Matsui, Kohsuke
Takahashi, Kensuke
Tashiro, Masato
Tanaka, Takeshi
Izumikawa, Koichi
Miura, Takashi
Eishi, Kiyoyuki
Furumoto, Akitsugu
Ariyoshi, Koya
Article History
Received: 19 March 2022
Accepted: 23 June 2022
First Online: 30 June 2022
Declarations
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: This research was conducted in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the Ethical Guidelines for Medical Research Involving Human Subject issued by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology.This research was approved by Nagasaki University Hospital Clinical Research Ethics Committee (Approval number: 21041905). We applied the opt-out approach to obtain consent from participants. The Nagasaki University Hospital Clinical Research Ethics Committee waived the need for specific informed consent for this retrospective, non-invasive study.
: Not applicable since the manuscript does not include information or images that could lead to the identification of a study participant.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.