Okumura, Kohki https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8646-1020
Tamura, Takahiko
Funakoshi, Yusuke
Teranishi, Hiroo
Article History
Received: 29 July 2025
Accepted: 25 October 2025
First Online: 31 October 2025
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the institutional review board (IRB) of the clinic (approval no. UMEDAERB-2025Jul003) and the study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards, including the 2013 revision, adopted in Fortaleza, Brazil.
: The requirement for written informed consent was waived due to the retrospective nature of this study. All datasets were de-identified before analysis and managed in accordance with the internal data protection guidelines of TCB.