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| Atsushi ChibaSummaryAffiliation: Hokkaido University Country: Japan Publications
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Covered metallic stent for ischemic hilar biliary strictureHiroshi Kawakami
Department of Gastroenterology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
Dig Endosc 24:49-54. 2012..Individualized treatment should be considered. We report the placement of a fully-covered SEMS for a hilar benign biliary stricture after extended left hepatectomy...
Preoperative biliary drainage for hilar cholangiocarcinoma: which stent should be selected?Hiroshi Kawakami
Department of Gastroenterology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita 15, Nishi 7, Kita ku, Sapporo 060 8638, Japan
J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 18:630-5. 2011..This review summarizes the results of our study comparing the three methods and outlines the preoperative endoscopic management of segmental cholangitis (SC) in HCA patients undergoing PBD...
IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis and autoimmune pancreatitis: histological assessment of biopsies from Vater's ampulla and the bile ductHiroshi Kawakami
Department of Gastroenterology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita ku, Sapporo, Japan
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 25:1648-55. 2010..The present study was carried out to examine the usefulness of endoscopic biopsies from Vater's ampulla and the bile duct to diagnose IgG4-SC...
Endoscopic nasobiliary drainage is the most suitable preoperative biliary drainage method in the management of patients with hilar cholangiocarcinomaHiroshi Kawakami
Department of Gastroenterology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita 15, Nishi 7, Kita ku, Sapporo 060 8638, Japan
J Gastroenterol 46:242-8. 2011..Controversy exists over the preferred technique of preoperative biliary drainage (PBD) in patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HCA). The goal of this retrospective study was to identify the preferred technique of PBD for HCA...
Needle knife sphincterotomy for an impacted ampullary stone with difficult selective biliary cannulationHiroshi Kawakami
Department of Gastroenterology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
Dig Endosc 22:S107-10. 2010..After attempting several techniques, the stone was successfully removed with balloon extraction...
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography versus peroral cholangioscopy to evaluate intraepithelial tumor spread in biliary cancerH Kawakami
Department of Gastroenterology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo 060 8638, Japan
Endoscopy 41:959-64. 2009..This retrospective case review compares the diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) and peroral cholangioscopy (POCS) to detect ITS beyond the visible LBDC...
A prospective randomized controlled multicenter trial of duodenoscopes with 5 degrees and 15 degrees backward-oblique angle using wire-guided cannulation: effects on selective cannulation of the common bile duct in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatoHiroshi Kawakami
Department of Gastroenterology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita ku, Sapporo, Japan
J Gastroenterol 44:1140-6. 2009..We conducted a randomized controlled multicenter trial to evaluate the contributions of different duodenoscopes using WGC to selective common bile duct cannulation...
Pancreatic metastasis from renal cell carcinoma with intraportal tumor thrombusHiroshi Kawakami
Department of Gastroenterology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo
Intern Med 47:1967-70. 2008..The pancreas is a rare target for metastasis. This is a rare case of pancreatic metastasis from RCC with intraportal extension, and is the first preoperatively definitely diagnosed case using EUS-FNAB...
Autoimmune pancreatitis associated with hemorrhagic pseudocysts: a case report and literature reviewHiroshi Kawakami
Department of Gastroenterology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
Intern Med 47:603-8. 2008..A pancreatogram of the specimen revealed total occlusion of the main pancreatic duct in the tail of the pancreas. Histopathological examination revealed that it was AIP with hemorrhagic pseudocysts...
Primary cholesterol hepatolithiasis associated with cholangiocellular carcinoma: a case report and literature reviewHiroshi Kawakami
Department of Gastroenterology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo
Intern Med 46:1191-6. 2007..A cholesterol stone was present, encircled by the cholangiocellular carcinoma. Minor inflammatory changes were observed around the stone...
Pancreatic endocrine tumors with intraductal growth into the main pancreatic duct and tumor thrombus within the portal vein: a case report and review of the literatureHiroshi Kawakami
Department of Gastroenterology, Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo
Intern Med 46:273-7. 2007..This is the first reported case of a pancreatic endocrine tumor with intraductal growth into the main pancreatic duct and tumor thrombus within the portal vein...
