Profile of Nagoya University Hospital 2012

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Vascular Surgery

Director KOMORI, Kimihiro (Professor)   6E

Vascular disease specialists hold a full-time position and have high expertise

We perform diagnosis and treatment of vascular diseases (e.g. arteries, veins, lymph vessels), aneurysm, and peripheral arterial disease (surgical treatment, stent graft, and endovascular treatment).

Medical Care System

A total of six personnel consisting of seven academic personnel including Professor Kimihiro Komori and other hospital staff, etc. perform diagnosis of and provide medical care for all vascular diseases. The outpatient clinic days are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and treatment days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday; however, we also accept emergency patients every day.

Target Disease

All vascular diseases. Arterial disease includes aortic aneurysm (thoracic, thoracoabdominal, and abdominal), arteriosclerosis obliterans, Buerger's disease, carotid artery stenosis, and renal artery stenosis; venous disease includes varicose veins of the lower extremities and deep vein thrombosis; lymphatic disease includes lymphedema.

Strong Fields

For thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysm, we have performed stent graft implantations as well as surgery. For patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease, we perform bypass surgery and endovascular treatment suitable for the clinical conditions; for patients in whom revascularization is difficult, we perform angiogenic therapy.

Clinical Results

In 2011, we treated 124 patients with abdominal (iliac) aortic aneurysm (stent graft implantation: 65 patients), performed stent graft implantation for thoracic aortic aneurysm in 31 patients, PAD in 112 patients (of whom 26 patients received bypass surgery), and treated varices in 37 patients.

Specialized Outpatient Clinic

The expertise of vascular surgery specialists is extremely high because not all hospitals have the department of vascular surgery: five cardiovascular surgery specialists; five vascular specialists; and, four stent graft supervising doctors hold full-time positions in our department.

Advanced Medicine and Research

For advanced medicine, we perform angiogenic therapy using autologous bone marrow cell transplantation. We are involved in the elucidation of the origin of vascular intimal hypertrophy and its control by gene therapy, elucidation of the origin of aneurysm, improvement of treatment results of stent graft implantation, and molecular biological research on inflammatory vascular disease.