Mitamura, Katsuya
Norikane, Takashi
Yamamoto, Yuka
Fujimoto, Kengo
Takami, Yasukage
Kato, Mikiya
Kameda, Tomohiro
Dobashi, Hiroaki
Nishiyama, Yoshihiro
Article History
Received: 18 August 2020
Revised: 18 November 2020
Accepted: 26 November 2020
First Online: 7 January 2021
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Katsuya Mitamura, Takashi Norikane, Yuka Yamamoto, Kengo Fujimoto, Yasukage Takami, Mikiya Kato, Tomohiro Kameda, Hiroaki Dobashi, and Yoshihiro Nishiyama declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 2013 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. For this type of study, formal consent is not required.
: The institutional review board of our institute approved this retrospective study, and the requirement to obtain informed consent was waived.