Katsuro Tomita

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Best Publications

• A novel classification system for spinal instability in neoplastic disease: an evidence-based approach and expert consensus from the Spine Oncology Study Group.

  Charles G. Fisher;Christian P. Dipaola;Timothy C. Ryken;Mark H. Bilsky

  1196
  Citations

• Surgical strategy for spinal metastases.

  Katsuro Tomita;Norio Kawahara;Tadayoshi Kobayashi;Akira Yoshida

  1172
  Citations

• Total en bloc spondylectomy. A new surgical technique for primary malignant vertebral tumors

  Katsuro Tomita;Norio Kawahara;Hisatoshi Baba;Hiroyuki Tsuchiya

  763
  Citations

• Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (92-kDa gelatinase/type IV collagenase) from HT 1080 human fibrosarcoma cells. Purification and activation of the precursor and enzymic properties.

  Y Okada;Y Gonoji;K Naka;K Tomita

  737
  Citations

• Total en bloc spondylectomy for solitary spinal metastases.

  K. Tomita;N. Kawahara;H. Baba;H. Tsuchiya

  559
  Citations

• Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score: An Analysis of Reliability and Validity From the Spine Oncology Study Group

  Daryl R. Fourney;Evan M. Frangou;Timothy C. Ryken;Christian P. DiPaola

  551
  Citations

• Late Radiographic Findings After Anterior Cervical Fusion for Spondylotic Myeloradiculopathy

  Hisatoshi Baba;Nobuaki Furusawa;Shinichi Imura;Norio Kawahara

  544
  Citations

• Does spinal surgery improve the quality of life for those with extradural (spinal) osseous metastases? An international multicenter prospective observational study of 223 patients. Invited submission from the Joint Section Meeting on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, March 2007.

  Ahmed Ibrahim;Alan Crockard;Pierre Antonietti;Stefano Boriani

  366
  Citations

• Review of metastatic spine tumour classification and indications for surgery: the consensus statement of the Global Spine Tumour Study Group

  David Choi;A. Crockard;C. Bunger;J. Harms

  342
  Citations

• Total en bloc spondylectomy for spinal tumors: improvement of the technique and its associated basic background

  Katsuro Tomita;Norio Kawahara;Hideki Murakami;Satoru Demura

  336
  Citations

• Reconstruction using an autograft containing tumour treated by liquid nitrogen

  H. Tsuchiya;S. L. Wan;K. Sakayama;N. Yamamoto

  331
  Citations

• Adjacent segment motion after a simulated lumbar fusion in different sagittal alignments: a biomechanical analysis.

  Tomoyuki Akamaru;Norio Kawahara;S. Tim Yoon;Akihito Minamide

  306
  Citations

• Development of Real-time Subcellular Dynamic Multicolor Imaging of Cancer-Cell Trafficking in Live Mice with a Variable-Magnification Whole-Mouse Imaging System

  Kensuke Yamauchi;Meng Yang;Ping Jiang;Mingxu Xu

  297
  Citations

• LIMB SALVAGE USING DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS: A CLASSIFICATION OF THE TECHNIQUE

  Hiroyuki Tsuchiya;Katsuro Tomita;Koji Minematsu;Yoshihiko Mori

  284
  Citations

• Expansive midline T-saw laminoplasty (modified spinous process-splitting) for the management of cervical myelopathy.

  Katsuro Tomita;Norio Kawahara;Yasumitsu Toribatake;John G. Heller

  282
  Citations

• Immunolocalization of matrix metalloproteinase 3 (stromelysin) in rheumatoid synovioblasts (B cells): correlation with rheumatoid arthritis.

  Yasunori Okada;Naoto Takeuchi;Katsuro Tomita;Isao Nakanishi

  270
  Citations

• Closing-opening wedge osteotomy to correct angular kyphotic deformity by a single posterior approach.

  Norio Kawahara;Katsuro Tomita;Hisatoshi Baba;Tadayoshi Kobayashi

  251
  Citations

• The effect of hydrostatic pressure on intervertebral disc metabolism.

  William C. Hutton;William A. Elmer;Scott D. Boden;Steve Hyon

  249
  Citations

• Total en bloc spondylectomy and circumspinal decompression for solitary spinal metastasis

  K Tomita;Y Toribatake;N Kawahara;H Ohnari

  239
  Citations

• Influence of acute shortening on the spinal cord: an experimental study.

  Norio Kawahara;Katsuro Tomita;Tadayoshi Kobayashi;Mohamed E Abdel-Wanis

  207
  Citations