Konishi, Masaru https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5247-2195
Nishi, Hiromi
Kawaguchi, Hiroyuki
Kakimoto, Naoya
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hiroshima University
Article History
Received: 11 November 2024
Accepted: 15 April 2025
First Online: 5 May 2025
Declarations
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: Masaru Konishi, Hiromi Nishi, Hiroyuki Kawaguchi, and Naoya Kakimoto declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures were performed 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.
: Informed consent was obtained in an opt-out manner in accordance with the guidelines of the local institutional ethics committee.
: This retrospective study was approved by the Hiroshima University Ethics Committee (approval number: E2023-0269, date of registration: March 21st, 2024).