Reply to Jiwnaniet al.Matsuguma, HaruhisaYokoi, KoheiAuthor informationa Division of Thoracic Surgery, Tochigi Cancer Center, Utsunomiya, Japanb Division of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan* Corresponding author. Division of Thoracic Surgery, 4-9-13 Yohnan, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 320-0834, Japan. Tel: +81-28-6585151; fax: +81-28-6585488; e-mail: [email protected] (H. Matsuguma).Received May 1, 2012; accepted May 7, 2012European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 42(5):p 908-908, November 2012. | DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs348Copyright © Oxford University Press 2015