Okada, Hisashi https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2269-9590
Kikuchi, Shohei
Sakurai, Yomei
Hayashi, Kosuke
Kayama, Kiyomi
Shintani, Yasuhiro
Kawada, Yu
Mizoguchi, Tatsuya
Yokoi, Masashi
Yamabe, Sayuri
Mori, Kento
Ito, Tsuyoshi
Kitada, Shuichi
Goto, Toshihiko
Seo, Yoshihiro
Article History
Received: 1 March 2025
Revised: 17 June 2025
Accepted: 22 July 2025
First Online: 28 July 2025
Declarations
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: Hisashi Okada, Shohei Kikuchi, MD, Yomei Sakurai, Kosuke Hayashi, Kiyomi Kayama, Yasuhiro Shintani, Yu Kawada, Tatsuya Mizoguchi, Masashi Yokoi, Sayuri Yamabe, Kento Mori, Tsuyoshi Ito, Shuhei Kitada, Toshihiko Goto and Yoshihiro Seo declare that they have no competing interest.
: All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the committee responsible for human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and later versions. The study was approved by our institution's Clinical Ethics Committee, which allowed participants to refuse participation using an opt-out method.