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Kawagoe · Japan

Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University (埼玉医科大学総合医療センター)

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Center (炎症性腸疾患（IBD）センター)

The IBD Center opened in April 2023, bringing together gastroenterology, gastrointestinal surgery, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology and the mental-health clinic, supported by nursing, pharmacy, nutrition, chemotherapy and endoscopy. It treats outpatients wherever possible so patients can avoid admission, works closely with the surgeons when an operation is needed, sees women planning pregnancy jointly with obstetrics, and sees children jointly with paediatrics. Treatment runs from mesalazine, thiopurines and steroids to antibody drugs by injection or infusion and oral small-molecule drugs.

What this unit is strong at

  • A centre across five departments — gastroenterology, GI surgery, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, and mental health — opened in April 2023
  • Joint care with obstetrics and the perinatal centre for patients planning or going through pregnancy
  • Psychological support from the mental-health clinic, case by case
  • Children seen in paediatrics jointly with gastroenterology
  • Antibody drugs (subcutaneous or infusion) and oral small-molecule drugs when first-line treatment fails
  • 7,200 outpatient and 2,113 inpatient attendances in 2023 (ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s, Behçet’s and eosinophilic GI disease)
  • 2023 operations: 22 abdominal for ulcerative colitis, 16 abdominal for Crohn’s disease, 2 for anal fistula

Services

  • Adult IBD
  • Paediatric IBD
  • IBD surgery
  • Biologics service
  • Perianal Crohn’s

The team

  • 加藤 真吾 (Shingo Kato)

    IBDセンター長 (Director), IBD Center; Gastroenterology and Hepatology

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  • 松山 貴俊 (Takatoshi Matsuyama)

    IBD副センター長 (Deputy Director), IBD Center; Gastrointestinal and General Surgery

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Where this came from

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