J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.
ISSN 1880-1129

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J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 114(5): 246-250, 2013

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KAMPO MEDICINE IN THE PEDIATRIC SURGICAL FIELD

1) Departments of Pediatric Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
2) Innovative Kampo Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
3) Medical Safety Management, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

Minoru Yagi1)2), Hideaki Egami2), Shinji Ishii1), Motomu Yoshida1), Yoshinori Koga1), Nobuyuki Saikusa1), Suguru Fukahori1), Kimio Asagiri1), Yoshiaki Tanaka1)3)

Kampo medicine has been used for over 4,000 years. Recently, some Kampo formulas have been prescribed for postoperative pediatric patients with gastrointestinal anomalies and disease. However, it has been only 30 years since Kampo medicine has been widely used in the pediatric surgical field. Some of the principal Kampo formulas used for daily treatment in the pediatric surgical field are: Rikkunshito and Bukuryouin-Gou-Hangekoubokuto for patients after upper gastrointestinal surgery; Daikenchuto for patients after colorectal surgery; Inchinkoto for postoperative patients with biliary atresia; and Hainosankyuto for periproctal abscess. Kampo formulas according to the postoperative condition are reviewed from the viewpoint of evidence-based medicine, our experience, and experiments. The results of the Kampo treatments listed above were superior to the results when a Kampo formula was not administered in pediatric patients postoperatively.

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