弘前大学 大学院医学研究科 / 医学部医学科

Staffs

• Professor: Satoshi Urushidate
• Associate Professor: Makoto Mikami
• Lecturer(hospital affiliation): Naoko Wada
• Assistant professor(hospital affiliation): Keiichiro Iida
• Assistant：Ayako Higuchi

We have no group systems.

Plastic and reconstructive surgery treats many kinds of disease of skin and soft tissue. The treatments and researches are performed for traumas, burns, skin and soft tissue tumors, maxillofacial surgeries, congenital abnormalities, and etc. Treatment teams are formed with other departments if needed.

Research is to investigate questions arose in the clinical settings and the goal is to apply the results to a clinical situation.

Current Research Topics

1) Ulcer healing

• ・development of cover material for trauma
• ・relationship with drugs and carriers and promotion of epithelialization
• ・bacterial contamination and Wound healing
• ・mechanisms of pressure sores formation

2) Healing of skin flap

• ・effects of drugs on flap survivals
• ・effects of platelet rich plasma on flap survivals
• ・association of trauma environment and flap survivals

3) Scars and keloid

• ・environment and therapeutic effects
• ・mechanisms of occurrence

1) Cartilage regeneration

• ・regenerative ability of the cartilage membrane

2) Changes in transplanted cartilage

• ・absorption and regeneration
• ・morphological changes over time

3) Development of efficient skin grafting methods

1) Malignant skin tumors

• ・Standardization of excision of malignant skin tumors
• ・Development of new reconstruction methods for defects after tumor resection

2) Ptosis and lifestyle-related diseases

• ・Effect of ptosis Surgery on Blood Pressure