Seko, Toshiaki https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5733-9919
Himuro, Nobuaki
Koyama, Masayuki
Nakata, Kei
Akasaka, Hiroshi
Mori, Mitsuru
Ogawa, Shunichi
Miura, Sayo
Ohnishi, Hirofumi
Article History
Received: 23 May 2025
Accepted: 27 July 2025
First Online: 2 August 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Sapporo Medical University (approval number: 24-2-21 approval date: July 30, 2012), and written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to enrollment.
: During the preparation of this manuscript, the authors used ChatGPT (OpenAI, San Francisco, CA, USA) to improve the clarity and fluency of the English language. The authors carefully reviewed and revised all AI-assisted content to ensure its accuracy and appropriateness and take full responsibility for the final version of the manuscript.