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Specialized medical services
The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery of Hiroshima University Hospital treats disease and trauma to the motor organs. Our department is one of the most qualified orthoapedic programs and fully equipped to treat each and every orthopaedic and rheumatologic condition, injury, or disorder. We also focus on the development of novel therapeutic strategies that are based on biological principles with an aim of improving the patient‘s quality of life, which is greatly impacted by the functionality of the musculoskeletal system.
Target Diseases
The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery has leading specialists that address a broad spectrum of orthopaedic conditions and procedures. They have sub-specialties and provide the most advanced and cutting-edge treatments in their specialized fields;
Knee : Prof. Nobuo Adachi is the chief of the knee surgery group (approx. 10 knee surgeons). Our team of knee surgeons provides a comprehensive range of orthopaedic care, treating patients with acute and chronic sports knee injuries (ligament, cartilage, meniscus injury, etc.) as well as osteoarthritis of the knee.
Oncology: Our group especially focuses on malignant bone tumors and soft tissue tumors.
Hip: All of adult and children’s hip diseases are treated. Our group especially focuses on joint preservation including aggressive conservative treatment and joint-preserving surgery such as osteotomy and arthroscopy except total hip arthroplasty.
Hand (and reconstructive microsurgery): Our team specialize in the following: Anomaly in the hand/ tendinitis/ arthritic change/ nerve compression disorder/ fracture or joint injury affecting the hand, wrist and elbow/ Dupuytren’s contracture/ Hand, wrist and elbow arthroscopy/ soft tissue injury in extremities/ reconstruction following trauma and tumor resection with using microsurgery.
Shoulder: Our group especially focuses on rotator cuff tear, frozen shoulder, recurrent shoulder dislocation, shoulder labrum injury, shoulder arthroplasty, proximal humeral fracture, clavicle fracture, acromio-clavicular joint dislocation.
Foot: Our group especially focuses on lateral ankle ligament