Fujiki, Yoshitaka
Kashiwaba, Masahiro
Sato, Mutsumi
Kawano, Junko
Teraoka, Megumi
Kanemitsu, Shuichi
Rai, Yoshiaki
Taira, Tetsuhiko
Sagara, Yoshiaki
Ohi, Yasuyo
Jo, Uiree
Lee, Young-Won
Lee, Sae Byul
Gong, Gyungyub
Shin, Young Kee
Kwon, Mi Jeong http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7599-878X
Sagara, Yasuaki
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2020R1A5A2017323, NRF-2022R1A2C1007293, NRF-2022R1A6A1A03046247)
Article History
Received: 12 June 2023
Accepted: 24 September 2023
First Online: 9 October 2023
Declarations
:
: YKS holds a patent related to the content of this article. The other authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of the Sagara Hospital (18–40) and AMC (2022–1700) and was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Because the study was retrospective, and patient information was anonymized and de-identified prior to analysis, the requirement for informed consent was waived. General consent to use patient samples for research purposes was obtained from patients at the time of surgery.