Program Details
Information about medical programs provided by each healthcare institution, including treatment details, schedules, and costs.
- 治療
Diagnosis and lecture package of artificial knee joint replacement surgery for applicant (Shonan Kamakura General Hospital)
We perform MIS (minimum invasive surgery), not cutting any muscle. This operation is UKA (uni- lateral knee arthroplasty) in which bleeding is less and blood transfusion is not required.
［Medical condition］ Knee osteoarthritis［Special features］We perform MIS (minimum invasive surgery), not cutting any muscle. This operation is UKA (uni-lateral knee arthroplasty) in which only damaged inner side is changed to artificial knee joint, bleeding is less and blood transfusion is not required. In addition, the knees are good to bend after the operation. In TKA (total knee arthroplasty), which is an operation where whole knee joint is changed to artificial knee joint, UVA（under vastus approach) in which any muscles is cut is performed ahead of other countries. Doctors all over the world come to see this procedure.
［Clinical department］Artificial knee joint center
- Providing Medical Institution
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Tokushukai Shonan-Kamakura General Hospital
〒247-8533http://shonankamakura.or.jp/english/
1370-1 Okamoto, Kamakura-shi- Specialty
- [Health checkup]
Complete medical checkup of the brain
Complete cardiovascular medical checkup
Complete medical checkup (whole body)
[Treatment]
Cardiovascular diseases (endovascular intervention using catheter or stent)
Colonic polyps (endoscopic resection)
Malignant tumors of digestive organs (cancers of the colon, stomach, esophagus, malignant gallbladder tumors etc. )
Osteoarthritis of the knee (knee joint replacement )
- the services included in the package
- The lecture is composed with the them: “Osteoarthritis” “Artificial joint (Partial replacement, Total replacement”, “Risks of the operation”, “Conservative therapy, Advice for prevention and improvement”
- Eligibility Criteria/Exclusions for Treatment
- ［Acceptable patient］ ・Patient who is diagnosed to be required artificial knee joint replacement by a doctor in your own country. ・Patient who has tried conservative treatment （＊）enough in various ways and did not get the effect of it. （＊）Fundamental advice of conservative treatment: 1. Losing weight 2. Training of quadriceps muscle of the thigh 3. Advise how to walk 〈Based on the information, we decide whether the patient is acceptable or not〉・Only knee X-ray photograph in standing position