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Authors
Okumura, Shintaro
Kitano, Shoichi
Tsunoda, Shigeru https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1468-7352
Sakaguchi, Masazumi
Nishigori, Tatsuto
Ueno, Kohei
Kiyasu, Yoshiyuki
Hoshino, Nobuaki
Sakamoto, Takashi
Hisamori, Shigeo
Obama, Kazutaka
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Sysmex Corporation
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Article History
Received: 9 January 2026
Accepted: 12 May 2026
First Online: 2 June 2026
Declarations
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: Shigeru Tsunoda, M.D., Ph.D., Shigeo Hisamori M.D., Ph.D., and Kazutaka Obama M.D., Ph.D. received lecture fees outside the submitted work from Medtronic, Ethicon Inc., Intuitive Surgical, Olympus Corporation, Medicaroid Corporation, and Sysmex Corporation. Shintaro Okumura, M.D., Ph.D., Shoichi Kitano M.D., Masazumi Sakaguchi M.D., Ph.D., Tatsuto Nishigori M.D., Ph.D., Kohei Ueno M.D., Yoshiyuki Kiyasu M.D., Ph.D., Nobuaki Hoshino M.D., Ph.D., and Takashi Sakamoto M.D., Ph.D. have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.
: The Ethics Committee of Kyoto University Hospital approved the study protocol for this study (Kyoto University: study numbers R2338-4 and R3741-2). This study conformed to the provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki. All patients whose records were analyzed provided written informed consent.
