Sakura Kinjo, MD
Professor
Anesthesia
School of Medicine
Dr. Sakura Kinjo is an anesthesiologist who specializes in regional anesthesia (injections to relieve or prevent pain in a specific part of the body) and acute pain management. She has served as the UCSF Orthopaedic Institute's anesthesia medical director since it opened in 2009.
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In her research, Kinjo is particularly interested in pain management. For the past several years, she has focused on the relationship between perioperative pain (pain experienced immediately before, during and immediately after a surgical procedure) and cognitive dysfunction in older adult patients. Her studies include perioperative cognitive changes experienced by patients who have sleep apnea. She is collaborating with her colleagues at UCSF to implement a care pathway for surgical patients with sleep apnea, including by using cutting-edge technology in the perioperative setting.
Kinjo earned her medical degree at the University of the Ryukyus School of Medicine in Japan. She completed a residency in anesthesia at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and a fellowship in pain medicine at the University of California, Davis Medical Center. She joined UCSF in 2005.
Education & Training
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- M.D. School of Medicine University of Ryukyus 1994
Websites
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- Clinical Profile at UCSF Medical Center (ucsfhealth.org)
Publications (31)
Top publication keywords:
Vertebral ArteryPain, PostoperativePersonal Protective EquipmentEmergency TreatmentNerve BlockAsymptomatic DiseasesAnalgesiaArthroscopyIntubation, IntratrachealMicrobiotaAnesthesia, LocalUltrasonography, InterventionalDeliriumAnesthetics, InhalationVirtual Reality
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Postoperative neurocognitive disorders in ambulatory surgery: a narrative review.
Korean journal of anesthesiology 2024 In J, Chen B, Bae H, Kinjo S -
Hereditary Neuropathy with Liability to Pressure Palsy and Vocal Cord Paralysis After Pulmonary Lobectomy: A Case Report.
A&A practice 2024 Saito Y, Motoyasu A, Tokumine J, Kinjo S, Nakazawa H, Moriyama K, Yorozu T -
Advances in regional anesthesia for ambulatory surgery.
International anesthesiology clinics 2023 Kinjo S, Chernin T, Siegmueller C, Sharrow CM, Shilling A -
Assessment of Perioperative Sleep Characteristics Using Subjective and Objective Methods: A Secondary Analysis of Prospective Cohort Study.
Sleep disorders 2023 In J, Lim E, Kinjo S -
The effects of microbiome-targeted therapy on cognitive impairment and postoperative cognitive dysfunction-A systematic review.
PloS one 2023 Sugita S, Tahir P, Kinjo S
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Orthopedic sleep and novel analgesia pathway: a prospective randomized controlled trial to advance recovery after shoulder arthroplasty.
Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery 2022 Cheah JW, Freshman RD, Mah CD, Kinjo S, Lansdown DA, Feeley BT, Zhang AL, Ma CB -
Rescue Pericapsular Nerve Group Block for Hip Arthroscopy: A Report of 3 Cases.
A&A practice 2022 Kinjo S, Zhang AL -
Preoperative Pregabalin Prolongs Spinal Anesthesia in Total Knee Arthroplasty - A Retrospective Analysis
Meddiscoveries. 2021 Oguz D, Savli S, Kaya M, Kinjo S, Unver S. -
"The use of bilateral continuous erector spinae plane blocks for postoperative analgesia after right-sided living donor hepatectomy: A feasibility study".
Clinical transplantation 2021 Adelmann D, Khorashadi M, Zhou G, Kinjo S, Braun HJ, Ascher NL, Braehler MR -
Virtual reality may reduce anxiety and enhance surgical experience during wide-awake local anaesthesia no tourniquet surgery: A report of two cases.
Journal of perioperative practice 2021 Krish G, Immerman I, Kinjo S -
Extraplexus versus intraplexus ultrasound-guided interscalene brachial plexus block for ambulatory arthroscopic shoulder surgery: A randomized controlled trial.
PloS one 2021 Harbell MW, Kolodzie K, Behrends M, Ma CB, Kinjo S, Yap E, Braehler MR, Aleshi P -
Improved Polyethylene Terephthalate shield and the mitigation
of COVID-19 aerosols during airway manipulation
meddiscoveries J Case Rep 2021 Sakai N, Yoshida J, Kinjo S -
Modified Wake Forest Type Protective Shield for an Asymptomatic, COVID-19 Nonconfirmed Patient for Intubation Undergoing Urgent Surgery.
Anesthesia and analgesia 2020 Kinjo S, Dudley M, Sakai N -
Education and Training: Staff and Facility.
Manual of Practice Management for Ambulatory Surgery Centers 2020 Catherine Chiu, Sakura Kinjo -
[Continuous lumbar erector spinae plane block for postoperative pain management in revision hip surgery: a case report].
Brazilian journal of anesthesiology (Elsevier) 2019 Kinjo S, Schultz A -
Continuous lumbar erector spinae plane block for postoperative pain management in revision hip surgery: a report of two cases.
Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology 2019 Sakura Kinjo, Alison Schultz -
The effects of transmuscular quadratus lumborum blocks on postoperative pain in arthroscopic hip surgery: a cohort analysis.
Journal of anesthesia 2019 Kinjo S, Kolodzie K, Dong K, Zhang AL -
Preoperative Fascia Iliaca Block Does Not Improve Analgesia after Arthroscopic Hip Surgery, but Causes Quadriceps Muscles Weakness: A Randomized, Double-blind Trial.
Anesthesiology 2018 Behrends M, Yap EN, Zhang AL, Kolodzie K, Kinjo S, Harbell MW, Aleshi P -
Volatile anaesthetics and postoperative delirium in older surgical patients-A secondary analysis of prospective cohort studies.
Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 2018 Kinjo S, Lim E, Magsaysay MV, Sands LP, Leung JM, Perioperative Medicine Research Group -
Exacerbation of chronic pain after dental extractions in a patient with post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome.
Saudi journal of anaesthesia 2018 Lim S, Kinjo S -
Perioperative Gabapentin Does Not Reduce Postoperative Delirium in Older Surgical Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Anesthesiology 2017 Leung JM, Sands LP, Chen N, Ames C, Berven S, Bozic K, Burch S, Chou D, Covinsky K, Deviren V, Kinjo S, Kramer JH, Ries M, Tay B, Vail T, Weinstein P, Chang S, Meckler G, Newman S, Tsai T, Voss V, … -
Combined preoperative femoral and sciatic nerve blockade improves analgesia after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a randomized controlled clinical trial.
Journal of clinical anesthesia 2016 Harbell MW, Cohen JM, Kolodzie K, Behrends M, Braehler MR, Kinjo S, Feeley BT, Aleshi P -
Do Postoperative Pain Management Techniques Influence Postoperative Delirium?.
Current Anesthesiology Reports 2015 Xiaoguang Zhang, Sakura Kinjo -
A survey of education and confidence level among graduating anesthesia residents with regard to selected peripheral nerve blocks.
BMC anesthesiology 2013 Moon TS, Lim E, Kinjo S -
Does preoperative risk for delirium moderate the effects of postoperative pain and opiate use on postoperative delirium?
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2013 Leung JM, Sands LP, Lim E, Tsai TL, Kinjo S -
Does using a femoral nerve block for total knee replacement decrease postoperative delirium?
BMC anesthesiology 2012 Kinjo S, Lim E, Sands LP, Bozic KJ, Leung JM -
Prediction of postoperative pain using path analysis in older patients.
Journal of anesthesia 2011 Kinjo S, Sands LP, Lim E, Paul S, Leung JM -
Failure of supraclavicular block under ultrasound guidance: clinical relevance of anatomical variation of cervical vessels.
Journal of anesthesia 2011 Kinjo S, Frankel A -
Does postoperative delirium limit the use of patient-controlled analgesia in older surgical patients?
Anesthesiology 2009 Leung JM, Sands LP, Paul S, Joseph T, Kinjo S, Tsai T -
Unexpected hemodynamic deterioration and mitral regurgitation due to a tissue stabilizer during left anterior descending coronary anastomosis in off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia 2005 Kinjo S, Tokumine J, Sugahara K, Kakinohana M, Iha K, Matsuda H, Akasaki M, Yamashiro S -
Intrathecal morphine, but not buprenorphine or pentazocine, can induce spastic paraparesis after a noninjurious interval of spinal cord ischemia in the rat.
Anesthesia and analgesia 2004 Nakamura S, Kakinohana M, Sugahara K, Kinjo S, Miyata Y