Okubo, Aiko https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5566-3157
Doi, Toshiki
Morii, Kenichi
Nishizawa, Yoshiko
Yamashita, Kazuomi
Shigemoto, Kenichiro
Mizuiri, Sonoo
Arakawa, Tetsuji
Arita, Michiko
Naito, Takayuki
Masaki, Takao
Article History
Received: 14 October 2024
Accepted: 3 February 2025
First Online: 6 March 2025
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: The study is in accordance with the ethical standards of the National Research Committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The protocol was licensed by the hospital ethics committee of Ichiyokai Harada Hospital (approval number 202412, registered 22 July 2024).
: The present study complies with the guidelines for human studies. This study does not include experiments on animals.
: Written informed consent was not required because of the non-intervention and retrospective design.