Ebihara, Yuma https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7317-8067
Kyogoku, Noriaki
Takano, Hironobu
Wada, Hideyuki
Nitta, Takeo
Saikawa, Daisuke
Yamamura, Yoshiyuki
Takada, Minoru
Shichinohe, Toshiaki
Hirano, Satoshi
Article History
Received: 5 February 2026
Accepted: 23 February 2026
First Online: 10 March 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 Hokkaido University Hospital Institutional Review Board (Date: September 16, 2025 / No. 024–0219).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: The authors affirm that human research participants provided informed consent for publication of the data.