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Fukuoka · Japan

Fukuoka University Hospital (福岡大学病院)

Advanced IBD Treatment Center (炎症性腸疾患先進治療センター)

The centre was set up inside the university hospital as a specialist unit for inflammatory bowel disease and treats about 1,000 people with ulcerative colitis and about 500 with Crohn's disease. Gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery lead a team with nurses, pharmacists, registered dietitians and social workers; IBD specialists hold clinics every weekday, and a multidisciplinary conference meets monthly. It offers small-bowel investigation, biologics, JAK inhibitors and S1P modulators, endoscopic balloon dilation, laparoscopic IBD surgery, and a consultation service with obstetrics for pregnancy.

What this unit is strong at

  • About 1,000 ulcerative colitis and about 500 Crohn’s disease patients under the centre’s care
  • IBD specialist clinics Monday to Friday
  • A monthly multidisciplinary conference: gastroenterology, GI surgery, paediatrics, obstetrics, pathology, nurses, pharmacists, dietitians and social workers
  • Capsule and double-balloon endoscopy, abdominal ultrasound, CT and contrast studies for small-bowel disease
  • Biologics, JAK inhibitors and S1P receptor modulators, with shared decision-making; participation in trials of drugs in development
  • Endoscopic balloon dilation for Crohn’s strictures to avoid surgery
  • Laparoscopic and other minimally invasive surgery for ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s, including anal fistula, abscess and stenosis
  • A consultation service with obstetrics for managing IBD in pregnancy
  • Patient classes four times a year, with talks published on the hospital’s YouTube channel

Services

  • Adult IBD
  • IBD surgery
  • Biologics service
  • Clinical trials
  • Perianal Crohn’s
  • Dietitian

The team

  • 芦塚 伸也 (Shinya Ashiduka)

    センター長 (Director), Advanced IBD Treatment Center

    Profile

Where this came from

Everything on this page was read on the centre’s own published pages. Nothing here is inferred, and nothing is filled in where we could not find it.

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