About the Authors

Yuichiro Miki

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

y_miki@omu.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Satoshi Nishi

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Fuchu Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Tatsuro Tamura

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Takumi Imai

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Mikio Nambara

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Higashisumiyoshi Morimoto Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Tatsunari Fukuoka

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Mami Yoshii

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Takahiro Toyokawa

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Shigeru Lee

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Hisako Fujii

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health and Medical Innovation, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Hisako Yoshida

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Mitsuhiko Ikebuchi

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics Surgery, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Kiyoshi Maeda

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.