Akira Sakawa

Positive nasal culture of methicillin-resistant<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>(MRSA) is a risk factor for surgical site infection in orthopedics

Koichi Yano, Yukihide Minoda, Akira Sakawa et al. · Acta Orthopaedica · 2009 · 89 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17

Local Application of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor Minipellet Induces the Healing of Segmental Bony Defects in Rabbits

Ken‐ichi Inui, Miho Maeda, Akihiko Sano et al. · Calcified Tissue International · 1998 · 72 citations

Engineering, Veterinary Surgery, Regenerative Medicine +9

Comparison between highly cross-linked and conventional polyethylene in total knee arthroplasty

Yukihide Minoda, Masaharu Aihara, Akira Sakawa et al. · The Knee · 2009 · 69 citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +14

Acetabular component orientation in intra- and postoperative positions in total hip arthroplasty

Keiko Hayakawa, Yukihide Minoda, Masaharu Aihara et al. · Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery · 2008 · 37 citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +15

Wear particle analysis of highly crosslinked polyethylene isolated from a failed total hip arthroplasty

Yukihide Minoda, Akio Kobayashi, Akira Sakawa et al. · Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials · 2008 · 31 citations

Natural Sciences, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +17