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Seigo Kitano

Seigo Kitano

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Overview

Seigo Kitano is affiliated with Oita University in Japan. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a focus on subfields including Oncology, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The scientist's work covers various topics related to colorectal and gastric cancer, surgical treatments, screening, and outcomes. Specific research topics include colorectal cancer surgical treatments, colorectal cancer screening and detection, gastric cancer management and outcomes, esophageal and gastrointestinal pathology, surgical simulation and training, colorectal and anal carcinomas, and bariatric surgery and outcomes.

Seigo Kitano has published extensively in several academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery
  • Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery
  • Gut
  • JAMA Surgery
  • Surgical Technology Online

Notable recent papers by Kitano include:

  • Practice of endoscopy during COVID-19 pandemic: position statements of the Asian Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy (APSDE-COVID statements), 2020, Gut
  • Five-Year Survival Outcomes of Laparoscopy-Assisted vs Open Distal Gastrectomy for Advanced Gastric Cancer, 2023, JAMA Surgery
  • Current Status of Endoscopic Surgery in Japan: The 15th National Survey of Endoscopic Surgery by the Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery, 2021, Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery
  • Clinical impact of D3 lymph node dissection with left colic artery (LCA) preservation compared to D3 without LCA preservation: Exploratory subgroup analysis of data from JCOG0404, 2020, Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery
  • Current status of laparoscopic bariatric/metabolic surgery in Japan: The sixth nationwide survey by the Japan Consortium of Obesity and Metabolic Surgery, 2020, Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Masafumi Inomata, Tomonori Akagi, Satoshi Ieiri, Seiichiro Yamamoto, and Yukihide Kanemitsu.

Best Publications

  • Laparoscopy-assisted Billroth I gastrectomy.

    Kitano S;Iso Y;Moriyama M;Sugimachi K

  • Tokyo Guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis (with videos).

    Masamichi Yokoe;Jiro Hata;Tadahiro Takada;Steven M. Strasberg

  • Prediction of variceal hemorrhage by esophageal endoscopy

    Kazushige Beppu;Kiyoshi Inokuchi;Nobuhiro Koyanagi;Shinichi Nakayama

  • A Multicenter Study on Oncologic Outcome of Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Early Cancer in Japan

    Seigo Kitano;Norio Shiraishi;Ichiro Uyama;Kenichi Sugihara

  • A randomized controlled trial comparing open vs laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy for the treatment of early gastric cancer: An interim report

    Seigo Kitano;Norio Shiraishi;Kyuzo Fujii;Kazuhiro Yasuda

  • Tokyo Guidelines 2018: flowchart for the management of acute cholecystitis.

    Kohji Okamoto;Kenji Suzuki;Tadahiro Takada;Steven M. Strasberg

  • Laparoscopy-assisted Billroth I gastrectomy compared with conventional open gastrectomy.

    Yosuke Adachi;Norio Shiraishi;Akio Shiromizu;Toshio Bandoh

  • Tokyo Guidelines 2018 surgical management of acute cholecystitis: safe steps in laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis (with videos)

    Go Wakabayashi;Yukio Iwashita;Taizo Hibi;Tadahiro Takada

  • Angiopoietin-2 is related to tumor angiogenesis in gastric carcinoma: possible in vivo regulation via induction of proteases.

    Tsuyoshi Etoh;Hiroshi Inoue;Shinji Tanaka;Graham F. Barnard

  • Short-term Surgical Outcomes From a Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate Laparoscopic and Open D3 Dissection for Stage Ii/iii Colon Cancer: Japan Clinical Oncology Group Study Jcog 0404

    Seiichiro Yamamoto;Masafumi Inomata;Hiroshi Katayama;Junki Mizusawa

  • Increased DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) protein expression correlates significantly with poorer tumor differentiation and frequent DNA hypermethylation of multiple CpG islands in gastric cancers.

    Tsuyoshi Etoh;Yae Kanai;Saori Ushijima;Tohru Nakagawa

  • Tokyo Guidelines 2018: antimicrobial therapy for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis.

    Harumi Gomi;Joseph S. Solomkin;David Schlossberg;Kohji Okamoto

  • General rules for recording endoscopic findings of esophagogastric varices (2nd edition).

    Takashi Tajiri;Hiroshi Yoshida;Katsutoshi Obara;Morikazu Onji

  • Practice of endoscopy during COVID-19 pandemic: position statements of the Asian Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy (APSDE-COVID statements).

    Philip Wai Yan Chiu;Siew C. Ng;Haruhiro Inoue;D. Nageshwar Reddy

  • Quality of life after laparoscopy-assisted Billroth I gastrectomy.

    Yosuke Adachi;Toshihiro Suematsu;Norio Shiraishi;Takeshi Katsuta

  • Tokyo Guidelines 2018: initial management of acute biliary infection and flowchart for acute cholangitis

    Fumihiko Miura;Kohji Okamoto;Tadahiro Takada;Steven M. Strasberg

  • A Multi-institutional, Prospective, Phase II Feasibility Study of Laparoscopy-Assisted Distal Gastrectomy with D2 Lymph Node Dissection for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer (JLSSG0901)

    Noriyuki Inaki;Tsuyoshi Etoh;Tetsuji Ohyama;Kazuhisa Uchiyama

  • Optimal management of the branch duct type intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas.

    Toshifumi Matsumoto;Masanori Aramaki;Kazuhiro Yada;Seitaro Hirano

  • Survival outcomes following laparoscopic versus open D3 dissection for stage II or III colon cancer (JCOG0404): a phase 3, randomised controlled trial

    Seigo Kitano;Masafumi Inomata;Junki Mizusawa;Hiroshi Katayama

  • Laparoscopy-assisted Billroth-I gastrectomy (LADG) for cancer: our 10 years' experience.

    Seigo Kitano;Norio Shiraishi;Kenji Kakisako;Kazuhiro Yasuda

Frequent Co-Authors

Keizo Sugimachi
Keizo Sugimachi Kyushu University
Masaki Mori
Masaki Mori Kyushu University
Masakazu Yamamoto
Masakazu Yamamoto Tohoku University
Kenichi Sugihara
Kenichi Sugihara Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Itaru Endo
Itaru Endo Yokohama City University
Dirk J. Gouma
Dirk J. Gouma University of Amsterdam
Seiichiro Yamamoto
Seiichiro Yamamoto National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Koichi Hirata
Koichi Hirata Sapporo Medical University
Go Wakabayashi
Go Wakabayashi Iwate Medical University
Masaaki Ito
Masaaki Ito Mie University

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