Kobayashi, Hiroshi
Abe, Hiroyuki
Ushiku, Tetsuo
Nezu, Yutaka
Hiruma, Toru
Iwata, Shintaro
Kawai, Akira
Mori, Tomoaki
Nakayama, Robert
Makise, Naohiro
Yonemoto, Tsukasa
Tanaka, Sakae
Article History
Received: 12 December 2024
Accepted: 10 October 2025
First Online: 15 December 2025
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Tokyo Hospital (protocol codes 2021263NI and November 18, 2021). Informed consent from each patient was waived in this study because data was anonymous data.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.