Enomoto, Takeharu http://orcid.org/0009-0009-5011-9513
Mikami, Shinya
Otsubo, Takehito
Hiwatari, Masaki
Tsukamoto, Yoshitsugu
Hisatsune, Yasuhito
Shimada, Jin
Matsushita, Tsunehisa
Article History
Received: 9 December 2023
Accepted: 4 March 2024
First Online: 5 April 2024
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was approved by the St. Marianna University School of Medicine Ethics Committee (approval number: 3617). Approval was granted to review the patients’ medical records to identify the surgical indications and procedures, especially LECS, and the outcomes after resection of gastric submucosal tumors. The Ethics Committee waived the need to obtain patient consent.