Ohara, Mariko
Inatomi, Osamu
Inoue, Hiroto
Yamashita, Noriaki
Shintani, Shuhei
Imai, Takayuki
Matsumoto, Hiroshi
Ohno, Masashi
Kimura, Hidenori
Nishida, Atsushi
Iwashita, Takuji
Article History
Received: 5 October 2025
Accepted: 23 March 2026
First Online: 1 April 2026
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Shiga University of Medical Science (approval no. R2024-139) and was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Given the retrospective design of this study, informed consent was obtained through an opt-out process approved by the Institutional Review Board of Shiga University of Medical Science.
: This study does not contain any individual person’s data in any form (including individual details and images).
: The authors declare no competing interests.