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��The Department of Plastic Surgery was established in September 1974 by the first chair, Prof. TSUKADA Sadao. Following his retirement in March 1997, Prof. KAWAKAMI Shigehiko became the chair. In April 2017, Prof. SHIMADA Kenichi became the third, and current, chair of the department. Since establishment, over one hundred doctors have been members of our department, and there are currently 40 members. Many of our former members are actively working in prefectural hospitals in the Hokuriku Area and other leading hospitals. In addition, the number of doctors who start their own clinics all over Japan is increasing year by year. At our hospital, we treat various diseases and perform surgeries, including the following: ?external congenital anomalies such as cleft lip, cleft palate, and polydactyly ?cranio-maxillo-facial surgery to treat diseases such as craniosynostosis and jaw deformities ?dermatologic surgery to treat scars and benign and malignant skin tumors ?treatment of facial trauma, such as burns and facial fractures, and limb trauma, such as amputated finger We are working with the department of neurosurgery for other congenital defects, and together we have made excellent achievements in the reconstruction of congenital cranio-maxillofacial defects using tissue expanders. We can now perform minimally invasive orthognathic surgery for jaw deformity in a short time. To treat microtia, we have employed the Nagata method of auricular reconstruction and can now create a contour that looks like a normal ear. In addition, the number of head and neck reconstruction surgery and breast reconstruction surgery is increasing, for which microsurgery is often used. In the cosmetic surgery outpatient clinic, we mainly offer rejuvenation treatment to middle-aged and elderly patients.

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