Volume 15 Number 5 October, 2009

EDITORIAL
Optimal Surgical Approach for Esophagectomy: The Debate Still Goes on?
Simon Law
REVIEW
Perioperative Management for the Prevention of Postoperative Pneumonia with Esophageal Surgery
Yasunori Akutsu, et al.
Medical Management of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection
Marina Feldman, et al.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Pleural Effusion Adenosine Deaminase (ADA) Level and Occult Tuberculous Pleurisy
Motoki Sakuraba, et al.
Surgical Results of Lung Cancer Associated with Postobstructive Pneumonia
Shuji Haraguchi, et al.
Correlation of the Standardized Uptake Value in FDG-PET with the Expression Level of Cell-Cycle–Related MolecularBiomarkers in Resected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers
Haruhiko Nakamura, et al.
Myocardial Cyclic AMP Augmentation with High-Dose PDEIII Inhibitor in Terminal Warm Blood Cardioplegia
Yoshihiro Ko, et al.
Total Arch Replacement for Distal Enlargement after Ascending Aortic Replacement for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection
Satoshi Yamashiro, et al.
CASE REPORT
Type B3 Thymic Epithelial Tumor in an Adolescent Detected by Immunohistochemical Staining for CD5, CD99, and KIT (CD117): A Case Report
Naoyuki Yoshino, et al.
Thoracoscopic Extended Thymothymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis with Aplastic Anemia
Hiroshige Nakamura, et al.
A Case of Primary Mediastinal Ependymoma
Takeshi Mori, et al.
Enigmatic Contralateral Hemothorax after Left Thoracotomy
H. Volkan Kara, et al.
Closure of Pneumonectomy Stump Fistula Using Custom Y and Cuff-Link-Shaped Silicone Prostheses
Henri G. Colt, et al.
Aortic Valve Replacement in a Patient with a Retrosternal Gastric Tube and Porcelain Aorta
Shinya Fukui, et al.
A Ball-Shaped Thrombus of the Tricuspid Valve after VSD Closure
Shinji Kanemitsu, et al.
A Rare Case of Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Trichosporon Asahii Fungemia Treated by Surgery
Kenta Izumi, et al.
One-Stage Minimally Invasive Direct CABG by a Transdiaphragmatic Approach Combined with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair to Avoid Postoperative Cardiovascular Event
Masaki Yamamoto, et al.
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