1. Current status and future perspectives of robotic inguinal hernia repair

   • Takuya Saito
   • Yasuyuki Fukami
   • Tsuyoshi Sano

   Review Article 03 December 2021 Pages: 1395 - 1404

   

2. Impact of the indocyanine green fluorescence method for anastomotic blood flow in robotic distal gastrectomy

   • Shunsuke Hayakawa
   • Ryo Ogawa
   • Shuji Takiguchi

   Original Article 23 February 2022 Pages: 1405 - 1413

   

3. Vascular variants in laparoscopic extended right hemicolectomy with central vascular ligation for right colon cancer

   • Mitsuyoshi Tei
   • Yozo Suzuki
   • Hiroki Akamatsu

   Original Article 10 May 2022 Pages: 1414 - 1422

   

4. Prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among general surgeons in Japan

   • Yohei Owada
   • Kinji Furuya
   • Tatsuya Oda

   Original Article 23 June 2022 Pages: 1423 - 1429

   

5. An analysis of the effectiveness of stapler closure combined with a titanium clip in distal pancreatectomy

   • Baoxing Jia
   • Qingmin Chen
   • Yahui Liu

   Original Article 09 February 2022 Pages: 1430 - 1437

   

6. Long-term prognosis of laparoscopic gastrectomy for patients on antithrombotic therapy: a retrospective cohort study

   • Motohira Yoshida
   • Hiroyuki Egi
   • Yuji Watanabe

   Original Article 23 February 2022 Pages: 1438 - 1445

   

7. Survey on the current status of the indication and implementation protocols for bile replacement in patients with external biliary drainage with special reference to infection control

   • Hiroji Shinkawa
   • Shoji Kubo
   • Yoshio Takesue

   Original Article 19 February 2022 Pages: 1446 - 1452

   

8. Impact of after-hours surgery on outcomes of acute type A aortic dissection repair

   • Baku Takahashi
   • Keiji Kamohara
   • Atsushi Kawaguchi

   Original Article 25 March 2022 Pages: 1453 - 1462

   

9. The C-reactive protein to albumin ratio is a prognostic factor for stage I non-small cell lung cancer in elderly patients: JACS1303

   • Takuro Miyazaki
   • Hisashi Saji
   • Committee for Scientific Affairs, The Japanese Association for Chest Surgery

   Original Article 24 February 2022 Pages: 1463 - 1471

   

10. Impact of loss of skeletal muscle mass within 6–12 months after gastrectomy and S1 adjuvant chemotherapy on the survival prognosis of elderly patients with gastric cancer

    • Shiro Fujihata
    • Shinichi Sakuramoto
    • Keishi Yamashita

    Original Article 08 April 2022 Pages: 1472 - 1483

    

11. Validity of operative information in Japanese administrative data: a chart review-based analysis of 1221 cases at a single institution

    • Takaaki Konishi
    • Takako Yoshimoto
    • Hideo Yasunaga

    Original Article 12 May 2022 Pages: 1484 - 1490

    

12. Risk factors for metachronous contralateral inguinal hernia after laparoscopic percutaneous extraperitoneal closure for unilateral inguinal hernia in children

    • Hiroki Mori
    • Hiroki Ishibashi
    • Mitsuo Shimada

    Original Article 24 February 2022 Pages: 1491 - 1496

    

13. Effect of intraoperative needle biopsy on the survival of nonsmall cell lung cancer patients: a propensity score matching analysis

    • Mizuki Morota
    • Masaaki Nagano
    • Jun Nakajima

    Original Article Open access 03 March 2022 Pages: 1497 - 1503

    

14. Thoracoscopic removal with fluoroscopic radiographic guidance of thoracoamniotic shunting catheters in newborns

    • Yuki Muta
    • Akio Odaka
    • Yoshifumi Beck

    How To Do It 26 June 2022 Pages: 1504 - 1508

    

15. Correction to: Thoracoscopic removal with fluoroscopic radiographic guidance of thoracoamniotic shunting catheters in newborns

    • Yuki Muta
    • Akio Odaka
    • Yoshifumi Beck

    Correction 20 July 2022 Pages: 1509 - 1509

16. Using indocyanine green fluorescence in laparoscopic surgery to identify and preserve rare branching of the right hepatic artery in pediatric congenital biliary dilatation

    • Ryuta Masuya
    • Makoto Matsukubo
    • Satoshi Ieiri

    How To Do It 09 May 2022 Pages: 1510 - 1513