Suzuki, Yugo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9182-6286
Ohkura, Yu
Koseki, Mako
Nomura, Kosuke
Matsui, Akira
Ueno, Masaki
Kikuchi, Daisuke
Ohashi, Kenichi
Hoteya, Shu
Article History
Received: 26 December 2022
Accepted: 31 March 2023
First Online: 10 April 2023
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Toranomon Hospital (approval number 2268) and was performed in accordance with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later revisions. All patients consented in writing to undergo the proposed procedure. Written informed consent for inclusion in the study was not mandatory in view of the retrospective observational nature of the research. However, patients were given the opportunity to opt out via the hospital’s website.
: Yugo Suzuki, Yu Ohkura, Mako Koseki, Kosuke Nomura, Akira Matsui, Masaki Ueno, Daisuke Kikuchi, Kenichi Ohashi and Shu Hoteya declare that they have no conflicts of interest.