Sumiyoshi, Shutaro
Kubota, Takeshi
Inoue, Hiroyuki
Takabatake, Kazuya
Nishibeppu, Keiji
Kosuga, Toshiyuki
Hamada, Junichi
Ochiai, Toshiya
Ariyoshi, Yosuke
Toma, Atsushi
Watanabe, Kenji
Yamaoka, Nobuki
Sai, Soujin
Ide, Shozo
Hatakeyama, Tomoya
Itokawa, Yoshiki
Ochi, Fumiaki
Konishi, Hirotaka
Fujiwara, Hitoshi
Sekimoto, Miho
Shikata, Satoru
Shiozaki, Atsushi
Article History
Received: 16 September 2025
Accepted: 22 December 2025
First Online: 27 January 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical guidelines of Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. The Ethical Review Board of Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine approved the experimental protocol (ERB-C-3329-1), and the Institutional Review Board of each participating facility approved the study. Informed consent was obtained from all participants through an opt-out process on the hospital’s website.