Kondo, Chuichi https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0707-1405
Ihara, Hiroshi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6888-7141
Ogata, Hiroyuki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-0467
Saima, Souhei https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1334-3892
Nakane, Erina https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5159-0572
Article History
Received: 15 March 2025
Accepted: 18 June 2025
First Online: 23 July 2025
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: This retrospective study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Dokkyo Medical University (Approval No. 23034). Given the retrospective nature of this study, the requirement for individual informed consent was waived by the Ethics Committee.
: As this was a retrospective study based on pseudonymized information retrieved from medical charts, no informed consent was retrieved from participants. That is, prior to analysis, personal data were pseudonymized. The medical charts could be accessed by only three members of the medical team directly involved in care, who pseudonymized the data after extraction.
: Not applicable.