title: Birth of thoracic surgery in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Nagoya City University, Kawasumi 1, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, 467-8601, Japan. tenpaku@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Masaoka
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000266:history*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history*; D013997:Time Factors