Higuchi, Kazutoshi
Kaise, Mitsuru
Noda, Hiroto
Kirita, Kumiko
Koizumi, Eriko
Umeda, Takamitsu
Akimoto, Teppei
Omori, Jun
Akimoto, Naohiko
Goto, Osamu
Tatsuguchi, Atsushi
Iwakiri, Katsuhiko
Article History
Received: 23 January 2021
Accepted: 17 May 2021
First Online: 28 May 2021
Declarations
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: This study was carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the ethical guidelines for medical and health research involving human subjects in Japan. This trial protocol was approved by the ethics committee at Nippon Medical School Hospital (30–05-923), and this study was registered at the University Hospital Medical Information (UMIN000033991). Written informed consent was obtained from all patients before the procedures.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no conflicts of interest associated with this manuscript. The 3D endoscopy system used in this study was provided by Olympus Medical Systems Corp.