8月29日,医薬保健学域医学系の村上英樹准教授らが,タイのコンケン大学で背骨のがん「胸椎悪性腫瘍」の摘出手術を行いました。
今回手術を受けたのは,コンケン大学病院に入院する48歳の女性で,本学が開発・実施している「次世代腫瘍脊椎骨全摘術」でしか命を救うことができない状況であることから,コンケン大学側から要請があったものです。腫瘍の浸潤と癒着が想定をはるかに超えていたこともあり,約8時間に及ぶ大手術となりましたが,手術は無事成功しました。
本学とコンケン大学は2011年6月に大学間交流協定を締結し,研究・教育における交流を続けています。今回の来訪に際しても,村上准教授からキティチャイ・トリラタナシリチャイ学長に本学山崎光悦学長からの親書が手渡され,また,村上准教授には,タイ王国政府教育省とキティチャイ学長の連名の感謝状が贈呈されました。今後,本学とコンケン大学との友好的な交流関係がさらに深まることが期待されます。
On August 29, Associate Professor Hideki Murakami and his assistant performed a surgery to remove spinal tumors at Srinagarind Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Thailand.
A doctor at the hospital asked Assoc. Prof. Murakami to lead the operation, because the only way to save the 48-year-old female patient was “Second Generation Total en bloc spondylectomy (TES),” a method that was developed and has been operated at Kanazawa University. Though the condition of the affected area was worse than expected, the eight-hour operation was successfully completed.
Since Kanazawa University concluded the university-level Agreement for Cooperation and Exchange with Khon Kaen University in June 2011, the two universities have been conducting research and academic exchanges. This time, Assoc. Prof. Murakami delivered a letter from President Koetsu Yamazaki to President Kittichai Triratanasirichai. Assoc. Prof. Murakami was given a certificate of appreciation from the Thai Ministry of Education. It is expected that the friendly relationship between the two universities will further deepen in the future.
- Report by Asssoc. Prof. Murakami can be found HERE. (Japanese)
- Article on this operation at the website of the Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University (English)