Okubo, Toshiki https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0912-7422
Nagoshi, Narihito https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8267-5789
Iga, Takahito https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7869-7421
Takeda, Kazuki
Ozaki, Masahiro
Suzuki, Satoshi
Matsumoto, Morio
Nakamura, Masaya
Watanabe, Kota https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4830-4690
Article History
Received: 25 February 2025
Revised: 27 June 2025
Accepted: 3 July 2025
First Online: 9 July 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethics and Institutional Review Board at Keio University School of Medicine (approval number: #20110142). Informed consent was obtained from all participants before surgery. We confirm that all relevant governmental and institutional regulations regarding the ethical use of human subjects were strictly followed throughout the study.