Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeries in Japan during 2023 : Annual report by the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan. survey@jpats.org.
• ² Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
• ³ Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan.
• ⁴ Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of General Surgical Science, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan.
• ⁵ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.
• ⁶ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
• ⁷ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
• ⁸ Cardiac Surgery, Handa City Hospital, Aichi, Japan.
• ⁹ Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Gifu University Hospital, Gifu, Japan.
• ¹⁰ Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
• ¹¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
• ¹² Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital, Sendai, Japan.
• ¹³ Department of Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan.
• ¹⁴ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan.
• ¹⁵ Department of Healthcare Quality Assessment, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
• ¹⁶ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
• ¹⁷ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
• ¹⁸ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Chiba, Japan.
• ¹⁹ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Tochigi Cancer Center, Tochigi, Japan.
• ²⁰ Surgical Oncology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
• ²¹ Department of Chest Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
• ²² Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.
• ²³ Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
• ²⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
• ²⁵ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan.
• ²⁶ Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan.
• ²⁷ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
• ²⁸ Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.