Kazuhiro Chiba

Kazuhiro Chiba publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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Kazuhiro Chiba D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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Overview

Best Publications

• Long-term outcomes of standard discectomy for lumbar disc herniation: a follow-up study of more than 10 years

  Etsuro Yorimitsu;Kazuhiro Chiba;Yoshiaki Toyama;Kiyoshi Hirabayashi

  577
  Citations

• A Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Patients With Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Recommendations for Patients With Mild, Moderate, and Severe Disease and Nonmyelopathic Patients With Evidence of Cord Compression

  Michael G. Fehlings;Michael G. Fehlings;Lindsay A. Tetreault;Lindsay A. Tetreault;K. Daniel Riew;James W. Middleton

  481
  Citations

• Long-term results of expansive open-door laminoplasty for cervical myelopathy - Average 14-year follow-up study

  Kazuhiro Chiba;Yuto Ogawa;Ken Ishii;Hironari Takaishi

  467
  Citations

• IL-1β and TNFα-initiated IL-6–STAT3 pathway is critical in mediating inflammatory cytokines and RANKL expression in inflammatory arthritis

  Tomoaki Mori;Takeshi Miyamoto;Hideyuki Yoshida;Mayoko Asakawa

  352
  Citations

• Bone grafting alternatives in spinal surgery.

  Alexander R. Vaccaro;Kazuhiro Chiba;John G. Heller;Tushar Ch. Patel

  330
  Citations

• JOA Back Pain Evaluation Questionnaire (JOABPEQ)/JOA Cervical Myelopathy Evaluation Questionnaire (JOACMEQ). The report on the development of revised versions. April 16, 2007. The Subcommittee of the Clinical Outcome Committee of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association on Low Back Pain and Cervical Myelopathy Evaluation.

  Mitsuru Fukui;Kazuhiro Chiba;Mamoru Kawakami;Shinichi Kikuchi

  323
  Citations

• A genome-wide association study identifies common variants near LBX1 associated with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

  Yohei Takahashi;Ikuyo Kou;Atsushi Takahashi;Todd A Johnson

  321
  Citations

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

  Shoji Seki;Yoshiharu Kawaguchi;Kazuhiro Chiba;Yasuo Mikami

  319
  Citations

• Segmental motor paralysis after expansive open-door laminoplasty

  Kazuhiro Chiba;Yoshiaki Toyama;Morio Matsumoto;Hirofumi Maruiwa

  305
  Citations

• Genetic variants in GPR126 are associated with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

  Ikuyo Kou;Yohei Takahashi;Todd A Johnson;Atsushi Takahashi

  288
  Citations

• Expansive laminoplasty for myelopathy in ossification of the longitudinal ligament.

  Kiyoshi Hirabayashi;Yoshiaki Toyama;Kazuhiro Chiba

  287
  Citations

• Aging of the cervical spine in healthy volunteers: a 10-year longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging study.

  Eijiro Okada;Morio Matsumoto;Daisuke Ichihara;Kazuhiro Chiba

  273
  Citations

• Recombinant osteogenic protein‐1 upregulates extracellular matrix metabolism by rabbit annulus fibrosus and nucleus pulposus cells cultured in alginate beads

  K. Masuda;K. Takegami;H. An;F. Kumano

  253
  Citations

• The Blimp1–Bcl6 axis is critical to regulate osteoclast differentiation and bone homeostasis

  Yoshiteru Miyauchi;Ken Ninomiya;Hiroya Miyamoto;Akemi Sakamoto

  252
  Citations

• Increased signal intensity of the spinal cord on magnetic resonance images in cervical compressive myelopathy. Does it predict the outcome of conservative treatment

  Morio Matsumoto;Yoshiaki Toyama;Masayuki Ishikawa;Kazuhiro Chiba

  249
  Citations

• Metabolism of the extracellular matrix formed by intervertebral disc cells cultured in alginate

  Kazuhiro Chiba;Gunnar B. J. Andersson;Koichi Masuda;Eugene J-M. A. Thonar

  237
  Citations

• Anterior cervical decompression and fusion accelerates adjacent segment degeneration: comparison with asymptomatic volunteers in a ten-year magnetic resonance imaging follow-up study.

  Morio Matsumoto;Eijiro Okada;Daisuke Ichihara;Kota Watanabe

  236
  Citations

• Long-term results of expansive open-door laminoplasty for ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the cervical spine

  Yuto Ogawa;Yoshiaki Toyama;Kazuhiro Chiba;Morio Matsumoto

  223
  Citations

• Intraspinal cyst communicating with the intervertebral disc in the lumbar spine: discal cyst.

  Kazuhiro Chiba;Yoshiaki Toyama;Morio Matsumoto;Hirofumi Maruiwa

  219
  Citations

• 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;Yoshiharu Kawaguchi

  211
  Citations