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Open Access 01-12-2014 | ANNUAL REPORT
Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan during 2012
Annual report by The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery
Published in: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | Issue 12/2014
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The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery has conducted annual surveys of thoracic surgery throughout Japan since 1987 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 2012.Table 1 Questionnaires sent out and received back by the end of December 2013
|
Sent out
|
Returned
|
Response rate (%)
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
(A) Cardiovascular surgery
|
601
|
583
|
97.0
|
|
(B) General thoracic surgery
|
802
|
777
|
96.9
|
|
(C) Esophageal surgery
|
582
|
555
|
95.4
|
Table 2 Categories subclassified according to the number of operations performed
|
Number of operations performed
|
Category
|
|
|---|---|---|
|
Cardiovascular surgery
|
General thoracic surgery
|
|
|
0
|
39
|
41
|
|
1–24
|
46
|
92
|
|
25–49
|
99
|
92
|
|
50–99
|
163
|
193
|
|
100–149
|
86
|
134
|
|
150–199
|
60
|
107
|
|
≧200
|
90
|
118
|
|
Total
|
583
|
777
|
|
Number of operations performed
|
Esophageal surgery
|
|---|---|
|
0
|
86
|
|
1–4
|
99
|
|
5–9
|
81
|
|
10–19
|
105
|
|
20–29
|
48
|
|
30–39
|
35
|
|
40–49
|
30
|
|
≧50
|
71
|
|
Total
|
555
|
Fig. 1
Cardiovascular surgery, IHD ischemic heart disease
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