School of Medicine- Course Introduction

Department of Plastic Surgery

Departments of Clinical Sciences (Clinical Medicine)

Plastic surgery is a type of surgery that treats scars or loss of shape or movement due to injury or illness, as well as tumors (growths) on the surface of the body.
Plastic surgery comes into play when a person is born with an abnormal face or limb shape or has a birthmark, when there is an injury to the face or a broken bone in the face, when the nerves or muscles that move the face or limbs are cut or weakened, when a body part is lost due to cancer surgery, when a growth appears on or beneath the surface of the skin, or when a person is left with a noticeable scar on the body.
They may stitch up wounds, or use spare parts from other parts of the body to attach or reshape the wound back into its original shape.
We treat illnesses and injuries of various parts of the body, from the top of the head to the soles of the toes, so the head, forehead, eyelids, nose, ears, cheeks, lips, chin, neck, chest, back, navel, buttocks, hands, feet and fingers all qualify for treatment.
As medical science advances, we are conducting various research in the plastic surgery department so that we can treat more patients more effectively. First of all, we continue to research the "regeneration" and "transplantation" of tissues such as skin, blood vessels, nerves, and muscles in order to return as much of the body as possible to its original state after surgery to treat "cancer," which affects many people.
Next, there are wounds in the world that cannot be cured by normal treatments such as disinfection and ointments due to "diabetes," "arteriosclerosis," "bedsores," etc. For these, we are developing special medicines, treatment equipment, and surgical methods.

Course Information

Professor
Masao Kakibuchi
Professor
Satoshi Nishimoto
Associate Professor
Kenichiro Kawai
Lecturer
Hisako Ishise
TEL
0798-45-6753
FAX
0798-45-6975
Course dedicated site
https://www.hyo-med.ac.jp/department/plst/
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