Kikuchi, Satoru https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7671-0696
Yamasaki, Yasushi
Kanzaki, Hiromitsu
Nishizaki, Masahiko
Kakiuchi, Yoshihiko
Kuroda, Shinji
Matsumi, Yuki
Kumano, Kenjiro
Kashima, Hajime
Tanabe, Shunsuke
Noma, Kazuhiro
Okada, Hiroyuki
Otsuka, Motoyuki
Fujiwara, Toshiyoshi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Okayama University
Article History
Received: 15 October 2024
Accepted: 31 March 2026
First Online: 21 April 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest for this study.
: All procedures were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and later versions. This study protocol was approved by the Ethics Review Board of Okayama University Hospital (No. 2408-031).
: Information about the aim of this retrospective study was posted on the website of the Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, and participants were provided the opportunity to decline participation or opt out at any time.