Hatakeyama, Yutaka
Horino, Taro http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0695-7981
Yasui, Shigehiro
Terada, Yoshio
Okuhara, Yoshiyasu
Article History
Received: 25 October 2023
Accepted: 5 May 2024
First Online: 30 May 2024
Declarations
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: All procedures were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee at which the studies were conducted (institutional review board approval number 23–15) and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent to record and analyse data for research purposes was obtained from all study participants. Data were obtained from patients who completed a general consent form based on an opt-out policy at Kochi Medical School Hospital.