Matsuishi, Yujiro
Shimojo, Nobutake
Unoki, Takeshi
Sakuramoto, Hideaki
Tokunaga, Chiho
Yoshino, Yasuyo
Hoshino, Haruhiko
Ouchi, Akira
Kawano, Satoru
Sakamoto, Hiroaki
Hiramatsu, Yuji
Inoue, Yoshiaki http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6407-1965
Article History
Received: 25 August 2018
Accepted: 16 April 2019
First Online: 2 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the University of Tsukuba Affiliated Hospital approved the present study (H27-085) and written informed consent was obtained from patients prior to surgery.
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