Idemitsu, Reina
Nagai, Tatsuya
Matsui, Hiroki
Fujioka, Haruka
Homma, Yuya
Otsuki, Ayumu
Ito, Hiroyuki
Ohmura, Shinichiro
Miyamoto, Toshiaki
Shichi, Daisuke
Watari, Tomohisa
Otsuka, Yoshihito
Nakashima, Kei
Article History
Received: 11 April 2025
Accepted: 12 January 2026
First Online: 20 January 2026
Declarations
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: This study is a retrospective cohort study and not a clinical trial. Therefore, the clinical trial number is not applicable. The study protocol received approval from the research ethics committees of all participating institutions: the Research Ethics Committee of Kameda Medical Center (#21-069-230801), the Institutional Review Board and Ethics Committee of Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital (#3584), and the Ethics Committee of Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital (#21–58). Given the retrospective nature of the study and the anonymization of patient data, the requirement for written informed consent was waived, with approval from the respective ethics committees.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.