Naito, Sakiko https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7533-1061
Fukuzawa, Masakatsu
Shinohara, Hirokazu
Kagawa, Yasuyuki
Madarame, Akira
Koyama, Yohei
Yamaguchi, Hayato
Yamauchi, Yoshiya
Itoi, Takao
Article History
Received: 31 October 2023
Accepted: 29 July 2024
First Online: 9 August 2024
Declarations
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: Sakiko Naito, Masakatsu Fukuzawa, Hirokazu Shinohara, Yasuyuki Kagawa, Akira Madarame, Yohei Koyama, Hayato Yamaguchi, Yoshiya Yamauchi, and Takao Itoi declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Tokyo Medical University Hospital (approval number: T2020-0361) and conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki 1964. The institution’s human research committee granted prior approval. Written informed consent was waived because of the retrospective nature of this study. A document describing the opt-out policy was uploaded to the Tokyo Medical University Hospital website.