Uchino, Tetsuya
Miura, Masahiro
Shingu, Chihiro
Shin, Toshitaka
Tomonari, Kenichiro
Matsumoto, Shigekiyo
Article History
Received: 10 April 2026
Accepted: 5 June 2026
First Online: 12 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Oita University (Oita, Japan) (Approval No. B16-040). The trial was registered in the University Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR; Trial No. UMIN000027762). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants before enrollment. All procedures were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and relevant institutional guidelines and regulations.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.