Umakoshi, Noriyuki https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8214-3387
Iguchi, Toshihiro
Ujike, Hiroyuki
Mitsuhashi, Toshiharu
Matsui, Yusuke
Tomita, Koji
Okamoto, Soichiro
Munetomo, Kazuaki
Sugimoto, Seiichiro
Toyooka, Shinichi
Hiraki, Takao
Article History
Received: 15 December 2024
Accepted: 17 May 2025
First Online: 29 May 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Our institutional review board approved this retrospective study (approval number: KEN2202-010). All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Opt-out consent was obtained for the retrospective use of patients’ data. Written informed consent was waived due to the retrospective design.
: For this type of study, consent for publication is not required.