About the Authors

Jun Araki

arakij-pla@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Yuji Nishizawa

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan

Tomoyuki Sato

Affiliation Saitama Shinkaibashi Clinic, Saitama, Japan

Munekazu Naito

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Keiichi Akita

Affiliation Department of Clinical Anatomy, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Kensuke Tashiro

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Takuya Iida

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Isao Koshima

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JA YN. Performed the experiments: JA YN TS MN. Analyzed the data: JA YN TS MN KA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KA KT TI IK. Wrote the manuscript: JA YN MN KA.