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Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Japan Baptist Hospital, 47 Yamanomoto-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8273, Japan. kae_md@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
² Research Center for Science, Technology and Social Communication in Next Generation, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Japan. kae_md@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
³ Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. kae_md@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Japan Baptist Hospital, 47 Yamanomoto-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8273, Japan.
⁶ Cancer Control Center, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan.
⁷ Department of Anesthesiology, Kawasaki Municipal Ida Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan.
⁸ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
⁹ Department of Surgery, Kawasaki Municipal Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan.
¹⁰ Department of Anesthesiology, Masuda Red Cross Hospital, Masuda, Japan.
¹¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Kindai University Hospital, Osakasayama, Japan.
¹² Department of Health Development, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.

Kae Okoshi et al. Surg Today. 2022 Sep.

. 2022 Sep;52(9):1393-1394.

doi: 10.1007/s00595-022-02551-2. Epub 2022 Jul 13.

¹ Department of Surgery, Japan Baptist Hospital, 47 Yamanomoto-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8273, Japan. kae_md@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
² Research Center for Science, Technology and Social Communication in Next Generation, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Japan. kae_md@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
³ Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. kae_md@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Japan Baptist Hospital, 47 Yamanomoto-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8273, Japan.
⁶ Cancer Control Center, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan.
⁷ Department of Anesthesiology, Kawasaki Municipal Ida Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan.
⁸ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
⁹ Department of Surgery, Kawasaki Municipal Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan.
¹⁰ Department of Anesthesiology, Masuda Red Cross Hospital, Masuda, Japan.
¹¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Kindai University Hospital, Osakasayama, Japan.
¹² Department of Health Development, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.

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