Abstract

of the survey We sent out survey questionnaire forms to the departments of each category in all 1896 institutions nationwide in early June 2005. The response rates by the end of December 2005 were 94.7%, 91.6%, and 86.0% for the cardiovascular, general thoracic, and esophageal categories respectively. This is the annual report by The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery from the Committee for Scientifi c Affairs Y. Ueda, MD Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan H. Osada, MD Department of Surgery, Division of Chest Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan H. Osugi, MD Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan 378 Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2007) 55:377–399

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