Saito, Yoshitaka
Takekuma, Yoh
Sakakibara-Konishi, Jun
Shimizu, Yasushi
Kinoshita, Ichiro
Sugawara, Mitsuru
Article History
Received: 2 April 2024
Accepted: 16 October 2024
First Online: 21 October 2024
Declarations
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: The present study was approved by the Ethical Review Board for Life Science and Medical Research of Hokkaido University Hospital (approval number: 023–0104) and was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standard. In view of the retrospective nature of the present study, the requirement for informed consent from the participants was waived by the Ethical Review Board for Life Science and Medical Research of Hokkaido University Hospital.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.