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Article History

Received: 10 August 2024

Revised: 8 November 2024

Accepted: 14 November 2024

First Online: 22 November 2024

Declarations

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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Ethics Committee of Kagoshima University (no. 170283) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

: Since this study was a retrospective study, obtaining informed consent was waived in the study. This design is approved by the Ethics Committee of Kagoshima University (no. 170283).

: All authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest (such as honoraria; educational grants; participation in speakers’ bureaus; membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest; and expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements), or non-financial interest (such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge or beliefs) in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript. Taiji Sakamoto- although the co-author is an editor of the journal, there was no involvement with the peer review process for this article.