Yamamoto, Takeru
Sada, Ryuichi Minoda
Yamamoto, Shungo
Osawa, Ryosuke
Hosokawa, Naoto
Kutsuna, Satoshi
Article History
Received: 20 September 2024
Accepted: 3 October 2025
First Online: 28 October 2025
Declarations
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: The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the institutional ethical committees at Kameda Medical Center (reference number: 23-085) and The University of Osaka (reference number 231332). This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and the Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Biological Research Involving Human Subjects in Japan. Both institutional ethical committees approved that the requirement for informed consent to participate was waived because of the retrospective nature of the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.