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Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
• ² Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan.
• ³ Department of Surgery, Hiroshima City North Medical Center Asa Citizens Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
• ⁴ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
• ⁵ Department of Surgery, Onomichi General Hospital, Onomichi, Japan.
• ⁶ Department of Surgery, Chugoku Rosai Hospital, Kure, Japan.
• ⁷ Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Higashihiroshima Medical Center, Higashihiroshima, Japan.
• ⁸ Department of Surgery, Hiroshima City Hiroshima Citizens Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
• ⁹ Advanced Medical Skills Training Center, Institute of Biomedical and Health Science, Hiroshima, University, Hiroshima, Japan.