Takeda, Kazuaki
Takazono, Takahiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0696-5386
Ide, Shotaro
Yoshida, Masataka
Iwanaga, Naoki
Hosogaya, Naoki
Tsukamoto, Yusei
Irifune, Satoshi
Suyama, Takayuki
Mihara, Tomo
Kondo, Akira
Kobayashi, Tsutomu
Fukuda, Yuichi
Sasaki, Eisuke
Sawai, Toyomitsu
Higashiyama, Yasuhito
Hashiguchi, Kohji
Hanaka, Minako
Ii, Toshihiko
Fukushima, Kiyoyasu
Komiya, Kosaku
Miyazaki, Taiga
Yatera, Kazuhiro
Izumikawa, Koichi
Furumoto, Akitsugu
Yanagihara, Katsunori
Mukae, Hiroshi
Article History
Received: 3 May 2025
Accepted: 30 July 2025
First Online: 5 August 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the appropriate Institutional Review Board of Nagasaki University Hospital (approval number: 22121903). Verbal informed consent was obtained whenever possible. As this was a retrospective observational study, an opt-out option was provided to the patients.