About the Authors

Kyota Tatsuta

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

Mayu Sakata

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

mayu-s@hama-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

Moriya Iwaizumi

Roles Resources, Validation

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

Kazuya Okamoto

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Fujieda Municipal General Hospital, Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan

Shigeto Yoshii

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Fujieda Municipal General Hospital, Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan

Yutaro Asaba

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Surgery, JA Shizuoka Kohseiren Enshu Hospital, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

Takashi Harada

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu Medical Center, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

Kiyotaka Kurachi

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu Red Cross Hospital, Hamana-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

Mikihiro Shimizu

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Center for Clinical Research, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

Hiroya Takeuchi

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.