YAMAGUCHI SHIGEKI
   Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine
   Position   Professor and Division head
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Non peer reviewed
Title Current Status of Endoscopic Surgery in Japan: The 15th National Survey of Endoscopic Surgery by the Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery.
Journal Formal name：Asian journal of endoscopic surgery
Abbreviation：Asian J Endosc Surg
ISSN code：17585910/17585902
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 15(2),pp.415-426
Author and coauthor SHIROSHITA Hidefumi, INOMATA Masafumi, AKIRA Shigeo, KANAYAMA Hiroomi, YAMAGUCHI Shigeki, EGUCHI Susumu, WADA Norihito, KUROKAWA Yukinori, UCHIDA Hiroki, SEKI Yosuke, IEIRI Satoshi, IWAZAKI Masayuki, SATO Yukio, KITAMURA Kaoru, TABATA Minoru, MIMATA Hiromitsu, TAKAHASHI Hiroshi, UEMURA Tetsuji, AKAGI Tomonori, TANIGUCHI Fuminori, MIYAJIMA Akira, HASHIZUME Makoto, MATSUMOTO Sumio, KITANO Seigo, WATANABE Masahiko, SAKAI Yoshiharu
Publication date 2022/04
Summary In Japan, the first endoscopic surgery, a laparoscopic cholecystectomy, was performed in 1990. Since then, operative procedures have been standardized, and the safety and efficacy of endoscopic surgery have been evaluated. In accordance with the social acceptance of endoscopic surgery as a less invasive type of surgery, the number of endoscopic procedures performed has increased in all surgical domains. The Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery (JSES) has played an important role in the development of endoscopic surgery in Japan. Notably, a technical skills certification system for surgeons was established by the JSES to train instructors on how to teach safe endoscopic surgery. Furthermore, the JSES has conducted a national survey every 2 years. In 2019, 291,792 patients underwent endoscopic surgery in all surgical domains, such as abdominal, thoracic, mammary and thyroid gland, cardiovascular, obstetrics and gynecology, urologic, orthopedic, and plastic surgery. The 15th National Survey of Endoscopic Surgery conducted by the JSES demonstrated the status of laparoscopic surgery in Japan in 2018-2019.
DOI 10.1111/ases.13012
PMID 34954907