Takashima, Kenta http://orcid.org/0009-0009-3631-2376
Wakabayashi, Hiroki http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8705-441X
Murakami, Yu http://orcid.org/0009-0000-7792-0444
Saiki, Atsuhito http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4009-9386
Matsuzawa, Yasuo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7470-6303
Article History
Accepted: 13 August 2024
First Online: 29 August 2024
Declarations
:
: The authors received no special funding for this study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study and consent procedures were approved by the ethics committee of Toho University Sakura Medical Center (approval number: S22012, approval date: 28 September 2022). Patient consent for the use of personal information was obtained by adopting the opt-out method and by posting the research content and policy on personal information on the hospital's website.
: Not applicable.
: The data sets used in this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
: Not applicable.
: Conceptualization: W.H. and T.K.; data collection, formal analysis, and writing—original draft preparation: T.K.; supervision: S.A. and M.Y.; writing—review and editing: W.H.; approval of final manuscript: all authors. All authors read and approved the final version.