Yamashita, Yumiko
Ishii, Yasutaka
Hanada, Keiji
Sasaki, Tamito
Fujimoto, Yoshifumi
Yamaguchi, Atsushi
Hirao, Ken
Serikawa, Masahiro
Noma, Bunjiro
Minami, Tomoyuki
Okazaki, Akihito
Yukutake, Masanobu
Mouri, Teruo
Tatsukawa, Yumiko
Nakamura, Shinya
Ikemoto, Juri
Oka, Shiro
Article History
Received: 31 March 2025
Accepted: 3 July 2025
First Online: 8 July 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All procedures were performed in accordance with the ethical standards outlined in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its amendments, and the study was approved by the ethics committee of Hiroshima University (approval number: E-246).
: The requirement for informed consent was waived due to the retrospective nature of this study.