Oku, Shinichiro
Matsushige, Toshinori
Takemoto, Yuichiro
Hosogai, Masahiro
Akino, Yasutaka
Horie, Nobutaka
Article History
Received: 4 January 2026
Revised: 8 February 2026
Accepted: 15 March 2026
First Online: 23 March 2026
Declarations
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: Ethics approval: The present study was approved by the local Institutional Review Board of Hiroshima City North Medical Center Asa Citizens Hospital (Approval No: 05-4-12).
: Not applicable.
: All study data were anonymized, and the requirement for informed consent was addressed using by the opt-out method.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.