of laparoscopic versus open splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenia Kazuhiro TadaMasayuki OhtaMasafumi Inomata Original Article 19 July 2017 Pages: 180 - 185
The mean corpuscular volume as a prognostic factor for colorectal cancer Hidemasa NagaiNorihiro YuasaKanji Miyata Original Article 09 August 2017 Pages: 186 - 194
A bilateral approach to extended thymectomy using the da Vinci Surgical System for patients with myasthenia gravis Koji KawaguchiTakayuki FukuiKohei Yokoi Original Article 11 July 2017 Pages: 195 - 199
Myocardial regenerative therapy using a scaffold-free skeletal-muscle-derived cell sheet in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy even under a left ventricular assist device: a safety and feasibility study Yasushi YoshikawaShigeru MiyagawaYoshiki Sawa Original Article 18 August 2017 Pages: 200 - 210
Safety of laparoscopic distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer when performed by trainee surgeons with little experience in performing open gastrectomy Chizu KamedaMasato WatanabeMasafumi Nakamura Original Article 19 July 2017 Pages: 211 - 216
New classification for the thoracic paraaortic lymph nodes of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma Masaaki YamamotoMakoto YamasakiYuichiro Doki Original Article 23 August 2017 Pages: 217 - 222
Serum calcitonin reference values for calcium stimulation tests by electrochemiluminescence immunoassay in Japanese men with non-medullary thyroid carcinoma Minoru KiharaAkira MiyauchiAkihiro Miya Original Article 18 August 2017 Pages: 223 - 228
The prognostic impact of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema in patients with clinical stage IA non-small cell lung cancer Tomoyoshi TakenakaKiyomi FuruyaSadanori Takeo Original Article 18 August 2017 Pages: 229 - 235
Effects of the body mass index (BMI) on the surgical outcomes of laparoscopic fundoplication for gastro-esophageal reflux disease: a propensity score-matched analysis Masato HoshinoNobuo OmuraKatsuhiko Yanaga Original Article 07 August 2017 Pages: 236 - 241
The feasibility and short-term clinical outcomes of single-incision laparoscopic surgery for patients with complex Crohn’s disease Kiyoshi MaedaHisashi NagaharaMasaichi Ohira Original Article 13 September 2017 Pages: 242 - 247
Single-port thoracoscopic lung wedge resection using the Endo GIA Radial Reload Atsushi SanoTakuma Yotsumoto How to Do It 25 July 2017 Pages: 248 - 251
Correction to: Human CD200 suppresses macrophage-mediated xenogeneic cytotoxicity and phagocytosis Rieko SakaiAkira MaedaShuji Miyagawa Correction 03 November 2017 Pages: 252 - 252