Published in Surg Today on January 25, 2007
The advantages and disadvantages of a Roux-en-Y reconstruction after a distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Surg Today (2009) 1.18
A sodium hyaluronate carboxymethylcellulose bioresorbable membrane prevents postoperative small-bowel adhesive obstruction after distal gastrectomy. Surg Today (2010) 0.89
A randomized study comparing outcomes of stapled and hand-sutured anastomoses in patients undergoing open gastrointestinal surgery. Indian J Surg (2012) 0.84
Evaluation of postgastrectomy symptoms after distal gastrectomy with Billroth-I reconstruction using the Postgastrectomy Syndrome Assessment Scale-45 (PGSAS-45). Gastric Cancer (2014) 0.76
Circular stapler size and risk of anastomotic complications in gastroduodenostomy for gastric cancer. World J Surg (2012) 0.75
Laparoscopic assisted distal gastrectomy for early gastric cancer: Five years' experience. Surgery (2005) 2.06
New techniques of gastrointestinal anastomoses with the EEA stapler. Ann Surg (1979) 2.02
Endoscopic evaluation of the remnant stomach after gastrectomy: proposal for a new classification. Gastric Cancer (2002) 2.01
A stapling instrument for end-to-end inverting anastomoses in the gastrointestinal tract. Ann Surg (1979) 1.89
Use of a mechanical suturing apparatus in low colorectal anastomosis. Arch Surg (1975) 1.36
Laparoscopically assisted total or distal gastrectomy with lymph node dissection for early gastric cancer. Br J Surg (2001) 1.35
Staples or sutures for colonic anastomoses--a controlled clinical trial. Br J Surg (1982) 1.18
Use of circular stapling gun with peranal insertion of anorectal purse-string suture for construction of very low colorectal or colo-anal anastomoses. Br J Surg (1979) 1.07
New techniques of gastrointestinal anastomoses using the EEA stapler. Surgery (1980) 1.01
A prospective randomized trial of hand-sutured versus mechanically stapled anastomoses for gastroduodenostomy after distal gastrectomy. Gastric Cancer (2004) 0.99
Total gastrectomy and oesophagojejunostomy--a prospective randomized trial of hand-sutured versus mechanically stapled anastomoses. Br J Surg (1990) 0.86
Billroth I gastrectomy using a circular stapler to treat gastric cancer. Surg Today (2001) 0.86
A multicenter retrospective study of endoscopic resection for early gastric cancer. Gastric Cancer (2006) 2.98
Clinical practice guidelines for gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) in Japan: English version. Int J Clin Oncol (2008) 2.65
Evaluation of pathogen detection from clinical samples by real-time polymerase chain reaction using a sepsis pathogen DNA detection kit. Crit Care (2010) 1.81
Sentinel node mapping for gastric cancer: a prospective multicenter trial in Japan. J Clin Oncol (2013) 1.79
IGFBP-4 is an inhibitor of canonical Wnt signalling required for cardiogenesis. Nature (2008) 1.77
Bilirubin rinse: A simple protectant against the rat liver graft injury mimicking heme oxygenase-1 preconditioning. Hepatology (2003) 1.69
Myocardial perfusion and fatty acid metabolism in patients with tako-tsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction. J Am Coll Cardiol (2003) 1.64
Molecular detection of sentinel node micrometastases in patients with clinical N0 gastric carcinoma with real-time multiplex reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay. Ann Surg Oncol (2011) 1.63
Validation study of radio-guided sentinel lymph node navigation in esophageal cancer. Ann Surg (2009) 1.62
Operative indications for relatively small (2-5 cm) gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach based on analysis of 60 operated cases. Surgery (2006) 1.61
Role of high mobility group box chromosomal protein 1 in ischemia-reperfusion injury in the rat small intestine. J Surg Res (2012) 1.54
EMR of a hyperplastic polyp arising in ectopic gastric mucosa in the cervical esophagus: case report. Gastrointest Endosc (2005) 1.51
Overexpression of leucine-rich repeat-containing G protein-coupled receptor 5 in colorectal cancer. Cancer Sci (2010) 1.49
Cardiovascular events in pregnancy with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Circ J (2014) 1.49
Biliary complications in adult living donor liver transplantation with duct-to-duct hepaticocholedochostomy or Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy biliary reconstruction. Surgery (2002) 1.48
Multiple myosin II heavy chain kinases: roles in filament assembly control and proper cytokinesis in Dictyostelium. Mol Biol Cell (2005) 1.48
Pretreatment plasma fibrinogen level correlates with tumor progression and metastasis in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2007) 1.46
Clinical significance of circulating tumor cells in blood from patients with gastrointestinal cancers. Ann Surg Oncol (2008) 1.46
Time course of electrocardiographic changes in patients with tako-tsubo syndrome: comparison with acute myocardial infarction with minimal enzymatic release. Circ J (2004) 1.45
Diabetes mellitus is associated with insufficient microvascular reperfusion following revascularization for anterior acute myocardial infarction. Intern Med (2003) 1.44
Colorectal motility induction by sacral nerve electrostimulation in a canine model: implications for colonic pacing. Dis Colon Rectum (2003) 1.43
Tumor initiating potential of side population cells in human gastric cancer. Int J Oncol (2009) 1.42
Gastric cancer: current status of diagnosis and treatment. Cancers (Basel) (2013) 1.42
The relationship between bone metastasis from human breast cancer and integrin alpha(v)beta3 expression. Anticancer Res (2005) 1.38
Current state of gastric stump carcinoma in Japan: based on the results of a nationwide survey. World J Surg (2010) 1.32
Prognostic significance of tissue factor in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Clin Cancer Res (2005) 1.31
Anti-high-mobility group box chromosomal protein 1 antibodies improve survival of rats with sepsis. World J Surg (2006) 1.30
Current progress in ABO-incompatible liver transplantation. Eur J Clin Invest (2010) 1.26
Surgical treatment of esophageal cancer--the advent of the era of individualization. N Engl J Med (2002) 1.24
Pseudoaneurysm of the cystic artery secondary to cholecystitis as a cause of hemobilia: report of a case. Surg Today (2007) 1.23
Intraportal infusion therapy as a novel approach to adult ABO-incompatible liver transplantation. Transplantation (2002) 1.20
Left ventricular apical thrombus formation in a patient with suspected tako-tsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction. Circ J (2003) 1.19
Skill accreditation system for laparoscopic gastroenterologic surgeons in Japan. Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol (2010) 1.17
Exodus of Kampo, traditional Japanese medicine, from the complementary and alternative medicines: is it time yet? Surgery (2009) 1.16
Sentinel lymph node as a target of molecular diagnosis of lymphatic micrometastasis and local immunoresponse to malignant cells. Cancer Sci (2007) 1.16
Signet-ring cell carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater: report of a case. Surg Today (2007) 1.15
Can endoscopic ultrasonography differentiate nonneoplastic from neoplastic gallbladder polyps? Dig Dis Sci (2006) 1.15
Advanced gastric endocrine cell carcinoma with distant lymph node metastasis: a case report and clinicopathological characteristics of the disease. Gastric Cancer (2004) 1.13
Liver regeneration in donors and adult recipients after living donor liver transplantation. Liver Transpl (2008) 1.13
Successful treatment of non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia (NOMI) using the HyperEye Medical System™ for intraoperative visualization of the mesenteric and bowel circulation: report of a case. Surg Today (2013) 1.13
Metachronous gastric carcinoma from a gastric tube after radical surgery for esophageal carcinoma. Ann Thorac Surg (2004) 1.11
Recent advances in sentinel node navigation for gastric cancer: a paradigm shift of surgical management. J Surg Oncol (2005) 1.11
The risk of lymph node metastasis in T1 colorectal carcinoma. Hepatogastroenterology (2004) 1.11
Gallstone disease after extended (D2) lymph node dissection for gastric cancer. World J Surg (2005) 1.10
Deletion of CDKAL1 affects mitochondrial ATP generation and first-phase insulin exocytosis. PLoS One (2010) 1.10
Circulating betatrophin is elevated in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Endocr J (2015) 1.09
A bioartificial liver device secreting interleukin-1 receptor antagonist for the treatment of hepatic failure in rats. J Surg Res (2006) 1.08
Serotonin regulates glucose-stimulated insulin secretion from pancreatic β cells during pregnancy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2013) 1.08
Cumulative prognostic scores based on plasma fibrinogen and serum albumin levels in esophageal cancer patients treated with transthoracic esophagectomy: comparison with the Glasgow prognostic score. Ann Surg Oncol (2014) 1.07
Diagnosis and treatment of a gastric hamartomatous inverted polyp: report of a case. Surg Today (2004) 1.07
Application of the HyperEye Medical System for esophageal cancer surgery: a preliminary report. Surg Today (2012) 1.07
ADAM28 is overexpressed in human breast carcinomas: implications for carcinoma cell proliferation through cleavage of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3. Cancer Res (2006) 1.07
Minimally invasive surgery for gastric cancer--toward a confluence of two major streams: a review. Gastric Cancer (2005) 1.05
Class IA phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in pancreatic β cells controls insulin secretion by multiple mechanisms. Cell Metab (2010) 1.05
Emergency embolization of a ruptured pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysm associated with the median arcuate ligament syndrome. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2004) 1.05
Sentinel lymph node mapping with GI cancer. Cancer Metastasis Rev (2006) 1.05
One-stage surgical management of concomitant abdominal aortic aneurysm and gastric or colorectal cancer. World J Surg (2002) 1.04
Prospective evaluation of laparoscopic surgery for rectosigmoidal and rectal carcinoma. Dis Colon Rectum (2002) 1.04
Comparison of K-ras point mutation distributions in intraductal papillary-mucinous tumors and ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. Int J Cancer (2004) 1.04
Cyclooxygenase-2 expression as a new marker for patients with colorectal cancer. Dis Colon Rectum (2002) 1.03
Characteristics and clinical relevance of postgastrectomy syndrome assessment scale (PGSAS)-45: newly developed integrated questionnaires for assessment of living status and quality of life in postgastrectomy patients. Gastric Cancer (2014) 1.03
Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver masquerading as hepatocellular carcinoma after a hepatitis B virus infection: Report of a case. Surg Today (2006) 1.03
Short-term surgical outcomes of laparoscopic colonic surgery in octogenarians: a matched case-control study. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech (2003) 1.02
Surgically treated Cronkhite-Canada syndrome associated with gastric cancer. Gastric Cancer (2000) 1.02