Okubo, Toshiki https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0912-7422
Nagoshi, Narihito https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8267-5789
Iga, Takahito
Tsuji, Takashi
Horiuchi, Yosuke https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8605-8550
Kitamura, Kazuya https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0117-4152
Daimon, Kenshi
Funao, Haruki
Takeda, Kazuki
Ozaki, Masahiro
Suzuki, Satoshi
Tsuji, Osahiko
Matsumoto, Morio
Nakamura, Masaya
Watanabe, Kota https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4830-4690
Ishii, Ken https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0094-7918
Yamane, Junichi
Article History
Received: 8 May 2024
Revised: 25 August 2024
Accepted: 30 August 2024
First Online: 5 September 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki, and approved by the Ethics and Institutional Review Board of Keio University School of Medicine (approval number: #20110142). Informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to undergoing surgery. We certify that all applicable governmental and institutional regulations concerning the ethical use of human volunteers were followed during the course of this study.