Departments & Centers

The field of pediatric surgery includes cardiac, neurological and all kinds of diseases except bone related diseases. In our department, we have many pediatric surgeons with expertise in treating pediatric surgical diseases, who have had a long history of working at representative hospitals in Japan that serve as the “core” hospitals for pediatrics such as Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center and National Center for Child Health and Development.

Highlights of the department

• We have extensive experience in dealing with various surgical cases in Japan as follows;
  • Pediatric Thoracic Surgery (lobectomy for cystic lung disease, congenital tracheal stenosis and others)
  • Newborns (neonatal) surgery (diaphragmatic hernia, congenital esophageal atresia and others)
  • General pediatric surgery (biliary atresia, biliary dilatation, anorectal anomalies, Hirschsprung's disease and others)
  • Surgery for extremely low birth weight (premature) infants (idiopathic intestinal perforation, necrotizing enterocolitis and others)
  • Experts in the field certified by Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine and Japanese Cancer Association will take a lead in coordinating the unique team medicine and care approach required for neonatal and pediatric cancer surgeries
• Endoscopic surgery will be actively employed to reduce the stress of surgery for children in conditions such as appendicitis, intestinal obstruction, pneumothorax and for fundoplication surgery.

Other specialty fields and unique treatments

• Regenerative medicine (pediatric diseases in the esophageal and pulmonary tracts, the kidney and the biliary tract)
• Pulmonary resection using fluorescence imaging system
• Hepatobiliary disorders (including living donor liver transplantation for pediatrics)

Notable research projects and achievements

• Clinical training in transferring of a patient’s own oral mucosal sheet was performed for refractory anastomotic strictures after congenital esophageal atresia repair for the first time in the world. This was adopted as a “Research Project for Practical Applications of Regenerative Medicine” by AMED (Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development)
• We have experience in performing esophageal reconstruction for pediatric patients with tracheal agenesis, leading to a longer survival period.
• Successfully procured survival of the world smallest pediatric patient (359g) with intestinal atresia by way of operation.
• Obtained long-term disease-free survival of pediatric patients through liver transplantation and ICG fluorescence imaging for clinical cases such as multiple lung metastases of hepatoblastoma and peritoneal dissemination.