A university hospital offering safe, reliable, and top-notch medical care

A university hospital offering safe, reliable, and top-notch medical care

As a university hospital and a hospital with special functions, we provide cutting-edge medical care by introducing new treatment methods and the latest medical equipment, as well as developing new and better medical treatments.

Location

〒573-1191
2-3-1 Shinmachi, Hirakata City

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Website

https://hp.kmu.ac.jp/

Facility Overview

Overview:
Kansai Medical University Hospital is a designated advanced medical institution approved by the Minister of Health, Labor, and Welfare. We specialize in advanced and complex medical treatments that are difficult to perform in regular hospitals. Our facility is equipped with the latest medical technology and staffed with highly skilled physicians.

We emphasize collaboration across different departments, forming specialized medical teams to provide the best care possible. Our goal is to maximize our medical resources to deliver safe, reliable, and high-quality care.

Facilities and Services:
Clinical Services:
・49 departments,
・22 wards with 797 beds (114 private rooms, 180 semi-private rooms),
・19 operating rooms (including 1 hybrid OR and 2 sterile rooms).

Diagnostic and Treatment Equipment:
・5 CT scanners, 4 MRI machines,
・1 PET-CT,
・3 angiography units,
・1 IVR-CT,
・2 radiotherapy devices (including 1 IMRT),
・Da Vinci Xi, Da Vinci Si, Hinotori, spinal surgery support robots, knee surgery support robots, and photoimmunotherapy devices.

Certifications and Designations:

*Regional Cancer Treatment Hub
*Cancer Genome Medicine Collaboration Hospital
*Advanced Emergency Medical Center
*Comprehensive Perinatal Maternal and Child Health Center
*Regional Disaster Base Hospital
*Certified by the Japan Medical Function Evaluation Organization
*Osaka Prefecture Rare Disease Treatment Collaboration Hospital
*Osaka Prefecture Allergy Disease Treatment Hub

Additional Facilities:
We have an on-site hotel (KMU Tower Hotel) adjacent to the hospital, providing a convenient and comfortable place for patients and their families to stay and rest.

Specialty

Minimally invasive surgery: robot-assisted surgery (Nephrology and Urology, Gastrointestinal surgery, orthopedics), TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation), MICS (minimally invasive cardiac surgery: endoscopic mitral valve replacement)
Cancer treatment: surgery, chemotherapy, Molecular targeted drug therapy (immune checkpoint inhibitors), radiation therapy, IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy), tissue-enhanced irradiation, cancer genomic medicine, photoimmunotherapy (unresectable locally advanced or . Locally recurrent head and neck cancer)
Treatment of intractable diseases: Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and various other intractable diseases.
Treatment of orthopedic diseases: various spine surgeries, hip surgeries, knee surgeries

Available Programs

• Robot-assisted Surgery for Colorectal Cancer [Kansai Medical University Hospital]

  We provide robot-assisted surgical treatment that ensures curability while preserving function, with a low complication rate. The anal preservation rate exceeds 90%, and we are also capable of performing ISR, the ultimate anal-preserving surgery.

  We have multiple types of surgical robots (da Vinci Xi, hinotori, and Hugo [available through participation in clinical research]) and provide high-quality robot-assisted surgery by selecting the most suitable system for each patient. The operating surgeon has experience with more than 5,000 surgical cases.

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• Minimally Invasive Treatment for Renal, Urological, and Genitourinary Diseases [Kansai Medical University Hospital]

  You can receive highly advanced, high-quality minimally invasive treatment.

  Our department is a pioneer in laparoscopic and robotic surgery, equipped with two different surgical robot systems, da Vinci and Hinotori, through which we provide highly advanced, high-quality minimally invasive surgery. In addition to robot-assisted procedures, we also perform endoscopic laser treatments for urinary stone disease and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), utilizing multiple state-of-the-art laser devices. For prostate biopsy, we employ MRI-fusion guided biopsy.

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• Minimally Invasive Esophageal Cancer Surgery [Kansai Medical University Hospital]

  Provision of Minimally Invasive Surgery using Endoscopic and Robotic Techniques
  
  Provision of Highly Complex Surgical Procedures for Advanced Cancer

  Our center performs approximately 100 esophageal cancer surgeries annually and serves as an opinion leader in the field, not only in robotic-assisted procedures using systems such as da Vinci and Hinotori, but also in a wide range of complex surgeries including tracheal resection and larynx-preserving procedures for advanced esophageal cancer. We also have surgeons who are capable of providing care in both English and Chinese.

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• Biliary and Pancreatic Diseases 【Kansai Medical University Hospital】

  We provide advanced and state-of-the-art medical care for biliary and pancreatic diseases.

  We actively accept patients from overseas and have an established track record. Our department provides a wide range of treatments for biliary and pancreatic cancers, from chemotherapy to surgical interventions, including minimally invasive procedures. With low mortality and complication rates, we are recognized as a high-volume center for biliary and pancreatic diseases. For initially unresectable pancreatic cancer, we employ multidisciplinary treatment strategies to achieve surgical resection. For benign diseases, we have extensive experience with minimally invasive surgery as the primary approach.

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