Kawada, Kei http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1397-6128
Ohta, Tsuyoshi
Fukuda, Hitoshi
Hayashi, Toshinobu
Tanaka, Koudai
Imai, Toshi
Morita, Yasuyo
Miyamura, Mitsuhiko
Article History
Received: 17 February 2020
Accepted: 14 August 2020
First Online: 24 August 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The Kochi Health Sciences Center Institutional Review Board approved the study. The procedures used in this study adhere to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was waived in view of the retrospective nature of the study. Confidentiality and anonymity of patient data was maintained throughout.
: The requirement for informed consent was waived in view of the retrospective nature of the study.
: Not applicable.