Miyazaki, Kent
Ariake, Kyohei http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7261-4349
Sato, Satoko
Miura, Takayuki http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0437-0880
Xun, Jingyu
Douchi, Daisuke http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4582-6589
Ishida, Masaharu
Ohtsuka, Hideo
Mizuma, Masamichi
Nakagawa, Kei http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3058-5674
Kamei, Takashi http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1282-0463
Unno, Michiaki http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2145-6416
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (K.A. 21K087477)
Article History
Received: 9 February 2024
Accepted: 5 June 2024
First Online: 18 June 2024
Declarations
:
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: This study was approved by Institutional Review Board of Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (No. 2021-1-591, dated September 29, 2021), and was performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Owing to the retrospective design of the study, an opt-out method was used.
: All participants consented to the publication of the final version of the manuscript.
: The need for informed consent was waived because of the retrospective nature of the study. As this was a retrospective cohort study, the opt-out method was used instead of obtaining informed consent.
: This study was approved by Institutional Review Board of Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (No. 2021-1-591 dated September 29, 2021), and was performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.