Ishizuka, Yumiko
Horimoto, Yoshiya
Yuan, Men
Ueki, Yuko
Onagi, Hiroko
Saeki, Harumi
Hayashi, Takuo
Saito, Tsuyoshi
Kawate, Takahiko
Ishikawa, Takashi
Eguchi, Hidetaka
Watanabe, Junichiro
Kutomi, Goro
Article History
Received: 7 June 2024
Accepted: 18 December 2024
First Online: 30 December 2024
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the institutional review board of our hospital (no: H19-0289). The institutional review board waived the need for written informed consent due to the retrospective nature of the study. Patients could see the research plan on the hospital website and were offered the choice to opt out of the study at any time. This study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.