1. The efficacy and safety of preoperative glucocorticoids in herniorrhaphy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   • Jun Watanabe
   • Kazuma Rifu
   • Naohiro Sata

   Review Article 08 January 2022 Pages: 1237 - 1245

   

2. Current status of robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy: what is the real benefit?

   • Jun Kanamori
   • Masayuki Watanabe
   • Yu Imamura

   Review Article 01 December 2021 Pages: 1246 - 1253

3. Impact of postoperative complications on the long-term outcome in lung cancer surgery

   • Takashi Yamamichi
   • Junji Ichinose
   • Mingyon Mun

   Original Article 18 January 2022 Pages: 1254 - 1261

   

4. A goal-directed therapy protocol for preventing acute kidney injury after laparoscopic liver resection: a retrospective observational cohort study

   • Eriya Imai
   • Yoshihito Morohashi
   • Go Wakabayashi

   Original Article 19 January 2022 Pages: 1262 - 1274

   

5. Feasibility of the semi-opened method of specimen resection for a circumferential resection margin in rectal cancer surgery: a multicenter study

   • Ichiro Takemasa
   • Koichi Okuya
   • Masahiko Watanabe

   Original Article 04 April 2022 Pages: 1275 - 1283

   

6. Long-term and short-term outcomes of laparoscopic versus open resection following tube decompression for obstructive colorectal cancer: a single-center retrospective study

   • Kiyoaki Sugiura
   • Yuki Seo
   • Takayuki Takahashi

   Original Article 02 February 2022 Pages: 1284 - 1291

   

7. Short- and mid-term outcomes of laparoscopic colorectal surgery in patients  ≥ 85 years old: a multicenter study using a propensity score-matched analysis

   • Shintaro Hashimoto
   • Tetsuro Tominaga
   • Takeshi Nagayasu

   Original Article 11 February 2022 Pages: 1292 - 1298

   

8. Preoperative maximum phonation time as a predictor of pneumonia in patients undergoing esophagectomy

   • Hiroki Ozawa
   • Hirofumi Kawakubo
   • Yuko Kitagawa

   Original Article 08 February 2022 Pages: 1299 - 1306

9. Optimal lymph-node dissection for pancreatic tail cancer

   • Shingo Seo
   • Kenichiro Uemura
   • Shinya Takahashi

   Original Article 18 February 2022 Pages: 1307 - 1312

   

10. Management of acute abdomen during the active disease course of COVID-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

    • Ozlem Boybeyi-Turer
    • Yasemin Ozsurekci
    • Feridun Cahit Tanyel

    Original Article 05 May 2022 Pages: 1313 - 1319

11. Pelvic floor peritoneum reconstruction is a protective factor for defecation dysfunction after laparoscopic anterior resection in patients with middle and low rectal cancer

    • Liqiang Ji
    • Shuyuan Li
    • Wei Zhang

    Original Article 08 January 2022 Pages: 1320 - 1328

    

12. Prognosis after curative resection for stage IA gastric cancer in elderly patients: endoscopic submucosal dissection versus surgery

    • Koji Miyahara
    • Michihiro Ishida
    • Hiroyuki Okada

    Original Article 28 January 2022 Pages: 1329 - 1340

    

13. Measurement of particulate matter 2.5 in surgical smoke and its health hazards

    • Kae Okoshi
    • Koya Hida
    • Hiroshi Yamato

    Original Article 21 February 2022 Pages: 1341 - 1347

    

14. Correction to: Measurement of particulate matter 2.5 in surgical smoke and its health hazards

    • Kae Okoshi
    • Koya Hida
    • Hiroshi Yamato

    Correction 15 April 2022 Pages: 1348 - 1349

    

15. Etiologies and treatments of chronic intestinal failure-short bowel syndrome (SBS) in Japanese adults: a real-world observational study

    • Tsunekazu Mizushima
    • Eri Udagawa
    • Shiro Nakamura

    Original Article Open access 23 February 2022 Pages: 1350 - 1357

    

16. Surgical strategies for patients with second primary non-small cell lung cancer lesions 2 cm or less in diameter

    • Zhile Wang
    • Yijun Wu
    • Shanqing Li

    Original Article 06 May 2022 Pages: 1358 - 1372

    

17. Bacteremia after hepatectomy and biliary reconstruction for biliary cancer: the characteristics of bacteremia according to occurrence time and associated complications

    • Junki Fukuda
    • Kimitaka Tanaka
    • Satoshi Hirano

    Original Article 02 February 2022 Pages: 1373 - 1381

    

18. Impact of diabetes mellitus on long-term prognosis after gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer: a propensity score matching analysis

    • Ryota Matsui
    • Noriyuki Inaki
    • Toshikatsu Tsuji

    Original Article 28 February 2022 Pages: 1382 - 1391

    

19. Comment on “Measurement of particulate matter 2.5 in surgical smoke and its health hazards”

    • Rujittika Mungmunpuntipantip
    • Viroj Wiwanitkit

    Letter to the Editor 20 April 2022 Pages: 1392 - 1392

20. Response to the letter

    • Kae Okoshi
    • Koya Hida
    • Hiroshi Yamato

    Letter to the Editor 13 July 2022 Pages: 1393 - 1394