Inuzuka, Tadashi
Takai, Atsushi
Ueno, Masayuki
Mishima, Masako
Takeda, Haruhiko
Takahashi, Ken
Kayahara, Takahisa
Takabatake, Hiroyuki
Mouri, Hirokazu
Seno, Hiroshi
Article History
Received: 27 January 2026
Accepted: 29 May 2026
First Online: 3 June 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethics Committee of Kyoto University (Approval No. R4430-1). Ethical approval for this multi-center retrospective study, including data collection at Kurashiki Central Hospital, was covered under this single institutional review board approval.
: Informed consent was obtained from all patients included in the study through the opt-out method.