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Thoracic Surgery Lab
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A clinical department that treats chest diseases such as lung cancer by surgery and also conducts clinical research.
AboutAbout the lab
Aiming for a cure through minimally invasive thoracoscopic surgery
As the thoracic surgery department of University of Tsukuba Hospital, the lab treats diseases of the lung, mediastinum, pleura, and chest wall, mainly by surgery.
Its patients have a wide range of conditions, centered on lung cancer, and including metastatic lung tumors, mediastinal tumors such as thymoma, spontaneous pneumothorax, myasthenia gravis, empyema, hyperhidrosis, and chest trauma.
The lab actively performs minimally invasive surgery using a thoracoscope and has also introduced robot-assisted surgery.
Besides clinical care, the lab devotes effort to academic activities such as research, conference presentations, and paper publication, as well as to the education of medical students and residents.
Key terms
- Thoracoscope
- An instrument used in chest surgery. Compared with open-chest surgery, it allows smaller incisions and a less burdensome operation for the patient.
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Surgery with smaller incisions and less burden on the body than open-chest surgery, in which the chest is opened widely.
- Robot-assisted surgery
- Surgery performed using a robot that allows highly flexible forceps manipulation.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab conducts both clinical and basic research to detect diseases early and develop better treatments. It also takes part in nationwide multicenter collaborative studies and presents its results at domestic and international conferences and in papers.
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The members of the Thoracic Surgery Lab consist of faculty, physicians, part-time researchers, visiting researchers, graduate students, and secretaries.As of 2025
- ProfessorYukio Sato
- ProfessorHideo Ichimura
- LecturerNaohiro Kobayashi
- LecturerTakahiro Yanagihara
- Associate ProfessorShinji Kikuchi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “MEDREACH 11 Cataract Surgery - Kamuzu Central Hospital” U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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