Sazuka, Tomokazu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8902-7853
Habu, Yuji
Matsusaka, Keisuke
Maruyama, Tetsuro
Arai, Takayuki
Sato, Hiroaki
Ando, Keisuke
Kanesaka, Manato
Saito, Shinpei
Pae, Sangjon
Imamura, Yusuke
Usui, Hirokazu
Matsuoka, Ayumu
Nakamura, Natsuko
Okuya, Rie
Sakai, Nozomi
Katayama, Eri
Tochigi, Toru
Hirata, Atsushi
Sugawara, Takeshi
Ikeda, Jun-ichiro
Ohira, Gaku
Koga, Kaori
Sakamoto, Shinichi
Article History
Received: 10 January 2026
Accepted: 17 February 2026
First Online: 24 February 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors have no conflicts of interest.
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Chiba University (Approval No. M10444).
: All patients provided written informed consent before undergoing any study procedures.