Saitsu, Akihiro
Yamana, Hayato
Sasabuchi, Yusuke
Matsui, Hiroki
Sasanuma, Hideyuki
Matsumura, Tomohiro
Wada, Yoshimitsu
Kanno, Takeshi
Okazaki, Hitoaki
Kohro, Takahide
Takeshita, Katsushi
Yasunaga, Hideo
Kotani, Kazuhiko
Funding for this research was provided by:
Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) on “Integrated Health Care System” (JPJ012425)
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan (23AA2003)
Article History
Received: 9 January 2024
Accepted: 25 February 2026
First Online: 5 March 2026
Declarations
:
: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Jichi Medical University (approval number: Clinical 22–202). Due to the retrospective nature of the study and the use of anonymized data, the need for informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board of Jichi Medical University.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.