Okaba, Keisuke https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5420-0978
Motomura, Ayumi
Saito, Naoki
Yamaguchi, Koji
Ishii, Namiko
Hara, Shizuru
Ohkusu, Misako
Takeuchi, Noriko
Ishiwada, Naruhiko
Yajima, Daisuke
Article History
Received: 3 April 2025
Accepted: 12 June 2025
First Online: 1 July 2025
Declarations
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: This study was conducted with the approval of the Human Research Ethics committee of the University of the International University of Health and Welfare, School of Medicine (Ethics approval number: 19-Im-019).
: This study was performed with human dead bodies. This manuscript does not contain any studies with (living) human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.
: Because all the subjects of this study are the dead bodies, it is impossible for us to obtain the informed consent from them. However, we are making an effort to obtain the informed consent of the families and/or other interested parties of the dead bodies through an opt-out method via leaflets and our website.
: The authors declare no competing interest associated with this manuscript.