Measurement of Spleen Stiffness by Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging Identifies Cirrhotic Patients With Esophageal Varices

Yoshitaka Takuma, Kazuhiro Nouso, Youichi Morimoto, +9

Gastroenterology

Medical UltrasoundEsophagusMedical ImagingSpleen StiffnessAbdominal Imaging +10

Portal Hypertension in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis: Diagnostic Accuracy of Spleen Stiffness

Yoshitaka Takuma, Kazuhiro Nouso, Youichi Morimoto, +5

Radiology

Comparison of Combined Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization and Radiofrequency Ablation with Surgical Resection by Using Propensity Score Matching in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma within Milan Criteria

Yoshitaka Takuma, Hiroyuki Takabatake, Youichi Morimoto, +4

Radiology

Measurement of Spleen Stiffness With Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging Predicts Mortality and Hepatic Decompensation in Patients With Liver Cirrhosis

Yoshitaka Takuma, Youichi Morimoto, Hiroyuki Takabatake, +5

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Medical UltrasoundHepatologyMedical ImagingLiver PhysiologySpleen Stiffness +11

Environmental factors, medical and family history, and comorbidities associated with primary biliary cholangitis in Japan: a multicenter case–control study

Kosuke Matsumoto, Satoko Ohfuji, Masanori Abe, +39

Journal of Gastroenterology

HepatologyBiliary TractEnvironmental FactorsFamily HistoryPrimary Sclerosing Cholangitis +6

Outcomes after curative treatment for cryptogenic cirrhosis‐associated hepatocellular carcinoma satisfying the Milan criteria

Yoshitaka Takuma, Kazuhiro Nouso, Yasuhiro Makino, +5

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Mortality rate of patients with asymptomatic primary biliary cirrhosis diagnosed at age 55 years or older is similar to that of the general population

Junichi Kubota, Fusao Ikeda, Ryo Terada, +12

Journal of Gastroenterology

HepatologyBiliary TractMedicineLiver PhysiologyGastroenterology +9

Nomograms to Predict the Disease-free Survival and Overall Survival after Radiofrequency Ablation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Yoshitaka Takuma, Shota Iwadou, Hirokazu Miyatake, +6

Internal Medicine

Surgical OncologyPrognosisDatabasesPathologyMultimodality +20

Stereotactic body radiation therapy versus radiofrequency ablation for single small hepatocellular carcinoma: a propensity-score matching analysis of their impact on liver function and clinical outcomes

Masayuki Ueno, Hiroyuki Takabatake, Satoshi Itasaka, +4

Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

Transarterial embolization for ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma: survival predictors.

Nobuyuki Toshikuni, Yoshitaka Takuma, Youichi Morimoto, +2

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