Aoshika, Tomomi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3803-9336
Uchida, Nobue
Tomita, Fumihiro
Yamauchi, Ryohei
Kondo, Reiko
Kurose, Ayako
Takei, Junko
Yoshida, Atsushi
Ishikura, Satoshi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6480-8418
Article History
Received: 19 December 2025
Accepted: 8 March 2026
First Online: 16 March 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Life Science Research Involving Human Subjects. As a retrospective observational study using existing medical records, there was no direct intervention that involved participants, and their rights were fully protected. Information about the study was provided to patients through an opt-out procedure.