Kiyohito Tanaka

Covered Self-Expandable Metal Stents With an Anti-Migration System Improve Patency Duration Without Increased Complications Compared With Uncovered Stents for Distal Biliary Obstruction Caused by Pancreatic Carcinoma: A Randomized Multicenter Trial

Masayuki Kitano, Yukitaka Yamashita, Kiyohito Tanaka et al. · The American Journal of Gastroenterology · 2013 · 222 citations

Medicine, Oncology, Surgery +16

A comparison of the resection rate for cold and hot snare polypectomy for 4–9 mm colorectal polyps: a multicentre randomised controlled trial (CRESCENT study)

Takuji Kawamura, Yoji Takeuchi, Satoshi Asai et al. · Gut · 2017 · 218 citations · Full text

Medicine, Oncology, Surgery +15

Clinical evaluation of a newly developed single-balloon enteroscope

Takuji Kawamura, Kenjiro Yasuda, Kiyohito Tanaka et al. · Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 2008 · 161 citations

Medicine, Clinical Sciences, Surgery +11

Peroral video cholangioscopy to evaluate indeterminate bile duct lesions and preoperative mucosal cancerous extension: a prospective multicenter study

Manabu Osanai, Takao Itoi, Yoshinori Igarashi et al. · Endoscopy · 2013 · 96 citations

Medicine, Oncology, Pathology +16

Diagnostic Peroral Video Cholangioscopy Is an Accurate Diagnostic Tool for Patients With Bile Duct Lesions

Takao Itoi, Manabu Osanai, Yoshinori Igarashi et al. · Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology · 2010 · 83 citations

Medicine, Radiology, Diagnostic Imaging +11