Surgery Today

Is “functional end-to-end anastomosis” really functional? A review of the literature on stapled anastomosis using linear staplers

Masayuki Kano, Naoyuki Hanari, Hisashi Gunji, Koichi Hayano, Hideki Hayashi, Hisahiro Matsubara

No-touch isolation techniques for pancreatic cancer

Tamotsu Kuroki, Susumu Eguchi

Anatomy of the middle rectal artery: a review of the historical literature

Tomomichi Kiyomatsu, Soichiro Ishihara, Koji Murono, Kensuke Otani, Koji Yasuda, Takeshi Nishikawa, Toshiaki Tanaka, Keisuke Hata, Kazushige Kawai, Hiroaki Nozawa, Hironori Yamaguchi, Toshiaki Watanabe

The impact on the prognosis of unsuspected N2 disease in non-small-cell lung cancer: indications for thorough mediastinal staging in the modern era

Ryosuke Tachi, Aritoshi Hattori, Takeshi Matsunaga, Kazuya Takamochi, Shiaki Oh, Kenji Suzuki

Outcomes of lung cancer surgery in patients with coronary artery disease: a decade of experience at a single institution

Ryu Kanzaki, Masayoshi Inoue, Masato Minami, Yasushi Shintani, Soichiro Funaki, Tomohiro Kawamura, Meinoshin Okumura

Clinicopathological characteristics of cancer associated with Crohn’s disease

Hirofumi Sasaki, Hiroki Ikeuchi, Toshihiro Bando, Kei Hirose, Akihiro Hirata, Teruhiro Chohno, Yuki Horio, Naohiro Tomita, Seiichi Hirota, Yoshihiro Ide, Yasuaki Tsuchida, Motoi Uchino

Effects of implementing an “enhanced recovery after surgery” program on patients undergoing resection of hepatocellular carcinoma

Masaki Kaibori, Kosuke Matsui, Morihiko Ishizaki, Hiroya Iida, Kengo Yoshii, Hiroaki Asano, Masanori Kon

Tumescent TAPP: laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair after the preperitoneal tumescent injection of diluted lidocaine and epinephrine saline solution and carbon dioxide gas

Hiromi Tokumura, Ryohei Nomura, Fumito Saijo, Naoki Matsumura, Akihiro Yasumoto, Mitsuhisa Muto, Yu Katayose, Kennichi Takahashi, Sho Haneda

Role of metastasectomy for recurrent/metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors based on an analysis of the Kinki GIST registry

Shinsuke Sato, Toshimasa Tsujinaka, Toru Masuzawa, Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Yoshito Yamashita, Junya Fujita, Masakazu Takagi, Seiichi Hirota, Toshirou Nishida

Expression of BRCA1, a factor closely associated with relapse-free survival, in patients who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil for squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus

Toshiyasu Ojima, Mikihito Nakamori, Masaki Nakamura, Masahiro Katsuda, Keiji Hayata, Yasushi Nakamura, Hiroki Yamaue

The impact of frailty syndrome and risk scores on emergency cholecystectomy patients

Laura Lorenzon, Gianluca Costa, Giulia Massa, Barbara Frezza, Francesco Stella, Genoveffa Balducci

Clinical outcomes of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma resection following neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy vs. chemotherapy

Sohei Satoi, Hiroaki Yanagimoto, Tomohisa Yamamoto, Chisato Ohe, Chika Miyasaka, Yoshiko Uemura, Satoshi Hirooka, So Yamaki, Hironori Ryota, Taku Michiura, Kentaro Inoue, Yoichi Matsui, Noboru Tanigawa, Masanori Kon

Impact of sarcopenia on surgical site infection after restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis

Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Toshimitsu Araki, Yoshiki Okita, Satoru Kondo, Mikio Kawamura, Junichiro Hiro, Yuji Toiyama, Minako Kobayashi, Koji Tanaka, Yasuhiro Inoue, Yasuhiko Mohri, Keiichi Uchida, Masato Kusunoki

Postoperative complications following aggressive repeat hepatectomy for colorectal liver metastasis have adverse oncological outcomes

Yasuyuki Fukami, Yuji Kaneoka, Atsuyuki Maeda, Yuichi Takayama, Shunsuke Onoe

Modified Marcy repair for indirect inguinal hernia in children: a 24-year single-center experience of 6826 pediatric patients

Zenon Pogorelić, Marijana Rikalo, Miro Jukić, Josip Katić, Ivo Jurić, Dubravko Furlan, Dražen Budimir, Mihovil Biočić

Cell sheet technology for the regeneration of gastrointestinal tissue using a novel gastric perforation rat model

Shiro Tanaka, Kengo Kanetaka, Mio Fujii, Shinichiro Ito, Yusuke Sakai, Shinichiro Kobayashi, Kosho Yamanouchi, Fumihiko Fujita, Tamotsu Kuroki, Susumu Eguchi

Experimental analyses of the cavitation generated by ultrasonically activated surgical devices

Tao Gao, Bik Ee Lau, Tadashi Yamaguchi, Naoyuki Hanari, Hisashi Gunji, Masayuki Kano, Hisahiro Matsubara, Hideki Hayashi

Regeneration of peritoneal mesothelial cells after placement of hyaluronate carboxymethyl-cellulose (Seprafilm®)

Hideki Osawa, Junichi Nishimura, Masayuki Hiraki, Hidekazu Takahashi, Naotsugu Haraguchi, Taishi Hata, Masakazu Ikenaga, Kohei Murata, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Tsunekazu Mizushima, Yuichiro Doki, Masaki Mori

Duodenal-jejunal bypass changes the composition of the gut microbiota

Hideya Kashihara, Mitsuo Shimada, Kozo Yoshikawa, Jun Higashijima, Toshihiro Nakao, Masaaki Nishi, Chie Takasu

Acknowledgment to reviewers