Kitano, Hiroyuki https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2223-2403
Watanabe, Eisuke
Tadera, Kayoko
Nakano, Yoshinori
Tasaka, Shinsaku
Yukihiro, Kazuma
Okazaki, Mai
Nomura, Naofumi
Hatayama, Tomoya
Shikuma, Hiroyuki
Iwane, Kyosuke
Tasaka, Ryo
Kohada, Yuki
Takemoto, Kenshiro
Miyamoto, Shunsuke
Naito, Miki
Kobatake, Kohei
Sekino, Yohei
Goto, Keisuke
Goriki, Akihiro
Hieda, Keisuke
Hayashi, Tetsutaro
Kashiyama, Seiya
Ohge, Hiroki
Hinata, Nobuyuki
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hiroshima University
Article History
Received: 9 January 2026
Accepted: 3 March 2026
First Online: 18 March 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This retrospective cohort study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Hiroshima University (approval number: E2022-0003).
: The requirement for written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board due to the retrospective nature of the study.
: Not applicable.