Kanda, Tatsuo https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9871-664X
Ichikawa, Hiroshi
Hirota, Seiichi
Tani, Yusuke
Watanabe, Takahiro
Miwa, Yamato
Ushida, Yuta
Uesugi, Noriyuki
Wakai, Toshifumi
Article History
Received: 29 May 2025
Accepted: 7 October 2025
First Online: 18 October 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: This retrospective study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, using an opt-out informed consent protocol. The study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences (approval no. 2017-0253) and the Ethics Committee of the Hyogo Medical University School of Medicine (approval no. 0028).