Minimally invasive cardiac surgeries in 2022: annual report by Japanese Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
The 2022 nationwide MICS data demonstrate consistently low mortality and morbidity across all procedure types. As MICS adoption grows, these updated JCVSD findings will serve as vital benchmarks for ongoing quality improvement in Japan.
Authors
- Kazuma Okamoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0377-2287)
- Tomoki Shimokawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7692-9452)
- Soh Hosoba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3226-1307)
- Hiroyuki Nishi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2492-9282)
- Yoshikatsu Saiki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0959-7133)
- Takashi Miura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8168-7243)
- Taichi Sakaguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8733-0533)
- Hiroyuki Nakajima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1194-7091)
- Minoru Tabata
- Hiraku Kumamaru (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9759-6191)
- Akira Shiose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0865-0169)
- Noboru Motomura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2673-7441)
- Hiroyuki Kamiya
Institutions
- Toho University (JP)
- Shizuoka University (JP)
- Kyushu University (JP)
- Hyogo Medical University (JP)
- Asahikawa Medical University (JP)
- Tohoku University (JP)
- Akita University (JP)
- Hamamatsu University School of Medicine (JP)
- Juntendo University (JP)
- Tokai University Hachioji Hospital (JP)
- The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery (JP)
- Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy (JP)
- Yao Tokushukai General Hospital (JP)
- Toho University Medical Center Sakura Hospital (JP)
- Nagasaki University (JP)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
- Teikyo University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- Published
- 2025-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-025-02225-z
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00