Orthopaedic Surgery

Division: Integrated Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Great Departments: Sensory and Motor Organ Sciences

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Staff

Professor	MIYAMOTO Takeshi miyamoto.takeshi(at mark)kuh.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
Lecturer	KARASUGI Tatsuki (University Hospital Affiliation)
Assistant Professor	SATO Hiroo
Assistant Professor	MASUDA Tetsuro
Assistant Professor	TOKUNAGA Takuya

Research theme

We have several research groups which independently persisting their own orthopaedic basic projects. Representative research themes of each group are as follows

Joint Group :

Cohort study of hip fracture patients
Molecular mechanisms underlying cartilage degeneration in osteoarthritis
Development of artificial ligament
Growth and differentiation signaling, and regulatory mechanisms underlying cartilage and rotator cuff tear

Spine Group :

Molecular mechanisms underlying osteoporosis development
Molecular mechanisms of degeneration and hypertrophy of the ligamentum flavum in lumber canal stenosis

Molecular mechanisms of degeneration and hypertrophy of the ligamentum flavum in lumber canal stenosis

Oncology Group :

Molecular mechanisms underlying osteosarcoma development

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