Tomida, Ryotaro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2518-0197
Fukawa, Tomoya
Kusuhara, Yoshito
Hashimoto, Keisuke
Atagi, Marika
Kadoriku, Fumiya
Yano, Testuhiro
Nishiyama, Mitsuki
Fukuta, Kyotaro
Kobayashi, Saki
Minato, Ryoei
Shiozaki, Keito
Daizumoto, Kei
Sasaki, Yutaro
Hosokawa, Tadanori
Izumi, Kazuyoshi
Ninomiya, Iku
Yamaguchi, Kunihisa
Yamamoto, Yasuyo
Izaki, Hirofumi
Naroda, Takushi
Yamanaka, Masahito
Okamoto, Kenjiro
Furukawa, Junya
Article History
Received: 10 December 2025
Accepted: 10 January 2026
First Online: 19 January 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Ethics Committee of the Tokushima University Hospital and Institutional Review Board of each institution (April 21, 2025, Reference Protocol ID: 4170).
: Publication consent was not required/applicable.
: An opt-out approach was used to obtain informed consent from patients.