Urology (Clinical Urologic and Pharmacologic Research)

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Summary of Activity

?Our department have been established over 50 years.
?We cover the following wide areas. General urology, Oncology, Laparoscopic surgery, Robotic surgery Voiding dysfunction, Renal transplantation, Urinary tract infection, Erectile dysfunction, Male infertility.
?Our principles are liberty, surgery and research.

Research Subject

• 1. Lead facility in the research of lower urinary tract dysfunction
  　One of the headquarters of neurourology and interstitial cystitis
  　Clinical application for regenerative medicine
  　 (Urethral sphincter regeneration by adipose tissue derived stem cells)
• 2. Minimal invasive surgery research
  　In Nagano, robotic surgery has started from our department.
• 3. Advanced transplantation research
  　Center of transplantation surgery in Nagano
  　We have transplantation center for support and promotion.

Outlook for Research

1. 1. Clinical application from the advanced basic research.
2. 2. Robot-assisted urologic surgeries
3. 3. Progress of the renal transplantation

Major Publications

1. Minagawa. T., Tezuka. M., Ogawa. T., Ishizuka. O. (2020) Vorticity in lower urinary tract can be assessed and associates with urinary tract morphology in men. Neurourol Urodyn 39(1): 286-294.

2. Sudha. S.G., Imamura. T., Shimamura. M., Minagawa. T., Nakazawa. M., Ogawa. T., Ishizuka. O. (2020) Recovery of cryo-injured rabbit urethra by biofabricated c-shaped adipose-derived mesenchymal cell structures. Shinshu Med J 68(6): 357-370.

3. Ueno. M., Minagawa. T., Saito. T., Imamura. T., Nagai. T., Ogawa. T., Ishizuka. O. (2020) Therapeutic effects of Choreito, a traditional Japanese (Kampo) medicine, on detrusor overactivity induced by acetic acid in rats. LUTS 12(3).

4. Yamamoto. T., Ishizuka. O., Oike. H., Shiozaki. M., Haba. T., Oguchi. T., Iijima. K., Kato. H. (2020) Safety and efficacy of cabazitaxel in Japanese patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer. Prostate International 8(1): 27-33.

5. Minagawa. T., Daimon. H., Ogawa. N., Saito. T., Suzuki. T., Domen. T., Nagai. T., Ogawa. T., Ishizuka. O. (2019) Morphological and clinical evaluation of prostatic urethra using modified sonourethrography with retrograde jelly injection. LUTS 11(2): 4-10.

6. Minagawa. T., Ogawa. T., Ishizuka. O. (2019) Fluid dynamic assessment of the lower urinary tract: Exploratory research to observe vorticity in the prostatic urethra after transurethral enucleation. Int J Urol 26(8): 853-854.

7. Nagai. T., Imamura. T., Ogawa. T., Minagawa. T., Domen. T., Suzuki. T., Ueno. M., Ishizuka. O. (2019) Nicotine-induced hypoxia in rat urothelium deteriorates bladder storage functions. Neurourol Urodyn 38(6): 1560-1570.

8. Suzuki. T., Hattori. R., Minagawa. T., Uehara. T., Ogawa. T., Ishizuka. O. (2019) Intestinal injury by heat conduction from surgical sealing devices. JSLS 23(1) e2018.00100.

9. Imamura. T., Shimamura. M., Ogawa. T., Minagawa. T., Nagai. T., Sudha. S.G., Ishizuka. O. (2018) Biofabricated structures reconstruct functional urinary bladders in radiation -injured rat bladders. Tissue Eng Part A 24: 1574-1587.

10. Minagawa. T., Gotoh. M., Yokoyama. O., Sugaya. K., Yamanishi. T., Kawahara. K., Kaga. K., Kikuchi. T., Nishizawa. O.; FRESH study group (2018) Therapeutic effect of propiverine hydrochloride on mixed-type urinary incontinence in women: The Female Urgency and Stress Urinary Incontinence Study of Propiverine Hydrochloride trial. Int J Urol 25(5): 486-491.