Colo-Proctology
Center,
Social Insurance Central General Hospital
Dr.Yukio SUMIKOSHI,
the present chief at the Center started it in 1960 a s a special division
of surgery to treat anal disease. Today, we also treat colon cancer , rectum
cancer, and inflammatory diseases of the colon as well. It is managed by
15 doctors ( as of April 1997), lead by Dr.Junichi Iwadare(Vice-President
). Patients come from all over Japan, and the Center is an extremely busy
place, with 7000 new visiting patients annu lly and a 1000 patients who
suffer from hemorrhoids and are waiti ng for surgery. |
Surgeries and Examinationsin 1996 | |
hemorrhoidal diseases |
1077
|
colon cancer | 78 |
rectal cancer | 86 |
anal cancer | 18 |
colonoscopic examination | 2933 |
polypectomy | 1071 |
barium enema | 1153 |
address: 3-22-1 Hyakuninchou Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169 Japan
(a 5 minutes walk from Shinookubo Station of the JR Yamanote line)
phone : 03-3364-0251 fax : 03-3364-5663