Tamaru, Shinichi
Suwanai, Hirotsugu http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9102-630X
Abe, Hironori
Sasaki, Junko
Ishii, Keitaro
Iwasaki, Hajime
Shikuma, Jumpei
Ito, Rokuro
Miwa, Takashi
Sasaki, Toru
Takamiya, Tomoko
Inoue, Shigeru
Saito, Kazuhiro
Odawara, Masato
Suzuki, Ryo
Article History
Received: 17 February 2022
Accepted: 6 May 2022
First Online: 16 May 2022
Declarations
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: The authors did not receive support from any organization for the submitted work.
: Authors have no conflicts of interest to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.
: This study was performed in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the ethics committee of Tokyo Medical University Hospital (T2018-0017). The need for informed patient consent was waived owing to the study’s retrospective design. Of note, at the start of the study, we used an opt-out approach to notify patients and disclose information on the purpose and implementation of the research and to guarantee opportunities to opt-out as much as possible.
: Raw data were generated at Tokyo Medical University. Derived data supporting the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author on request.