Orthopedic Surgery
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Staff
Professor: Hideki Nagashima
Clinical professor: (Sports Medical Center) Makoto Enokida
Associate professor: (Department of Rehabilitation) Mari Osaki
Junior associate professor: Shinji Tanishima
Junior associate professor: Kensaku Yamaga
Junior associate professor: Keita Nagira
Assistant professor: Ikuta Hayashi
Assistant professor: Tokumitsu Mihara
Assistant professor: Chikako Takeda
Assistant professor: Haruhisa Kanaya
Assistant professor: Shinpei Enokida
Assistant professor: (Department of Rehabilitation) Koji Ishida
Features of the Department
Orthopedics is the study of the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic doctors are specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of problems of the musculoskeletal system from childhood to old age, including joint and spinal diseases. The number of patients suffering from osteoarthritis, spondylosis, and osteoporosis has increased in recent years because of a rapidly aging society. Our clinical practice and basic and clinical research focuses on these disorders.
Research areas
Rheumatoid arthritis
•Mechanisms of bone and joint destruction
•Control of arthritis with drugs
Osteoarthritis
•Mechanism of cartilage degeneration
Bone metabolism
•Clinical study of outcomes of osteoporosis using a bone densitometer
•Mechanisms and drug effects on osteoporosis using experimental models
Joint surgery
•Arthroscopic surgery, osteotomy, and joint replacement
Bone and soft tissue tumor
•Limb salvage sparing procedures for bone and soft tissue sarcoma
Spine and spinal cord diseases
•Biochemical study of cerebrospinal fluid
Application of reconstructive surgery
•Congenital abnormality of the extremity
•Amputated extremity and soft tissue defects