Hamasaki, Yoshifumi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1874-1846
Imafuku, Mikie
Suzuki, Kana
Ishii, Shutaro
Matsuura, Ryo
Yamada, Daisuke
Nangaku, Masaomi
Funding for this research was provided by:
The University of Tokyo
Article History
Received: 15 November 2024
Accepted: 8 April 2025
First Online: 23 April 2025
Declarations
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: The authors have declared that no conflict of interest exists.
: All procedures performed in this retrospective observational study were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee at which the studies were conducted (IRB approval number #2269) and with the principles outlined in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Written informed consent was waived because of the characteristics of the retrospective observational study, but opt-out consent was adopted. We provided the participants with information about the study (purpose, method, required data, and duration) on the website of our department and described the opportunity for opting out.