Ikeda, Shinichi
Kaku, Nobuhiro
Hosoyama, Tsuguaki
Tsumura, Hiroshi
Article History
Received: 25 April 2022
Accepted: 21 November 2022
First Online: 28 November 2022
Declarations
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: Each author certifies that there are no funding or commercial associations (consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest, patent/licensing arrangements, and others) that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article related to the author or any immediate family members.
: This prospective study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was approved by the institutional review board of Oita University (No. 1414).
: All study participants provided informed consent to participate in the study and publish the results.