Matsuda, Keiji
Ogata, Takeshi
Kamitani, Nobuhiko
Watanabe, Kenta
Tokiya, Ryoji
Hayashi, Takafumi
Miyaji, Yoshiyuki
Komura, Kazumasa
Tamada, Tsutomu
Katsui, Kuniaki
Article History
Received: 16 August 2025
Accepted: 30 December 2025
First Online: 7 January 2026
Declarations
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: Our study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and its subsequent amendments and was approved by the Ethics Committee of Kawasaki Medical School (approval number: 5329-03). The need for informed consent was exempted owing to the retrospective nature of the study. The choice to opt out was provided through notifications displayed on the institutional’s website.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.