Izumikawa, Koichi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2465-117X
Inaba, Tomoki
Yasutomi, Eriko
Takahashi, Sakuma
Colvin, Hugh Shunsuke
Sakakihara, Ichiro
Yamamoto, Kumiko
Tanaka, Shigetomi
Ishikawa, Shigenao
Wato, Masaki
Article History
Received: 20 December 2024
Accepted: 24 April 2025
First Online: 16 June 2025
Declarations
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: Koichi Izumikawa, Tomoki Inaba, Eriko Yasutomi, Sakuma Takahashi, Colvin Hugh Shunsuke, Ichiro Sakakihara, Kumiko Yamamoto, Shigetomi Tanaka, Shigenao Ishikawa, and Masaki Wato declare no conflicts of interest.
: All patients provided written informed consent before commencement of the study. This single-center study was conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki, approved by our institutional review board (Registry No. 1173), and pre-registered at the University Hospital Medical Information Network Center (UMIN Clinical Trials Registry, number R000061633). Regarding the presentation and publication of research, informed consent is given prior to the start of testing, and this information is also made known on the Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital website. The patient could withdraw consent from the study at any time.