Atsushi Itami

Hepatic Stellate Cells Promote Liver Metastasis of Colon Cancer Cells by the Action of SDF-1/CXCR4 Axis

Ryo Matsusue, Hajime Kubo, Shigeo Hisamori et al. · Annals of Surgical Oncology · 2009 · 154 citations

Hepatology, Medicine, Liver Physiology +11

Effectiveness of combined thoracoscopic–laparoscopic esophagectomy: comparison of postoperative complications and midterm oncological outcomes in patients with esophageal cancer

Yousuke Kinjo, Noriaki Kurita, Fumiaki Nakamura et al. · Surgical Endoscopy · 2011 · 101 citations

Midterm Oncological Outcomes, Surgical Oncology, Esophageal Cancer +7

Intracorporeal esophagojejunal anastomosis after laparoscopic total gastrectomy for patients with gastric cancer

Hiroshi Okabe, Kazutaka Obama, Eiji Tanaka et al. · Surgical Endoscopy · 2008 · 100 citations

Surgical Oncology, Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy, Gastroenterology +6

Feasibility of laparoscopic gastrectomy with radical lymph node dissection for gastric cancer: From a viewpoint of pancreas-related complications

Kazutaka Obama, Hiroshi Okabe, Hisahiro Hosogi et al. · Surgery · 2010 · 88 citations

Laparoscopic Gastrectomy, Surgical Oncology, Gastroenterology +6

The importance of precompression time for secure stapling with a linear stapler

Shinya Nakayama, Suguru Hasegawa, Satoshi Nagayama et al. · Surgical Endoscopy · 2010 · 78 citations

Precompression Time, Mechanical Engineering, Linear Stapler +1