Message from the Professor

Many people think that brain diseases are scary, brain surgery is dangerous, and patients have to shave their hair and shave it whole before surgery.

Fifty years ago, neurosurgery certainly had many complications in terms of today’s medical care. However, there have been steady advances in technology in recent years, especially in the last 10 years.

Currently, there is no need to have a full head prior to neurosurgery in our hospital. Dramatic advances have been made in endovascular surgery to treat lesions from within the blood vessels and neuroendoscopic surgery to treat lesions with a smaller field of view, based on open surgery using an operating microscope. Various brain diseases that could not be cured in the past can now be cured more safely thanks to advances in imaging technology and treatment equipment. As our understanding of the natural course of diseases has improved, more and more patients are choosing to live with their diseases and follow them on an outpatient basis when they are judged to have little need for surgery.

The Department of Neurosurgery at our hospital is practicing the most advanced treatment to protect patients from brain diseases and contribute to society by accurately diagnosing brain diseases and suggesting appropriate treatment guidelines. Our goal is to make Hokuriku (where Kanazawa University is mainly involved) the most advanced region in neurosurgery and the world’s best medical region for neurosurgical diseases. We work together with the nurses on the wards and the co-medical staff involved in neurosurgery to provide the best possible care for our patients.

The main diseases treated by neurosurgery are stroke, brain tumors and head trauma, but we also provide surgical treatment for congenital diseases such as meningeal aneurysms, hydrocephalus, trigeminal neuralgia, facial spasms, epilepsy, involuntary movements, spinal tumors and spinal vascular disorders. All treatment areas require advanced and precise treatment, and we select the most appropriate treatment according to the individual’s pathology and achieve good results. We focus on brain tumor and stroke. We provide the latest treatment using the latest equipment and technology as only a university hospital can.