Published in Surg Today on January 01, 2005
Comparison of laparoscopy-assisted and total laparoscopic Billroth-I gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a report of short-term outcomes. Surg Endosc (2010) 1.67
Outcome of functional end-to-end esophagojejunostomy in totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy. Langenbecks Arch Surg (2013) 0.97
Intracorporeal esophagojejunostomy after totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy: A single-center 7-year experience. World J Gastroenterol (2016) 0.87
Modified triangulating stapling technique for esophagogastrostomy after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer. Surg Endosc (2012) 0.87
Cervical triangulating stapled anastomosis: technique and initial experience. J Thorac Dis (2014) 0.79
A comparison of cervical delta-shaped anastomosis and circular stapled anastomosis after esophagectomy. World J Surg Oncol (2017) 0.75
Is hand sewing comparable with stapling for anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy? A meta-analysis. World J Gastroenterol (2014) 0.75
Conditional ablation of Stat3 or Socs3 discloses a dual role for reactive astrocytes after spinal cord injury. Nat Med (2006) 4.18
Ontogeny and multipotency of neural crest-derived stem cells in mouse bone marrow, dorsal root ganglia, and whisker pad. Cell Stem Cell (2008) 2.69
Therapeutic potential of appropriately evaluated safe-induced pluripotent stem cells for spinal cord injury. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 2.52
CD8+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes together with CD4+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and dendritic cells improve the prognosis of patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Pancreas (2004) 2.48
Forty consecutive resections of hilar cholangiocarcinoma with no postoperative mortality and no positive ductal margins: results of a prospective study. Ann Surg (2004) 1.99
Standard versus extended lymphadenectomy in radical pancreatoduodenectomy for ductal adenocarcinoma of the head of the pancreas: long-term results of a Japanese multicenter randomized controlled trial. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci (2012) 1.98
Evaluation of 18F-2-deoxy-2-fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography for gastric cancer. World J Surg (2004) 1.87
Distal pancreatectomy with en bloc celiac axis resection for locally advanced pancreatic body cancer: long-term results. Ann Surg (2007) 1.83
CD4+ and CD8+ T cells cooperate to improve prognosis of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer Res (2003) 1.83
In vivo imaging of engrafted neural stem cells: its application in evaluating the optimal timing of transplantation for spinal cord injury. FASEB J (2005) 1.80
Thirteen cases with intramural metastasis to the stomach in 1259 patients with oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2004) 1.79
Expression profiles of 39 HOX genes in normal human adult organs and anaplastic thyroid cancer cell lines by quantitative real-time RT-PCR system. Exp Cell Res (2004) 1.59
Efficacy and safety of artificial pneumothorax under two-lung ventilation in thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer in the prone position. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2013) 1.55
Overexpression of caveolin-1 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma correlates with lymph node metastasis and pathologic stage. Cancer (2002) 1.54
Oncological benefit of preoperative endoscopic biliary drainage in patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci (2014) 1.49
Dominant-negative hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha reduces tumorigenicity of pancreatic cancer cells through the suppression of glucose metabolism. Am J Pathol (2003) 1.45
Intraductal papillary-mucinous tumors arising in Santorini's duct: clinicopathologic features and the treatment of choice. World J Surg (2005) 1.39
Outcome of surgical treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma: a special reference to postoperative morbidity and mortality. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci (2009) 1.38
Suppressive effect of modified dominant negative RAS mutant on human cancer by gene transfer with non-viral vector. Cancer Biol Ther (2006) 1.38
A new marking technique for peripheral lung nodules avoiding pleural puncture: the intrathoracic stamping method. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2012) 1.36
Gene-expression profile changes correlated with tumor progression and lymph node metastasis in esophageal cancer. Clin Cancer Res (2004) 1.29
Roles of ES cell-derived gliogenic neural stem/progenitor cells in functional recovery after spinal cord injury. PLoS One (2009) 1.28
Sox10-Venus mice: a new tool for real-time labeling of neural crest lineage cells and oligodendrocytes. Mol Brain (2010) 1.27
Chondroitinase ABC combined with neural stem/progenitor cell transplantation enhances graft cell migration and outgrowth of growth-associated protein-43-positive fibers after rat spinal cord injury. Eur J Neurosci (2005) 1.24
Expression of LGR5, an intestinal stem cell marker, during each stage of colorectal tumorigenesis. Anticancer Res (2011) 1.24
In vivo tracing of neural tracts in the intact and injured spinal cord of marmosets by diffusion tensor tractography. J Neurosci (2007) 1.22
Aberrant expression of HOX genes in human invasive breast carcinoma. Oncol Rep (2005) 1.18
Liposome-encapsulated CpG oligodeoxynucleotides as a potent adjuvant for inducing type 1 innate immunity. Cancer Res (2004) 1.15
Expression of pigment epithelium-derived factor decreases liver metastasis and correlates with favorable prognosis for patients with ductal pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Cancer Res (2004) 1.14
Results of radical distal pancreatectomy with en bloc resection of the celiac artery for locally advanced cancer of the pancreatic body. Langenbecks Arch Surg (2003) 1.11
Adrenomedullin antagonist suppresses in vivo growth of human pancreatic cancer cells in SCID mice by suppressing angiogenesis. Oncogene (2003) 1.08
Effectiveness of radiation therapy after surgery for hilar cholangiocarcinoma. Surg Today (2005) 1.08
Successful resection of a recurrent mediastinal liposarcoma invading the pericardium: report of a case. Surg Today (2004) 1.07
Successful laparoscopic right gastroepiploic aneurysmectomy: report of a case. Surg Today (2003) 1.06
Chemokines in bronchiolar epithelium in the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol (2004) 1.05
Anti-IL-6-receptor antibody promotes repair of spinal cord injury by inducing microglia-dominant inflammation. Exp Neurol (2010) 1.05
Pigment epithelium-derived factor gene therapy inhibits human pancreatic cancer in mice. Clin Cancer Res (2005) 1.04
Prognostic value of intratumoral CD8+ T lymphocyte in extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma as essential immune response. J Surg Oncol (2003) 1.03
Intracavitary combined with CT-guided interstitial brachytherapy for locally advanced uterine cervical cancer: introduction of the technique and a case presentation. J Radiat Res (2011) 1.03
High-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy with computed tomography-based treatment planning for patients with locally advanced uterine cervical carcinoma. J Radiat Res (2011) 1.01
Nuclear survivin expression predicts poorer prognosis in glioblastoma. J Neurooncol (2008) 1.00
Anatomy-based inverse optimization in high-dose-rate brachytherapy combined with hypofractionated external beam radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer: comparison of incidence of acute genitourinary toxicity between anatomy-based inverse optimization and geometric optimization. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2006) 0.98
Mucin-secreting bile duct adenoma--clinicopathological resemblance to intraductal papillary mucinous tumor of the pancreas. Dig Surg (2002) 0.98
Embolization of the replaced common hepatic artery before surgery for pancreatic head cancer: report of a case. Surg Today (2004) 0.98
Evaluation of quality of life and neuropathic pain in patients with low back pain using the Japanese Orthopedic Association Back Pain Evaluation Questionnaire. Eur Spine J (2014) 0.97
The role of radiotherapy for thymic carcinoma. Jpn J Clin Oncol (2004) 0.97
Right- and left-sided colorectal cancers display distinct expression profiles and the anatomical stratification allows a high accuracy prediction of lymph node metastasis. J Surg Res (2005) 0.97
Outcome of functional end-to-end esophagojejunostomy in totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy. Langenbecks Arch Surg (2013) 0.97
Cdc50p, a conserved endosomal membrane protein, controls polarized growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Biol Cell (2003) 0.96
Carbon Ion Radiotherapy at the Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Center: New Facility Set-up. Cancers (Basel) (2011) 0.96
The prognostic significance of RCAS1 expression in squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus. Cancer Lett (2002) 0.96
Acute genitourinary toxicity after high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy combined with hypofractionated external-beam radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer: Second analysis to determine the correlation between the urethral dose in HDR brachytherapy and the severity of acute genitourinary toxicity. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2005) 0.96
NF-kappa B-dependent induction of cyclin D1 by retinoblastoma protein (pRB) family proteins and tumor-derived pRB mutants. J Biol Chem (2003) 0.95
Long-term results of curative intraluminal high dose rate brachytherapy for endobronchial carcinoma. Radiat Oncol (2012) 0.95
Treatment strategy for hilar cholangiocarcinoma, with special reference to the limits of ductal resection in right-sided hepatectomies. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg (2007) 0.95
Transplantation of galectin-1-expressing human neural stem cells into the injured spinal cord of adult common marmosets. J Neurosci Res (2010) 0.94
Increased expression of beta-catenin predicts better prognosis in nonsmall cell lung carcinomas. Cancer (2002) 0.94
High expression of tumor-associated antigen RCAS1 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is an unfavorable prognostic marker. Int J Cancer (2002) 0.94
Important technical remarks on distal pancreatectomy with en-bloc celiac axis resection for locally advanced pancreatic body cancer (with video). J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci (2012) 0.94
Expression of N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase v is associated with prognosis and histology in non-small cell lung cancers. Clin Cancer Res (2004) 0.93
Difference of caveolin-1 expression pattern in human lung neoplastic tissue. Atypical adenomatous hyperplasia, adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer Lett (2004) 0.93
CT evaluation of paraaortic lymph node metastasis in patients with biliary cancer. J Gastroenterol (2005) 0.93
Gastric tube-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy after esophagectomy and reconstruction using the gastric tube: report of a case. Surg Today (2004) 0.93
Middle colic artery-gastroepiploic artery bypass for compromised collateral flow in distal pancreatectomy with celiac artery resection. Hepatogastroenterology (2003) 0.91
The benefit of small bowel and pelvic bone sparing in excluding common iliac lymph node region from conventional radiation fields in patients with uterine cervical cancer: a dosimetric study. J Radiat Res (2010) 0.91
Generation and targeting of human tumor-specific Tc1 and Th1 cells transduced with a lentivirus containing a chimeric immunoglobulin T-cell receptor. Cancer Res (2004) 0.91
Dose-volume histogram parameters and clinical factors associated with pleural effusion after chemoradiotherapy in esophageal cancer patients. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2010) 0.91
Ischemic gastropathy after distal pancreatectomy with celiac axis resection. Surg Today (2004) 0.90
RCAS1 expression as a prognostic factor after curative surgery for extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol (2002) 0.90
Differential mechanisms of constitutive Akt/PKB activation and its influence on gene expression in pancreatic cancer cells. Jpn J Cancer Res (2002) 0.90
Surgical treatment of celiac-splenic aneurysms without arterial reconstruction. Hepatogastroenterology (2007) 0.89
Two types of extended liver resection for advanced gallbladder cancer: how to do it. Dig Surg (2011) 0.89
Intraductal oncocytic papillary neoplasm of the pancreas shows strong positivity on FDG-PET. Int J Gastrointest Cancer (2002) 0.88
Peptic ulcer-induced acute aortogastric fistula occurring 7 years after a pharyngogastrostomy following a resection for carcinoma of the esophagus: report of a case. Surg Today (2004) 0.88
Beneficial compaction of spinal cord lesion by migrating astrocytes through glycogen synthase kinase-3 inhibition. EMBO Mol Med (2011) 0.88
Down-regulation of Human Leukocyte Antigen class I heavy chain in tumors is associated with a poor prognosis in advanced esophageal cancer patients. Int J Oncol (2011) 0.88
Solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura: clinicopathological and immunohistochemical examination. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2003) 0.88
Reevaluation of the indications for radical pancreatectomy to treat pancreatic carcinoma: is portal vein infiltration a contraindication? Surg Today (2002) 0.87
Carcinoma of the cystic duct remnant with direct colonic invasion. Int J Gastrointest Cancer (2003) 0.87
The immunological impact of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on the tumor microenvironment of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol (2011) 0.86
Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux disease in Japan. Surg Today (2004) 0.86
Adjuvant surgical therapy for patients with initially-unresectable pancreatic cancer with long-term favorable responses to chemotherapy. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci (2011) 0.86
No-touch resection of hilar malignancies with right hepatectomy and routine portal reconstruction. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg (2009) 0.85
Sentinel lymph node mapping with technetium-99m colloidal rhenium sulfide in patients with gastric carcinoma. Am J Surg (2006) 0.85
Long-term efficacy of distal splenorenal shunt with splenopancreatic and gastric disconnection for esophagogastric varices in patients with idiopathic portal hypertension. World J Surg (2005) 0.85
Surgical treatment of liver metastases from pancreatic cancer. HPB (Oxford) (2006) 0.85
Wedge resection of the portal bifurcation concomitant with left hepatectomy plus biliary reconstruction for hepatobiliary cancer. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg (2002) 0.85