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Thoracic Surgery Lab
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A lab that creates new surgeries and treatments for lung cancer and lung transplantation.
AboutAbout the lab
Leading thoracic surgery in Japan.
The lab was founded in 1941 and has led the field of thoracic surgery in Japan.
For lung cancer, which is on the rise, it performs minimally invasive surgery using thoracoscopes and robots.
The lab has performed more lung transplants than any other in Japan, and also supports facilities that are starting lung transplantation.
It trains doctors who are skilled not only in surgical technique but also in examinations and supportive therapies around surgery, and who can handle everything from diagnosis to treatment.
Key terms
- Lung transplantation
- A treatment in which a donor's lung is transplanted into a patient with a severe lung disease.
- Thoracoscope
- A camera inserted through a small hole in the chest. It is used in surgery that places less burden on the body.
- Pulmonary nodule
- A small mass that forms in the lung. It may be cancer.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab conducts research on diverse themes, including lung cancer, lung transplantation, regeneration, and surgical simulation.
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MembersFaculty
- ProfessorToyofumi Yoshikawa
- Associate ProfessorToshi Menjyu
- LecturerDaisuke Nakajima
- Assistant ProfessorSatona Tanaka
- Assistant ProfessorRyota Sumitomo
- Assistant ProfessorShigeto Nishikawa
- Assistant ProfessorHidenao Kayawake
- Program-Specific Hospital Assistant ProfessorIchiro Sakanoe
- Program-Specific Hospital Assistant ProfessorKatsutaka Mineura
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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: “Lung transplant” National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NIH) / Public domain (cropped)
- Research on Lung Cancer, Lung Transplantation, and Surgery: “Пересадка легких, первый этап” Sklifosovsky Insitute / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Transplantation Lab): “Laparoscopic stomach surgery” Samuel Bendet, US Air Force / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Primary Care and Emergency Medicine Lab): “Emergency room, Holyoke Medical Center” Simtropolitan / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Gastrointestinal Surgery Lab): “Da Vinci Surgery” Gashriram / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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