Laparoscopic versus open resection for transverse and descending colon cancer: Short-term and long-term outcomes of a multicenter retrospective study of 1830 patients.
Yamaguchi S, Tashiro J, Araki R, Okuda J, Hanai T, Otsuka K, Saito S, Watanabe M, Sugihara K. Asian J Endosc Surg. 2017; 10(3): 268-275 Link to PubMed
Survival benefit of lymph node dissection in surgery for colon cancer in elderly patients: A multicenter propensity score-matched study in Japan.
Takahashi M, Niitsu H, Sakamoto K, Hinoi T, Hattori M, Goto M, Bando H, Hazama S, Maeda K, Okita K, Horie H, Watanabe M; Japan Society of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery. Asian J Endosc Surg 2018; 11(4): 346-354 Link to PubMed
Risk factors for anastomotic leakage after laparoscopic surgery with the double stapling technique for stage 0/I rectal carcinoma: a subgroup analysis of a multicenter, single-arm phase II trial.
Tanaka K, Okuda J, Yamamoto S, Ito M, Sakamoto K, Kokuba Y, Yoshimura K, Watanabe M. Surg Today 2017; 47(10): 1215-1222 Link to PubMed
Influence of previous abdominal surgery on surgical outcomes between laparoscopic and open surgery in elderly patients with colorectal cancer: subanalysis of a large multicenter study in Japan.
Yamaoto S, Hinoi T, Niitsu H, Okajima M, Ide Y, Murata K, Akamoto S, Kanazawa A, Nakanishi M, Naitoh T, Kanehira E, Shimamura T, Suzuka I, Fkunaga Y, Yamaguchi T, Watanabe M, Japan Society of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery. J Gastroenterol 2017; 52(6): 695-704 Link to PubMed
Influence of hospital type on survival in stage IV colorectal cancer.
Hoshino N, Hasegawa S, Hida K, Kawada K, Okumura R, Hamada M, Munemoto Y, Sakai Y, Watanabe M, Japan Society of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery. Int J Colorectal Dis 2016; 31(8): 1443-1449 Link to PubMed
Lower body mass index predicts worse cancer-specific prognosis in octogenarians with colorectal cancer.
Adachi T, Hinoi T, Kinugawa Y, Enomoto T, Maruyama S, Hirose H, Naito M, Tanaka K, Miyake Y, Watanabe M. J Gastroenterol 2016; 51(8): 779-787 Link to PubMed
Impact of intraoperative blood loss on morbidity and survival after radical surgery for colorectal cancer patients aged 80 years or older.
Okamura R, Hida K, Hasegawa S, Sakai Y, Hamada M, Yasui M, Hinoi T, Watanabe M, Japan Society of Laparosciopic Colorectal Surgery. Int J Colorectal Dis 2016; 31(2): 327-334 Link to PubMed
Laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer is safe and has survival outcomes similar to those of open surgery in elderly patients with a poor performance status: subanalysis of a large multicenter case-control study in Japan.
Niitsu H, Hinoi T, Kawaguchi Y, Ohdan H, Hasegawa H, Suzuka I, Fukunaga Y, Yamaguchi T, Endo S, Tagami S, Idani H, Ichihara T, Watanabe K, Watanabe M, Japan Society of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery. J Gastroenterol 2016; 51(1): 43-54 Link to PubMed
Laparoscopic versus open surgery for colorectal cancer in elderly patients: a multicenter matched case-control study.
Hinoi T, Kawaguchi Y, Hattori M, Okajima M, Ohdan H, Yamamoto S, Hasegawa H, Horie H, Murata K, Yamaguchi S, Sugihara K, Watanabe M, Japan Society of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery. Ann Surg Oncol 2015; 22(6): 2040-2050 Link to PubMed
Effect of left colonic artery preservation on anastomotic leakage in laparoscopic anterior resection for middle and low rectal cancer.
Hinoi T, Okajima M, Shimomura M, Egi H, Ohdan H, Konishi F, Sugihara K, Watanabe M. World J Surg 2013; 37(12): 2935-2943 Link to PubMed
Laparoscopic surgery for stage 0/I rectal carcinoma: short-term outcomes of a single-arm phase II trial.
Yamamoto S, Ito M, Okuda J, Fujii S, Yamaguchi S, Yoshimura K, Sugihara K, Watanabe M. Ann Surg 2013; 258(2): 283-288 Link to PubMed
Multicenter study of short-and long-term outcomes of laparoscopic palliative resection for incurable, symptomatic stage IV colorectal cancer in Japan.
Akagi T, Inomata M, Kitano S, Hida K, Sakai Y, Hasegawa S, Kinjo Y, Yoshimura K, Ito M, Fukunaga Y, Kanazawa A, Idani H, Watanabe M, Japan Society of Laparoscopid Colorectal Surgery. J Gastrointest Surg 2013; 17(4): 776-783 Link to PubMed
Short-term outcomes of laparoscopic intersphincteric resection from a phase II trial to evaluate laparoscopic surgery for stage 0/I rectal cancer: Japan Society of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Lap RC.
Fujii S, Yamamoto S, Ito M,Yamaguchi S, Sakamoto K , Kinugasa Y, Kokuba Y, Okuda J, Yoshimura K, Watanabe M. Surg Endosc 2012; 26(11): 3067-3076 Link to PubMed
Open versus laparoscopic resection of primary tumor for incurable stage IV colorectal cancer: a large multicenter consecutive patients cohort study.
Hida K, Hasegawa S, Kinjo Y, Yoshimura K, Inomata M, Ito M, Fukunaga Y, Kanazawa A, Idani H, Sakai Y, Watanabe M, Japan Society of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery. Ann Surg 2012; 255(5): 929-934 Link to PubMed
Impact of conversion on surgical outcomes after laparoscopic operation for rectal carcinoma: a retrospective study of 1,073 patients.
Yamamoto S, Fukunaga M, Miyajima N, Okuda J, Konishi F, Watanabe M, Japan Society of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery. J Am Coll Surg 2009; 208(3): 383-389 Link to PubMed
Results of a multicenter study of 1,057 cases of rectal cancer treated by laparoscopic surgery.
Miyajima N, Fukunaga M, Hasegawa H, Tanaka JI, Okuda J, Watanabe M, Japan Society of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery. Surg Endosc 2009; 23(1): 113-118 Link to PubMed
Phase II trial to evaluate laparoscopic surgery for Stage 0/I rectal carcinoma.
Yamamoto S, Yoshimura K, Konishi F, Watanabe M. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2008; 38(7): 497-500 Link to PubMed