About the Authors
- Ryo Kadota
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Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, Japan
- Masao Koda
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* E-mail: masaokod@gmail.com
Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiba Aoba Municipal Hospital, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, Japan
- Junko Kawabe
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Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, Japan
- Masayuki Hashimoto
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Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiba Medical Center, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, Japan
- Yutaka Nishio
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Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, Japan
- Chikato Mannoji
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Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiba Aoba Municipal Hospital, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, Japan
- Tomohiro Miyashita
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Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, Japan
- Takeo Furuya
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Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, Japan
- Akihiko Okawa
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Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, Japan
- Kazuhisa Takahashi
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Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, Japan
- Masashi Yamazaki
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Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RK MK KT MY. Performed the experiments: RK MK JK MH YN CM TM TF AO. Analyzed the data: RK MK KT MY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RK MK JK MH YN CM. Wrote the paper: RK MK MY.