1. Pancreatic cancer treatment: better, but a long way to go

   • Robert J. Torphy
   • Yuki Fujiwara
   • Richard D. Schulick

   Review Article 30 May 2020 Pages: 1117 - 1125

   

2. Video-assisted neck surgery (VANS) using a gasless lifting procedure for thyroid and parathyroid diseases: “The VANS method from A to Z”

   • Kazuo Shimizu
   • Kazuhide Shimizu
   • Tetsu Yamada

   Review Article Open access 14 November 2019 Pages: 1126 - 1137

   

3. Sarcopenia as an independent predictor of the surgical outcomes of patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a meta-analysis

   • Adrienn Erős
   • Alexandra Soós
   • Patricia Sarlós

   Review Article Open access 15 October 2019 Pages: 1138 - 1150

   

4. Congenital vascular ring

   • Naoki Yoshimura
   • Kazuaki Fukahara
   • Yuki Ikeno

   Review Article 01 November 2019 Pages: 1151 - 1158

   

5. General surgery and COVID-19: review of practical recommendations in the first pandemic phase

   • Vittorio Bresadola
   • Carlo Biddau
   • Cosimo Alex Leo

   Review Article Open access 27 July 2020 Pages: 1159 - 1167

   

6. Scheduled intravenous acetaminophen versus nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for better short-term outcomes after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer

   • Jiro Kawakami
   • Tetsuya Abe
   • Yasuhiro Shimizu

   Original Article 16 April 2020 Pages: 1168 - 1175

   

7. Clinical significance of preoperative CA19-9 and lymph node metastasis in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

   • Tadafumi Asaoka
   • Shogo Kobayashi
   • Hidetoshi Eguchi

   Original Article 27 March 2020 Pages: 1176 - 1186

   

8. Near-infrared fluorescence-guided surgery using indocyanine green facilitates secure infrapyloric lymph node dissection during laparoscopic distal gastrectomy

   • Shin-Hoo Park
   • Felix Berlth
   • Han-Kwang Yang

   Original Article 03 April 2020 Pages: 1187 - 1196

   

9. Facilitated completion of 1-year adjuvant S-1 monotherapy for pathological stage II or III gastric cancer by medical oncologists

   • Yosuke Kano
   • Manabu Ohashi
   • Souya Nunobe

   Original Article 02 April 2020 Pages: 1197 - 1205

   

10. A nomogram for predicting rectovaginal fistula after low anterior resection for rectal cancer

    • Ming-Jin Huang
    • Dao-Xiong Ye
    • Ying Huang

    Original Article 12 July 2020 Pages: 1206 - 1212

    

11. Etiology and impact on outcomes of polycystic kidney disease in abdominal aortic aneurysm

    • Mitsunori Nakano
    • Naoyuki Kimura
    • Kazushige Hanaoka

    Original Article 06 April 2020 Pages: 1213 - 1222

    

12. Low metabolic activity in primary gastric adenocarcinoma is associated with resistance to chemoradiation and the presence of signet ring cells

    • Kazuto Harada
    • Madhavi Patnana
    • Jaffer A. Ajani

    Original Article 14 May 2020 Pages: 1223 - 1231

    

13. The duodenal tube test is more specific than hepatobiliary scintigraphy for identifying bile excretion in the differential diagnosis of biliary atresia

    • Daiki Yoshii
    • Yukihiro Inomata
    • Taizo Hibi

    Original Article 20 April 2020 Pages: 1232 - 1239

    

14. Clinical outcomes of radical gastrectomy following trastuzumab-based chemotherapy for stage IV HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer

    • Ryo Takahashi
    • Souya Nunobe
    • Naoki Hiki

    Original Article 26 May 2020 Pages: 1240 - 1248

    

15. Can plain chest X-ray replace computed tomography for the follow-up of children who have undergone the Nuss procedure?

    • Rei Matsuura
    • Yuko Tazuke
    • Hiroomi Okuyama

    Original Article 26 May 2020 Pages: 1249 - 1254

    

16. Open colectomy vs. laparoscopic colectomy in Japan: a retrospective study using real-world data from the diagnosis procedure combination database

    • Takehide Tajima
    • Jun Nagata
    • Keiji Hirata

    Original Article 25 April 2020 Pages: 1255 - 1261

    

17. Ribcage procedure after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer involving the chest wall

    • Hiroaki Nomori
    • Koichi Honma
    • Yu Oyama

    Original Article 05 May 2020 Pages: 1262 - 1271

    

18. The prognostic value of the prognostic nutritional index and inflammation-based markers in obstructive colorectal cancer

    • Ryuichiro Sato
    • Masaya Oikawa
    • Takashi Tsuchiya

    Original Article 28 April 2020 Pages: 1272 - 1281

    

19. An outcome analysis of predictive factors for portal or splenic vein thrombosis after distal pancreatectomy

    • Nobutake Tanaka
    • Suguru Yamada
    • Yasuhiro Kodera

    Original Article 28 April 2020 Pages: 1282 - 1289

    

20. Influence of endoscopic resection on additional laparoscopic distal gastrectomy: a propensity score-matching analysis

    • Koji Shindo
    • Jaymel Castillo
    • Masufumi Nakamura

    Original Article 01 May 2020 Pages: 1290 - 1296

21. Impact of a board certification system and implementation of clinical practice guidelines for pancreatic cancer on mortality of pancreaticoduodenectomy

    • Masamichi Mizuma
    • Hiroyuki Yamamoto
    • Yasuyuki Seto

    Original Article Open access 07 May 2020 Pages: 1297 - 1307

    

22. Hepatectomy using a novel cart-based indocyanine green fluorescence imaging system

    • Seikan Miyashita
    • Etsuro Hatano
    • Toshihiro Okada

    How To Do It 29 April 2020 Pages: 1308 - 1313

    

23. Packing procedure effective for liver transplantation in hemophilic patients with HIV/HCV coinfection

    • Susumu Eguchi
    • Akihiko Soyama
    • Yasushi Miyazaki

    How To Do It 22 June 2020 Pages: 1314 - 1317

    

24. PD-L1, fibrosis, and immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma: the importance of a scientific method to explore observations and answer questions

    • Fabio Grizzi
    • Dorina Qehajaj
    • Maurizio Chiriva-Internati

    Letter to the Editor 31 January 2020 Pages: 1318 - 1319

25. Reply to the letter

    • Hirohisa Okabe
    • Yo-ichi Yamashita
    • Hideo Baba

    Letter to the Editor 29 April 2020 Pages: 1320 - 1321