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On behalf of The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery, the authors thank the Heads of the Affiliate and Satellite Institutes of Thoracic Surgery for their cooperation, and the Councilors of the Japan Esophageal Society.
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Annual report by The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery: Committee for Scientific Affair
Members of the Committee for Scientific Affairs: Jun Amano, MD, Hirokuni Arai, MD, Yuichiro Doki, MD, Norihiko Ikeda, MD, Koichi Kaneko, MD, Toshiyuki Katogi, MD, Junjiro Kobayashi, MD, Hiroyuki Kuwano, MD, Munetaka Masuda, MD, Noboru Motomura, MD, Hiroshi Nishida, MD, Fumihiro Tanaka, MD, Kazuo Tanemoto, MD, Yasushi Toh, MD, Hiroyasu Yokomise, MD, Yuichi Ueda, M.D.
An erratum to this article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11748-016-0622-7.
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Amano, J., Kuwano, H. & Yokomise, H. Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan during 2011. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 61, 578–607 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-013-0289-2
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