Department of Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Kashiwa Hospital, Chiba, Japan. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery (Surgery II), Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan. Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan. Division of Gastroenterological Surgery, Chiba Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan. Department of Surgery, Osaka Prefectural General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan. Department of Surgery, Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Medical Center, Sumoto, Japan. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan. Department of Surgery, Itami City Hospital, Itami, Japan. Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kinki University, Higashiosaka, Japan. Department of Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Tokai Central Hospital, Kakamigahara, Japan. Department of Biomedical Statistics and Bioinformatics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery (Surgery II), Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan. ykodera@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp.