Article History
Received: 21 July 2023
Accepted: 20 September 2023
First Online: 13 October 2023
Declarations
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: Masaru Konishi, Kiichi Shimabukuro, and Naoya Kakimoto declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: 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 1975, as revised in 2008 (5). Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.
: Informed consent was obtained in the form of an opt-out in accordance with the guidelines of the local institutional ethics committee.