Takahashi, Yoshifumi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3319-1205
Takadera, Miku
Jwa, Seung Chik
Koyanagi, Takahiro
Saga, Yasushi
Takei, Yuji
Fujiwara, Hiroyuki
Article History
Received: 19 December 2025
Accepted: 17 March 2026
First Online: 26 March 2026
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Jichi Medical University (Institutional Review Board No. 25-009).
: Due to the use of anonymized clinical data, written informed consent from patients was not obtained. Instead, an opt-out method was used through public disclosure of the study information.