Taguchi, Satoru http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1291-4294
Uemura, Yukari
Fujimura, Tetsuya
Morikawa, Teppei
Naito, Akihiro
Kawai, Taketo
Suzuki, Motofumi
Kume, Haruki
Fukuhara, Hiroshi
Article History
Received: 10 February 2020
Accepted: 20 April 2020
First Online: 1 May 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The present study was approved by the internal institutional review board of the Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo (approval number: 3124). Written informed consent was obtained from each patient prior to surgery. Patients were given the opportunity to decline participation in the study through the opt-out form on our website.
: Written informed consent was obtained from each patient prior to surgery. Patients were given the opportunity to decline inclusion in a publication of the study through the opt-out form on our website.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.