Shirai, Ai https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7075-453X
Toya, Shuji https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8046-1784
Okada, Yasuo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5068-5990
Ogura, Ichiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9169-8429
Article History
Received: 8 May 2025
Accepted: 2 September 2025
First Online: 18 September 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: All the procedures were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and the Declaration of Helsinki of 1975, as revised in 2008 (5). Informed consent was obtained from all patients for inclusion 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.