Profile of Nagoya University Hospital 2012

• Idea/Basic Decision
• Declaration Regarding Patients' Rights and Responsibilities
• Message From the Director

• Idea, Basic Decision, History
• Organization Chart of University Hospital
• Organization Chart of Administration Office
• Chronological List of Directors of University Hospital
• Established Date of Clinical Departments
• Clinical Departments
• Legal Authorization of Medical Services
• University Hospital Staff, Number of Staffs
• Number of Beds
• Patient Services in the University Hospital in 2011
• Clinical Indicator
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Pediatric Surgery

Director ANDO, Hisami (Professor)   5W

We actively make efforts to treat pediatric surgical diseases

Our department was established as a study group in 1968 and became an independent department recently (1997); currently, it is the only graduate course in the Tokai area.

Medical Care System

A total of five staff members (one professor, one associate professor, one lecturer, two assistant professors) perform about 400 surgeries (50 are for neonates) a year and have 15 beds to provide medical care to patients. Outpatient days are Monday (Associate Professor Kaneko), Wednesday (Lecturer Ono), and Friday (Professor Ando).

Target Disease

Biliary atresia, congenital biliary dilatation, congenital esophageal atresia, gastroesophageal reflux disease, congenital intestinal atresia, Hirschsprung's disease, anal atresia, bullous lung disease, tracheal stenosis, neuroblastoma, hepatoblastoma, lymphangioma, inguinal hernia, umbilical hernia, and cryptorchism.

Strong Fields

In addition to medical care for hepatobiliary diseases such as biliary atresia and congenital biliary dilatation, we actively provide the latest medicine such as partial liver transplantation from living donors and endoscopic surgery. We also treat patients with neonatal surgical disease and pediatric malignancy in cooperation with other departments and have provided medical care to an extensive number of patients.

Clinical Results

The number of surgeries in 2009 was 370, of which 40 were performed in neonates. The number of surgeries for biliary atresia in the last 10 years is 51; bilirubin reduction rate: 80%. The number of pediatric liver transplantations is 49; the survival rate is 89.8%. 168 patients had congenital biliary dilatation. The annual number of endoscopic surgeries such as gastroesophageal reflux disease and Hirschsprung's disease is 48.

Specialized Outpatient Clinic

We provide consultation for issues such as hepatobiliary disease, laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgery, and treatment of pediatric tumor in which extraction seems difficult to perform, in the outpatient clinic on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. We accept patients in the second opinion outpatient clinic as needed.

Advanced Medicine and Research

We gain Grant in Aid for Scientific Research and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare group research fund about twice a year for activities such as research on the mechanism of biliary dilatation for congenital biliary dilatation, research on the mechanism of protein plug formation associated with the development of pain in congenital biliary dilatation, bile duct cell culture, and the development of the artificial organs.