title: How case reports have contributed to the progress of surgery.
authors.affiliation: Hepato-biliary-pancreatic Surgery Division, Artificial Organ and Transplantation Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655 Japan.
authors.forename: Norihiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kokudo