Miyazawa, Kimie
Satake, Toshihiko https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4122-628X
Muto, Mayu
Tsunoda, Yui
Koike, Tomoyuki
Narui, Kazutaka
Katsuragi, Ryohei
Onoda, Satoshi
Ishikawa, Takashi
Article History
Received: 29 December 2023
Accepted: 10 May 2024
First Online: 12 June 2024
Declarations
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: None of the authors have any conflicts of interest to declare.
: This was a joint research project by the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Yokohama City University Medical Center, and the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery of the University of Toyama. It was approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Toyama (no. 2022177). All procedures were performed in accordance with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: Because this study was retrospective and observational, the informed consent requirement was waived by the Ethics Committee. However, information about the research was disclosed to patients eligible for inclusion in the study, and they were offered the opportunity to refuse to allow the research to be conducted or continued.