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Overview

Takao Itoi is affiliated with Tokyo Medical University in Japan and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research spans various subfields including Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, Gastroenterology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research topics cover a wide range within medical science, focusing notably on pancreatic and hepatic oncology research, gallbladder and bile duct disorders, esophageal and gastrointestinal pathology, pediatric hepatobiliary diseases and treatments, gastric cancer management and outcomes, pancreatitis pathology and treatment, and gastrointestinal disorders and treatments.

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Shuntaro Mukai
  • Takayoshi Tsuchiya
  • Ryosuke Tonozuka
  • Masakatsu Fukuzawa
  • Kenjiro Yamamoto

Their publications have appeared repeatedly in several specialized medical journals. The most common venues for Takao Itoi's work are:

  • Digestive Endoscopy
  • Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences
  • Endoscopy
  • Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  • DEN Open

Selected recent papers illustrating the range and focus of their research include:

  • "Autophagy and Autophagy-Related Diseases: A Review," 2020, published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Endosonography-guided gallbladder drainage versus percutaneous cholecystostomy in very high-risk surgical patients with acute cholecystitis: an international randomised multicentre controlled superiority trial (DRAC 1)," 2020, published in Gut
  • "Metagenomic Identification of Microbial Signatures Predicting Pancreatic Cancer From a Multinational Study," 2022, published in Gastroenterology
  • "The Role of Multiparametric US of the Liver for the Evaluation of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis," 2020, published in Radiology
  • "Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Fine-needle Biopsy With or Without Rapid On-site Evaluation for Diagnosis of Solid Pancreatic Lesions: A Randomized Controlled Non-Inferiority Trial," 2021, published in Gastroenterology

Best Publications

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

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

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

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

  • Clinical outcome of endoscopic submucosal dissection versus endoscopic mucosal resection of large colorectal tumors as determined by curative resection

    Yutaka Saito;Masakatsu Fukuzawa;Takahisa Matsuda;Shusei Fukunaga

  • Clinical evaluation of a novel lumen-apposing metal stent for endosonography-guided pancreatic pseudocyst and gallbladder drainage (with videos).

    Takao Itoi;Kenneth F. Binmoeller;Janak Shah;Atsushi Sofuni

  • Human Pancreatic Tumor Organoids Reveal Loss of Stem Cell Niche Factor Dependence during Disease Progression

    Takashi Seino;Shintaro Kawasaki;Mariko Shimokawa;Hiroki Tamagawa

  • TG13 diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis (with videos)

    Masamichi Yokoe;Tadahiro Takada;Steven M. Strasberg;Joseph S. Solomkin

  • Japanese guidelines for the management of acute pancreatitis: Japanese Guidelines 2015.

    Masamichi Yokoe;Tadahiro Takada;Toshihiko Mayumi;Masahiro Yoshida

  • International consensus guidelines for endoscopic papillary large-balloon dilation

    Tae Hyeon Kim;Jin Hong Kim;Dong Wan Seo;Dong Ki Lee

  • TG13: Updated Tokyo Guidelines for the management of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis

    Tadahiro Takada;Steven M. Strasberg;Joseph S. Solomkin;Henry A. Pitt

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

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

  • TG13 guidelines for diagnosis and severity grading of acute cholangitis (with videos)

    Seiki Kiriyama;Tadahiro Takada;Steven M. Strasberg;Joseph S. Solomkin

  • TG13 surgical management of acute cholecystitis.

    Yuichi Yamashita;Tadahiro Takada;Steven M. Strasberg;Henry A. Pitt

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

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

  • TG13 FLOWCHART FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE CHOLANGITIS AND CHOLECYSTITIS

    Fumihiko Miura;Tadahiro Takada;Steven M. Strasberg;Joseph S. Solomkin

  • TOKYO criteria 2014 for transpapillary biliary stenting.

    Hiroyuki Isayama;Tsuyoshi Hamada;Ichiro Yasuda;Takao Itoi

  • New diagnostic criteria and severity assessment of acute cholecystitis in revised Tokyo guidelines

    Seiki Kiriyama;Tadahiro Takada;Steven M. Strasberg;Joseph S. Solomkin

  • Tokyo Guidelines 2018: management strategies for gallbladder drainage in patients with acute cholecystitis (with videos).

    Yasuhisa Mori;Takao Itoi;Todd H. Baron;Tadahiro Takada

  • Asia–Pacific consensus recommendations for endoscopic and interventional management of hilar cholangiocarcinoma

    Rungsun Rerknimitr;Phonthep Angsuwatcharakon;Thawee Ratanachu-ek;Christopher J L Khor

  • Endoscopic gallbladder drainage for management of acute cholecystitis

    Takao Itoi;Nayantara Coelho-Prabhu;Todd Huntley Baron

  • Multicenter retrospective study of endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage for malignant biliary obstruction in Japan.

    Kazumichi Kawakubo;Hiroyuki Isayama;Hironari Kato;Takao Itoi

Frequent Co-Authors

Takuji Gotoda
Takuji Gotoda Nihon University
Todd H. Baron
Todd H. Baron University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Terumi Kamisawa
Terumi Kamisawa Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital
Mouen A. Khashab
Mouen A. Khashab Johns Hopkins University
Steven M. Strasberg
Steven M. Strasberg Washington University in St. Louis
Tooru Shimosegawa
Tooru Shimosegawa Tohoku University
Kazuichi Okazaki
Kazuichi Okazaki Kansai Medical University
Dong Wan Seo
Dong Wan Seo Asan Medical Center
Atsushi Kanno
Atsushi Kanno National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
James Y.W. Lau
James Y.W. Lau Chinese University of Hong Kong

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