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Akio Horiguchi

Akio Horiguchi

🇯🇵 Japan
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Mentored by · fellowship 2010
Sanjay Kulkarni

Training and career​

  • Current position Professor, Center for Trauma, Burn, and Tactical Medicine, National Defense Medical College Hospital, Japan1
  • Medical school Keio University School of Medicine2
  • Fellowship Urology research, Cornell University2
  • Other training Surgery and urology, Keio University School of Medicine2
  • Leadership Director, Division of Reconstruction, Center for Trauma, Burn, and Tactical Medicine, National Defense Medical College Hospital1
  • Leadership Director, Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons Global Fellowship program2

Key Publications​

Horiguchi's cited work covers urethroplasty for male and female urethral strictures using oral mucosal grafts, vaginal flaps, staged repair, and anastomosis. Other cited papers address pelvic fracture urethral injury and the use of magnetic resonance imaging to plan repair.P3P4P5P6P7

  1. Horiguchi A, Shinchi M, Ojima K, et al. "Surgical and Patient-Reported Outcomes of Delayed Anastomotic Urethroplasty for Male Pelvic Fracture Urethral Injury at a Japanese Referral Center." JCM. 2022;11(5):1225. doi

    Delayed urethroplasty series for pelvic-fracture urethral injury (2022). Reported surgical and patient-reported outcomes for 211 men undergoing delayed anastomotic urethroplasty after pelvic-fracture urethral injury.

    Cited on: Pelvic Fracture Urethral Injury (PFUI)
  2. Horiguchi A, Shinchi M, Hirano Y, et al. "Clinical questions in the Japanese Urological Association's 2024 clinical practice guidelines for urethral strictures." Int J of Urology. 2024;31(9):956–967. doi

    Japanese urethral-stricture guideline clinical questions (2024). First-authored the clinical-question paper accompanying Japanese Urological Association guidance on urethral stricture diagnosis and treatment.

  3. Horiguchi A. "Substitution Urethroplasty Using Oral Mucosa Graft for Male Anterior Urethral Stricture Disease: Current Topics and Reviews." Int J Urol. 2017;24(7):493–503. doi
    Cited on: The Oral Cavity · Buccal Mucosa Graft (BMG) · Male Urethral Stricture
  4. Higuchi M, Horiguchi A, Ashiya M, et al. Vaginal flap urethroplasty and dorsal onlay buccal mucosal graft urethroplasty for female urethral stricture: a single-center experience. Int J Urol. 2026;33(5):e70477. doi
    Cited on: Distal Urethrectomy with Advancement Meatoplasty (Female) · Dorsal Vaginal Graft Urethroplasty (Female) · Female Dorsal Onlay Urethroplasty
  5. Takekawa K, Horiguchi A, Shinchi M, et al. One-sided dorsal onlay urethroplasty with penile invagination (Kulkarni urethroplasty) for complex anterior urethral strictures: a single-center experience. Int J Urol. 2025;32(6):749-755. doi
    Cited on: Muscle-Sparing Urethroplasty · Dorsal Onlay Oral Mucosal Graft Urethroplasty · Kulkarni One-Stage Panurethral Urethroplasty
  6. Horiguchi A. "Management of male pelvic fracture urethral injuries: review and current topics." Int J Urol. 2019;26(6):596–607. doi
    Cited on: Urethroperineal Fistula · Principles of Urethral Reconstruction · Pelvic Fracture Urethral Injury (PFUI)
  7. Horiguchi A, Asanuma H, Shinchi M, et al. "Efficacy of urethral reconstruction for urethral stricture associated with hypospadias surgery in adults." Int J Urol. 2022;29(12):1470–1475. doi
    Cited on: Cecil-Culp Procedure · Hypospadias & Epispadias

Other Publications Cited on WARWIKI

13 additional publications with Akio Horiguchi as a listed author are cited on WARWIKI, ordered by the number of pages that cite them. Papers whose author list is shortened to "et al." before this name are not included.

  1. Horiguchi A, Edo H, Shinchi M, et al. "Validation of the Pubourethral Stump Angle as a Predictive Parameter for Elaborate Anastomotic Urethroplasty in Pelvic Fracture Urethral Injury." Int J Urol. 2026;33(1):e70307. doi
    Cited on: Abdominoperineal (Transpubic) Urethroplasty · Pelvic Fracture Urethral Injury (PFUI)
  2. Masumoto H, Horiguchi A, Shinchi M, et al. "Effectiveness of Y-V Plasty for Refractory Bladder Neck Stenosis After Transurethral Prostate Surgery." Int J Urol. 2025;32(4):434–440. doi
    Cited on: Y-V Plasty · Y-V Plasty for BNC and VUAS
  3. Shinchi M, Horiguchi A, Ojima K, et al. Evaluation of the efficacy of perineal urethrostomy for patients with anterior urethral stricture: insights from surgical and patient-reported outcomes. World J Urol. 2021;39(12):4443-4448. doi
    Cited on: Midline Perineal Urethrostomy · Genital Nullification — AMAB (Penectomy + Bilateral Orchiectomy + Scrotectomy + Perineal Urethrostomy)
  4. Horiguchi A, Ojima K, Shinchi M, et al. "Usefulness of a high-speed surgical air drill in pubectomy during delayed anastomotic urethroplasty for pelvic fracture urethral injury." Int J Urol. 2020;27(11):1002-1007. doi
    Cited on: Air Drill — Pneumatic Bone Drill · Rongeur
  5. Horiguchi A, Edo H, Soga S, et al. Pubourethral stump angle measured on preoperative magnetic resonance imaging predicts urethroplasty type for pelvic fracture urethral injury repair. Urology. 2018;112:198-204. doi
    Cited on: Abdominoperineal (Transpubic) Urethroplasty · Pelvic Fracture Urethral Injury (PFUI)
  6. Minami T, Horiguchi A, Shinchi M, et al. Surgical and patient-reported outcomes of staged urethroplasty for anterior urethral strictures: a comprehensive analysis. Int J Urol. 2025;32(4):441-446. doi
    Cited on: Johanson Two-Stage Urethroplasty
  7. Horiguchi A, Shinchi M, Ojima K, et al. "The Japanese Urological Association's clinical practice guidelines for urotrauma 2023." Int J Urol. 2024;31(2):98-110. doi
    Cited on: Primary Endoscopic Realignment (PER)
  8. Horiguchi A, Edo H, Shinchi M, et al. Role of magnetic resonance imaging in the management of male pelvic fracture urethral injury. Int J Urol. 2022;29(9):919-929. doi
    Cited on: Pelvic Fracture Urethral Injury (PFUI)
  9. Azuma R, Horiguchi A, Ojima K, et al. "Triangular Extension of Hinge Flaps: A Novel Technique to Resolve Stomal Stenosis and Prevent Restenosis in Staged Buccal Mucosal Urethroplasty." Int J Urol. 2021;28(8):806-811. doi
    Cited on: Quilting Stitch
  10. Horiguchi A, Ojima K, Shinchi M, et al. Single-surgeon experience of excision and primary anastomosis for bulbar urethral stricture: analysis of surgical and patient-reported outcomes. World J Urol. 2021;39(8):3063-3069. doi
    Cited on: Excision and Primary Anastomosis (EPA)
  11. Shinchi M, Horiguchi A, Ojima K, et al. Deep lateral transurethral incision for vesicourethral anastomotic stenosis after radical prostatectomy. Int J Urol. 2021;28(11):1120-1126. doi
    Cited on: Posterior Urethral Stenosis
  12. Horiguchi A, Shinchi M, Ojima K, et al. Evaluation of the effect of urethroplasty for anterior urethral strictures by a validated disease-specific patient-reported outcome measure. World J Urol. 2019;37(4):601–606. doi
    Cited on: Assessment Tools & Questionnaires

Footnotes​

  1. Akio Horiguchi. UAA Congress 2025. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2

  2. 堀口明男プロフィール｜防衛医科大学校病院｜尿道狭窄症・尿路再建外科. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4