Sofuni, Atsushi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5417-6752
Mukai, Shuntaro
Nagai, Kazumasa
Kojima, Hiroyuki
Itoi, Takao
Article History
Received: 14 April 2026
Accepted: 20 June 2026
First Online: 29 August 2026
Declarations
Conflict of interest: Atsushi Sofuni, Shuntaro Mukai, Hiroyuki Kojima, and Kazumasa Nagai declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
Ethical approval: All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and later versions. Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.