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Department of Neurosurgery 1

Department of Neurosurgery 1

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Education

We have an emphasis on well-balanced personnel training including development of knowledge and skills.

Research field and main themes of research

We conduct clinical research on moyamoya disease, carotid artery stenosis and chronic subdural hematoma.

  1. Moyamoya disease
    Multicenter studies in Japan have reported new findings related to the natural history, pathophysiology, and effect of bypass surgery in patients with moyamoya disease. The multicenter studies our institute has joined are as follows:
    • AMORE (Asymptomatic Moyamoya Registry)
    • MACINTOSH (Moyamoya disease with Aggressive Clinical course in Infants for Safety and Healthy Growth) Study
    • Moyamoya P-Choc (Periventricular Choroidal Collateral) Registry
    • Supra Japan (Study of Unilateral Moyamoya Disease Progression and Associated-Gene in Japan)
  2. Carotid artery stenosis
    The relationship between plaque volume and shape of carotid bifurcation is evaluated.
  3. Chronic subdural hematoma
    We have previously reported that blood type A and elevated eosinophils in peripheral blood were significant risk factors for recurrence of chronic subdural hematoma (Hirai S, et al. J Neurosurg 135: 1203-1207, 2021, Matsubara M, et al. J Neurosurg Jan 13, 2023). Additional risk factors for the recurrence of hematoma are being evaluated. We are also conducting a multicenter prospective study aimed at clarification of natural history of contralateral hematoma after evacuating only ipsilateral hematoma in patients with bilateral chronic subdural hematoma.