Profile of Nagoya University Hospital 2012

• Idea/Basic Decision
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• 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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Department of Endoscopy

Director GOTO, Hidemi (Professor)

Providing the ultimate level of medical services such as various endoscope or ultrasonic examinations

Providing the ultimate level of medical services in cooperation with the four exclusive doctors (concurrent 10 doctors), four exclusive nurses (concurrent three nurses) and the Department of Clinical Laboratory.

Medical Care System

Diagnosis and treatment using an upper endoscope; diagnosis and treatment using a lower endoscope, diagnosis and treatment using an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and an external ultrasonic examination and treatment (treatment of hepatophyma) are conducted basally from 8:30 a.m. daily.

Target Disease

Benign tumors (inflammation and ulceration, and so forth) and malignancy (carcinoma, sarcoma) of the stomach, esophagus, duodenum, intestinum tenue, colon (upper and lower gastrointestinal tract), cancer of the liver, malignancy of pancreas (pancreatic cancer), benign tumor of the pancreas, gallbladder neoplasm, biliary tract tumors, and so forth.

Strong Fields

Endoscopic mucosal resection, endoscopic submucosal dissection, endosonographyguided fine-needle aspiration biopsy, transduodenal pancreato-biliary diagnosis, and treatment for upper gastrointestinal cancer and lower digestive tract cancer, and so forth.

Clinical Results

Endoscopic examinations totaled about 9,160 cases in 2011, of which endoscopic treatments accounted for about 1,100 cases. Ultrasonography and related treatments were performed for 5,186 cases. In addition, various functional tests were conducted for about 90 cases.

Advanced Medicine and Research

Diagnosis of the digestive tract using capsule endoscopy and clarification of physiological functions of the human body, immune cell therapy of pancreatic cancer, somatoscopy of cell ultrastructure using a confocal endoscope, research on gene expression profiling using a small amount of biopsy material, and development of a new method of endoscopic treatment applying endoscopic treatment for digestive tract tumors (ESD).