{"id":2013,"date":"2026-02-26T13:26:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T04:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.med.miyazaki-u.ac.jp\/home\/ortho\/?page_id=2013"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:26:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T04:26:49","slug":"english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.med.miyazaki-u.ac.jp\/home\/ortho\/english\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.med.miyazaki-u.ac.jp\/home\/ortho\/files\/2026\/02\/29d3bc99193cb0b837fb8cc53f050ae5.jpg\" width=\"638\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The medical treatment is divided into\u00a0four groups, Leg, Spine, Sports, and Arm at our department. The specialist in instruction of each group acquires all the members orthopedics specialist, and there is most operation number of cases in the university hospital of Japan and can experience various diseases.<br \/>Because you can receive training from a specialist in clinical training instruction authorized by the country, you can participate in real clinical site including the operation.<br \/>In research field, we do researches on a wide variety of diseases, including osteoarthritis, trauma, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis and tumors, and our patients range from children to the elderly. We have been achieved successful results with collaboration among industry, academia and government, and received grants from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.<br \/>Why don\u2019t you join our training program, acquire surgical skills and brush them up together? We wait in Miyazaki.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Professor and chairman, Naosuke Kamei, MD, PhD.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Major Subspeciality<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.med.miyazaki-u.ac.jp\/home\/ortho\/files\/2026\/02\/cbf5b9f60da99bf791c0aa12a770f429.jpg\" width=\"524\" height=\"473\" \/><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Arm groups<\/strong><br \/>\u00a0 [Contents of medical treatment]<br \/>\u00a0 General arm medical treatment : diseases of shoulder to finger (trauma,\u00a0 tumor, RA, peripheral\u00a0 \u00a0nerve, congenital deformity)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sports group<\/strong><br \/>\u00a0 [Contents of medical treatment]\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 Outpatient (sports trauma, injury)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 Operation (each section, focus on knee arthroscopy )<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 Medical check up, medical support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Leg groups<\/strong><br \/>\u00a0 [Contents of medical treatment]<br \/>\u00a0 All of leg medical treatments: diseases of pelvic, hip joint to toe\u00a0 (deformity, trauma, tumor, RA,\u00a0 \u00a0congenital disease etc. )<br \/>\u00a0 [Contents of operation]<br \/>\u00a0Replacement arthroplasty, arthroplasty, arthroscope, bone fracture<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spine group<\/strong><br \/>\u00a0 [Contents of medical treatment]<br \/>\u00a0 All of spine medical treatments : from cervical vertebra to sacrum<br \/>\u00a0 [Contents of operation]\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 Deformity : hernia, constriction, spondylolisthesis, spondylolysis<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 Tumor : spine, spinal, extramedullary<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 Infectious : pyogenic spondylitis, spondylocace,<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 Transformation : scoliosis, kyphosis<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 Trauma : bone fracture, dislocation<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 Other : false joint ( After compression fracture come from\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0osteoporosis, late paralytic), destructive-spondyloarthropathy\u00a0 (dialysable-spondyloarthropathy), rheumatic spinal disease<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Main Clinical Researches<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We conduct researches focusing on the following themes for the purpose of development of new treatments for pathogenesis of each disease.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Image analysis &amp; Biomechanics<\/strong><br \/>By using three-dimensional motion analysis system; force plate; finite element method; and universal testing machine, we perform analysis on sports diseases and orthopedic diseases, and apply them to prevention, diagnosis and therapy evaluation of each disease.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Development of new treatments and diagnostic method<\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0We have developed and obtained a patent for artificial hip joint, spinal implants and new surgical therapy.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0We generate a model animal of rheumatoid arthritis, analyze the effect of using different polymers to explore the potential as novel therapeutic agents.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0We conduct researches of pathogenesis, new diagnostic method and treatment for cartilage injury and muscle damage.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Gene analysis: Pathogenesis of Locomotive syndrome<\/strong><br \/>\u00a0We analyze gene function to produce abnormal bone cartilage model\u00a0 mice as well as examine epidemiology and prophylaxis of locomotive\u00a0 syndrome. We also analyze gene responsible for orthopedic diseases to\u00a0 elucidate pathogenesis of various diseases, and apply them to the\u00a0 prevention, diagnosis and treatment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Bone and cartilage, muscle, tendons regeneration research<\/strong><br \/>\u00a0We perform bone and cartilage regeneration research using ES cells, and\u00a0 apply them to tissue regeneration medicine.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Construction of \u201cSports Medicalland Miyazaki\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Extramural Activities<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We actively accept doctors and students from overseas. We are in cooperation with universities and research institutions in Switzerland and the United States. We have accepted doctors, graduate students, students from Brazil, China, the Philippines, and France. Also, I have been accepting students from partner universities every year.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Administration<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Chairman\u2019s office:<br \/>University of Miyazaki<br \/>5200 Kihara, Kiyotake<br \/>Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan<br \/>Phone: \u00a0+81-985-85-0986<br \/>Fax: +81-985-84-2931<br \/>Email: seikei@med.miyazaki-u.ac.jp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The medical treatment is divided into\u00a0four groups, Leg, Spine, Sports, and Arm at our department. 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