Suzuki, Kazumitsu http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0158-7582
Shibasaki, Susumu http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2454-5083
Nakauchi, Masaya http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1338-8556
Nakamura, Kenichi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9665-3940
Akimoto, Shingo
Tanaka, Tsuyoshi
Kikuchi, Kenji http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6091-9292
Inaba, Kazuki http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0666-4687
Uyama, Ichiro http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1044-2948
Suda, Koichi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0423-1565
Article History
Received: 16 May 2021
Accepted: 23 August 2021
First Online: 1 September 2021
Declarations
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: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The present study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Fujita Health University (HM18-409).
: Informed consent for this study was obtained through an opt-out method.
: Not applicable.
: Kazumitsu Suzuki, Susumu Shibasaki, Masaya Nakauchi, Kenichi Nakamura, Shingo Akimoto, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Kenji Kikuchi, Kazuki Inaba, Koichi Suda, and Ichiro Uyama have no commercial association with or financial involvement that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article. Ichiro Uyama has received lecture fees from Intuitive Surgical, Inc., outside of the submitted work. Koichi Suda, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, and Kenji Kikuchi have been funded by Medicaroid, Inc. in relation to the Collaborative Laboratory for Research and Development in Advanced Surgical Technology, Fujita Health University. Koichi Suda has also received advisory fees from Medicaroid, Inc., outside of the submitted work.