Yanagi, Yuya https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7924-845X
Monzen, Hajime
Aoki, Ken
Harada, Naoki
Ohashi, Kohei
Hayashi, Marika
Kosaka, Hiroyuki
Iguchi, Harumi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP23K07194)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP24K10770)
Article History
Received: 28 October 2025
Revised: 13 January 2026
Accepted: 17 January 2026
First Online: 8 February 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
: This retrospective study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Shiga University of Medical Science (Approval No. R2024-015) and was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was obtained using an opt-out approach, whereby participants were provided with an opportunity to decline inclusion. All supporting documentation concerning ethical review and informed consent is available upon request.
: This study involved human participants. No animals were involved in this study.