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postoperative morbidity as low as possible. We believe that the new technologies and improved techniques
will bring more benefits to patients and doctors.

DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributions
Study’s conception and design: Zhang S, Fukunaga T
Writing the paper: Zhang S
Provided administrative, technical, and material support: Fukunaga T

Availability of data and materials
Not applicable.

Financial support and sponsorship
The study was supported part by Japan China Sasakawa Medical Fellowship.

Conflicts of interest
All authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
Not applicable.

Consent for publication
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Copyright
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