Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeries in Japan during 2018 : Annual report by the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Keio University, 35, Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan. [email protected].
• ² Department of Surgical Oncology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
• ³ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan.
• ⁴ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
• ⁵ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan.
• ⁶ Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi, Japan.
• ⁷ Department of Cardiac Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
• ⁸ Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Gifu University Hospital, Gifu, Japan.
• ⁹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan.
• ¹⁰ Department of Healthcare Quality Assessment, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
• ¹¹ Department of Health Policy and Management, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
• ¹² Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Sakura, Japan.
• ¹³ Department of Digestive Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medicine, Kagoshima, Japan.
• ¹⁴ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan.
• ¹⁵ Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
• ¹⁶ Department of Chest Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
• ¹⁷ Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
• ¹⁸ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
• ¹⁹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan.
• ²⁰ Department of Thoracic, Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, Institute of BioMedicine, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan.
• ²¹ Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of General Surgical Science, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan.
• ²² Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.
• ²³ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
• ²⁴ Chunichi Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
• ²⁵ Cardio-Aortic Center, Takatsuki General Hospital, Takatsuki, Japan.
• ²⁶ Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan.
• ²⁷ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.