Okuda, Mina
Mori, Sotaro
Ueda, Kaori
Sakamoto, Mari
Kusuhara, Sentaro
Yamada-Nakanishi, Yuko
Nakamura, Makoto https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6464-4302
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kobe University
Article History
Received: 13 September 2022
Revised: 16 March 2023
Accepted: 17 March 2023
First Online: 31 March 2023
Declarations
:
: This study adhered to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Kobe University (no. B200091).
: Opt-out consent was obtained from all patients. This method was used for participant recruitment in the study. Informed consent was not obtained from the patients as this study was retrospective and observational. However, patients were allowed to withdraw their consent anytime in an opt-out fashion.
: The authors declare no competing interests.