Japanese

KAWAGUCHI Masahito

■Faculty	Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
■Position	Associate Professor

Researcher Profile & Settings

Research

Overview of research:

We explored the disruption of spinal cord function after various degrees of spinal cord distraction.

Special Field

Orthopaedic surgery

Education

Kanazawa University Graduate School Division of Medicine
Kanazawa University Faculty of Medicine

Degree

Ph.D in Medicine

Association Memberships

2002- Japanese Orthopaedic Association
2002- The Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research
2002The Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine

Academic & Professional Experience

Jan. 2006- Mar. 2009Kanazawa University Hospital medical staff
Apr. 2012Kanazawa Medical University Assistant Professor
Jul. 2022Kanazawa Medical University Associate Professor

Research Activities

Published Papers

Septic arthritis of cervical spine facet joints: A case report and review of imaging, Hironori Kitajima, Eiju Hatano, Masahito Kawaguchi, Takuya Sakamoto, Toru Ichiseki, Ayumi Kaneuji, Norio Kawahara, The American journal of case reports, 24:e941578, Oct. 2023
DOI:10.12659/AJCR.941578
Antibacterial fluorinated diamond-like carbon coating promotes osteogenesis—comparison with titanium alloy, Takeshi Sasamoto, Masahito Kawaguchi, Katsutaka Yonezawa, Toru Ichiseki, Ayumi Kaneuji, Kazuhiro Shintani, Anzu Yoshida, Norio Kawahara, Applied sciences (Basel), 11:9451, Oct. 2021
DOI:10.3390/app11209451
Bone formation at Ti-6Al-7Nb scaffolds consisting of 3D honeycomb frame and diamond-like carbon coating implanted into the femur of beagles, Masahito Kawaguchi, Ayumu Segawa, Kazuhiro Shintani, Yuka Nakamura, Yasuhito Ishigaki, Katsutaka Yonezawa, Takeshi Sasamoto, Ayumi Kaneuji , Norio Kawahara, Journal of biomedical materials research. Part B, Applied biomaterials, 109:1283-1291, Sep. 2021
DOI:10.1002/jbm.b.34789
Randomized trial of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor for spinal cord injury, (Masao Koda), Hideki Hanaoka, Yasuhisa Fujii, Michiko Hanawa, Yohei Kawasaki, Yoshihito Ozawa, Tadami Fujiwara, Takeo Furuya, Yasushi Ijima, Junya Saito, Mitsuhiro Kitamura, Takuya Miyamoto, Seiji Ohtori, Yukei Matsumoto, Tetsuya Abe, Hiroshi Takahashi, Kei Watanabe, Toru Hirano, Masayuki Ohashi, Hirokazu Shoji, Tatsuki Mizouchi, Norio Kawahara, Masahito Kawaguchi, Yugo Orita, Takeshi Sasamoto, Masahito Yoshioka, Masafumi Fujii, Katsutaka Yonezawa, Daisuke Soma, Hiroshi Taneichi, Daisaku Takeuchi, Satoshi Inami, Hiroshi Moridaira, Haruki Ueda, Futoshi Asano, Yosuke Shibao, Ikuo Aita, Yosuke Takeuchi, Masaya Mimura, Jun Shimbo, Yukio Someya, Sumio Ikenoue, Hiroaki Sameda, Kan Takase, Yoshikazu Ikeda, Fumitake Nakajima, Mitsuhiro Hashimoto, Fumio Hasue, Takayuki Fujiyoshi, Koshiro Kamiya, Masahiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Katoh, Yukihiro Matsuyama, Tomohiko Hasegawa, Go Yoshida, Hideyuki Arima, Yu Yamato, Shin Oe, Daisuke Togawa, Sho Kobayashi, Koji Akeda, Eiji Kawamoto, Hiroshi Imai, Toshihiko Sakakibara, Akihiro Sudo, Yasuo Ito, Takeshi Kikuchi, Tomoyuki Takigawa, Takuya Morita, Nobuhiro Tanaka, Kazuyoshi Nakanishi, Naosuke Kamei, Shinji Kotaka, Hideo Baba, Tsuyoshi Okudaira, Hiroaki Konishi, Takayuki Yamaguchi, Keigo Ito, Yoshito Katayama, Taro Matsumoto, Tomohiro Matsumoto, Haruo Kanno, Toshimi Aizawa, Ko Hashimoto, Toshimitsu Eto, Takehiro Sugaya, Michiharu Matsuda, Kazunari Fushimi, Satoshi Nozawa, Chizuo Iwai, Toshihiko Taguchi, Tsukasa Kanchiku, Hidenori Suzuki, Norihiro Nishida, Masahiro Funaba, Takashi Sakai, Yasuaki Imajo, Masashi Yamazaki, Brain, 144:789-799, Apr. 2021
DOI:10.1093/brain/awaa466
Evaluation of antibacterial and cytotoxic properties of a fluorinated diamond-like carbon coating for the development of antibacterial medical implants, Katsutaka Yonezawa, Masahito Kawaguchi, Ayumi Kaneuji, Toru Ichiseki, Yoshitsugu Iinuma, Kae Kawamura, Kazuhiro Shintani, Shinobu Oda, Makoto Taki, Norio Kawahara, Antibiotics (Basel), 9:495, Aug. 2020
DOI:10.3390/antibiotics9080495
Study protocol for the G-SPIRIT trial: a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blinded phase III trial of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-mediated neuroprotection for acute spinal cord injury, (Masao.Koda), Hideki.Hanaoka, Takatoshi.Sato, Yasuhisa.Fujii, Michiko.Hanawa, Sho.Takahashi, Takeo.Furuya, Yasushi.Ijima, Junya.Saito, Mitsuhiro.Kitamura, Seiji.Ohtori, Yukei.Matsumoto, Tetsuya.Abe, Kei.Watanabe, Toru.Hirano, Masayuki.Ohashi, Hirokazu.Shoji, Tatsuki.Mizouchi, Ikuko.Takahashi, Norio.Kawahara, Masahito.Kawaguchi, Yugo.Orita, Takeshi.Sasamoto, Masahito.Yoshioka, Masafumi.Fujii, Katsutaka.Yonezawa, Daisuke.Soma, Hiroshi.Taneichi, Daisaku.Takeuchi, Satoshi.Inami, Hiroshi.Moridaira, Haruki.Ueda, Futoshi.Asano, Yosuke.Shibao, Ikuo.Aita, Yosuke.Takeuchi, Masaya.Mimura, Jun.Shimbo, Yukio.Someya, Sumio.Ikenoue, Hiroaki.Sameda, Kan.Takase, Yoshikazu.Ikeda, Fumitake.Nakajima, Mitsuhiro.Hashimoto, Tomoyuki.Ozawa, Fumio.Hasue, Takayuki.Fujiyoshi, Koshiro.Kamiya, Masahiko.Watanabe, Hiroyuki.Katoh, Yukihiro.Matsuyama, Yu.Yamamoto, Daisuke.Togawa, Tomohiko.Hasegawa, Sho.Kobayashi, Go.Yoshida, Shin.Oe, Tomohiro.Banno, Hideyuki.Arima, Koji.Akeda, Eiji.Kawamoto, Hiroshi.Imai, Toshihiko.Sakakibara, Akihiro.Sudo, Yasuo.Ito, Tsuyoshi.Kikuchi, Shuhei.Osaki, Nobuhiro.Tanaka, Kazuyoshi.Nakanishi, Naosuke.Kamei, Shinji.Kotaka, Hideo.Baba, Tsuyoshi.Okudaira, Hiroaki.Konishi, Takayuki.Yamaguchi, Keigo.Ito, Yoshito.Katayama, Taro.Matsumoto, Tomohiro.Matsumoto, Masaru.Idota, Haruo.Kanno, Toshimi.Aizawa, Ko.Hashimoto, Toshimitsu.Eto, Takehiro.Sugaya, Michiharu.Matsuda, Kazunari.Fushimi, Satoshi.Nozawa, Chizuo.Iwai, Toshihiko.Taguchi, Tsukasa.Kanchiku, Hidenori.Suzuki, Norihiro.Nishida, Masahiro.Funaba, Masashi.Yamazaki, BMJ open, 8:e019083, May 2018
DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019083
Dividing the procedures into lobectomy and vertebrectomy for large lung cancer invading the spine, Norio.Kawahara, Hidetaka.Uramoto, Journal of Cancer Science and Research, 3:S1, Dec. 2017
Causes of high osteoconductivity of 3D honeycomb artificial footing material with DLC coating, (Kazuhiro.Shintani), Takuya.Kobayashi, Masahito.Kawaguchi, Norio.Kawahara, Ayumi.Kaneuji, Japanese Journal of Clinical Biomechanics, 38:213-218, Oct. 2017
Effect of DLC coating of 3D－honeycomb form scaffolding on osteoconduction, (K.Shintani), T.Kobayashi, H.Nakai, M.Kawaguchi, K.Yonezawa, N.Kawahara, Japanese Journal of Clinical Biomechanics, 37:35-41, Sep. 2016
CSF tau protein is a useful marker for effective treatment of superficial siderosis of the central nervous system: two case reports, (T.Ikeda), D,Noto, M,Noguchi-Shinohara, K,Ono, K,Takahashi, C,Ishida, M,Yoshita, M.Kawaguchi, N,Kawahara, K,Iwasa, K,Tomita, M,Yamada, Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, 112:62-64, 2010
Cervicothoracic giant cell tumor expanding into the superior mediastinum: total excision by combined anterior-posterior approach, (K,Yoshioka), N.Kawahara, H.Murakami, S.Demura, M.Kawaguchi, M.Oda, I.Matsumoto, K.Tomita, Orthopedics, 32:531, 2009
Total en bloc spondylectomy for spinal metastases, (N,Kawahara), K.Tomita, H.Murakami, S.Demura, T.Shiraishi, S.Kato, T.Okayama, M.Kawaguchi, K.Yoshioka, 18：601-603, 2007

Books etc

Management of spinal metastasis
Current Progress in Orthopedics 1 (A.Johari, KD.Luk, JP. Waddell, eds)
N.Kawahara, K.Tomita, M.Kawaguchi, H.Murakami, T.Matsumoto, H.Tsuchiya
TreeLife Media Oct. 2014

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