1. Surgical management of thymic epithelial tumors

   • Yasushi Shintani
   • Soichiro Funaki
   • Masato Minami

   Review Article 10 July 2020 Pages: 331 - 339

   

2. Current status of hepatocyte-like cell therapy from stem cells

   • Yu Saito
   • Tetsuya Ikemoto
   • Mitsuo Shimada

   Review Article 04 August 2020 Pages: 340 - 349

   

3. Long-term outcomes of living donor liver transplantation after locoregional treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma: an experience from a single institute

   • Kenta Inomata
   • Hiroshi Yagi
   • Yuko Kitagawa

   Original Article 07 August 2020 Pages: 350 - 357

   

4. Use of preoperative controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score as a better prognostic marker for distal cholangiocarcinoma after pancreatoduodenectomy

   • Fumihiro Terasaki
   • Teiichi Sugiura
   • Katsuhiko Uesaka

   Original Article 06 August 2020 Pages: 358 - 365

   

5. Risk factors for outlet obstruction after laparoscopic surgery and diverting ileostomy for rectal cancer

   • Shigemasa Sasaki
   • Toshiya Nagasaki
   • Yoshiya Fujimoto

   Original Article 04 August 2020 Pages: 366 - 373

   

6. Liver regeneration after performing associating liver partition and portal vein occlusion for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) is histologically similar to that occurring after liver transplantation using a small-for-size graft

   • Tetsuji Wakabayashi
   • Kuniya Tanaka
   • Kenichi Matsuo

   Original Article 09 August 2020 Pages: 374 - 383

   

7. Inter-operative determination of the aortic root and cusp geometry associated with the aortic regurgitation grade

   • Toshiki Fujiyoshi
   • Ryumon Matsumoto
   • Hitoshi Ogino

   Original Article 10 August 2020 Pages: 384 - 390

   

8. Migrating contractions of the afferent and Roux limbs show peristaltic movement independently of each other in conscious dogs after Roux-en-Y reconstruction after distal gastrectomy

   • Masaki Suzuki
   • Takehiko Yokobori
   • Hiroyuki Kuwano

   Original Article 14 September 2020 Pages: 391 - 396

   

9. Early detection of infectious complications using C-reactive protein and the procalcitonin levels after laparoscopic colorectal resection: a prospective cohort study

   • Teppei Tatsuoka
   • Takashi Okuyama
   • Masatoshi Oya

   Original Article Open access 12 August 2020 Pages: 397 - 403

   

10. Oncological outcomes following laparoscopic surgery for pathological T4 colon cancer: a propensity score-matched analysis

    • Toshinori Sueda
    • Mitsuyoshi Tei
    • Junichi Hasegawa

    Original Article 07 August 2020 Pages: 404 - 414

    

11. Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in patients with previously treated lung cancer

    • Taiki Fujiwara
    • Takahiro Nakajima
    • Ichiro Yoshino

    Original Article 17 August 2020 Pages: 415 - 421

    

12. Prognostic impact of the preoperative hemoglobin A1c levels in patients with gastric cancer surgery depends on postoperative complications

    • Jun Shibamoto
    • Katsutoshi Shoda
    • Eigo Otsuji

    Original Article Open access 08 August 2020 Pages: 422 - 431

    

13. Pancreatic atrophy after gastrectomy for gastric cancer

    • Ryo Takahashi
    • Souya Nunobe
    • Takeshi Sano

    Original Article 03 September 2020 Pages: 432 - 438

    

14. A novel method for isolating lymphatic endothelial cells from lymphatic malformations and detecting PIK3CA somatic mutation in these isolated cells

    • Hidehito Usui
    • Yoshinori Tsurusaki
    • Masato Shinkai

    Original Article 02 September 2020 Pages: 439 - 446

    

15. Powered articulation by the Signia^TM stapling system for stapling position adjustments: optimizing safe surgical margins in thoracoscopic sublobar resection

    • Yoshihisa Shimada
    • Sachio Maehara
    • Norihiko Ikeda

    How To Do It 09 August 2020 Pages: 447 - 451

    

16. The surgical technique for complete resection of lung cancer invading the intrapericardial pulmonary vein and left atrium

    • Koji Kuroda
    • Masataka Mori
    • Fumihiro Tanaka

    How To Do It 03 September 2020 Pages: 452 - 456

    

17. Closure of enterotomy after side-to-side ileocolic anastomosis with two barbed sutures in totally laparoscopic colectomy for right-sided colon cancer

    • Hiroki Hamamoto
    • Junji Okuda
    • Kazuhisa Uchiyama

    How To Do It Open access 11 August 2020 Pages: 457 - 461