Amitani, Masatsugu
Oba, Takaaki https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8283-4989
Kitazawa, Ayaka
Iji, Ryoko
Kiyosawa, Nami
Katsuyama, Shota
Morikawa, Hiroki
Chino, Tatsunori
Shimizu, Tadafumi
Ono, Mayu
Kanai, Toshiharu
Ito, Ken-ichi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Shinshu University
Article History
Received: 12 May 2025
Accepted: 16 September 2025
First Online: 15 October 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (64th WMA General Assembly, Fortaleza, Brazil, October 2013) and approved by the ethics committee of Shinshu University (approval no. 4672).
: Given the retrospective nature of the study using anonymized data, the requirement for written informed consent was waived. An opt-out option was provided via the institutional website.