Poudel, Saseem
Yamamoto, Hiroyuki
Miyazaki, Kyosuke
Idani, Hitoshi
Sato, Masanori
Takagi, Tsuyoshi
Nagae, Itsuro
Matsubara, Taketo
Shirabe, Ken
Ueno, Hideki
Hachisuka, Takehiro
Article History
Received: 7 October 2024
Accepted: 16 November 2024
First Online: 2 December 2024
Declarations
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: Hiroyuki Yamamoto is affiliated with the Department of Healthcare Quality Assessment of the University of Tokyo. The department is a social collaboration department supported by grants from the National Clinical Database, Intuitive Surgical Sarl, Johnson and Johnson K.K., and Nipro Co. Kyosuke Miyazaki received Honoria from BD, not related to the manuscript. Hideki Ueno is an editorial board member of Surgery Today. SP, HI, MS, TT, IN, TM, KS, and TH declare no conflicts of interest.