About the Authors

Tomoki Yamano

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

yamanot@hyo-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Lower GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan

Shuji Kubo

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Genetic Therapeutics, Institute for Advanced Medical Sciences, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan

Emiko Sonoda

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Genetic Therapeutics, Institute for Advanced Medical Sciences, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan

Tomoko Kominato

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Lower GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan

Kei Kimura

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Lower GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan

Michiko Yasuhara

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Lower GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan

Kozo Kataoka

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Lower GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan

Jihyung Son

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Lower GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan

Akihito Babaya

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Lower GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan

Yuya Takenaka

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Lower GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan

Takaaki Matsubara

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Lower GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan

Naohito Beppu

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Lower GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan

Masataka Ikeda

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Lower GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors except for TY declare no potential conflicts of interest. TY currently has part-time engagement with Shionogi & CO., LTD. This work is not associated with this engagement. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.