Takashima, Shogo
Yamakawa, Kazuma https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2999-4021
Hisamune, Ryo
Ushio, Noritaka
Endo, Akira
Yamamoto, Ryo
Yamamoto, Kazuhiro
Osuga, Keigo
Takasu, Akira
Article History
Received: 15 November 2024
Revised: 15 April 2025
Accepted: 12 May 2025
First Online: 6 June 2025
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Kazuma Yamakawa.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: Kazuma Yamakawa and Akira Endo kindly provided statistical advice for this manuscript. One of the authors has significant statistical expertise. No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was not required for this study because of the anonymous nature of the data being used.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the Keio University School of Medicine (application number: 20090087).
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