Kato, Junpei
Uchida, Masashi
Ishikawa, Masayuki
Tatsuta, Shinya
Yoshimi, Takeshi
Ishida, Kota
Hosoya, Osamu
Tsukada, Nobuhiro
Ishida, Tadao
Shiko, Yuki
Kawasaki, Yohei
Yamazaki, Shingo
Ishii, Itsuko
Article History
Received: 8 November 2024
Accepted: 1 August 2025
First Online: 11 August 2025
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects (guidelines issued by the Japanese Government). This study approved by the ethics committees of the Japanese Red Cross Medical Center (reference number: 1443).
: Information on this study was available on the webpage of the Japanese Red Cross Medical Center. Patients were notified about their participation in the study and informed that they were free to opt out.
: The authors declare no competing interests.