About the Authors

Teruya Komatsu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Division of Thoracic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Nagara Medical Center, Gifu, Japan, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Toyofumi F. Chen-Yoshikawa

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Masaki Ikeda

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Koji Takahashi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Akiko Nishimura

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Faculty of Nursing, School of Medicine, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan

Shin-ichi Harashima

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Goshominami Harashima Clinic, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroshi Date

Roles Supervision

hdate@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.