About the Authors

Hidenori Suzuki

hsuzuki@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan

Tsukasa Kanchiku

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan

Yasuaki Imajo

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan

Yuichiro Yoshida

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan

Norihiro Nishida

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan

Toshihiko Taguchi

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Data curation: HS TK NN YY. Formal analysis: HS. Methodology: HS TT. Supervision: TT. Validation: HS TK. Writing – original draft: HS TT. Writing – review & editing: HS TK YY NN YI.