About the Authors

Kenji Fujiwara

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft

kengdom@surg1.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Current address: Collaborative researcher in the Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Sada Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Toshihiro Masatsugu

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Sada Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Atsushi Abe

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Sada Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Tatsuya Hirano

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Sada Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Masayuki Sada

Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Sada Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.