Ito, Kanako
Shimizu, Hirokazu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3997-5900
Matsuoka, Masatake
Soma, Tamotsu
Takahashi, Daisuke
Shimizu, Tomohiro
Nishimoto, Toshiyuki
Hiraga, Hiroaki
Iwasaki, Norimasa
Iwata, Akira
Article History
Received: 5 February 2025
Accepted: 5 May 2025
First Online: 13 May 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was approved by the local ethics committees of Hokkaido University Hospital (022–0036) and the other participating hospitals. Informed consent was obtained by the opt-out method. No data related to these participants were included in the analysis. The study was conducted in accordance with the principles of human ethics set forth by the Declaration of Helsinki.