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Tohi, Yoichiro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3884-8915
Takamoto, Atsushi
Shimizu, Ryutaro
Daizumoto, Kei https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9007-435X
Katayama, Satoshi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8377-2457
Kobayashi, Keita https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9279-3156
Morinaka, Hirofumi
Nishimura, Kenichi
Fukuhara, Hideo
Morizane, Shuichi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0344-5892
Furukawa, Junya https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8974-9218
Araki, Motoo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3172-2482
Shiraishi, Koji
Miyaji, Yoshiyuki https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9995-565X
Miura, Noriyoshi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2229-0948
Inoue, Keiji
Sugimoto, Mikio https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9266-782X
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Article History
Received: 12 December 2025
Accepted: 18 February 2026
First Online: 25 March 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards established by the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Kagawa University Ethics Committee (approval number: 2023–047). The requirement for consent was waived because of the retrospective study design. In addition, information about the research was made publicly available, giving patients the option to opt out of having their medical data used in research.