TOTTORI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

• Head of division
  Yoshihiro Maegaki

We do our best so that children get well.

We deal with all pediatric nervous diseases, both acute and chronic. We also provide advanced medicine for intractable neurological diseases and support transition to home care for seriously disabled children. We try to provide the very best medicine always together with patients and their families. We are building a support network with local medical facilities and health/welfare/educational organizations to support local people involved in the mental issues of children, through the Child Psychosomatic Center Promotion Office.

Fields of expertise

Emergency care for nervous disease,treatment for epilepsy,support for children with developmental disorder,general care for children with severe multiple disabilities,enzyme supplemental therapy for congenital metabolic disorder,treatment for cerebral palsy (intramuscular injection therapy with botulinum toxin and intramedullary baclofen therapy)

Diseases of interests

Developmental disorder such as mental retardation, learning disability, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) , autism etc.

• Epilepsy
• Tic
• Headache
• Perinatal brain damage
• Muscular diseases such as muscular dystrophy and myasthenia gravis
• Peripheral nerve disorder
• Congenital metabolic disorder
• Chromosomal abnormality
• Congenital anomaly
• Neurocutaneous syndrome (tuberous sclerosis, neurofibromatosis, Sturge-Weber syndrome)
• Acute nervous disease such as severe spasms and acute encephalopathy
• Children with severe multiple disabilities

Principal treatment

• Drug therapy for epilepsy
• Assessment and treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism.
• Drug therapy for headache
• Intramuscular injection therapy with botulinum toxin, intramedullary baclofen therapy for cerebral palsy
• Enzyme supplementaltherapy for lysosomal storage disease
• Emergency treatment for severe spasms
• Treatment for encephalitis, meningitis and acute encephalopathy
• Steroid therapy for muscular dystrophy
• Respiratory care for neuromuscular disease (noninvasive artificial ventilation)
• Management and treatment of respiratory failure in case of pneumonia in children with severe multiple disabilities
• Drug therapy for tic and involuntary movement
• Treatment for sleep disorders that arise in children with developmental disorder

Principal tests

• Head CT scanning, MRI, SPECT, PET
• Assessment of attack by EEG and long-term EEG records
• Electrophysiologic test (nerve conduction studies etc.)
• Intelligence test/ developmental test
• Muscle biopsy, skin biopsy