Area of research
Surgery · Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Research interest
Research interests include Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Esophageal and GI Pathology, and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.
Robot-assisted versus thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: long-term oncological and functional outcomes.
Short- and long-term outcomes of conversion minimally invasive esophagectomy versus open approach following induction therapy in cT4b esophageal cancer.
Short-term outcomes of robot-assisted versus conventional thoracoscopic esophagectomy: a nationwide inpatient database study in Japan.
Regional characteristics of esophageal cancer and robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE): an analysis of the international UGIRA registry.
Clinical Impact of Staple-Line Oversewing in Totally Mechanical Collard Cervical Anastomosis for Esophageal Cancer
Impact of postoperative infectious complications on survival outcomes after minimally invasive esophagectomy for esophageal cancer
Treatment strategy involving docetaxel plus cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil followed by conversion surgery for locally advanced unresectable/borderline resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
Oncological outcomes of thoracic duct preservation and resection for esophageal carcinoma based on an understanding of its surgical microanatomy in the era of minimally invasive esophagectomy and neoadjuvant chemotherapy
New quantitative blood flow assessment of gastric conduit with indocyanine green fluorescence in oesophagectomy: prospective cohort study.
Perioperative outcomes of esophagectomy after doublet versus docetaxel-based triplet neoadjuvant chemotherapy in older patients: A nationwide inpatient database study in Japan.
Additional esophagectomy after non-curative endoscopic treatment of superficial esophageal cancer can achieve better local control than additional chemoradiation therapy: a propensity score-matched analysis in a single center.
Respiratory complications after oesophagectomy using volatile or intravenous anaesthesia.
Pretracheal (No.106pre) lymph node metastasis in esophageal carcinoma: A sign of widespread disease progression, but potentially treatable as oligometastatic disease through neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery - A multicenter cohort study
The Current State of Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (RAMIE): Outcomes from the Upper GI International Robotic Association (UGIRA) Esophageal Registry
Significance of Surgery for Resectable M1 Lymph Node Metastases Without Organ Metastasis in Esophageal Carcinoma in the Era of Neoadjuvant Treatment.
Technical feasibility and oncological outcomes of robotic esophagectomy compared with conventional thoracoscopic esophagectomy for clinical T3 or T4 locally advanced esophageal cancer: a propensity-matched analysis.
Long-term outcomes after non-curative endoscopic resection for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma followed by additional chemoradiotherapy.
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Improves Feasibility of Larynx Preservation and Prognosis in Resectable Locally Advanced Cervical Esophageal Cancer.
Bilateral transcervical mediastinoscopic-assisted transhiatal laparoscopic esophagectomy compared with thoracolaparoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: a propensity score-matched analysis.
Preoperative physical activity is associated with prognosis in patients with esophageal cancer undergoing thoracoscopic-laparoscopic esophagectomy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
Prognostic impact of extramural venous invasion detected by contrast-enhanced CT colonography in colon cancer.
Assessing the outcomes of posterior thoracic para-aortic lymph node dissection after induction chemotherapy in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
Preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio predicts recurrence of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after neoadjuvant triplet chemotherapy.
Association between preoperative serum zinc level and prognosis in patients with advanced esophageal cancer in the neoadjuvant treatment era.
ASO Author Reflections: Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy versus Definitive Chemoradiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Cervical Esophageal Cancer: A Retrospective Study.
ASO Visual Abstract: Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Improves Feasibility of Larynx Preservation and Prognosis for Resectable Locally Advanced Cervical Esophageal Cancer
A novel imaging technology to assess tissue oxygen saturation and its correlation with indocyanine green in the gastric conduit during thoracic esophagectomy
Prediction of tissue-of-origin of early stage cancers using serum miRNomes.
The evaluation of the association between preoperative sarcopenia and postoperative pneumonia and factors for preoperative sarcopenia in patients undergoing thoracoscopic-laparoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer.
Early postoperative non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and anastomotic leakage after oesophagectomy.