Nagai, Yuzo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8415-5661
Nozawa, Hiroaki
Sasaki, Kazuhito
Murono, Koji
Emoto, Shigenobu
Kaneko, Kensuke
Yokoyama, Yuichiro
Abe, Shinya
Harada, Yuzo
Shinagawa, Takahide
Tachikawa, Yuichi
Ishihara, Soichiro
Funding for this research was provided by:
The University of Tokyo
Article History
Received: 30 September 2025
Accepted: 27 December 2025
First Online: 19 March 2026
Declarations
Conflict of interest: We have no conflicts of interest to declare.
Ethics approval: In adherence to the Declaration of Helsinki, this study was approved by the local ethics committee of the University of Tokyo Hospital (approval number 3252-(16)).
<b>Informed consent</b>: All patients provided written informed consent.