Nakamura, Yoshiko
Hirooka, Masashi
Yano, Ryo
Kamiyama, Naohisa
Oguri, Takuma
Shimamoto, Toyoki
Morita, Makoto
Okazaki, Yuki
Yukimoto, Atsushi
Fukuyama, Naoki
Watanabe, Takao
Miyake, Teruki
Yoshida, Osamu
Tokumoto, Yoshio
Abe, Masanori
Hiasa, Yoichi
Article History
Received: 25 June 2025
Accepted: 27 October 2025
First Online: 26 November 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The requirement for informed consent was waived because of the retrospective study design.
: Approval of the research protocol: This study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Ehime University Hospital (approval number: 2410005, date of approval: October 23, 2024) and was conducted in agreement with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.