Sakata, Yasuhiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0818-0013
Namba, Takanori https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1381-3727
Umemoto, Yasunori
Yoshikawa, Tatsuya
Furusawa, Kazunari
Yamada, Gen
Asamura, Shinichi
Article History
Received: 22 July 2025
Revised: 12 November 2025
Accepted: 19 November 2025
First Online: 1 December 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Approved by the Institutional Review Board of Wakayama Medical University (Approval No. 3303). All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations, including the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.