Published in Transplantation on January 27, 2007
Current concept of small-for-size grafts in living donor liver transplantation. Surg Today (2008) 1.02
Review of the surgical approach to prevent small-for-size syndrome in recipients after left lobe adult LDLT. Surg Today (2013) 0.98
Laparoscopic liver resection for living donation: where do we stand? World J Gastroenterol (2014) 0.80
Morphometric analysis of caudate veins for advanced liver surgery. HPB (Oxford) (2010) 0.78
One orifice vein reconstruction in left liver plus caudate lobe grafts. Transplantation (2007) 0.75
Evaluation of hepatic perfusion in the liver graft using fluorescence imaging with indocyanine green. Int J Surg Case Rep (2015) 0.75
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The Clavien-Dindo classification of surgical complications: five-year experience. Ann Surg (2009) 16.82
Risk factors contributing to early and late phase intrahepatic recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatectomy. J Hepatol (2003) 6.14
Neither multiple tumors nor portal hypertension are surgical contraindications for hepatocellular carcinoma. Gastroenterology (2008) 4.61
Posthepatectomy liver failure: a definition and grading by the International Study Group of Liver Surgery (ISGLS). Surgery (2011) 4.40
Hematopoietic stem cells differentiate into vascular cells that participate in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Nat Med (2002) 4.25
Prognostic impact of anatomic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma. Ann Surg (2005) 4.13
One thousand fifty-six hepatectomies without mortality in 8 years. Arch Surg (2003) 3.84
Management of hepatocellular carcinoma in Japan: Consensus-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines proposed by the Japan Society of Hepatology (JSH) 2010 updated version. Dig Dis (2011) 3.74
Prospective cohort study of transarterial chemoembolization for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma in 8510 patients. Gastroenterology (2006) 3.68
Bile leakage after hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery: a definition and grading of severity by the International Study Group of Liver Surgery. Surgery (2011) 3.16
Surgical resection vs. percutaneous ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma: a preliminary report of the Japanese nationwide survey. J Hepatol (2008) 2.64
Real-time identification of liver cancers by using indocyanine green fluorescent imaging. Cancer (2009) 2.54
Identification of soluble NH2-terminal fragment of glypican-3 as a serological marker for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Res (2004) 2.34
Report of the 17th Nationwide Follow-up Survey of Primary Liver Cancer in Japan. Hepatol Res (2007) 2.29
Portal uptake function in veno-occlusive regions evaluated by real-time fluorescent imaging using indocyanine green. J Hepatol (2012) 2.27
Toward quality improvement of thoracic aortic surgery: estimating volume-outcome effect from nationwide survey. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2009) 2.15
Operative morbidity of living liver donors in Japan. Lancet (2003) 2.13
G-CSF stimulates angiogenesis and promotes tumor growth: potential contribution of bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2002) 2.13
Effect of procedural volume on outcome of coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Japan: implication toward public reporting and minimal volume standards. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 2.13
Living donor liver transplantation: the Asian perspective. Transplantation (2014) 2.13
Regeneration and function of hemiliver graft: right versus left. Surgery (2006) 2.12
Mid-term results and costs of coronary artery bypass vs drug-eluting stents for unprotected left main coronary artery disease. Circ J (2010) 2.08
Impact of surgery on quality of life in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. World J Surg (2014) 2.06
Age-specific risk stratification in 13488 isolated coronary artery bypass grafting procedures. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2011) 2.05
Comparison of the outcomes between an anatomical subsegmentectomy and a non-anatomical minor hepatectomy for single hepatocellular carcinomas based on a Japanese nationwide survey. Surgery (2008) 2.04
Bloodless liver resection using the monopolar floating ball plus ligasure diathermy: preliminary results of 16 liver resections. World J Surg (2004) 2.04
Reevaluation of prognostic factors for survival after liver resection in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in a Japanese nationwide survey. Cancer (2004) 2.03
Selection criteria for repeat hepatectomy in patients with recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma. Ann Surg (2003) 2.01
Long-term outcome of extended hemihepatectomy for hilar bile duct cancer with no mortality and high survival rate. Ann Surg (2003) 2.00
Treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma accompanied by portal vein tumor thrombus. World J Gastroenterol (2006) 1.89
The vessel sealing system (LigaSure) in hepatic resection: a randomized controlled trial. Ann Surg (2009) 1.87
Staging of hepatocellular carcinoma: assessment of the Japanese TNM and AJCC/UICC TNM systems in a cohort of 13,772 patients in Japan. Ann Surg (2007) 1.82
Overall survival after transarterial lipiodol infusion chemotherapy with or without embolization for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: propensity score analysis. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2010) 1.79
Endoscopic management of biliary complications after adult living donor liver transplantation. Am J Gastroenterol (2006) 1.78
Report of the 15th follow-up survey of primary liver cancer. Hepatol Res (2004) 1.78
Mechanistic background and clinical applications of indocyanine green fluorescence imaging of hepatocellular carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol (2013) 1.76
Clinical practice guidelines for hepatocellular carcinoma: the first evidence based guidelines from Japan. World J Gastroenterol (2006) 1.72
Surgical resection of liver metastases of gastric cancer: an analysis of a 17-year experience with 22 patients. Surgery (2003) 1.67
Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan during 2012 : annual report by The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2014) 1.65
Outcomes after living donor liver transplantation for acute liver failure in Japan: results of a nationwide survey. Liver Transpl (2012) 1.64
Mortality of pulmonary artery banding in the current era: recent mortality of PA banding. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 1.60
Living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: Tokyo University series. Dig Dis (2007) 1.60
Refinement of venous reconstruction using cryopreserved veins in right liver grafts. Liver Transpl (2004) 1.59
The lower limit of the pulmonary artery index for the extracardiac Fontan circulation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2011) 1.56
Clinical significance of extrahepatic bile duct resection for advanced gallbladder cancer. J Surg Oncol (2006) 1.56
Post-hepatectomy haemorrhage: a definition and grading by the International Study Group of Liver Surgery (ISGLS). HPB (Oxford) (2011) 1.56
First report on 30-day and operative mortality in risk model of isolated coronary artery bypass grafting in Japan. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 1.56
Assessment of hepatic reserve for indication of hepatic resection: decision tree incorporating indocyanine green test. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg (2005) 1.56
Glypican-3, overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma, modulates FGF2 and BMP-7 signaling. Int J Cancer (2003) 1.54
The glypican 3 oncofetal protein is a promising diagnostic marker for hepatocellular carcinoma. Mod Pathol (2005) 1.52
Portal vein complications after adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation. Transpl Int (2008) 1.51
Systematic grading of morbidity after living donation for liver transplantation. Gastroenterology (2008) 1.51
Combined hepatocellular and cholangiocarcinoma: a clinicopathologic study of 26 resected cases. Jpn J Clin Oncol (2003) 1.50
Transfusion criteria for fresh frozen plasma in liver resection: a 3 + 3 cohort expansion study. Arch Surg (2011) 1.50
Genetic and histological assessment of surgical margins in resected liver metastases from colorectal carcinoma: minimum surgical margins for successful resection. Arch Surg (2002) 1.49
Coronary artery bypass grafting in hemodialysis-dependent patients: analysis of Japan Adult Cardiovascular Surgery Database. Circ J (2012) 1.49
Outcomes of living donor liver transplantation for hepatitis C virus-positive recipients in Japan: results of a nationwide survey. Transpl Int (2014) 1.49
Methylation status of suppressor of cytokine signaling-1 gene in hepatocellular carcinoma. J Gastroenterol (2004) 1.48
Applicability of enhanced recovery program for advanced liver surgery. World J Surg (2014) 1.48
Floating thrombus in the ascending aorta. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2007) 1.47
Brain protection during ascending aortic repair for Stanford type A acute aortic dissection surgery. Nationwide analysis in Japan. Circ J (2014) 1.47
Ultrasonically assisted retrohepatic dissection for a liver hanging maneuver. Ann Surg (2005) 1.46
AFP, AFP-L3, DCP, and GP73 as markers for monitoring treatment response and recurrence and as surrogate markers of clinicopathological variables of HCC. J Gastroenterol (2010) 1.44
Lower incidence of biliary carcinoma in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis and high serum levels of immunoglobulin E. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol (2011) 1.44
Hepatic arterial anatomy for right liver procurement from living donors. Liver Transpl (2004) 1.44
Does preoperative transbronchial biopsy worsen the postsurgical prognosis of lung cancer? A propensity score-adjusted analysis. Chest (2005) 1.44
Evaluation of hepatic venous congestion: proposed indication criteria for hepatic vein reconstruction. Ann Surg (2002) 1.43