Yoshida, Yuki
Ikenoyama, Yohei https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5035-3195
Ogura, Toru
Suzuki, Hiroto
Hattori, Aiji
Umeda, Yuhei
Shigefuku, Akina
Fujiwara, Yasuko
Nakamura, Misaki
Hamada, Yasuhiko
Horiki, Noriyuki
Nakagawa, Hayato
Funding for this research was provided by:
Mie University
Article History
Received: 26 January 2026
Accepted: 7 May 2026
First Online: 2 June 2026
Declarations
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: This retrospective study was approved by the Mie University Hospital ethics committee (IRB No. H2021-116) and was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. The requirement for individual written informed consent was waived owing to the retrospective nature of the study, and an opt-out approach was applied, allowing patients to decline participation.
: All authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.