Otomi, Yoichi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8960-3662
Shinya, Takayoshi
Otsuka, Hideki
Kasai, Hiroto
Matsushita, Tomoki
Takaoka, Yukiko
Hiroshima, Yuka
Matsubara, Tomoyasu
Fujita, Koji
Tomioka, Yukiko
Nakataki, Masahito
Numata, Shusuke
Izumi, Yuishin
Harada, Masafumi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP24K15767)
Article History
Received: 2 May 2026
Accepted: 7 July 2026
First Online: 27 July 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This retrospective study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Tokushima University Hospital (Approval No. 4588). The requirement for written informed consent was waived in accordance with the institutional guidelines for retrospective studies using anonymized data, with appropriate information disclosure to the public.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.