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Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan during 2015

Annual report by The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery

Authors: Munetaka Masuda, Shunsuke Endo, Shoji Natsugoe, Hideyuki Shimizu, Yuichiro Doki, Yasutaka Hirata, Junjiro Kobayashi, Noboru Motomura, Kiyoharu Nakano, Hiroshi Nishida, Morihito Okada, Yoshikatsu Saiki, Aya Saito, Yukio Sato, Kazuo Tanemoto, Yasushi Toh, Hiroyuki Tsukihara, Shinji Wakui, Hiroyasu Yokomise, Kohei Yokoi, Yutaka Okita, Committee for Scientific Affairs, The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery

Published in: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | Issue 10/2018

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The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery has conducted annual surveys of thoracic surgery throughout Japan since 1986 to determine the statistics regarding the number of procedures according to operative category. Here, we have summarized the results from our annual survey of thoracic surgery performed during 2015. …

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Title: Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan during 2015
Annual report by The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery
Authors: Munetaka Masuda
Shunsuke Endo
Shoji Natsugoe
Hideyuki Shimizu
Yuichiro Doki
Yasutaka Hirata
Junjiro Kobayashi
Noboru Motomura
Kiyoharu Nakano
Hiroshi Nishida
Morihito Okada
Yoshikatsu Saiki
Aya Saito
Yukio Sato
Kazuo Tanemoto
Yasushi Toh
Hiroyuki Tsukihara
Shinji Wakui
Hiroyasu Yokomise
Kohei Yokoi
Yutaka Okita
Committee for Scientific Affairs, The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery
Publication date: 01-10-2018
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published in: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery / Issue 10/2018
Print ISSN: 1863-6705
Electronic ISSN: 1863-6713
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-018-0968-0

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