Mori, Daisuke
Tamai, Shinjiro
Nomi, Hiroki
Nagatoya, Katsuyuki
Yamauchi, Atsushi
Article History
Received: 11 December 2024
Accepted: 8 February 2025
First Online: 1 March 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no conflict of interests.
: The study protocol was approved by the local ethics committee (approval number: 2024–51), and it was conducted per the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: The present study complies with the ethical guidelines for human studies and does not involve any animal experiments.
: The requirement for informed consent was waived because of the retrospective observational nature of the study. However, the privacy and confidentiality of all participants were strictly maintained in accordance with relevant privacy regulations.