Higashi, M.
Shigematsu, K.
Nakamori, E.
Sakurai, S.
Yamaura, K. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9392-1746
Article History
Received: 3 March 2019
Accepted: 5 June 2019
First Online: 15 June 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This randomized prospective study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB No. 15-9-06) of Fukuoka University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan, and was registered in the clinical trials database UMIN (ID 000019904) on 24 November 2015. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.