Terui, Keita
Furukawa, Taizo
Nagata, Kouji
Hayakawa, Masahiro
Okuyama, Hiroomi
Amari, Shoichiro
Yokoi, Akiko
Masumoto, Kouji
Yamoto, Masaya
Okazaki, Tadaharu
Inamura, Noboru
Toyoshima, Katsuaki
Uchida, Keiichi
Okawada, Manabu
Sato, Yasunori
Usui, Noriaki
Article History
Accepted: 1 August 2021
First Online: 6 September 2021
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Chiba University Hospital (approval number 509). The study was performed in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and the ethical guidelines for medical and health research involving human subjects.
: The requirement for signed informed consent was waived because of the retrospective study design and the use of de-identified data. Details of the study were published on an institutional website, and individuals had the right to decline participation.