Numata, Takanori http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2784-2331
Nakayama, Katsutoshi
Utsumi, Hirofumi
Kobayashi, Kenji
Yanagisawa, Haruhiko
Hashimoto, Mitsuo
Minagawa, Shunsuke
Ishikawa, Takeo
Hara, Hiromichi
Araya, Jun
Kuwano, Kazuyoshi
Article History
Received: 10 July 2018
Accepted: 27 September 2019
First Online: 12 October 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: For this retrospective study, written informed consent from the participants involved was unavailable and unnecessary. The Ethical Committee of Jikei University School of Medicine stated that patient consent was not necessary for this retrospective study. The informed consent was obtained in the form of the bulletin board, or opt-out on the website of our hospital. And this study approved by the Ethical Committee (28–259 (8502)).The director/administer of Jikei University hospital granted us the permissions to access the medical records.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.