Hayashi, Mari
Sugimoto, Katsutoshi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6271-7806
Kakegawa, Tatsuya
Takahashi, Hiroshi
Takeuchi, Hirohito
Araki, Yoichi
Saito, Kazuhiro
Nakayama, Ryohei
Sakamaki, Kentaro
Itoi, Takao
Article History
Received: 13 June 2025
Accepted: 23 July 2025
First Online: 9 October 2025
Declarations
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: All authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the committee responsible for human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and later versions. This study was approved by the institutional review board of the university. The requirement for written informed consent was waived due to the retrospective nature of the study; instead, an opt-out approach was implemented, allowing patients the opportunity to decline participation.