Kakimoto, Nobuyuki
Suzuki, Hiroyuki
Taruya, Akira
Takeuchi, Takashi
Suenaga, Tomohiro
Tsuchihashi, Tomoya
Suzuki, Takayuki
Shibuta, Shoichi
Ino, Yasushi
Tanaka, Atsushi
Tokuhara, Daisuke
Article History
Received: 31 January 2024
Revised: 26 June 2024
Accepted: 7 July 2024
First Online: 22 July 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study complied with the standards of the Declaration of Helsinki and current ethical guidelines. This study was an observational study, and opt-out was enforced with the permission of the ethics committee of Wakayama Medical University. The study protocol was approved by the ethics committee of Wakayama Medical University (No. 2916).