Okishio, Yuko http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1626-2331
Ueda, Kentaro
Nasu, Toru
Kawashima, Shuji
Kunitatsu, Kosei
Masuda, Mitsuru
Ichimiya, Masato
Uyama, Shiro
Kato, Seiya
Article History
Received: 12 March 2023
Accepted: 2 June 2023
First Online: 10 June 2023
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: This study was conducted according to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The study protocol was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Wakayama Medical University Hospital and the Research Ethics Committee of the Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center. The Research Ethics Committee of the Wakayama Medical University Hospital and the Research Ethics Committee of the Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center waived the need for documentation of informed consent due to the prospective but non-randomized and observational nature of the study; The Research Ethics Committee of the Wakayama Medical University Hospital and the Research Ethics Committee of the Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center approved verval informed consent procedure.