Shinnosuke Kuroda:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8890-0297
Role: Writing – original draft
Hiroki Ito:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4433-370X
Role: Writing – review & editing
Kentaro Sakamaki: Role: Formal analysisRole: Methodology
Tadashi Tabei: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Supervision
Takashi Kawahara: Role: Supervision
Atsushi Fujikawa: Role: Data curationRole: Supervision
Kazuhide Makiyama: Role: Supervision
Masahiro Yao: Role: Supervision
Hiroji Uemura: Role: Supervision
Junichi Matsuzaki: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Supervision
Xin Gao: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
13
February
2018
Publication date Collection: 2018
Volume: 13
Issue: 2
Electronic Location Identifier: e0192597
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Urology, Ohguchi Higashi General Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
[2
]
Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Yokohama City University Medical
Center, Yokohama, Japan
[3
]
Department of Urology, Yokohama City University Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
[4
]
Department of Biostatistics, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine,
Yokohama, Japan
Sun Yat-sen University, CHINA
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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PONE-D-17-35302
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192597
PMC ID: 5811000
PubMed ID: 29438410
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Research Article
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Surgical and Invasive Medical Procedures
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Research and Analysis Methods
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Mathematical and Statistical Techniques
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Statistical Methods
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Forecasting
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Physical Sciences
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Mathematics
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Statistics (Mathematics)
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Statistical Methods
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Forecasting
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Surgical and Invasive Medical Procedures
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Stent Implantation
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Infectious Diseases
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Bacterial Diseases
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Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome
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Research and Analysis Methods
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Mathematical and Statistical Techniques
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Statistical Methods
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Regression Analysis
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Linear Regression Analysis
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Physical Sciences
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Mathematics
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Statistics (Mathematics)
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Statistical Methods
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Regression Analysis
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Linear Regression Analysis
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People and Places
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Population Groupings
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Professions
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Medical Personnel
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Medical Doctors
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Surgeons
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Health Care
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Health Care Providers
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Medical Doctors
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Surgeons
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People and Places
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Population Groupings
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Professions
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Medical Personnel
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Medical Doctors
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Physicians
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Surgeons
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Health Care
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Health Care Providers
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Medical Doctors
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Physicians
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Surgeons
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Urology
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Anatomy
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Renal System
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Ureter
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Anatomy
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Renal System
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