Sunouchi, Tomohiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4776-8880
Fujishiro, Jun https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9451-8318
Oba, Koji
Ishimaru, Tetsuya
Ogimi, Chikara
Kawashima, Hiroshi
Nishi, Akira
Maruyama, Kenichi
Tanaka, Kiyoshi
Takayasu, Hajime
Tanaka, Yujiro
Obana, Kazuko
Yoneda, Ryu
Ishiguro, Akio
Matsuyama, Yutaka
Article History
Received: 20 June 2025
Revised: 24 July 2025
Accepted: 18 August 2025
First Online: 27 August 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was conducted with the approval of the Ethics Committee of the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine (approval number: 2024212NI) and with permission obtained from each participating institution. Given the retrospective nature of the study, the Ethics Committee did not require informed consent and all methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. The study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.