About the Authors

Takahiro Wakasaki

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan

Tomomi Manako

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Ryuji Yasumatsu

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

ryuji.yasumatsu@med.kindai.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan

Hirotaka Hara

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Head and Neck Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan

Satoshi Toh

Roles Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Department of Head and Neck Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan

Muneyuki Masuda

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Head and Neck Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan

Moriyasu Yamauchi

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Saga University Hospital, Saga, Japan

Yuichiro Kuratomi

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Saga University Hospital, Saga, Japan

Emi Nishimura

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kitakyushu Municipal Medical Center, Kitakyushu, Japan

Toranoshin Takeuchi

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kitakyushu Municipal Medical Center, Kitakyushu, Japan

Mioko Matsuo

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Rina Jiromaru

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Kazuki Hashimoto

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Noritaka Komune

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Takashi Nakagawa

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.