Yamamoto, Shun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0895-5667
Nagashima, Yoshitaka http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9346-1663
Maki, Hideki
Nishimura, Yusuke
Araki, Yoshio
Nishihori, Masahiro
Noda, Tomoyuki
Imai, Tasuku
Kawabata, Teppei
Ueno, Masahiro
Nishida, Yasumasa
Saito, Ryuta
Article History
Received: 29 December 2022
Accepted: 1 March 2023
First Online: 15 March 2023
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the local Ethical Committee (Ogaki Municipal Hospital Ethical Committee board No. 20227028–4) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Clinical data were collected from the patients using an opt-out method. The requirement for written informed consent for clinical data was waived owing to the observational nature of the study, and we also posted a public notice on the website of Ogaki Municipal Hospital. Informed consent was obtained from all the participants included in the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.