Thoracic Surgery
Outline
The Department of Thoracic Surgery specializes in the surgical management of a wide range of diseases of the respiratory system, including neoplastic diseases (e.g., lung cancer, tracheobronchial tumors, mediastinal tumors, chest wall tumors, and malignant pleural mesothelioma), cystic disease (e.g., pneumothorax, pulmonary cysts, giant bullae, and emphysema), traumatic injuries (e.g., chest trauma, pulmonary contusion, and rib fractures), infectious diseases (e.g., empyema, pulmonary sequestration, and bronchiectasis), and chest wall deformities (e.g., pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum). Our department was among the first in the Hokuriku region to introduce minimally invasive thoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer, and we are committing to advaned care through the application of cutting-edge surgical techniques.
Our research focuses on lung cancer and lung injury, as well as the development of surgical techniques and medical devices. We also lead the graduate program in advanced thoracic surgery.
In education, we are dedicated to training competent and compassionate physicians through our undergraduate courses. As an certified institution of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery, we provide specialist training in thoracic surgery and foster a strong research mindset through postgraduate education and both basic and clinical research.
e-mail: thoracsu@kanazawa-med.ac.jp
Faculty
Professor Emeritus
URAMOTO Hidetaka
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Senior Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
91猎奇 Achievements
- Motono N, Mizoguchi T, Ishikawa M, Iwai S, Iijima Y, Uramoto H. Prognostic Impact of Recurrence Pattern for Surgically Resected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Oncology. 2026;104(2):156-166.
- Iijima Y, Mizoguchi T, Ishikawa M, Iwai S, Motono N, Uramoto H. Immune Thrombocytopenia Successfully Controlled by Dissection of an Enlarged Mediastinal Lymph Node Metastasis from Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Unknown Primary: A Case Report. Surg Case Rep. 2026;12(1):25-0642.
- Nozomu Motono, Masahito Ishikawa, Shun Iwai, Yoshihito Iijima, Hidetaka Uramoto.
Risk factors of up-stage and lymph node metastasis for clinical stage lA3 non-small cell lung cancer. Journal of Thoracic Disease.2025； 17(10):8613-8622. - Motono N, Mizoguchi T, Ishikawa M, Iwai S, Iijima Y, Uramoto H. ASO Author Reflections: Utility of Sublobar Resection for Small-Sized Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Feb;32(2):874-875.
- Motono N, Mizoguchi T, Ishikawa M, Iwai S, Iijima Y, Uramoto H. Accurate Selection of Sublobar Resection for Small Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Feb;32(2):811-822.