Authors and Affiliations

Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan

Norifumi Iseda, Shinji Itoh, Takeo Toshima, Shohei Yoshiya & Tomoharu Yoshizumi

Department of Surgery, ASO Iizuka Hospital, Fukuoka, 820-8505, Japan

Mizuki Ninomiya, Hiroto Kayashima, Takashi Motomura & Takuma Izumi

Department of Surgery, Japanese Oita Red Cross Hospital, Oita, 870-0033, Japan

Yo-Ichi Yamashita & Kengo Fukuzawa

Department of Surgery, Oita Prefectural Hospital, Oita, 870-8511, Japan

Toru Utsunomiya & Shoichi Inokuchi

Department of Surgery, Japanese Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital and Atomic-Bomb Survivors Hospital, Hiroshima, 730-8619, Japan

Takashi Maeda & Eiji Tsujita

Department of Surgery, Fukuoka City Hospital, Fukuoka, 812-0046, Japan

Kazutoyo Morita & Hidefumi Higashi

Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, 811-1395, Japan

Keishi Sugimachi & Takahiro Tomino

Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Matsuyama Hospital, Matsuyama, 790-8524, Japan

Ryosuke Minagawa & Koichi Kimura

Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Fukuoka-Higashi Medical Center, Fukuoka, 811-3195, Japan

Hideaki Uchiyama

Department of Surgery, Saiseikai Fukuoka General Hospital, Fukuoka, 810-0001, Japan

Noboru Harada

AuthorsNorifumi IsedaShinji ItohMizuki NinomiyaHiroto KayashimaTakashi MotomuraTakuma IzumiTakeo ToshimaShohei YoshiyaYo-Ichi YamashitaKengo FukuzawaToru UtsunomiyaShoichi InokuchiTakashi MaedaEiji TsujitaKazutoyo MoritaHidefumi HigashiKeishi SugimachiTakahiro TominoRyosuke MinagawaKoichi KimuraHideaki UchiyamaNoboru HaradaTomoharu YoshizumiContributions

Conception and design: Shinji Itoh and Norifumi Iseda; development of methodology: Shinji Itoh and Norifumi Iseda; acquisition of data: Shinji Itoh, Norifumi Iseda, Mizuki Ninomiya, Hiroto Kayashima, Takashi Motomura, Takuma Izumi, Takeo Toshima, Shohei Yoshiya, Yo-Ichi Yamashita, Kengo Fukuzawa, Toru Utsunomiya, Shoichi Inokuchi, Takashi Maeda, Eiji Tsujita, Kazutoyo Morita, Hidefumi Higashi, Keishi Sugimachi, Takahiro Tomino, Ryosuke Minagawa, Koichi Kimura, Hideaki Uchiyama, and Noboru Harada; analysis and interpretation of data: Norifumi Iseda, Shinji Itoh, and Tomoharu Yoshizumi; writing, review and/or revision of manuscript: Norifumi Iseda, Shinji Itoh, Mizuki Ninomiya, Hiroto Kayashima, Takashi Motomura, Takuma Izumi, Takeo Toshima, Shohei Yoshiya, Yo-Ichi Yamashita, Kengo Fukuzawa, Toru Utsunomiya, Shoichi Inokuchi, Takashi Maeda, Eiji Tsujita, Kazutoyo Morita, Hidefumi Higashi, Keishi Sugimachi, Takahiro Tomino, Ryosuke Minagawa, Koichi Kimura, Hideaki Uchiyama, and Noboru Harada, Tomoharu Yoshizumi. final approval of the version: Norifumi Iseda, Shinji Itoh, Mizuki Ninomiya, Hiroto Kayashima, Takashi Motomura, Takuma Izumi, Takeo Toshima, Shohei Yoshiya, Yo-Ichi Yamashita, Kengo Fukuzawa, Toru Utsunomiya, Shoichi Inokuchi, Takashi Maeda, Eiji Tsujita, Kazutoyo Morita, Hidefumi Higashi, Keishi Sugimachi, Takahiro Tomino, Ryosuke Minagawa, Koichi Kimura, Hideaki Uchiyama, and Noboru Harada, Tomoharu Yoshizumi. study supervision: Tomoharu Yoshizumi.

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Shinji Itoh.