Shiwaku, Hironari
Inoue, Haruhiro
Onimaru, Manabu
Minami, Hitomi
Sato, Hiroki
Sato, Chiaki
Tanaka, Shinwa
Ogawa, Ryo
Okushima, Norihiko
Article History
Received: 14 April 2019
Accepted: 15 May 2019
First Online: 10 June 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors state that this manuscript is being submitted as an accompaniment to a podium presentation at SAGES 2018, held in Seattle, WA, USA. Dr Haruhiro Inoue reports grants from Olympus Co. and grants from Boston Scientific Co. outside the submitted work. Hironari Shiwaku, Manabu Onimaru, Hitomi Minami, Hiroki Sato, Chiaki Sato, ShinwaTanaka, Ryo Ogawa, and Norihiko Okushima have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.