Hirohara, Masayoshi https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1079-474X
Tsuchida, Hiroyoshi
Uemura, Shuichiro
Ozaki, Yuhi
Saida, Shin
Koike, Nobusada
Article History
Received: 17 May 2025
Accepted: 14 September 2025
First Online: 19 September 2025
Declarations
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: Dr. Masayoshi Hirohara, Dr. Hiroyoshi Tsuchida, Dr. Shuichiro Uemura, Dr. Yuhi Ozaki, Dr. Shin Saida, and Dr. Nobusada Koike have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.
: The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Hachioji Digestive Disease Hospital (Approved number: 2024-003).
: As this was a retrospective study, the requirement for informed consent was waived, and patient confidentiality was maintained by anonymizing all data.
: Not applicable.