| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Posthepatectomy liver failure: A definition and grading by the International Study Group of Liver Surgery (ISGLS) | Surgery | 2011 | 1,703 |
| 2 | Bile leakage after hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery: A definition and grading of severity by the International Study Group of Liver Surgery | Surgery | 2011 | 1,596 |
| 3 | Asia–Pacific clinical practice guidelines on the management of hepatocellular carcinoma: a 2017 update | Hepatology International | 2017 | 1,537 |
| 4 | Risk factors contributing to early and late phase intrahepatic recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatectomy | Journal of Hepatology | 2003 | 1,287 |
| 5 | Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR) guidelines 2016 for the treatment of colorectal cancer | International Journal of Clinical Oncology | 2018 | 1,187 |
| 6 | Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR) guidelines 2019 for the treatment of colorectal cancer | International Journal of Clinical Oncology | 2020 | 1,123 |
| 7 | Hematopoietic stem cells differentiate into vascular cells that participate in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis | Nature Medicine | 2002 | 1,100 |
| 8 | Adoptive immunotherapy to lower postsurgical recurrence rates of hepatocellular carcinoma: a randomised trial | Lancet, The | 2000 | 802 |
| 9 | Prospective Cohort Study of Transarterial Chemoembolization for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma in 8510 Patients | Gastroenterology | 2006 | 733 |
| 10 | One Thousand Fifty-Six Hepatectomies Without Mortality in 8 Years | Archives of Surgery | 2003 | 726 |
| 11 | Real‐time identification of liver cancers by using indocyanine green fluorescent imaging | Cancer | 2009 | 706 |
| 12 | Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR) guidelines 2010 for the treatment of colorectal cancer | International Journal of Clinical Oncology | 2012 | 658 |
| 13 | Trans-ancestry mutational landscape of hepatocellular carcinoma genomes | Nature Genetics | 2014 | 655 |
| 14 | Neither Multiple Tumors Nor Portal Hypertension Are Surgical Contraindications for Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Gastroenterology | 2008 | 645 |
| 15 | Prognostic Impact of Anatomic Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Annals of Surgery | 2005 | 575 |
| 16 | Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR) Guidelines 2014 for treatment of colorectal cancer | International Journal of Clinical Oncology | 2015 | 548 |
| 17 | Guidelines for Perioperative Care for Liver Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations | World Journal of Surgery | 2016 | 459 |
| 18 | The Oncosurgery Approach to Managing Liver Metastases from Colorectal Cancer: A Multidisciplinary International Consensus | Oncologist | 2012 | 453 |
| 19 | NFAT and Osterix cooperatively regulate bone formation | Nature Medicine | 2005 | 437 |
| 20 | Managing synchronous liver metastases from colorectal cancer: A multidisciplinary international consensus | Cancer Treatment Reviews | 2015 | 430 |
| 21 | No-Mortality Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhotic and Noncirrhotic Patients | Archives of Surgery | 1999 | 429 |
| 22 | Reevaluation of prognostic factors for survival after liver resection in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in a Japanese nationwide survey | Cancer | 2004 | 420 |
| 23 | Enhanced Expression of Leptin and Leptin Receptor (OB-R) in Human Breast Cancer | Clinical Cancer Research | 2004 | 397 |
| 24 | Small “flat adenoma” of the large bowel with special reference to its clinicopathologic features | Diseases of the Colon and Rectum | 1985 | 385 |
| 25 | Early hepatocellular carcinoma as an entity with a high rate of surgical cure | Hepatology | 1998 | 378 |
| 26 | Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: expert consensus statement | Hpb | 2015 | 372 |
| 27 | Survival benefit of liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma associated with portal vein invasion | Journal of Hepatology | 2016 | 354 |
| 28 | Long-Term Outcome of Extended Hemihepatectomy for Hilar Bile Duct Cancer With No Mortality and High Survival Rate | Annals of Surgery | 2003 | 324 |
| 29 | Comparison of resection and ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma: A cohort study based on a Japanese nationwide survey | Journal of Hepatology | 2013 | 322 |
| 30 | Post-hepatectomy haemorrhage: a definition and grading by the International Study Group of Liver Surgery (ISGLS) | Hpb | 2011 | 312 |
| 31 | Laparoscopic Segmentectomy of the Liver | Annals of Surgery | 2012 | 311 |
| 32 | Assessment of hepatic reserve for indication of hepatic resection: decision tree incorporating indocyanine green test | Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery | 2005 | 310 |
| 33 | Fluorescent cholangiography illuminating the biliary tree during laparoscopic cholecystectomy | British Journal of Surgery | 2010 | 310 |
| 34 | Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Japan: JSH Consensus Statements and Recommendations 2021 Update | Liver Cancer | 2021 | 307 |
| 35 | Accurate preoperative evaluation of liver mass lesions without fine-needle biopsy | Hepatology | 1999 | 306 |
| 36 | A Mouse Model of Vascular Injury that Induces Rapid Onset of Medial Cell Apoptosis Followed by Reproducible Neointimal Hyperplasia | Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology | 2000 | 277 |
| 37 | Biliary reconstruction, its complications and management of biliary complications after adult liver transplantation: a systematic review of the incidence, risk factors and outcome | Transplant International | 2011 | 272 |
| 38 | Circulating smooth muscle progenitor cells contribute to atherosclerosis | Nature Medicine | 2001 | 271 |
| 39 | Difficulty of Laparoscopic Liver Resection | Annals of Surgery | 2018 | 271 |
| 40 | Randomized Comparison of Ultrasonic vs Clamp Transection of the Liver | Archives of Surgery | 2001 | 270 |
| 41 | Operative morbidity of living liver donors in Japan | Lancet, The | 2003 | 265 |
| 42 | Evaluation of Hepatic Venous Congestion: Proposed Indication Criteria for Hepatic Vein Reconstruction | Annals of Surgery | 2002 | 260 |
| 43 | Genetic and Histological Assessment of Surgical Margins in Resected Liver Metastases From Colorectal Carcinoma | Archives of Surgery | 2002 | 243 |
| 44 | Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Tokyo University Series | Digestive Diseases | 2007 | 221 |
| 45 | Co-ordinate activation of lipogenic enzymes in hepatocellular carcinoma | European Journal of Cancer | 2005 | 220 |
| 46 | Intraoperative Fluorescent Cholangiography Using Indocyanine Green: A Biliary Road Map for Safe Surgery | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2009 | 219 |
| 47 | A practical guide for the use of indocyanine green and methylene blue in fluorescence‐guided abdominal surgery | Journal of Surgical Oncology | 2018 | 217 |
| 48 | Glypican‐3, overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma, modulates FGF2 and BMP‐7 signaling | International Journal of Cancer | 2003 | 216 |
| 49 | Antitumor activity of extracts and compounds from the skin of the toad Bufo bufo gargarizans Cantor | International Immunopharmacology | 2011 | 212 |
| 50 | Long‐term and perioperative outcomes of laparoscopic versus open liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma with propensity score matching: a multi‐institutional Japanese study | Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences | 2015 | 204 |
