Sakata, Kiyohiko http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2019-1732
Suematsu, Keiko
Takeshige, Nobuyuki
Nagata, Yui
Orito, Kimihiko
Miyagi, Naohisa
Sakai, Naoki
Koseki, Tsunekazu
Morioka, Motohiro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP16J68927)
Article History
Received: 13 April 2018
Revised: 10 July 2018
Accepted: 28 August 2018
First Online: 12 September 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Unique Medical Co. Ltd. was engaged only in the development of equipment (OMNAPP monitoring system) and did not provide any financial support; we purchased genuine equipment from Unique Medical Co. Ltd. and used it for the animal experiments and clinical studies. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Beagle dogs bred by LSI Medience (Osaka, Japan) Animal Research Center were used for this experiment, which was conducted in accordance with the Japanese Institutional Ethical Committee Guidelines for Animal Research. Animals were handled and cared for in accordance with the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The clinical usage of the OMNAPP monitoring system was approved by the ethical committee of Kurume University (approval number: 16026).
: Informed consent for surgery, intraoperative monitoring, and general clinical research was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.