Journal of Clinical and Experimental Transplantation
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Shintaro Yagi

MD. PhD. FACS (HBP and transplant surgery) Employment

Biography

Shintaro YAGI was born in 1971. He got MD in 1997 (1991-1997), and PhD degree in 2006 from Mie University. Current his position is Professor of Hepatobiliary Transplant Surgery in Kanazawa University, Japan. His clinical specialty is liver transplantation and hepatobiliary and pancreas (HBP) surgery including oncology, extensive and minimal invasive surgery as well as microsurgery. His research interest is focused on liver regeneration and ischemia reperfusion injury in the liver using small and large animal models as well as HBP oncology. Especially, in several model, he is trying to develop transplantable liver in an in-vivo bioreactor now. 

Publications

Characteristics of Nutritional Status and the Effect of Pre-transplant Branched-chain Amino Acid Administration in Patients Undergoing Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Background: Protein-energy malnutrition is common in patients with end-stage liver disease undergoing liver transplantation. We examined the characteristics of nutritional status and impact of pre-admission branched-chainamino- acids treatment on skeletal muscle mass, nutritional/metabolic parameters and on post-transplant outcomes. Methodology: Pr... Read More»

Ahmed Hammad, Toshimi Kaido, Shintaro Yagi, Hideaki Okajima and Shinji Uemoto

Research Article: J Clin Exp Transplant 2016, 1:101

DOI: 10.4172/2475-7640.1000101

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