Koike, Hirofumi
Sueyoshi, Eijun
Nishimura, Takamasa
Morikawa, Minoru
Toya, Ryo
Miyazaki, Shohei
Funding for this research was provided by:
JSPS KAKENHI (21K07733)
Article History
Received: 12 October 2025
Accepted: 24 April 2026
First Online: 29 April 2026
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Nagasaki University Hospital (The date of approval (16/9/2020) and the project identification code (20091416)) and adhered to the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was waived because of the retrospective study design, and patient records and information were anonymized and de-identified prior to analysis.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.