Michihiro Kamata

A functional SNP in CILP, encoding cartilage intermediate layer protein, is associated with susceptibility to lumbar disc disease

Shoji Seki, Yoshiharu Kawaguchi, Kazuhiro Chiba et al. · Nature Genetics · 2005 · 253 citations

Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +14

A Functional Polymorphism in COL11A1, Which Encodes the α1 Chain of Type XI Collagen, Is Associated with Susceptibility to Lumbar Disc Herniation

Futoshi Mio, Kazuhiro Chiba, Yuichiro Hirose et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2007 · 172 citations · Full text

Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +11

High preoperative hemoglobin A1c is a risk factor for surgical site infection after posterior thoracic and lumbar spinal instrumentation surgery

Tomohiro Hikata, Akio Iwanami, Naobumi Hosogane et al. · Journal of Orthopaedic Science · 2013 · 171 citations

Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery, Surgery +17

Risk Factors for Adjacent Segment Disease After Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Efficacy of Simultaneous Decompression Surgery for Symptomatic Adjacent Segment Disease

Tomohiro Hikata, Michihiro Kamata, Mitsuru Furukawa · Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques · 2012 · 92 citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +16

Surgical Treatment of Spinal Extradural Arachnoid Cysts in the Thoracolumbar Spine

Haruki Funao, Masaya Nakamura, Naobumi Hosogane et al. · Neurosurgery · 2012 · 80 citations

Medicine, Neurosurgery, Surgery +10