Fujita, Kei
Kajiya, Kota
Lee, Shin
Morishita, Tetsuji
Nonogaki, Satoko
Miwa, Noriko
Hara, Takeshi
Tsurumi, Hisashi
Article History
Received: 29 October 2025
Accepted: 9 January 2026
First Online: 5 February 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and was approved by the Matsunami General Hospital Medical Ethics Committee (Gifu, Japan) (approval number: 594). As this retrospective observational study used anonymized clinical data obtained from hospital medical records, the requirement for written informed consent was waived by the ethics committee.
: Not applicable. This manuscript does not contain individual patient data, images, or other identifying clinical details.
: The authors declare no competing interests.