About the Authors

Takeshi Takahashi

Contributed equally to this work with: Takeshi Takahashi, Shalyn J. D. Sa

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

tt_niigata@yahoo.co.jp

‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Shalyn J. D. Sa

Contributed equally to this work with: Takeshi Takahashi, Shalyn J. D. Sa

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

Affiliation University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Ryohei Oya

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan

Shusuke Ohshima

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Jo Omata

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Yusuke Yokoyama

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Ryusuke Shodo

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Yushi Ueki

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Yukinori Takenaka

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan

Hidenori Inohara

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan

Arata Horii

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.