Takuji Iwashita

Metallic stents are more efficacious than plastic stents in unresectable malignant hilar biliary strictures: a randomized controlled trial

Tsuyoshi Mukai, Ichiro Yasuda, Masanori Nakashima et al. · Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences · 2012 · 228 citations

Medicine, Surgery, Interventional Radiology +14

Macroscopic on-site quality evaluation of biopsy specimens to improve the diagnostic accuracy during EUS-guided FNA using a 19-gauge needle for solid lesions: a single-center prospective pilot study (MOSE study)

Takuji Iwashita, Ichiro Yasuda, Tsuyoshi Mukai et al. · Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 2014 · 219 citations

Medicine, Clinical Sciences, Pathology +17

Diagnosis of pancreatic cysts: EUS-guided, through-the-needle confocal laser-induced endomicroscopy and cystoscopy trial: DETECT study

Yousuke Nakai, Takuji Iwashita, Do Hyun Park et al. · Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 2015 · 174 citations

Medicine, Radiology, Surgery +17

Use of Samples From Endoscopic Ultrasound–Guided 19-Gauge Fine-Needle Aspiration in Diagnosis of Autoimmune Pancreatitis

Takuji Iwashita, Ichiro Yasuda, Shinpei Doi et al. · Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology · 2011 · 168 citations

Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pathology +16

Clinical practice guidelines for safe performance of endoscopic ultrasound/ultrasonography‐guided biliary drainage: 2018

Hiroyuki Isayama, Yousuke Nakai, Takao Itoi et al. · Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences · 2019 · 162 citations · Full text

Medicine, Surgery, Gastroenterology +16