Koichi Sairyo is an expert in Surgery at Tokushima University (Japan). As of October 2026, ScienceLeadR ranks Koichi Sairyo in the top 1% of experts worldwide for Spondylosis, and in the top 1% of experts in Japan for Low Back Pain. Koichi Sairyo has authored 637 publications, the most recent in 2026. SLR score: 2,231 (community average: 125). How the SLR is computed.

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Koichi Sairyo Tokushima University Japan
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Surgery

Subspecialties: Orthopedics - Rheumatology - Neurosurgery

Full career – Last 3 years

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Publications and Clinical Studies

Publications – Clinical Studies

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Short Biography

1988: MD degree, Tokushima University School of Medicine

1994: PhD degree, Tokushima University Graduate School of Medical Sciences

1995-1997: Post Dr. follow, University of Iowa, Iowa, USA

1998: Assistant Professor, Tokushima University Hospital

1999: Associate Professor, Tokushima University School of Medicine

2003-2005: Post Dr. follow, University of Toledo, Ohio, USA

2010: Associate Professor, Teikyo University Mizonokuchi Hospital

2013- present: Professor and Chairman, Tokushima University

2025- present: Superintendent and director, Tokushima University Hospital

2026-present: Vice President, Tokushima Univesity



International Society

International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine: ISSLS (active member)

International Society for the advancement of the spine surgery: ISASS (member)

International Society of Endoscopic Spine Surgery: ISESS (Board member candidate)

International Intradiscal Therapy Society: IITS (Congress President 2021)

International Society for Minimal Intervention in Spinal Surgery: ISMISS (Asia representative)

Asian Congress Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery :ACMISST (Board member, Japan representative)

Pacific Asian Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: PASMISS (Board member)

World Congress Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery :WCMISST (Congress President 2021)


Organizations

Career arc: 1993 - 2026

Source: PubMed

The University of Tokushima Graduate School of Health Biosciences Research Division Medical Research Support Center

Publications Synthesis

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Number : 637

Citations

Citations: 9 181 1st author: 50 Last author: 435 Unique author: 5


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Latest Publications

5 most recent indexed articles

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Title Journal Year Citations
Relationship between Lumbar Spinal Movement and the Location of Type 1 Modic Changes in Elite Athletes.
PMID 42893279 — low back pain, pain, magnetic resonance imaging, back pain, history, athletes, movement, sports, spine
Spine Surg Relat Res20260
Sagittal Alignment-Dependent Mechanical Interference during Robotic-Assisted S2 Alar-Iliac Screw Insertion.
PMID 42893131 — incidence, lordosis
Spine Surg Relat Res20260
Full-Endoscopic Spine Surgery Enables High Rates of Pathogen Identification after Short-Term Antibiotic Therapy in Pyogenic Spondylitis.
PMID 42893323 — blood, spondylitis, biopsy, biopsy, needle, therapeutics, blood culture, needles, spine
Spine Surg Relat Res20260
Less inflammation and early functional recovery after total hip arthroplasty performed with robotic arm assistance than with computed tomography-based navigation: a propensity score-matched comparative study.
PMID 42802238 — arthroplasty, incidence, pain, tomography, propensity score, recycling, orthopedics
Int Orthop20260
Real-time phase-dependent occupational radiation exposure analysis in full-endoscopic spine surgery.
PMID 42323384 — nurses, fluoroscopy, radiation exposure, spine
Sci Rep20260

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