Faculty Information - KANZAKI Masato

（Last updated : 2026-08-13 18:04:19）

KANZAKI Masato
Department School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery

Position Professor and Division head

■ Books

Chapter contribution　

Advanced Thoracoscopic Surgery to Modern Pulmonary Disease: The Japanese Approach, Technological Advances in Surgery, Trauma and Critical Care 2015

■ Published papers

1.	Original article	Outcome of Thoracoscopic Surgery for Ectopic Mediastinal Parathyroid Tumor 2026/01/13
2.	Case report	Mid-term outcomes of a bio-artificial pleura composed of autologous dermal fibroblasts used to close intraoperative pulmonary air leaks caused by intraoperative pleural injury: A case report. 2025/12
3.	Original article	Allogeneic fibroblast sheets prevent pulmonary air leaks caused by rat pleural defects without adhesion to the thoracic wall. 2025/03
4.	Case report	A surgical case of thymic cancer with Kartagener syndrome 2025/01
5.	Original article	Intraoperative robotic surgical system-related problems in robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery 2024/09
6.	Original article	Dual-color FISH analyses of xenogeneic human fibroblast sheets transplanted to repair lung pleural defects in an immunocompromised rat model. 2024/05/15
7.	Original article	The Clinical Course and Treatment of a Case of Refractory Systemic Juvenile Myasthenia Gravis Successfully Treated with Thymectomy 2024/01/23
8.	Case report	A successful case of an implanted polyglycolic-acid sheet inside the bulla for preventing the residual cavity after video-assisted thoracoscopic bullectomy. 2022/12/20
9.	Original article	A novel alveolar epithelial cell sheet fabricated under feeder-free conditions for potential use in pulmonary regenerative therapy 2022/03
10.	Original article	Effects of robot- and video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy experiences on the learning curve of lobectomy. 2021/10/20
11.	Case report	Surgical resection of a rapidly growing pulmonary spindle cell carcinoma by robot‑assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a case report. 2021/10
12.	Case report	A pulmonary ligament approach for portal robotic segmentectomy of the lateral and posterior basal segments: a case report. 2021/04
13.	Case report	Robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery using a narrow-profile vascular stapler through an 8-mm robotic port 2021/04
14.	Original article	Bio-artificial pleura using autologous dermal fibroblast sheets to mitigate air leaks during thoracoscopic lung resection. 2021/01/04
15.	Original article	Application of pelvic-style docking in robotic surgery for lower-middle mediastinal tumors. 2021
16.	Other	Bio-artificial pleura using allogenic cell sheet for closing of lung air leakage. 2020/12/01
17.	Case report	Manipulation of long-shaft stapler in robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lung resection 2020/06/15
18.	Case report	A Case of BRAF-V600E Mutation-positive Metachronous Secondary Lung Cancer Detected by Bone Metastatic Lesion 2020/04
19.	Case report	Mediastinal paraganglioma successfully resected by robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery with en bloc chest wall resection: a case report 2020/03
20.	Original article	Pleural changes in patients with pneumothoraces and Marfan syndrome 2020
21.	Case report	Thoracoscopic surgical case of an ectopic mediastinal parathyroid adenoma detected by chance : a case report 2019/11/14
22.	Review article	Current status of robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer. 2019/10/01
23.	Case report	A Case of Unexplained Pleural Effusion Diagnosed as Meigs’ Syndrome 2019/09/24
24.	Original article	Comparison of tumor cell numbers and 22C3 PD-L1 expression between cryobiopsy and transbronchial biopsy with endobronchial ultrasonography-guide sheath for lung cancer. 2019/08
25.	Case report	Trans-subxiphoid robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for resecting multiple thymomas: a case report 2019/06/21
26.	Original article	Off-the-Shelf Cell Sheets as a Pleural Substitute for Closing Visceral Pleural Injuries. 2019/04
27.	Original article	Cryobiopsy with endobronchial ultrasonography using a guide sheath for peripheral pulmonary lesions and DNA analysis by next generation sequencing and rapid on-site evaluation. 2019/03
28.	Case report	Video-assisted thoracic surgery for pleuroperitoneal communication 2019/02/19
29.	Case report	Video-assisted thoracic surgery for pleuroperitoneal communication. 2019/02
30.	Case report	A successful surgical repair of intraoperative pneumothorax and the diffuse dissection of visceral pleura during liver transplantation surgery via trans- diaphragmatic approach. 2019/01/14
31.	Case report	A successful surgical repair of intraoperative pneumothorax and the diffuse dissection of visceral pleura during liver transplantation surgery via trans-diaphragmatic approach. 2019/01
32.	Original article	Experience on a digital low-pressure continuous suction unit having a trend forecasting function for evaluating lung air-leak. 2019
33.	Original article	Venous Branching Pattern in a Patient with Hemorrhagic Infarction in the Lingula after the Upper Division Resection of the Left Lung. 2019
34.	Original article	Venous Branching Pattern in a Patient with Hemorrhagic Infarction in the Lingula after the Upper Division Resection of the Left Lung. 2018/02
35.	Original article	Bronchial artery embolization: First-line option for managing massive hemoptysis 2017/10/26
36.	Original article	Bio-artificial pleura using an autologous dermal fibroblast sheet 2017/10
37.	Original article	Effect of collagen vascular disease-associated interstitial lung disease on the outcomes of lung cancer surgeries 2017/09/01
38.	Original article	Minimally invasive surgery for thymic epithelial tumors: a single institutional experience. 2017/08/21
39.	Original article	Early Detection of the Acute Exacerbation of Interstitial Pneumonia after the Surgical Resection of Lung Cancer by Planned Chest Computed Tomography. 2017/06
40.	Original article	Surgery for non ‑ small cell lung cancer in patients with a history of cardiovascular surgery. 2017/03/01
41.	Original article	A novel and simple method for identifying the lung intersegmental plane using thermography. 2016/07
42.	Original article	Do the lung segments exist continuously from the early stage of the embryonic period as units? 2016/07
43.	Original article	Surgery for non-small cell lung cancer in patients with a history of cardiovascular surgery. 2016/07
44.	Original article	Fabricated bronchial artery embolization for hemoptysis using a coil. 2016/06
45.	Original article	Binocular stereo-navigation for three-dimensional thoracoscopic lung resection. 2015/05
46.	Original article	New findings on the three-dimensional anatomical relations between the bronchi and pulmonary blood vessels at the pulmonary hilum. 2015/05
47.	Original article	Complete thoracoscopic S9 or S10 segmentectomy through a pulmonary ligament approach. 2015/03
48.	Original article	Long-term survival after thoracoscopic enucleation of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor arising from the esophagus. 2015/02
49.	Original article	Long-term survival after thoracoscopic enucleation of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor arising form the esophagus 2015
50.	Original article	Video-assisted thoracoscopic enucleation after congenital cardiac surgery 2015
51.	Original article	Comparison of three software programs for three-dimensional graphic imaging as contrasted with operative findings. 2012/12
52.	Other	A tissue-engineered fibroblast sheet as a pleural substitute for chest surgery. 2012
53.	Case report	Successful Excision of an Isolated Mediastinal Cystic Lymphangioma with Bilateral Thoracoscopic Surgery 2011/12
54.	Original article	Acute exacerbation of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias after surgical resection of lung cancer 2011/07
55.	Original article	Simulating video-assisted thoracoscopic lung resection using a virtual 3-dimensional pulmonary model on a personal computer. 2011/07
56.	Case report	Successful resection of localized pulmonary mucormycosis after bone marrow transplantation using a virtual 3-dimensional pulmonary model on a personal computer. 2010/12
57.	Case report	A Case of Anaplastic Carcinoma of the Thyroid with a Rapid Enlargement Which Was Difficult to Differentiate from Cervical Metastasis of Esophageal Cancer 2010/07/25
58.	Original article	Thoracoscopic cell sheet transplantation with a novel device 2009/06
59.	Original article	Thoracoscopic cell sheet transplantation with a novel device 2009
60.	Original article	Functional closure of visceral pleural defects by autologous tissue engineered cell sheets. 2008/10
61.	Review article	Reconstruction of functional tissues with cell sheet engineering. 2007/12
62.	Original article	Cell delivery in regenerative medicine: the cell sheet engineering approach. 2006/11
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■ Academic conference presentation

1.	Long-term follow-up results of cell sheet transplantation for pulmonary air leaks （Speech，General） 2019/10/31
2.	Tips and advantages of thoracoscopic S9,10 segmentectomy through a pulmonary ligament approach （General） 2019/09/29
3.	Proposal for a New Surgical Device based on the Concept of Virtual Incision for Thoracoscopic Surgery （Poster notice，General） 2018/07/18
4.	Proposal for a new surgical device based on the concept of virtual incision for thoracoscopic surgery. （Poster notice，General） 2018/07/18
5.	A noninvasive visualizing technique of the lung intersegmental plane using infrared thermography. （Speech，General） 2018/05/29
6.	Bio-artificial pleura by a dermal fibroblast sheet. 2017/11/02
7.	A novel and simple method for identifying the lung intersegmental plane with an infrared thermography （Speech，General） 2015/09/21
8.	Acute exacerbation of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema after operation of lung cancer （Poster notice，General） 2014/05/20
9.	Feasibility Evaluation of the Endoscopic Cell Sheet Transplantation on the Lung Surface with a Novel Device) （Speech，Panelist at Symposium/Workshop (Applied)） 2013/10/17
10.	Lung tissue engineering using mesothelial cell-sheets for pleural injury （Poster notice，General） 2011/08/03
11.	The creation of bronchial chondrocyte sheets for airway reconstruction. （Poster notice，General） 2010/09/16
12.	Off-the-shelf cell sheets for closure of visceral pleural injuries （General） 2009/09/01
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■ Patents

2018/02/13

B2 Cultured cell sheet, production method, and tissue repair method using thereof.

■ Education

1987/04～1993/03

Faculty of Medicine, TOKAI UNIVERSITY, Graduated,