Sera, Satoshi
Okazaki, Yuji https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6310-0338
Huh, Kyungko
Ichiba, Toshihisa
Kataoka, Yuki
Article History
Received: 22 May 2024
Accepted: 6 November 2024
First Online: 16 November 2024
Declarations
:
: There is no conflict of interest to declare.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Institutional Review Board of Hiroshima City Hiroshima Citizens Hospital (approval no: 2022-13).
: We omitted the necessity for informed consent due to the anonymized nature of the data and the implementation of an opt-out strategy for participant recruitment, as the current study was retrospective in nature.