Hirata, Tetsuo
Shiga, Yuhei
Tashiro, Kohei
Higashi, Sara
Tachibana, Tetsuro
Kawahira, Yuto
Suematsu, Yasunori
Kuwano, Takashi
Sugihara, Makoto
Miura, Shin-ichiro
Article History
Received: 16 August 2025
Revised: 25 October 2025
Accepted: 31 October 2025
First Online: 27 November 2025
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Fukuoka University (approval number: #09-10-02; October 28, 2009).
: All patients provided informed consent before participating in the study. Written informed consent was also obtained from the patients for publication of this paper.