Nakatsu, Kanako https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0161-1693
Ono, Yuka https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3010-7031
Yoshimura, Michio https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6665-2245
Hirata, Kimiko https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0349-9239
Yamauchi, Chikako
Ogura, Masakazu
Kishi, Takahiro
Fujii, Kota https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4656-2511
Ohtsu, Shuji
Sakamoto, Takashi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0811-3926
Ueki, Kazuhito
Ogura, Kengo
Okumura, Setsuko
Ikeda, Itaru https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4839-1461
Mitsuyoshi, Takamasa
Kokubo, Masaki
Mizowaki, Takashi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8135-8746
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (24K18763)
Article History
Received: 16 February 2026
Accepted: 3 May 2026
First Online: 18 May 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interest to disclose.
: All procedures were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. As this was a retrospective observational study, patient consent was obtained through an opt-out approach. This study was approved by the institutional ethics committee (approval number: R3707, date: December 6, 2022).