Tanabe, Jun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5015-8573
Nakahara, Ichiro http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8909-2949
Matsumoto, Shoji
Suyama, Yoshio
Morioka, Jun
Hasebe, Akiko
Watanabe, Sadayoshi
Suyama, Kenichiro
Kuwahara, Kiyonori
Irie, Keiko
Article History
Received: 16 May 2021
Accepted: 19 July 2021
First Online: 5 August 2021
Declarations
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: Ichiro Nakahara reports grants from Kaneka Medix, Medtronic, and Nipro, and consultancy from Kaneka Medix, and Medicos Hirata, outside the submitted work.
: The present study is a retrospective review of medical charts and radiographic data. The study protocol was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the institutional ethics committee (HM 20-297).
: The need for written informed consent for participation was waived in accordance with the national legislation and institutional requirements. On our institute’s website, all participants were provided with the opportunity to opt out of this study.
: Written informed consent for publication was obtained from the participants.