Yamaguchi, Akihiko https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8813-6954
Takahashi, Toshifumi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6059-9092
Kato, Takeshi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6344-4440
Tanaka, Toshihiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9543-7277
Nishi, Eiichiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8188-8026
Fujimoto, Noriki https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4051-0649
Article History
Received: 17 June 2022
Revised: 2 February 2023
Accepted: 12 February 2023
First Online: 3 March 2023
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. This study was approved by the Shiga University of Medical Science Research Ethics Committee (approval no. 30–013).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: Patients signed informed consent regarding publishing their data and photographs.