Fujiwara, Yoshihisa
Hashiguchi, Akihiro
Yamashiro, Shiori
Seno, Hiroshi
Ohya, Yuichiro
Yasutomi, Daigo
Fujisaki, Natsumi
Kido, Miwako
Suwazono, Shugo
Tokashiki, Takashi
Article History
Received: 24 February 2026
Accepted: 13 May 2026
First Online: 25 May 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (2024) and current ethical guidelines, and was approved by the institutional hospital Ethics Review Board of NHO Okinawa Hospital (Approval No.2024-17). Written informed consent was not required because the study was retrospective, did not involve a clinical trial, and used anonymous data.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.