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Conversion to open laparotomy during laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy: lessons from a single-center experience in 70 consecutive patients Ippei MatsumotoKeiko KameiYoshifumi Takeyama Original Article 23 June 2020 Pages: 70 - 78
Preoperative one-stop magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of the pancreaticobiliary junction and hepatic arteries in children with pancreaticobiliary maljunction: a prospective cohort study Wan-liang GuoJian Wang Original Article 12 July 2020 Pages: 79 - 85
The predictive value of preoperative risk assessments and frailty for surgical complications in lung cancer patients Hiroyuki KanedaTakahito NakanoTomohiro Murakawa Original Article 25 June 2020 Pages: 86 - 93
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Preoperative endoscopic tattooing using India ink to determine the resection margins during totally laparoscopic distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer Yuta YamazakiShingo KanajiYoshihiro Kakeji Original Article 27 June 2020 Pages: 111 - 117
Controlling lymph node micrometastases by neoadjuvant chemotherapy affects the prognosis in advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma Yoko HirakiYutaka KimuraTakushi Yasuda Original Article 28 June 2020 Pages: 118 - 126
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Newly developed primary malignancies in long-term survivors who underwent curative esophagectomy for squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus Dai ShimizuMasahiko KoikeYasuhiro Kodera Original Article 07 July 2020 Pages: 153 - 158
The usefulness and utilization of a detachable steel wire-rimmed retractor (KN retractor) for endoscopic thyroid and parathyroid surgery Akihiro NakajoKoji MinamiTakao Ohtsuka Original Article 02 September 2020 Pages: 159 - 164
Impact of pretreatment asymptomatic renal dysfunction on clinical course after esophagectomy Yuki KirihatayaKohei WakatsukiMasayuki Sho Original Article 29 August 2020 Pages: 165 - 171
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