Article History
Received: 8 November 2021
Accepted: 13 January 2022
First Online: 2 February 2022
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. Masafumi Fujimoto, Fumiyo Kubota and Hiroshi Kaneda declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This prospective randomized clinical trial was in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The trial was approved by the ethics committee of Nishinihon Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan (protocol H29-4; October 31, 2017; Chairperson: Toshiyuki Arima).
: Prior written informed consent was obtained from all subjects participating in the trial.
: Patients signed informed consent regarding publishing their data.
: This clinical trial complies with the current laws of Japan.