Instructions to authors
Manuscripts for publication and all correspondence should
be sent to: Katsuyoshi Tabuse, MD, Editor in chief, Journalof Microwave Surgery, c/o Department of Surgery, National
Hospital Organization Osaka Minami Medical Center, 2-1,
Kidohigashi-machi, Kawachinagano City, Osaka, 586-8521,
japan.
Manuscript form: Two complete sets of manuscripts,including tables and figures, must be supplied; abstract,text, references, and table and figure legends must be typed
double space with wide margins on the side of good quality
A4 paper. A complete list of submitted materials must
accompany each manuscript, Incomplete or improperly
prepared manuscripts will be returned to authors without
review.
A separate title page should be provided. Abstract, text,
acknowledgements, reference, tables, legends, and figures
should begin on separate sheets and follow in that order.
Standard abbreviations and units should be used. Defineabbreviations at first appearance, and avoid their use in thetitle and abstract. Use generic names of drugs and chemicals.
All manuscripts must be written in English, Authors
whose mother tongue is not English should seek the assistance of a colleague who is a native English speaker andfamilier with the field of the work. Manuscripts that havebeen extensively modified in the editorial process will be
returned to the authors for retyping.
Title page: Titles should be brief, specific, and informative.
Include full names of authors, academic affiliation, address
to which proofs are to be sent, including a fax number, ashort title (not exceeding 35 letters and spaces); and 3-5 keywords or phrases for indexing.
Abstract: Ａ concise description (not more than 130 wordsof the purpose, methods, results, and conclusions isrequired.
Text: The text of experimental articles should be divided
into the following sections: Introduction, Methods, Results,and Discussion.
References: Number references consecutively in the ordercited in the text. not alphabetically. Accuracy of reference
data is the author's responsibility. Personal communications
and unpublished data should not be included in the reference list but should be cited in parentheses in text. If such acitation is from someone other than the authors, a lettershould be submitted in which the direct quotation is givenwith the author's signature. Provide inclusive page numbers
for all references. Provide all author's names (the use of ″etal."is unacceptable). Journal titles should be abbreviatedaccording to Index Medicus. For papers written in Japanese,follow the style of example 1). If such ａ paper has an
English abstract. see example 2).
1) Tabuse Y，Tabuse K，Mori K，Nagai Y，Kobayashi Y，Egawa Ｈ，Noguchi H，Yamaue Ｈ，Katsumi Ｍ，
N a g a s a k i Y: P e r c u t a n e o u s M i c r o w a v e Ti s s u e
Coagulation in Liver Biopsy; Experimental and clinicalStudies.Arch Jpn Chir 55:381-392, 1986
2) L ight MR, Novick AC: Nephron sparing surgery forrenal cell carcinoma. J Urol 149: 1-7, 19933) S himahara Y，Kikuchi T，Yamamoto Y: Hepatic mitochondrial redox potential and nutritional support inliver insufficiency. in Nutritional support in Organ
Failure, ed by Tanaka T, Okada A. Amsterdam, Elsevire
Science Pulishers, 295-308, 1990
Figures, tables and photographs: All future publicationsf r o m Vo l . 3 1 w i l l b e m a d e o n l y o n o n l i n e j o u r n a l( “ J - S TAG E ” ) . A s a g e n e ra l r u l e , f i g u r e s , t a b l e s a n dphotographs submitted in colors will be published in color
images at no additional cost. Please submit color data forcolor images.
Figures should be cited in the text. Halftones; i.e.
photomicrographs and shaded drawings should be prepared
as glossy prints. Line drawings; good quality photocopies
are sufficient, the height and thickness of letters andnumbers in illustrations must be legible when the figures arereduced. Figure number, name of first author, and top of thefigure should be written lightly in pencil on the back of eachprint. Do not mount photos. Figure legends should be typed
on a separate sheet and the appropriate position of figures
should be indicated in the left margin of the manuscript. If afigure has been published previously, acknowledge its
source and submit written permission of the author andpublisher. The previously published source should also beincluded in the references.
Tables: should be cited in the text. Each table should begiven a number and a brief informative title, and shouldappear on a separate page. The legend should be included
with the table. Explain in footnotes all abbreviations used.
Length of articles:Original article：The text should not exceed 4 printed pages
in length, including references. Three (3) manuscript pages
appoximately correspond to one printed page. Two (2) figures of tables should be counted as one manuscript page.
Review article: Should not exceed 10 printed pages．
Case report on interest: The text should not exceed 4 printed page. With no more than 6 figures or tables.
Surgeon at work: This section will include short articles on
operative techniques recommendable for clinical and experimantal surgery. The text shoud not exceed 4 printed
pages, with no more than 6 figures or tables．
Basic knowledge of interest: This section will provide information on the latest developments in various fields that areof interest to the surgeon, including anatomy, hematology,oncology. pathology and medical engineering area. Eachcontribution for this section should focus on a theme thatwill be useful in the practice of Microwave surgery, as well
as being of interest in terms of expanding basic knowledge.
The text should not exceed 4 printed pages.
All articles should include references, a short abstract, arunning title, and key words for indexing. If the printed
pages of any article exceed the above limitations, the author
will be requested to cover the additional cost.
Privacy information protection principles:
A. Do not use patient's names, or nicknames, and ID numbers.
B. Do not state patient‘s addresses. However, in case diseases occurrance is associated to specific places, disclose
limited information only (such as cities, prefectures).
C. In case of dates, state years and months only if these are
judged important to report for the process of treatment, but
be careful these provided information not implying a
specific individual.
D. If combination of patient's information and attended
medical departments on report might imply a specific individuai, do not state these medical department‘s names.
E. If patients are under treatment in other institution, do notdisclose such institutions.
However, disregard this. forinstance, patients were sent to an emergency hospital andnecessary to disclose its name.

F. In case of using patient photographs. hide eyes. For eye
diseases, use enlarged pictures of eyes in order not to showa whole face.
G. If biological or incubate tests and imaging contain numbers, please delete them.
Ｈ. Although all considerations said above are taken, if anychances still remain to imply a specific individual. obtain anagreement on publication from an individual patient (or thebereaved, representative, parents in case of children), orethical committee.
I. In case of report on genetic disease or human genome
analysis, abide by the ethical principals on human genome
and genetic analysis issued by the Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare (2006.3.29).
Patient anonymity and informed consent:
It is author's responsibility to ensure that all patient's
anonymity and privacy can be carefully protected and toverify that any investigation with human subjects reported
in the manuscript was performed with informed consent.
Offprints: Offprints of each paper are available in lots of 30,
50 or 100: to order these, fill out the order form received
with the corrected proofs.
Offprints will be available upon reguest at cost.