title: Introduction of Surgical Case Reports: the second official journal of the Japanese Surgical Society.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto-city, 860-8556, Japan. hdobaba@kumamoto-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baba