Surgery Today

Surgical interpretation of the WHO subclassification of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: a narrative review

• Review Article

Masayuki Akita, Hiroaki Yanagimoto, Daisuke Tsugawa, Yoh Zen, Takumi Fukumoto

Laparoscopic vs. open surgery for rectal cancer in patients with obesity: short-term outcomes and relapse-free survival across age groups

• Original Article

Yusuke Fujita, Koya Hida, Nobuaki Hoshino, Tomonori Akagi, Kentaro Nakajima, Masafumi Inomata, Seiichiro Yamamoto, Yoshiharu Sakai, Takeshi Naitoh, Kazutaka Obama

Preoperative evaluation of visceral pleural invasion in peripheral lung cancer utilizing deep learning technology

• Original Article

Yujin Kudo, Akira Saito, Tomoaki Horiuchi, Kotaro Murakami, Masaharu Kobayashi, Jun Matsubayashi, Toshitaka Nagao, Tatsuo Ohira, Masahiko Kuroda, Norihiko Ikeda

Surgical outcomes of video-assisted neck surgery for papillary thyroid carcinoma

• Original Article

Mariko Misaki, Seiya Inoue, Naoya Kawakita, Taihei Takeuchi, Naoki Miyamoto, Shinichi Sakamoto, Satoshi Fujiwara, Masakazu Goto, Mitsuhiro Tsuboi, Hiroaki Toba, Hiromitsu Takizawa

Effect of the lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio on the prognosis of patients with obstructive colorectal cancer with a colonic stent: a retrospective multicenter study in Japan

• Original Article

Toshio Shiraishi, Tetsuro Tominaga, Takashi Nonaka, Yuma Takamura, Kaido Oishi, Shintaro Hashimoto, Keisuke Noda, Rika Ono, Makoto Hisanaga, Hiroaki Takeshita, Mitsutoshi Ishii, Syosaburo Oyama, Kazuhide Ishimaru, Masaki Kunizaki, Terumitsu Sawai, Keitaro Matsumoto

Surgical outcomes and long-term survival of laparoscopic distal gastrectomy at high-volume centers in Korea and China: a two-centered retrospective analysis

• Open Access
• Original Article

Sen Wang, Ji-Hyeon Park, Qingya Li, Yikai Shen, Jee-Sun Kim, Do-Joong Park, Seong-Ho Kong, Haisheng Fang, Hye-Seung Lee, Linjun Wang, Diancai Zhang, Hao Xu, Hyuk-Joon Lee, Zekuan Xu, Han-Kwang Yang

Mac-2 binding protein glycosylation isomer as a novel predictor of early recurrence after resection for hepatocellular carcinoma

• Original Article

Kyohei Yugawa, Takashi Maeda, Keiji Tsuji, Mototsugu Shimokawa, Akihiro Sakai, Shohei Yamaguchi, Kozo Konishi, Kenkichi Hashimoto

Abdominal aortic calcification volume as a preoperative prognostic predictor for pancreatic cancer

• Original Article

Yuta Yamada, Kenei Furukawa, Koichiro Haruki, Norimitsu Okui, Yoshihiro Shirai, Masashi Tsunematsu, Mitsuru Yanagaki, Jungo Yasuda, Shinji Onda, Toru Ikegami

Osteosarcopenia: the coexistence of sarcopenia and osteopenia is predictive of prognosis and postoperative complications after curative resection for colorectal cancer

• Original Article

Takaaki Fujimoto, Koji Tamura, Kinuko Nagayoshi, Yusuke Mizuuchi, Yoshio Oh, Tsukasa Nara, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Kohei Horioka, Koji Shindo, Kohei Nakata, Kenoki Ohuchida, Masafumi Nakamura

Current status of the surgical training system in Japan: results of a nationwide questionnaire survey of graduating surgical trainees

• Open Access
• Original Article

Yoshiyuki Kiyasu, Saseem Poudel, Daisuke Koike, Jun Watanabe, Ryosuke Kowatari, Masayuki Fukumoto, Yoshiko Yamaoka-Fujikawa, Yuta Kikuchi, Keisuke Arai, Eisuke Booka, Sonoko Ishida, Shinichiro Yokoyama, Mitsue Saito

Recipient blood group does not affect hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after living donor liver transplantation in Korea

• Original Article

Sung-Min Kim, Shin Hwang, Gi-Won Song, Chul-Soo Ahn, Deok-Bog Moon, Tae-Yong Ha, Dong-Hwan Jung, Gil-Chun Park, Young-In Yoon, Woo-Hyoung Kang, Sang-Hoon Kim, Sung-Gyu Lee

Factors prolonging the operative time for transumbilical laparoscopic-assisted appendectomy in pediatric patients: a retrospective single-center study

• Original Article

Yohei Sanmoto, Yudai Goto, Kazuki Shirane, Akio Kawami, Kouji Masumoto

Is the use of direct oral anticoagulants after non-cardiac thoracic surgery safe for patients?

• Original Article

Mari Ohkuma, Mariko Fukui, Aritoshi Hattori, Takeshi Matsunaga, Hisashi Tomita, Kazuya Takamochi, Kenji Suzuki

True predictor of postoperative acute exacerbation of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia in lung cancer patients

• Letter to the Editor

Yongliang Wang, Zheng Bao

Authors’ response to Letter to the Editor

• Letter to the Editor

Yoko Azuma, Akira Iyoda

Acknowledgment to reviewers

• Acknowledgment