123-124
Editorial
Is prophylactic mechanical ventilation really necessary after esophageal surgery?
Takashi Nishino
125-131
Original articles
Impairment of chest wall mechanics and increased chest wall work of breathing cause postoperative respiratory failure in patients who have undergone radical esophagectomy
Katsusuke Murata and Tatsuya Kubota
132-135
The combination of a fiberoptic stylet and a McCoy laryngoscope facilitates tracheal intubation in difficult airway cases
Nobuhiro Saruki, Shigeru Saito, Jun Sato, Toshifumi Takahashi and Ryuji Tozawa
136-138
Effect of infraorbital nerve block under general anesthesia on consumption of isoflurane and postoperative pain in endoscopic endonasal maxillary sinus surgery
Tomoaki Higashizawa and Yoshihisa Koga
139-144
Respiratory system compliance and postoperative ventilator dependence in neonates with left-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Muneyuki Takeuchi, Keiko Kinouchi, Kazuo Fukumitsu, Kenji Imura and Seiji Kitamura
145-148
Do age-based formulae predict the appropriate endotracheal tube sizes in Japanese children?
Koichi Takita, Yuji Morimoto, Atsushi Okamura and Osamu Kemmotsu
149-153
Effects of ketamine on voltage-dependent calcium currents and membrane potentials in single bullfrog atrial cells
Noboru Hatakeyama, Mitsuaki Yamazaki, Nobuko Shibuya, Shigeo Yamamura and Yasunori Momose
154-158
Antinociceptive efficacy of antidepressants: assessment of five antidepressants and four monoamine receptors in rats
Naoki Otsuka, Yuji Kiuchi, Fumiko Yokogawa, Yutaka Masuda and Katsuji Oguchi, et al.
159-163
Effects of propofol and thiopental on the central nervous system during nociceptive stimulation in cats
Takefumi Inada, Kohhei Murao, Koh Shingu, Koh Yamada and Shin-ichi Nakao, et al.
164-166
Clinical reports
A case of tetralogy of Fallot with no neurological deficit after prolonged hypoxia
Hirofumi Hino, Tatsuya Fukuyama, Kazumi Yokota, Ikuo Yamanaka and Tadashi Aoki
167-169
Pneumothorax of undetermined etiology occurring during general anesthesia
Daisuke Ashikawa, Hideki Sano, Mutsuhito Kikura, Yoshiki Nakajima and Shigehito Sato
170-172
Spinal cord infarction in a patient undergoing left pyeloplasty in the right lateral kidney position
Yukiko Mukubo and Miwako Kawamata
173-175
Successful relief of hip joint pain by percutaneous radiofrequency nerve thermocoagulation in a patient with contraindications for hip arthroplasty
Sei Fukui and Shuichi Nosaka
176-178
Pyogenic spondylitis and epidural abscess distant from the site of continuous epidural block in a patient with postherpetic neuralgia
Keisuke Yamada, Mika Ohnari, Reiko Takahashi, Junro Taniguchi and Kazuo Hamatani
179-181
Clinical application of amantadine, an NMDA antagonist, for neuropathic pain
Sei Fukui, Yasuo Komoda and Shuichi Nosaka
182-184
Severe sinoatrial dysfunction after esophageal surgery: a case report
Shinji Takahashi, Taro Mizutani, Muneaki Watanabe, Hiroyuki Iida and Kazuo Orii, et al.
185-187
Epidural injection with saline for treatment of postspinal headache: comparison with epidural blood patch
Manabu Kakinohana, Yuichiro Odo, Satoko Matsuda, Yutaka Taira and Kazuhiro Sugahara
188-189
Letter to the editor
Femoral arterial hypotension secondary to the placement of a pediatric intraaortic balloon
Motoshi Kainuma and Toshiyuki Miyake