Okui, Nobuo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5894-5283
Horie, Shigeo
Article History
Received: 19 June 2025
Accepted: 12 March 2026
First Online: 15 April 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests. This study was approved by the Juntendo University Hospital Research Ethics Board (Approval number: H19-0128). The study was conducted in accordance with the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.