Ichihashi, Shigeo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1809-4079
Takahara, Mitsuyoshi
Fujimura, Naoki
Yamaoka, Terutoshi
Banno, Hiroshi
Shingaki, Masami
Shimamura, Kazuo
Kimura, Fumiaki
Kurimoto, Yoshihiko
Nakazawa, Ken
Yasuhara, Kiyomitsu
Toya, Naoki
Kobayashi, Yutaka
Saito, Yoshiaki
Shibata, Tsuyoshi
Kaneko, Kenjiro
Kotani, Shinsuke
Tamura, Yamato
Onitsuka, Seiji
Bolstad, Francesco
Iwakoshi, Shinichi
Sakaguchi, Shoji
Tanaka, Toshihiro
Kichikawa, Kimihiko
Article History
Received: 23 August 2024
Accepted: 17 February 2025
First Online: 17 March 2025
Declarations
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: Shigeo Ichihashi is a consultant for Japan Lifeline and Terumo Corporation and has received research grants from W. L. Gore & Associates. Naoki Fujimura is a consultant for Cook Medical and Endologix. Terutoshi Yamaoka is a consultant for Japan Lifeline. Hiroshi Banno has received research grants from Japan Lifeline, Medtronic, Terumo Corporation, and W. L. Gore & Associates. Yutaka Kobayashi is a consultant for Japan Lifeline, Medtronic, and Terumo Corporation. All other authors have reported that they have no relationships to disclose relevant to the contents of this paper.
: This study has obtained IRB approval from Nara Medical University, and the need for informed consent was waived.
: Consent for publication was obtained for every individual person’s data included in the study.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. For this type of study, formal consent is not required.