Li, Jiyuan
Shimizu, Kazuyoshi
Negayama, Ryo
Morimatsu, Hiroshi
Article History
Received: 10 June 2026
Accepted: 8 September 2026
First Online: 14 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Institutional Review Board of Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences (reference number 2605-030). The IRB approved the waiver of written, informed consent from each patient.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.