Hitomi, Yasumasa
Suzuki, Naoki
Enmeiji, Toshiya
Takata, Hiroya
Konishi, Takahiro
Takeda, Yuki
Masugi, Yuta
Nishimura, Masato
Sato, Nodoka
Article History
Received: 4 December 2025
Accepted: 4 February 2026
First Online: 21 February 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Ethics Committee for Human Research at Tojinkai Hospital (approval number: 2022–02). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to enrollment. This study was retrospectively registered with the University Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) under the trial number UMIN000056433 on December 12, 2024 due to an administrative oversight.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.