Nomura, Eiji https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7365-115X
Kayano, Hajime
Seki, Takatoshi
Abe, Rin
Yoshii, Hisamichi
Uda, Shuji
Kazuno, Akihito
Izumi, Hideki
Yamamoto, Soichiro
Mukai, Masaya
Makuuchi, Hiroyasu
Article History
Received: 25 October 2020
Accepted: 6 January 2021
First Online: 21 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Our surgical procedures and the study protocol were approved by the Institutional Review Board for Clinical Research, Tokai University (approval number 14R043). Written, informed consent was obtained from each enrolled patient before the surgery, in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.